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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Clay Christiansen
Harald Vogel, organ
Bram Beekman, organ
William Porter, organ
Julia Brown, organ
Harald Feller, organ
Douglas Major, organ
Joan Lippincott, organ
Fenner Douglass, organ
Edward A. Hansen, organ
Frederick Swann, organ
Erik Suter, organ
David Schrader, organ
Vincent Boucher, organ
Johann Aratore, organ
Gerhard Weinberger, organ
Piet Kee, organ
Michael Austin, organ
Tom Hazleton,
Robert Noehren, organ
Kimberly Marshall, organ
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
David Britton, organ
Kay Johannsen, organ
Hatsumi Miura, organ
Georges Athanasiades, organ
Hannes Kastner, organ
Michel Chapuis, organ
Recording date: 9-10 May 1994


1.   Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 - 02:55


3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5 (version for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Charles T. Griffes
Conducted by: JoAnn Falletta Gerard Schwarz
Recording date: February 2002


2.   The Vale of Dreams - 02:53
3.   The Night Winds - 01:37


The Firebird (original version) (more info)
Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Neeme Jarvi Robert Craft Gerard Schwarz
Natalia Makarova,


4.   Introduction - 02:32
5.   Scene 1: Dance of Kastchei's retinue under the Firebird's magic spell - 04:59


4 Bagatelles, Op. 30 (more info)
Composed by: Alan Hovhaness


6.   No. 1. — - 02:03
7.   No. 4. — - 03:36


Contrasts, BB 116 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Benny Goodman, clarinet
Jeno Jando, piano
Landon Bilyeu, piano
Laura Roelofs, violin
Charles West, clarinet
Laurent Korcia, violin
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Kalman Berkes, clarinet
Gyorgy Pauk, violin
David Shifrin, clarinet
William Doppmann, piano
Warren Lash, cello
Ik-Hwan Bae, violin
Christian Ihle Hadland, piano
Michel Portal, soprano saxophone
Annar Folleso, violin
Bjorn Nyman, clarinet
Recording date: 13 May 1940


8.   Contrasts, BB 116 - 04:43


Fantasia (more info)
Performed by: Paraiba Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Conducted by: Eleazar de Carvalho
Janos Starker, cello


9.   Fantasia: I. Largo - 07:31


L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird) (arr. for theremin and piano) (more info)
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Nadia Reisenberg, piano
Clara Rockmore, theremin


10.   L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird): Berceuse (arr. for theremin and piano) - 03:09


Oboe Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 (more info)
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Keisuke Wakao, oboe
Cathy Basrak, viola
Edwin Barker, double bass
Pamela Frank, violin
Steven Tenenbom,
Thomas Martin, clarinet
Malcolm Lowe, violin
David Shifrin, clarinet
Allan Vogel, oboe
Edgar Meyer, double bass


11.   Oboe Quintet in G minor, Op. 39: V. Allegro precipitato, ma con brio - 02:53


Serenade, Op. 12 (more info)
Composed by: Zoltan Kodaly
Conducted by: Joseph Silverstein
Ani Kavafian, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola


12.   Serenade, Op. 12: II. Lento ma non troppo - 07:22


Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale) (more info)
Performed by: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Swiss Romande Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Charles Dutoit Ernest Bour Neeme Jarvi Gerard Schwarz
Timothy Hutchins, flute
James Chompson, cornet
Robert Early, trumpet
Ellis Wean, tuba
Armas Maiste, piano
Stephen Jeandheur, trumpet


13.   Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale): Introduction - 02:22


Prince Ivan and the Frog Princess (more info)
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Carol Rosenberger, piano


14.   Apparitions - 01:14
15.   Poltergeists - 01:55


The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Igor Golovschin Constantine Orbelian
Carol Rosenberger, piano


16.   The Snow Maiden, Op. 12: Hobgoblins - 01:49


Duets for Children (more info)
Composed by: William Walton Richard Rodney Bennett
Hamish Milne, piano
Gretel Dowdeswell, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano


17.   Duets for Children: No. 5. Ghosts - 01:58


24 Pieces de fantaisie, Op. 54 (more info)
Composed by: Louis Vierne
Harald Feller, organ
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Carole Terry, organ
David Britton, organ


18.   24 pieces de fantaisie, Op. 54: No. 3. Gargoyles and Chimeras - 07:40


String Quartet in F major (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel


19.   String Quartet in F major: III. Tres Lent - 08:28

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