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Sinfonia for Strings in D major, RV 122 (more info)
Performed by: City of London Sinfonia
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Nicholas Kraemer
Helen McQueen, oboe
Christopher Hooker, oboe
Joanna Graham, bassoon
Recording date: October 1994 and January 1995


1.   Allegro - 2:06


Sinfonia in D major, Wq. 183/1, H. 663 (more info)
Performed by: Ensemble for 18th Century Music Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Conducted by: Hartmut Haenchen Yoon K. Lee Eiji Hashimoto


2.   Allegro di molto - 6:03


Sinfonia da caccia, "Jagd Symphonie" (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Chamber Orchestra Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, L' Munich Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Leopold Mozart
Conducted by: Michi Gaigg Donald Armstrong Hans Stadlmair
Recording date: 30 January - 1 February 1995


3.   Allegro - 5:08


Symphony No. 88 in G major, Hob.I:88 (more info)
Performed by: Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Capella Istropolitana NBC Symphony Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Joseph Haydn Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Mariss Jansons Ivor Bolton Thomas Fey Barry Wordsworth


4.   Menuetto: Allegretto - 4:15


Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Symphony Nova Scotia Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Capella Istropolitana NBC Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Vienna Mozart Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Ivor Bolton Konrad Leitner John Nelson Libor Pesek Georg Tintner Johannes Wildner Bruno Weil Roger Norrington Hans Graf Barry Wordsworth Wilhelm Furtwangler Gerard Schwarz Vernon Handley
Recording date: 10-11 November 1990


5.   Molto allegro - 7:31


Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (more info)
Performed by: Chambre Philharmonique, La Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Neue Orchester Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Rene Leibowitz Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Klaus Tennstedt Karl Bohm Oskar Fried Bela Drahos Richard Edlinger John Nelson Carl Schuricht Wilhelm Furtwangler Felix Weingartner Herbert Blomstedt Emmanuel Krivine Philippe Herreweghe Herbert Kegel Christoph Spering
Guylaine Girard, soprano
Daniela Sindram, alto
Inge Borkh, bass
Sinead Mulhern, soprano
Robert Holzer, bass-baritone
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Torsten Ralf, tenor
Margarete Teschemacher, soprano
Kolos Kovats, bass
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano
Ruth Siewert, contralto
Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano
Friedrich von Schiller,
Manfred Fink, tenor
Claudio Otelli, bass-baritone
Rene Pape, bass
Nina Tichman, piano
Richard Mayr, bass-baritone
Gabriele Lechner, soprano
Diane Elias, contralto
Michael Pabst, tenor
Lotte Leonard, soprano
Jenny Sonnenberg, contralto
Eugene Transky, tenor
Wilhelm Guttmann, bass
Ludwig Weber, bass
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor
Otto Edelmann, bass
Hans Hopf, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Rosette Anday, contralto
Georg Maikl, tenor
Elisabeth Hongen, contralto
Alison Hargan, soprano
Maria Kliegel, cello
Josef Herrmann, baritone
Donald Litaker,
Reiner Goldberg, tenor
Eberhard Buchner,
Dominik Wortig,
Daniel Borowski, bass
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Hasmik Papian, soprano
Gerhild Romberger, alto
Marijana Mijanovic, mezzo-soprano
Konstantin Wolff, bass
Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano
Maria Stader, soprano
Marga Hoffgen, alto
Murray Dickie, tenor
Otto Wiener, bass
Edith Wiens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Claudia Barainsky, soprano
Ray M. Wade junior, tenor
Lucia Popp, soprano
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Annette Dasch, soprano
Ute Walther, alto
Karl-Heinz Stryczek, bass
Carolin Masur, mezzo-soprano
Georg Zeppenfeld, bass
Christoph Strehl, tenor
Christian Elsner, tenor
Recording date: September 1988


6.   Finale: Allegro assai vivace: Alla Marcia - 13:42


Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200 (more info)
Performed by: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Camerata Salzburg Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Failoni Orchestra, Budapest
Composed by: Franz Schubert
Conducted by: Pinchas Zukerman Jonathan Nott Michael Halasz Hans Zender Roger Norrington Heinrich Schiff


7.   Allegretto - 4:22


Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, "Italian" (more info)
Performed by: Chambre Philharmonique, La Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra German Radio Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Conducted by: Thomas Fey Anthony Bramall Reinhard Seifried Johannes Wildner Leopold Hager Roger Norrington Walter Weller Emmanuel Krivine
Christoph Poppen, violin
Recording date: 13-15 June 1990


8.   Saltarello: Presto - 5:40


Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 (more info)
Performed by: Symphony Nova Scotia Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Arturo Toscanini Johannes Brahms
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Marin Alsop Paavo Berglund Hans Knappertsbusch Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Alexander Rahbari Georg Tintner Neeme Jarvi Michael Gielen Roger Norrington John Eliot Gardiner Marek Janowski
Recording date: 8 February 1941


9.   Poco allegretto - 5:56


Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (more info)
Performed by: French National Orchestra Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra San Diego Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra World Philharmonic Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Orchestre de Paris Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Charles Munch Pierre Monteux Adrian Leaper Yutaka Sado Pinchas Steinberg Yoav Talmi Roger Norrington Gary Bertini Marek Janowski Christoph Eschenbach Massimo Freccia Zdenek Macal Andreas Sporri
Recording date: 5-7 December, 1987


10.   March To The Scaffold - 4:58


Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104, "Romantic" (1880 version) (more info)
Performed by: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Anton Bruckner
Conducted by: Gunter Wand Kurt Sanderling Gunter Neuhold Georg Tintner Carl Schuricht


11.   Scherzo: Bewegt - 10:44


Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique" (more info)
Performed by: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Russian National Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Julio Martini Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Mariss Jansons Willem Mengelberg Jose Serebrier Julio Martini Vladimir Jurowski Ondrej Lenard Eugene Ormandy Bystrik Rezucha Johannes Wildner Roger Norrington Antoni Wit Wilhelm Furtwangler Christoph Eschenbach Vladimir Spikakov
Joseph Banowetz, piano


12.   Allegro con grazia - 8:37

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
Conducted by: Marin Alsop Yakov Kreizberg Vaclav Talich Jiri Belohlavek Stephen Gunzenhauser Neeme Jarvi Carlo Maria Giulini Seiji Ozawa Ivan Anguelov


1.   Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace - 5:47


Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ" (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Camille Saint-Saens
Conducted by: Yan Pascal Tortelier Eduardo Mata Stephen Gunzenhauser Antonio de Almeida Christoph Eschenbach
Ludmilla Golub, organ
Philippe Belanger, organ
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Gillian Weir,
Olivier Latry, piano
Imrich Szabo, organ
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou, organ


2.   Presto - 7:50


Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan" (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Gustav Mahler
Conducted by: Rafael Kubelik Klaus Tennstedt Michael Halasz Zdenek Kosler Michael Gielen Roger Norrington Bernard Haitink Gerard Schwarz Gabriel Chmura Christoph Eschenbach


3.   Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell - 7:33


Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Edward Elgar
Conducted by: Richard Hickox George Hurst Bryden Thomson Colin Davis Vernon Handley
Recording date: 20-22 November 1930


4.   Allegro molto - 7:40


Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony" (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Bryden Thomson Kees Bakels


5.   Epilogue - 4:47


Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Iceland Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Jean Sibelius
Conducted by: Adrian Leaper Petri Sakari Leif Segerstam Alexander Gibson


6.   Scherzo - 5:13


Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 (more info)
Performed by: Detroit Symphony Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Oregon Symphony
Composed by: Neville Marriner Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Mariss Jansons James DePreist Stephen Gunzenhauser Leonard Slatkin Valery Polyansky Alexander Anissimov Alexander Gibson Gianandrea Noseda


7.   Adagio - 12:41


Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, FS 29, "The 4 Temperaments" (more info)
Performed by: Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Nielsen
Conducted by: Adrian Leaper Michael Schonwandt


8.   Allegro sanguinoso - 7:07


Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, "Classical" (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Dmitri Kitayenko Stephen Gunzenhauser Neeme Jarvi Gerard Schwarz
Recording date: 3-5 February 1988


9.   Molto vivace - 4:23


Symphony in C major (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Swiss Romande Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: En Shao Neeme Jarvi Robert Craft Michael Gielen Alexander Gibson


10.   Allegretto - 5:08


Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Yakov Kreizberg Alexander Rahbari Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi Valery Polyansky Vasily Petrenko
Valeri Popov, bassoon


11.   Allegro - 5:16

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