Strauss Ii: Egyptischer / Saint-Saens, C.: Africa / Balakirev, M.A.: Islamey (Egyptian Splendour - The Mystery of Egypt in Classical Music)

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Aida (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra Bruno Seidler-Winkler Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Irish Army No. 1 Band Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra Europa Symphony Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi Colin Mawby
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Gaetano Merola Clemens Schmalstich Alberto Erede Giulio Setti Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Herman Weigert Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Hanspeter Gmur Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Ricco Saccani Tullio Serafin Ivan Marinov Karl Alwin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Jonel Perlea Lothar Zagrosek Bruno Seidler-Winkler Constantine Orbelian David Parry Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs Marko Munih Bernhard Klee
John McCormack, tenor
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Louise Homer, contralto
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Maria Nemeth, soprano
Mario Carlin, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Peter Rose, bass
Giuseppe Conca, choirmaster
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Bruna Rizzoli, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Frida Leider, soprano
Leonard Warren, baritone
Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Italo Tajo, bass
Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, bass
Maria Dragoni, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor
Barbara Dever, mezzo-soprano
Mark Rucker, baritone
Thomas Harper, tenor
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Fernando Corena, baritone
Piero De Palma, tenor
Kristjan Johannson, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Alfred Boe, tenor
Lucy Isabelle Marsh,
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Franco Ricciardi,
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Richard Tucker, tenor
Giuseppe Modesti,
Riccardo Ferrari, bass
Antonio Marceno, tenor
Monica Trini, soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Mario Del Monaco, tenor
Aldo Protti, baritone
Dario Caselli, bass
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Elsie Baker,
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Boris Christoff, bass
Emil Schipper, baritone
Hui He, soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Maria Dimchevska, soprano
Verter Vrachovsky, tenor
Yulia Wiener-Chinesheva, soprano
Nikola Nikolov, tenor
Nikolay Smochevsky, baritone
Stefan Tsiganchev, bass
Leo Slezak, tenor
Richard Margison, tenor
Johanna Gadski, soprano
Juan Perez, tenor
Recording date: 12th May, 1928 / 11th May, 1928


1.   Aida, Act II: Triumphal March - Gloria all'Egitto - 00:11:53
2.   Aida, Act I: Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida - 00:03:22


Egyptischer, Op. 335 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice London Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Johann Strauss Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Ondrej Lenard Jack Rothstein Christian Rainer


3.   Egyptischer, Op. 335 - 00:02:44


Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Malmo Symphony Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Edvard Grieg
Conducted by: Yuri Ahronovitch Bjarte Engeset Stephen Gunzenhauser Jerzy Maksymiuk Libor Pesek Don Jackson


4.   Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: II. Arabian Dance - 00:03:34


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


5.   Preludes, Book 2: No. 10. Canope - 00:04:37


Thais (arr. for flute and piano) (more info)
Composed by: Jules Massenet
Paola Girardi, piano
Raffaele Trevisani, flute
Martin Souter, piano
James Gregory, flute


6.   Thais, II. Meditation (arr. for flute and piano) - 00:04:26


The Egyptian Love Song (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous
Jenny Thomas, flute
Martin Souter, piano


7.   The Egyptian Love Song - 00:02:16


Africa, Op. 89 (more info)
Performed by: Luxembourg Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Camille Saint-Saens
Conducted by: Louis de Froment


8.   Africa, Op. 89 - 00:11:06


Islamey (more info)
Composed by: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Jeno Jando, piano
Terence Judd, piano
Alfred Brendel, piano
Valerie Tryon, piano


9.   Islamey - 00:08:52

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