Discover the Classics, Vol. 2

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Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Dmitri Kitayenko Andrew Davis Andrew Mogrelia Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi Gerard Schwarz


1.   Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Dance of the Knights - 5:59


The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a (arr. L. Atovmyan) (more info)
Performed by: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Neeme Jarvi Constantine Orbelian Leonid Grin
Lev Atovmyan,
Emmanuelle Boisvert, violin
Corey Cerovsek, violin


2.   The Gadfly, Op. 97a: Romance - 5:53


Swan Lake, Op. 20 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Munich Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Nicolae Moldoveanu Nicolae Moldoveanu Dmitry Yablonsky Yuri Ahronovitch Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Neeme Jarvi Alexander Vedernikov Clio Gould Boris Spassov Henry Adolph
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Josef Bogacz, violin


3.   Spanish Dance - 2:45


Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite, Op. 57 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Conducted by: Alexander Mikjailov Anthony Bramall Michail Jurowski Andras Korodi Neeme Jarvi Enrique Batiz
David Nolan, violin
Vytautas Sondeckis, cello
Recording date: 20-21 August 1992


4.   Flight of the Bumble-Bee - 1:34


Masquerade Suite (more info)
Performed by: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Aram Il'yich Khachaturian
Conducted by: Neeme Jarvi Andre Anichanov Constantine Orbelian
Dmitry Khakamov, violin


5.   Masquerade: Waltz - 4:21


Islamey (orch. Liapunov) (more info)
Performed by: Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Conducted by: Igor Golovschin
Recording date: 2-4 September 1993


6.   Islamey - Oriental Fantasy (orch. S. Liapunov) - 9:00


El sombrero de 3 picos (The 3-Cornered Hat): Suite No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Manuel De Falla
Conducted by: Eduardo Mata Kenneth Jean
Recording date: 2-17 September 1988


7.   The Three-Cornered Hat (El sombrero de tres picos): Miller's Dance - 3:19


Jeux d'enfants (Children Games) (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Donald Johanos


8.   IV. Duo - 3:53


Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice American Promenade Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Kaiserslautern Orchestra Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Composed by: Jacques Offenbach
Conducted by: Peter Falk Alfred Walter Charles Gerhardt Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Lowell Graham Erich Kunzel


9.   Overture - 10:12


Carnival of the Animals (arr. P. Vidal for cello and orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Composed by: Camille Saint-Saens
Conducted by: Jean-Francois Monnard
Paul Vidal,
Maria Kliegel, cello


10.   XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) (orch. Paul Vidal) - 3:28


Coppelia (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Pierre Rameau Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Leo Delibes
Conducted by: Pierre Rameau Andrew Mogrelia Heinz Fricke
Recording date: 9-20 January 1995


11.   Coppelia: Valse - 2:25


3 Gymnopedies (orch. Debussy) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Erik Satie Peter Breiner Claude Debussy Gerald Garcia
Conducted by: James DePreist Jerome Kaltenbach Ondrej Lenard


12.   Gymnopedie No. 2 (orch. Debussy) - 3:40


Joyeuse marche (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Emmanuel Chabrier
Conducted by: Yan Pascal Tortelier Ondrej Lenard Herve Niquet
Recording date: June 1988


13.   Joyeuse marche - 3:48


La Cenerentola (Cinderella) (more info)
Performed by: Zagreb Festival Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Composed by: Gioachino Rossini
Conducted by: Michael Halasz Alberto Zedda
Jose Maria Zapata, tenor
Paolo Bordogna, baritone
Patrizia Cigna, soprano
Martina Borst, mezzo-soprano


14.   Overture - 8:30


La traviata (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome
Composed by: Victor De Sabata Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari
Recording date: 5 April 1929


15.   La traviata, Act III: Prelude - 3:44


Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P. 141 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Oregon Symphony
Composed by: Ottorino Respighi
Conducted by: James DePreist Yan Pascal Tortelier Rudolf Kempe Eduardo Mata Yuri Ahronovitch Enrique Batiz
Leslie Pearson, organ
David Bamonte, trumpet
Recording date: 15-16 April 1991


16.   IV. The Pines of the Appian Way - 5:34

Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military" (orch. A.K. Glazunov) (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov
Conducted by: Ondrej Lenard


1.   Les Sylphides: Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military" (orch. Glazunov) - 5:03


Egmont, Op. 84: Overture (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Gunter Wand Stephen Gunzenhauser


2.   Egmont, Op. 84: Overture - 8:28


Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11, J. 98 (more info)
Performed by: RTE Sinfonietta
Composed by: Carl Maria von Weber
Conducted by: Proinnsias O Duinn
Benjamin Frith, piano
Recording date: 26-27 September 1994


3.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11: II. Adagio - 4:19


21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Quebec Symphony Orchestra Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johannes Brahms
Conducted by: Marin Alsop Istvan Bogar Andrew Mogrelia Yoav Talmi Neeme Jarvi Wilhelm Furtwangler Christoph Eschenbach Lior Shambadal
Recording date: 13-17 August 1990


4.   21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G minor - 3:04


Finlandia, Op. 26 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Iceland Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Turku Philharmonic Orchestra Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra London Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Jean Sibelius Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Andrew Davis Jorma Panula Petri Sakari Kenneth Schermerhorn Leif Segerstam Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen Thomas Beecham Alexander Gibson Rouslan Raychev
Recording date: 7 December 1940


5.   Tone Poem, Op. 26 - 8:32


Sinfonietta, JW VI/18 (more info)
Performed by: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Leos Janacek
Conducted by: Jonathan Nott Jiri Belohlavek Ondrej Lenard


6.   IV. Allegretto - 2:38


Czech Suite, Op. 39, B. 93 (more info)
Performed by: Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
Conducted by: Antoni Wit Ivan Anguelov John Axelrod
Recording date: 11-15 April 1994


7.   II. Polka - 4:50


Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Bedrich Smetana Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Fritz Busch Barry Wordsworth Antonio de Almeida Gianandrea Noseda


8.   Dance of the Comedians - 5:05


Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Bamberg Symphony Orchestra French National Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Gustav Mahler
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Markus Stenz James DePreist Ivan Fischer Jonathan Nott Hartmut Haenchen Bruno Walter Neeme Jarvi Michael Gielen Roger Norrington Antoni Wit Bernard Haitink Jaap van Zweden Andrew Litton Anton Nanut


9.   IV. Adagietto - 12:10


Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123 (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Basel Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari Neeme Jarvi Michael Gielen Walter Weller Christoph Eschenbach


10.   Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: IV. Intermezzo interrotto, Allegretto - 4:30


English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33 (more info)
Performed by: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Wind Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Malcolm Arnold
Conducted by: Andrew Penny Bryden Thomson Thomas Leslie
Recording date: 11-15 December 1995


11.   English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33: No. 3. Grazioso - 2:31


Koanga (arr. E. Fenby) (more info)
Performed by: Symphony Nova Scotia London Philharmonic Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Frederick Delius
Conducted by: Myer Fredman Georg Tintner Thomas Beecham
Eric Fenby,
Recording date: 11 February 1938


12.   Koanga: La Calinda - 3:51


Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Capella Istropolitana London Philharmonic Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edward Elgar
Conducted by: Charles Groves George Hurst Adrian Leaper Roger Norrington
Bela Banfalvi, violin


13.   II. Larghetto - 5:52


The Planets, Op. 32 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Sydney Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Gustav Holst
Conducted by: Geoffrey Simon Adrian Leaper David Lloyd-Jones Roger Norrington Alexander Gibson Andrew Litton Nicholas Childs Jose Sebrier
Wayne Marshall, piano
Ernest Macmillan, piano
Len Vorster, piano
Robert Chamberlain, piano
Recording date: 2, 16 July 2007


14.   I. Mars, the Bringer of War - 7:43

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