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Gayane Suite No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Hungarian State Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Aram Il'yich Khachaturian
Conducted by: Adam Fischer Anthony Bramall Neeme Jarvi Andre Anichanov


1.   Gayane: Sabre Dance - 2:25


Carmen Suite No. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra World Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Paris New Symphony Society Orchestra Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Rene Leibowitz Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Fuat Mansurov James DePreist Klaus-Peter Hahn Alfred Walter Bertrand de Billy Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Anthony Bramall Yutaka Sado Janos Sandor


2.   Carmen Suite: March of the Toreadors - 2:17


19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: No. 2 in C sharp minor (arr. for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Conducted by: Matyas Antal


3.   Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor (excerpt) - 5:00


Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (more info)
Performed by: European Union Baroque Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Leopold Stokowski Willem Mengelberg Roy Goodman Jaroslav Dvorak Richard Edlinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Helmuth Rilling Barthold Kuijken Gunar Letzbor
Anthony Newman,
Julius Baker, flute
Claire Guimond, flute
Eugenia Zukerman, flute
Christian Gurtner, flute
Milan Brunner, flute
Recording date: 2 June 1931


4.   Suite No. 2: Badinerie - 1:25


Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra London Pro Arte Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Charles Mackerras Richard Edlinger Kevin Mallon Andrew Mogrelia Bohdan Warchal Matthias Maute Giovanni Guglielmo
John Constable, harpsichord
Bela Banfalvi, violin


5.   Fireworks Music: Allegro Finale - 2:11


Children's Corner (more info)
Composed by: Peter Breiner Claude Debussy Gerald Garcia
Lise Boucher, piano
Su Yeon Lee, violin
Michael Chertock, piano
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Kyoko Tabe, piano
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Krzysztof Jablonski, piano
Jack Richard Crossan, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: 28 March 1928


6.   Children's Corner Suite: Golliwog's Cake Walk - 2:50


Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten, Op. 123 (more info)
Composed by: Leon Jessel
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Recording date: 20-28 Janury, 1988


7.   Parade of the Tin Soldiers - 2:51


Carnival of the Animals (more info)
Performed by: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Musici de Montreal, I Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Camille Saint-Saens
Conducted by: Ondrej Lenard Jorg Faeber
Peter Toperczer, piano
Yuli Turovsky, cello
Gregory Shaverdian, piano
Marian Lapsansky, piano
Marylene Dosse,
Annie Petit,
Jeremy Nicholas, reader
David Owen Norris, piano


8.   XII. Fossils - 1:18


The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Klaus-Peter Hahn Ondrej Lenard Andrew Mogrelia Constantine Orbelian Andrew Litton Don Jackson
Recording date: 18-23 March (CD 1) and 13-25 May (CDs 2-3)


9.   Sleeping Beauty: Sleeping Beauty Waltz - 4:41


Giselle (more info)
Performed by: Sofia National Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Adolphe Adam Neville Marriner
Conducted by: Ondrej Lenard Andrew Mogrelia Boris Spassov


10.   Giselle: Allegro - 1:29
11.   Giselle: Gallop - 1:01


Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev Sergey Koussevitzky
Conducted by: Kent Nagano Ondrej Lenard Leopold Hager Neeme Jarvi
Sophia Loren, narrator
Peter Toperczer, piano
Lina Prokofiev, narrator
Marian Lapsansky, piano
Antonio Banderas,
Jeremy Nicholas, reader
Eleanor Roosevelt, narrator
Recording date: 13-14 December 1989


12.   Peter and the Wolf: Peter in the Meadow / The Bird - 1:55


Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. M. Ravel) (more info)
Performed by: Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra Nashville Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Toulouse Capitol Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Maurice Ravel Sergey Koussevitzky
Conducted by: Tugan Sokhiev Theodore Kuchar Edward Serov Gilbert Levine Daniel Nazareth Alexander Rahbari Leonard Slatkin Neeme Jarvi Zdenek Macal
Sohre Rahbari, saxophone


13.   Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Chickens - 1:19


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


14.   Masquerade: Gallop - 3:08


Sylvia (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Pierre Rameau Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Hayman Leo Delibes
Conducted by: Pierre Rameau Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Andrew Mogrelia
Recording date: 1 December 1988, 3-6 April 1989, 23 October 1989


15.   Sylvia: Pizzicato - 1:42


Polka italienne (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Recording date: September, 1987 and January, 1988


16.   Italian Polka - 1:36


The Red Poppy Suite, Op. 70 (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonic Pops Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Reinhold Gliere
Conducted by: Anthony Bramall Edward Downes Charles Gerhardt Zdenek Macal
Christopher Collins Lee, violin


17.   The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance - 3:41


Shepherd's Hey (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
Composed by: Percy Grainger
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Keith Brion Roy Newsome Timothy Reynish Kenneth Montgomery
Moray Welsh, cello
Philip Martin, piano


18.   Shepherd's Hey - 2:05


Kaiser (Emperor), Op. 437 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Strauss Festival Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Jascha Horenstein Yakov Kreizberg Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Istvan Bogar Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Joseph Francek
Recording date: 11-21 January 1988


19.   Emperor Waltz - 6:40


Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (more info)
Performed by: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edvard Grieg Clay Christiansen
Conducted by: Jerzy Maksymiuk
Rut Tellefsen, narrator
Per Tofte, narrator
Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano


20.   Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King - 2:34


A Night in the Tropics (more info)
Performed by: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Conducted by: Richard Rosenberg


21.   A Night in the Tropics: Festa Criolla - 6:01


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


22.   Hungarian Dance No. 5 - 2:14

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