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Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" (more info)
Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome New York Chamber Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra New York Chamber Symphony Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Victor De Sabata Hans Pfitzner Rene Leibowitz Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Karel Ancerl Kurt Sanderling Thomas Fey Bertrand de Billy Bela Drahos Michael Halasz John Nelson Bystrik Rezucha Bruno Walter Bruno Weil Gerard Schwarz Felix Weingartner Philippe Herreweghe Herbert Kegel Kazimierz Kord
Recording date: 2-6 March 1988


1.   Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral": II. Scene by the Brook: Andante molto mosso - 12:28


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)


2.   The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Panorama - 03:23


Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (more info)
Performed by: Collegium Musicum Basel Bratislava Mozart Academy Vienna Mozart Academy London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Vienna Mozart Orchestra Concerto Koln Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra New York Chamber Symphony
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Neville Marriner
Conducted by: Simon Gaudenz Nicholas Cleobury John Storgards Franz-Paul Decker Richard Edlinger Konrad Leitner Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Gerard Schwarz Werner Erhardt Don Jackson
Michael Whight, clarinet
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Sebastian Manz, clarinet
Jozef Luptacik, clarinet
Gerald Grunbacher, clarinet
Karin Dornbusch, clarinet
Ernst Ottensamer, clarinet
Kari Kriikku, clarinet
David Shifrin, clarinet
Pierre-Andre Taillard, clarinet
Cornelius Meister, piano
Elisabeth Depardieu, clarinet
James Campbell, clarinet


3.   Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: IIII. Rondo: Allegro - 07:57


Carmen Suite (more info)
Performed by: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Musici de Montreal, I Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra German Philharmonic String Orchestra
Composed by: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar James DePreist
Yuli Turovsky, cello
Michael Sanderling, cello


4.   Carmen Suite, "The Carmen Ballet": VII. Zweites Intermezzo (Second Intermezzo) - 02:11


Nocturne in B major, Op. 40, B. 48a (more info)
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
Edmund Battersby, piano
Zhou Qian, violin


5.   Nocturne in B major, Op. 40, B. 48a - 05:00


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


6.   Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550: II. Andante - 07:21


Lyric Suite, Op. 54 (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice
Composed by: Edvard Grieg
Conducted by: Richard Edlinger Charles Gerhardt Gerard Schwarz


7.   Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 4. Nocturne - 04:20


Keyboard Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII:2 (more info)
Performed by: Eurasia Sinfonietta Scottish Chamber Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Joseph Haydn
Conducted by: Helmut Muller-Bruhl Gerard Schwarz Jin Wang
Harald Hoeren, harpsichord
Christine Schornsheim, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Georges Athanasiades, organ
Mary Utiger, violin
Recording date: 23-27 February 2007


8.   Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:2: II. Adagio molto - 08:21


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


9.   4 Bagatelles, Op. 30: No. 1. — - 02:05


Wild Mountain Thyme (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Scott Tennant, guitar


10.   Wild Mountain Thyme - 02:05


Symphony No. 3, Op. 33 (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Howard Hanson
Conducted by: Gerard Schwarz


11.   Symphony No. 3, Op. 33: II. Andante tranquillo - 08:51


Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 (more info)
Performed by: Scottish Chamber Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Leipzig Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Weimar Moscow Soloists Studio orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Kammerakademie Potsdam
Composed by: Pablo Casals Peter Breiner Franz Joseph Haydn
Conducted by: Malcolm Sargent Adrian Boult Helmut Muller-Bruhl Janos Rolla Carl Schuricht Gerard Schwarz Yuri Bashmet
Enrico Mainardi, cello
Janos Starker, cello
Ludovit Kanta, cello
Maria Kliegel, cello
Michael Sanderling, cello
Peter Bruns, cello
Reiner Ginzel, cello
Emanuel Feuermann, cello
Miklos Perenyi, cello
Nicolas Alstaedt, cello
Anne Gastinel, cello
Recording date: 15 October 1945


12.   Cello Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb:2: II. Adagio - 05:21

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


1.   2 Arabesques: No. 1 in E major - 04:21


Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Andrew Rangell, piano
Yvonne Lefebure,
Kathryn Stott, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 1976


2.   Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 - 05:05


Annees de pelerinage, 1st year, Switzerland, S160/R10 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Solomon, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Michael Korstick, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jeff Mee, synthesizer
Recording date: 6-10 December 1990


3.   Annees de Pelerinage, 1st year, Switzerland, S160/R10: II. Au lac de Wallenstadt - 03:28


Preludes, Book 2 (more info)
Composed by: Chengzong Yin Claude Debussy
Amir Tebenikhin, piano
Alexander Schimpf, piano
Klara Kormendi, piano
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jeff Mee, synthesizer
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Caroline Fischer, piano
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 25-28 November 1988


4.   Preludes, Book 2: No. 5. Bruyeres - 03:25


Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin Chengzong Yin
Alfred Cortot, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Josef Hofmann, piano
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Raoul Koczalski,
Gertrude Peppercorn, piano
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Daniel Pollack, piano
Alfonso Alberti, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 28 September 1987


5.   Berceuse, Op. 57 - 05:05


Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 84 (more info)
Composed by: Gabriel Faure
Stephane Lemelin, piano
Jean Martin, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano


6.   Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 84 - 03:46


Sancta Dorothea, S187/R73 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Philip Thomson, piano


7.   Sancta Dorothea, S187/R73 - 03:35


Pavane pour une infante defunte (version for piano) (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel Alain Lefevre
Louis Lortie, piano
Klara Kormendi, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 20-28 January 1988


8.   Pavane pour une infante defunte (version for piano) - 07:25


3 Romanzen, Op. 28 (more info)
Composed by: Robert Schumann
Rolf Koenen, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Denes Varjon, piano
Karina Wisniewska, piano
Jane Coop, piano


9.   3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F sharp major - 04:17


Keyboard Sonata No. 12 in A major, Hob.XVI:12 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Joseph Haydn
Jeno Jando, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano


10.   Piano Sonata No. 12 in A major, Hob.XVI:12: I. Andante - 05:57


French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Walter Gieseking, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
Monique Duphil, piano
Luc Beausejour, harpsichord
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jory Vinikour, harpsichord
William Corbett-Jones, piano
Recording date: 1985


11.   French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: III. Sarabande - 05:50


Le tombeau de Couperin (version for piano) (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Emil Gilels, piano
Phyllis Sellick, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Klara Kormendi, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: circa 1940


12.   Le tombeau de Couperin: No. 5. Menuet (version for piano) - 05:28


Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood), Op. 15 (more info)
Composed by: Robert Schumann
Alfred Cortot, piano
Antonin Kubalek, piano
Angelika Nebel, piano
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Donna Lee, piano
Artur Schnabel, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Ethella Chuprik, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Fanny Davies, piano
Alfonso Alberti, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Janos Sebestyen, organ
Denes Varjon, piano
Evelyn Dubourg, piano
Krzysztof Jablonski, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Jane Coop, piano


13.   Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 7. Traumerei (Dreaming) - 03:14


3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5 (version for piano) (more info)
Composed by: Charles T. Griffes
Michael Lewin, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jeff Mee, synthesizer


14.   3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5: No. 1. The Lake at Evening - 03:28


Consolations, S172/R12 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Andreas Rothkopf, organ
Daniel Pollack, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Janos Sebestyen, organ
Vladimir Bunin, piano
Philip Thomson, piano
Jack Richard Crossan, piano


15.   Consolation No. 3 in D flat major, S172/R12 - 04:35

Invitation to Prayer (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Donald Pearson
Eric Plutz, organ


1.   Invitation to Prayer - 00:20


Jesu, rex admirabilis (more info)
Performed by: Voices of Ascension Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Conducted by: John Eliot Gardiner Dennis Keene
Mark Kruczek, organ


2.   Jesu, rex admirabilis - 01:46


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


3.   Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. for organ) - 03:24


Ave Maria, Op. 9b (more info)
Performed by: Voices of Ascension Orchestra
Composed by: Gustav Holst
Conducted by: Paul Spicer Dennis Keene
Mark Kruczek, organ


4.   Ave Maria, Op. 9b - 04:47


Ave Maria (version for voice and piano) (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Charles-Francois Gounod
Nellie Melba, soprano
Landon Ronald, piano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Patrick Stephens, piano
Recording date: 7th July, 1906


5.   Ave Maria - 03:03


Ave Maria (more info)
Performed by: Voices of Ascension Orchestra
Composed by: Tomas Luis de Victoria
Conducted by: Stephen Smith Jeremy Summerly Dennis Keene
Mark Kruczek, organ


6.   Ave Maria - 03:05


11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (more info)
Composed by: Johannes Brahms
Anne Horsch, organ
Roger W. Sherman, organ
Robert Parkins, organ
Robert Noehren, organ
Todd Wilson, organ
Georges Athanasiades, organ
Martin Souter, piano
Stefan Horz, organ
Recording date: 4-5 January 1994


7.   11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 5. Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele - 02:14
8.   11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 6. O wie selig seid ihr doch - 01:50


Agnus Dei, Op. 11 (more info)
Composed by: Samuel Barber
Conducted by: Douglas Lawrence Maris Sirmais Donald Pearson Laurence Equilbey
Eric Plutz, organ
Jean Cioffi, soprano


9.   Agnus Dei, Op. 11 - 06:56


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


10.   Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B. 71: Tui nati vulnerati - 05:03


Prelude in E flat major (more info)
Composed by: William Henry Harris
Todd Wilson, organ


11.   Prelude in E flat major - 02:27


Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake (more info)
Performed by: Voices of Ascension Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Farrant John Bull
Conducted by: Dennis Keene
Mark Kruczek, organ


12.   Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake - 01:47


From virgin's womb: Rejoice, rejoice (more info)
Performed by: Voices of Ascension Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous William Byrd
Conducted by: Dennis Keene
Mark Kruczek, organ


13.   From virgin's womb: Rejoice, rejoice - 00:57


Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on a G String" (arr. E. S. Barnes) (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Edward Shippen Barnes,
Todd Wilson, organ


14.   Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on a G String" (arr. for organ) - 05:44


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


15.   Requiem, Op. 9: Sanctus - 03:29
16.   Requiem, Op. 9: Kyrie - 04:06


Os justi, WAB 30 (more info)
Performed by: Voices of Ascension Orchestra
Composed by: Anton Bruckner Robert Jones
Conducted by: Marcus Creed Hans Zanotelli Martin Flamig Joseph Flummerfelt Dennis Keene
Matthew Morley, organ
Nancienne Parrella, organ
Mark Kruczek, organ


17.   Os justi, WAB 30 - 04:20


Sea Pictures, Op. 37: IV. Where Corals Lie (more info)
Performed by: L'Arco Baroque Orchestra Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 London Philharmonic Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Trinity Church Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Scholars Baroque Ensemble Stuttgart Bach Collegium Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La RIAS Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra American Bach Soloists Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Academy of London Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta
Composed by: George Frideric Handel James Taylor
Conducted by: Michael McCarthy Jorg Breiding Peter Marschik Jaroslav Krecek Malcolm Sargent Monica Huggett Marcus Creed William Lacey Adrian Boult Ivars Taurins Richard Hickox Jean-Claude Malgoire Owen Burdick Helmuth Rilling Thomas Beecham Gerard Schwarz Alexander Weimann Daniel Taylor Helmut Froschauer David Parry Valentin Radu Joseph Flummerfelt Jeffrey Thomas Sarah Tenant-Flowers
Nathalie Paulin, soprano
Kay Stiefermann, baritone
Frances Jellard, mezzo-soprano
William Sharp, baritone
Elizabeth Harwood, soprano
Arnold Grier, organ
Sara Macliver, soprano
Susan Lewis Kavinski, soprano
Yvette Smith, mezzo-soprano
David Bachmann, organ
Jeffrey Strauss, baritone
Eric Budzynski, harpsichord
Nathan Berg,
Kym Amps, soprano
Stephen Alltop, piano
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Matthew White, counter-tenor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Philip Langridge, tenor
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Sinclair,
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Angus Davidson, counter-tenor
Ivan Sharpe,
Bruce Ford, tenor
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Helen Parker, soprano
David Price,
Brett Polegato, baritone
Siri Karoline Thornhill, soprano
Alexander Young,
Jan Kobow, tenor
William Hite, tenor
Maria Jette, soprano
Patrice Djerejian, contralto
Basil Lam, harpsichord
Bejun Mehta,
Hubert Eisdell, tenor
Arleen Auger, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, bass
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Norma Procter, contralto
Steven Tharp, tenor
Michael Erxleben, violin
Max Emanuel Cencic, soprano
Charles Humphries, tenor
Robert Torday, bass-baritone
Martin Wolfel, alto
Rufus Muller, tenor
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor


18.   Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Aria: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd - 06:26


Justorum animae (more info)
Performed by: Voices of Ascension Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous William Byrd
Conducted by: Dennis Keene
Mark Kruczek, organ


19.   Justorum animae - 03:01


Let my Prayer come up as the Incense (more info)
Composed by: Peter Hallock
Conducted by: Dean Suess Donald Pearson
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Roger W. Sherman, organ
Eric Plutz, organ


20.   Let my Prayer come up as the Incense - 02:34

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