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4 Letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs), TrV 296: No. 1. Fruhling (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonic Rock Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Hayman Richard Strauss
Conducted by: Hartmut Haenchen Zdenek Kosler Charles Gerhardt Alain Lombard Neeme Jarvi Gary Bertini Gerard Schwarz Andrew Litton
Mary Preston, organ


1.   Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 (excerpt) - 01:58


Feste romane (Roman Festivals), P. 157 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Oregon Symphony
Composed by: Ottorino Respighi
Conducted by: James DePreist Yan Pascal Tortelier Eduardo Mata Enrique Batiz
Leslie Pearson, organ


2.   Feste romane (Roman Festivals), P. 157 (excerpt) - 03:58


Bantu (more info)
Composed by: Andrew York


3.   Bantu - 02:09


Alma redemptoris mater (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Conducted by: Dennis Keene
David Skinner,


4.   Alma redemptoris mater - 03:55


Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (more info)
Performed by: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Richard Edlinger Kevin Mallon Andrew Mogrelia Bohdan Warchal Gerard Schwarz Bernard Labadie Alexander Gibson Giovanni Guglielmo
Francesco Roselli, horn
Willy Kuchler, horn
John Constable, harpsichord
Bela Banfalvi, violin
Alfredo Bernardini, oboe
Rudolf Baumgartner,


5.   Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe - 03:43


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


6.   Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 - 02:51


Lohengrin (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Maastricht Limburg Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra of London
Composed by: Richard Wagner Sergey Koussevitzky
Conducted by: Yakov Kreizberg Ed Spanjaard Michael Halasz Neeme Jarvi Wilhelm Furtwangler Gerard Schwarz Albert Coates Alexander Gibson
William Chandler, violin
Recording date: 1930


7.   Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude - 03:25


Grand Canyon Suite (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Berlin Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Ferde Grofe
Conducted by: William Stromberg Gerard Schwarz Hans-Dieter Baum Gerhard Becker
Recording date: 27th to 28th July, 1998


8.   Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail (excerpt) - 03:04


Fanfare for the Common Man (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Aaron Copland
Conducted by: Stephen Gunzenhauser Donald Johanos Gerard Schwarz


9.   Fanfare for the Common Man - 03:35


Requiem, Op. 9 (more info)
Performed by: Orchestre de la Cite Voices of Ascension Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Durufle
Conducted by: Joseph Flummerfelt Dennis Keene
Lawrence Dutton, viola
Clare Wilkinson, contralto
Mark Williams, organ
Richard Marlow, organ
Michel Piquemal, baritone
Patricia Spence, mezzo-soprano
Henry Herford, baritone
Mark Bleeke, tenor
Catherine Dawson, cello
David Jolley, horn
Eric Lebrun, organ
Mark Kruczek, organ
Richard Locker, cello
Kathleen Bride, harp
Francois Le Roux, baritone
Beatrice Uria-Monzon, mezzo-soprano


10.   Requiem, Op. 9: Sanctus - 03:25


3 Gymnopedies (arr. for harp) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Erik Satie
Ellen Sejersted Bodtker, harp
Wendy Kerner-Lucas, harp


11.   3 Gymnopedies: Gymnopedie No. 1 (arr. for harp) - 02:30


2 Arabesques (more info)
Composed by: Alain Lefevre Claude Debussy
Kyoko Tabe, piano
Klara Kormendi, piano
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Jack Richard Crossan, piano
Martin Souter, piano


12.   2 Arabesques: No. 1 in E major - 03:40


Serenade in D minor, Op. 44, B. 77 (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
Conducted by: Christopher Warren-Green
David Shifrin, clarinet


13.   Serenade in D minor, Op. 44, B. 77: II. Minuetto - 07:08


The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn) (more info)
Performed by: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum Stellenbosch Camerata Bournemouth Sinfonietta Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Camerata Salzburg Capella Istropolitana Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra Europa Galante Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Accademia Ziliniana Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra St. Petersburg Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Henry Swoboda Fabio Biondi Pinchas Zukerman Richard Edlinger Stephen Gunzenhauser Iona Brown Gerard Schwarz Constantine Orbelian Stanislav Gorkovenko
Jan Stanienda, violin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Alexander Jablokov, violin
Anthony Newman,
Federico Guglielmo, violin
Massimo Quarta, violin
Antonio de Secondi, violin
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Ronald Thomas, cello
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Jindrich Pazdera, violin
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Louis Kaufman, violin
Edouard Nies-Berger, organ
Edith Weiss-Mann, harpsichord
Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
Daniel Rowland, violin
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Pavel Popov, violin


14.   The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn): III. Allegro - 03:11


Porgy and Bess Medley (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous George Gershwin
Conducted by: Frederick Fennell
Eugene Rousseau,


15.   Porgy and Bess Medley (excerpt) - 03:29


El sombrero de 3 picos (The 3-Cornered Hat) (more info)
Performed by: Wurttemberg State Orchestra Stuttgart Asturias Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra National Youth Orchestra of Spain
Composed by: Manuel De Falla
Conducted by: Fabrice Bolon Edmon Colomer Kenneth Jean Gerard Schwarz Maximiano Valdes Garcia Navarro
Maria Lluisa Muntada, soprano
Paco Romero, percussion
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Ofelia Sala, soprano
Marcela de Loa, soprano
Maria Jose Martos, mezzo-soprano


16.   El sombrero de 3 picos (The 3-Cornered Hat) - 03:28


Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B. 71 (more info)
Performed by: Washington Orchestra Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Royal Thomson Hall Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak James Taylor
Conducted by: Robert Shafer Elmer Iseler Jiri Belohlavek Helmuth Rilling Zdenek Macal Laurence Equilbey
Marina Shaguch, soprano
Markus Butter, baritone
Alexandra Coku, soprano
Christine Brewer, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
John Aler, tenor
Ding Gao, baritone
Marga Schiml, contralto
Ludek Vele, bass
Livia Aghova, soprano
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Pavol Breslik, tenor
Kaaren Erickson, soprano
Aldo Baldin, tenor
Thomas Quasthoff, bass
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Renata Pokupic, soprano
John Cheek, bass
Brigitte Engerer, piano


17.   Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B. 71: Stabat mater dolorosa - 02:30


Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (arr. for organ) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Johann Sebastian Bach
Douglas Major, organ
Fenner Douglass, organ
Vincent Boucher, organ
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Bertalan Hock, oboe
Michael Austin, organ
Todd Wilson, organ
Georges Athanasiades, organ
Recording date: 15-18 December 1992


18.   Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. for organ) - 03:21


O hear us, Lord (more info)
Composed by: Anthony Piccolo
Conducted by: Donald Pearson
John Donne,
Eric Plutz, organ


19.   O hear us, Lord - 02:00


Dies natalis I (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Howard Hanson
Conducted by: Gerard Schwarz


20.   Dies natalis I - 03:40


1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Queensland Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Oregon Symphony German Radio Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar James DePreist Stephen Gunzenhauser Adrian Leaper Johannes Wildner Andrew Litton Muhai Tang
David Christensen, carillons
Christoph Poppen, violin


21.   1812 Overture, Op. 49 - 02:32

Jet flyover (USMC MkLk, Bangalors and FA-18s) (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


1.   Jet flyover (USMC MkLk, Bangalors and FA-18s) - 00:16


Fire Department Code 3 (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


2.   Fire Department Code 3 - 00:52


Canadian Pacific Railroad (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


3.   Canadian Pacific Railroad - 01:32


Hawaiian surf (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


4.   Hawaiian surf - 01:38


Light rain with thunder (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


5.   Light rain with thunder - 00:52


WW II Aircraft (Reno Air Races) (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


6.   WW II Aircraft (Reno Air Races) - 01:36


Steam Locomotive 4501 passes in a thunderstorm (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


7.   Steam Locomotive 4501 passes in a thunderstorm - 01:36


Stereo channel identification (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


8.   Stereo channel identification - 01:00


Stereo phase (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


9.   Stereo phase - 01:00


Stereo balance (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


10.   Stereo balance - 01:00


Left-Right frequency balance (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


11.   Left-Right frequency balance - 01:00


Stereo center imaging (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


12.   Stereo center imaging - 01:11


Stereo half-left and half-right imaging (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


13.   Stereo half-left and half-right imaging - 02:17


Continuous wideband stereo pan (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


14.   Continuous wideband stereo pan - 01:00


Stepped wideband stereo pan (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


15.   Stepped wideband stereo pan - 01:01


Continuous narrowband stereo pan (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


16.   Continuous narrowband stereo pan - 01:01


Stepped narrowband stereo pan (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


17.   Stepped narrowband stereo pan - 01:01


Speaker comparison level-matching (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


18.   Speaker comparison level-matching - 01:00


Low-frequency sweep with voice-over (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


19.   Low-frequency sweep with voice-over - 01:16


Low-frequency sine wave sweep with harmonic (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


20.   Low-frequency sine wave sweep with harmonic - 01:15


Subwoofer level (with meter) (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


21.   Subwoofer level (with meter) - 01:01


Subwoofer phase: 200Hz (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


22.   Subwoofer phase: 200Hz - 01:01


Subwoofer phase: 160Hz (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


23.   Subwoofer phase: 160Hz - 01:00


Subwoofer phase: 125Hz (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


24.   Subwoofer phase: 125Hz - 01:00


Subwoofer phase: 100Hz (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


25.   Subwoofer phase: 100Hz - 01:00


Subwoofer phase: 80Hz (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


26.   Subwoofer phase: 80Hz - 00:58


Subwoofer phase: 62Hz (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


27.   Subwoofer phase: 62Hz - 01:00


Subwoofer blend (slow) (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


28.   Subwoofer blend (slow) - 01:00


Subwoofer blend (fast) (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


29.   Subwoofer blend (fast) - 01:13


Surround-Sound channel identification (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


30.   Surround-Sound channel identification - 00:57


Surround-Sound speaker balance (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


31.   Surround-Sound speaker balance - 01:00


Surround-Sound speaker balance with subwoofer (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


32.   Surround-Sound speaker balance with subwoofer - 01:00


Surround-Sound center speaker phase (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


33.   Surround-Sound center speaker phase - 01:03


Surround half-left and half-right imaging (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


34.   Surround half-left and half-right imaging - 02:18


Ambience / Reverberation clicks (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


35.   Ambience / Reverberation clicks - 01:00


Continuous wideband Surround-Sound frontal pan (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


36.   Continuous wideband Surround-Sound frontal pan - 01:00


Stepped wideband Surround-Sound frontal pan (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


37.   Stepped wideband Surround-Sound frontal pan - 01:02


Continuous narrowband Surround-Sound frontal pan (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


38.   Continuous narrowband Surround-Sound frontal pan - 01:00


Stepped narrowband Surround-Sound frontal pan (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


39.   Stepped narrowband Surround-Sound frontal pan - 01:01


Band limited pink noise (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


40.   Band limited pink noise - 01:00


Stereo pink noise (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


41.   Stereo pink noise - 01:00


Left-channel pink noise (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


42.   Left-channel pink noise - 01:00


Center-channel pink noise (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


43.   Center-channel pink noise - 01:01


Right-channel pink noise (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


44.   Right-channel pink noise - 01:01


Surround-channel pink noise (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


45.   Surround-channel pink noise - 01:01


Left-channel match tone (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


46.   Left-channel match tone - 01:00


Center-channel level-match tone (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


47.   Center-channel level-match tone - 01:01


Right-channel level-match tone (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


48.   Right-channel level-match tone - 01:00


Surround-channel level-match tone (more info)
Produced by: Ranada, David


49.   Surround-channel level-match tone - 01:01

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