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Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice American Promenade Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Kaiserslautern Orchestra Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Composed by: Jacques Offenbach
Conducted by: Peter Falk Alfred Walter Charles Gerhardt Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Lowell Graham Erich Kunzel


1.   Orpheus in the Underworld: Can-Can - 2:13


Guillaume Tell (William Tell) (more info)
Performed by: Zagreb Festival Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra
Composed by: Gioachino Rossini Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Steven Mercurio Michael Halasz Johannes Wildner David Parry
Igor Morozov, baritone
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Alan Opie, baritone
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Mary Plazas, soprano
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Anne Mason, mezzo-soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Barry Banks, baritone


2.   William Tell: Overture - 6:15


La damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice Hungarian State Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Sylvain Cambreling Adam Fischer Kenneth Jean Matyas Antal Jansug Kakhidze
Recording date: 19-22 December 1988


3.   Four Overtures: Rakoczy March - 4:16


Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257, "Musikalischer Scherz" (Musical Joke) (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice BBC Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Jascha Horenstein Heinz Karl Gruber Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Vakhtang Kakhidze


4.   Perpetual Motion: A Musical Joke - 2:58


Pizzicato (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss II Josef Strauss
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Michael Dittrich Ondrej Lenard Martin Sieghart Joseph Francek


5.   Pizzicato Polka - 3:00


Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute" (more info)
Composed by: Alain Lefevre Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Lidia Grychtolowna, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Richard Raymond, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 13-17 October 1987


6.   Minute Waltz - 1:45


Musique de table, Part III: Concerto for 2 horns in E flat major, TWV 54:Es1 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana Collegium Aureum Orchestra of the Golden Age
Composed by: Georg Philipp Telemann
Conducted by: Franzjosef Maier Richard Edlinger
Bedrich Tylsar, horn
Gavin Edwards, horn
Erich Penzel,
Roger Montgomery, horn
Zdenek Tylsar, horn


7.   Concerto for Two Horns: Vivace - 3:34


5 Military Marches, Op. 39, "Pomp and Circumstance" (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Royal Albert Hall Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra of London Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edward Elgar
Conducted by: James Judd Rossen Milanov Adrian Boult Klaus-Peter Hahn Andrew Davis Adrian Leaper Alexander Gibson Roy Newsome


8.   Pomp and Circumstance - 6:01


The Parade of the Sandwich Board Men (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Billy Joseph Mayerl
Conducted by: Gary Carpenter
Recording date: 21 January 1938


9.   Parade of the Sandwich Board Men - 2:38


Thunderbird Suite (more info)
Composed by: Charles Wakefield Cadman


10.   Thunderbird Suite: Wolf Song - 2:23


Indian Scenes (more info)
Composed by: Henry F. Gilbert
Dario Muller, piano


11.   Indian Scenes: On the Jocko - 2:17


Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Lille National Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Jean-Claude Casadesus Stephen Gunzenhauser Andrew Mogrelia Neeme Jarvi


12.   Lieutenant Kije: Troika - 2:57


Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"  (more info)
Performed by: Porto National Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Camerata Salzburg Capella Istropolitana Musici de Montreal, I Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra Kiev Chamber Orchestra Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Swedish Chamber Orchestra Vienna Mozart Orchestra Accademia Ziliniana North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Marc Tardue Eduard Fischer Wolfgang Sebotka Mario Bernardi Marco Boni Konrad Leitner Libor Pesek Wolfgang Sobotka Petter Sundkvist Iona Brown Wilhelm Furtwangler Sandor Vegh
Yuli Turovsky, cello
Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg,


13.   Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro - 5:49


Radetzky March, Op. 228 (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Volksoper Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Strauss Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Strauss I
Conducted by: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Istvan Bogar Peter Guth Ondrej Lenard Joseph Francek Carl Michalski
Recording date: 11-21 January 1988


14.   Radetzky March - 3:08


Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite, Op. 57 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Conducted by: Alexander Mikjailov Anthony Bramall Michail Jurowski Andras Korodi Neeme Jarvi Enrique Batiz
David Nolan, violin
Vytautas Sondeckis, cello
Recording date: 20-21 August 1992


15.   Flight of the Bumble-Bee - 1:31


Die Walkure (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Klaus Tennstedt Hans Knappertsbusch Andrew Davis Charles Gerhardt Uwe Mund Wilhelm Furtwangler
Recording date: October 1988


16.   Die Walkure: Ride of the Walkyries - 5:22


Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Bedrich Smetana Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Fritz Busch Barry Wordsworth Antonio de Almeida Gianandrea Noseda


17.   Dance of the Comedians - 4:59

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