Classical Moments 2: Classical Music for Love

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (more info)
Performed by: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov Alain Lefevre
Conducted by: Leopold Stokowski Fritz Reiner Jascha Horenstein Gyorgy Lehel Basil Cameron Bryden Thomson Matthias Bamert Antoni Wit Walter Susskind
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
William Kapell, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Howard Shelley, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Idil Biret, piano


1.   Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18 - 2:52


Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan" (more info)
Performed by: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum London Mozart Players Mozart Festival Orchestra Zurich Chamber Orchestra Concentus Hungaricus Prague Chamber Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana CBC Radio Orchestra Vienna Mozart Orchestra Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra Cappella Coloniensis
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fazil Say
Conducted by: Marco Bertone Mario Bernardi Howard Griffiths Nicholas Kraemer Konrad Leitner Andras Ligeti Christoph Eberle Matyas Antal Constantine Orbelian Herbert Kraus Alexander von Pitamio
Jan Stanienda, violin
Ewa Poblocka, piano
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Christophe Coin,
Howard Shelley, piano
Peter Lang, piano
Paul Badura-Skoda,
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Linda Nicholson, fortepiano
Patrick Cohen, piano
Vilmos Fischer, piano


2.   Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante - 6:43


String Quartet No. 2 in D major (more info)
Composed by: Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin
Recording date: 25-28 October 1993


3.   String Quartet No. 2 in D major: III. Notturno: Andante - 8:24


Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Bamberg Symphony Orchestra French National Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Gustav Mahler
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Markus Stenz James DePreist Ivan Fischer Jonathan Nott Hartmut Haenchen Bruno Walter Neeme Jarvi Michael Gielen Roger Norrington Antoni Wit Bernard Haitink Jaap van Zweden Andrew Litton Anton Nanut


4.   Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor: IV. Adagietto - 12:03


The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich Peter Dixon
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Vassily Sinaisky
Yuri Torchinsky, violin
Recording date: 12-15 February 1995


5.   The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance - 5:49


Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (more info)
Performed by: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Montreal Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra New York Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Albert Hall Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Bochum Symphony Orchestra Rheinische State Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Neville Marriner Max Bruch Ruggiero Ricci
Conducted by: Charles Munch Charles Dutoit Dmitry Yablonsky John Barbirolli Ferdinand Leitner Keith Clark Stephen Gunzenhauser Neeme Jarvi Carl Schuricht Helmut Froschauer Daniel Raiskin Matthias Kuntzsch
Pamela Frank, violin
Hansheinz Schneeberger, violin
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Landon Ronald, piano
Mariko Honda, violin
Nathan Milstein, violin
Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
Maxim Fedotov, violin
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
James Ehnes, violin
Anguelina Abadjieva, violin
Fritz Kreisler, violin


6.   Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio - 8:06


Spartacus Suite No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Aram Il'yich Khachaturian Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Neeme Jarvi Andre Anichanov


7.   Spartacus: Suite No. 2: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia - 8:31


Rakastava, Op. 14 (published orchestral version for string orchestra and percussion) (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Jean Sibelius
Conducted by: Mario Bernardi Adrian Leaper Alexander Gibson
Peter Csaba, violin


8.   Rakastava (The Lover), Op. 14: I. Der Liebende (The Lover) - 4:53


Romeo and Juliet (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Russian National Orchestra Queensland Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Pierre Rameau Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Oregon Symphony
Composed by: Neville Marriner Igor Markevitch Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar James DePreist Daniele Gatti Pierre Rameau Yakov Kreizberg Vladimir Jurowski Charles Gerhardt Geoffrey Simon Adrian Leaper Johannes Wildner Vernon Handley Christoph Eschenbach Muhai Tang


9.   Romeo And Juliet Fantasy Overture - 2:43


Olav Trygvason, Op. 50 (arr. for piano) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Edvard Grieg
Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano
Recording date: 6-9 August 1993


10.   Olav Trygvason, Op. 50: Bonn (Prayer) (arr. for piano) - 3:19


Volshebnoye ozero (The Enchanted Lake), Op. 62 (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Anatol Konstantinovich Liadov
Conducted by: Stephen Gunzenhauser Neeme Jarvi Vassily Sinaisky


11.   The Enchanted Lake - 7:58

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