Classical Kaleidoscope
On this CD:
1. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Overture
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
2. Nutcracker, ballet, Op.71 Waltz of the Flowers
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Heinz Rogner
3. Quasi presto, etude for piano in A Minor (Grand Paganini Étude No. 6), S. 141/6 (LW A173/6) No 6
Composed by Franz Liszt
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
4. Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music, D. 797 (Op. 26) Ballet Music
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Willi Boskovsky
5. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Figaro's Aria
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Berlin State Choir
with Siegfried Lorenz
Conducted by Heinz Fricke
6. Valse Triste, for orchestra (from Kuolema), Op. 44/1 No 1, Valse Triste
Composed by Jean Sibelius
Performed by Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Heinz Bongartz
7. Prelude for piano No. 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15, CT 180
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
Performed by Elfrun Gabriel
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
8. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera Overture
Composed by Otto Nicolai
Performed by Berlin State Choir
Conducted by Bernhard Klee
9. Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3 Allegro vivace
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
10. Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314 (K. 285d) Allegro
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
11. L' Arlésienne, Suite II for orchestra, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard) Suite No 2: Minuet
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Heinz Rogner
12. Gagliarde Act 3: Prelude
Composed by Adrian Denss
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Giuseppe Patane
13. Symphony No. 8 in G major (first published as No. 4), B. 163 (Op.88) Allegro
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
14. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate") Op. 67 Allegro con brio
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conducted by Franz Konwitschny
15. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i) Turkish March
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Rolf-Dieter Arens
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
16. Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Berlin State Choir
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
17. Suite for orchestra No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Minuet and Bandinerie
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Berlin Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Helmut Koch
18. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525 Allegro
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Max Pommer
19. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique") Op. 13 Adagio cantabile
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Dieter Zechlin
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
20. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 Allegro assai
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Berlin Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Helmut Koch
21. Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta Overture
Composed by Franz von Suppe
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
22. Symphony No. 94 in G major ("Surprise"/"The Drumstroke"/"Mit dem Paukenschlag"), H. 1/94 Andante
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Berlin State Choir
Conducted by Gunther Herbig
23. Double Oboe Concerto for 2 oboes (or recorders), strings & continuo in D Minor, RV 535 Concerto for violin & orchestra in A minor: Allegro
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Berlin Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Helmut Koch
24. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral") Op. 125 Ode to Joy
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
with Ursula Zollenkopf
Conducted by Franz Konwitschny
25. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra O Fortuna
Composed by Carl Orff
Performed by Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert Kegel
26. Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast No. 2), JB 1:112/2
Composed by Bedrich Smetana
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conducted by Vaclav Neumann
27. Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15 No 7, Reveries
Composed by Robert Schumann
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
28. Hungarian Dances (21) for piano, 4 hands (or piano solo or orchestra), WoO 1 No 5, arr for orchestra
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conducted by Vaclav Neumann
29. Pomp and Circumstance, 5 marches for orchestra, Op. 39 No 1
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by Berlin Grosses Rundfunkorchester
Conducted by Robert Hanell
30. Water Music Suites Nos 1 - 3 for orchestra, HWV 348 - 350 Excerpt
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Chamber Orchestra "Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach"
Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen
31. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano Finale, arr for orchestra
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert Kegel
32. Ave Maria for voice & orchestra (or piano) (after Bach)
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Egon Morbitzer
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
33. Les Préludes, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 97 (LW G3)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conducted by Vaclav Neumann
34. Boléro, ballet for orchestra (or piano)
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Tchaikovsky Festival Orchestra Moscow
Conducted by Jurek Petroschov
35. Rhapsody in Blue for piano & orchestra (orchestral version by F. Grofé)
Composed by George Gershwin
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conducted by Kurt Masur
36. Perfunde Coeli Rore Minuet
Composed by Johannes Martini
Performed by Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Hanell
37. Fra Holberg tid (From Holberg's Time), for string orchestra ("Holberg Suite"), Op. 40 Prelude
Composed by Edvard Grieg
Performed by Berlin Radio Music School Orchestra
Conducted by Jorg-Peter Weigle
38. Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts Barcarolle
Composed by Jacques Offenbach
Performed by Berlin Grosses Rundfunkorchester / Berlin Radio Soloists Association
Conducted by Robert Hanell
39. Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op.6/12, HWV 330 Aria
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Handel-Festspielorchester Halle
Conducted by Horst-Tanu Markgraf
40. Slavonic Dance No. 1 for orchestra in C major, B. 83/1 (Op. 46/1)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conducted by Vaclav Neumann
41. Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Gunter Kootz
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
42. Hary Janos Carillon
Composed by Zoltan Kodaly
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conducted by Carl von Garaguly
43. Leonore Overture No. 3 in C major, Op. 72b
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conducted by Franz Konwitschny
44. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Serenade
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Otmar Suitner
45. Symphony No. 96 in D major ("Miracle"), H. 1/96 Minuet
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Kurt Masur
46. Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), operetta Overture
Composed by Jacques Offenbach
Performed by Berlin Grosses Rundfunkorchester
Conducted by Robert Hanell
Classical Kaleidoscope, Music, Siegfried Lorenz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, Fryderyk Chopin, Adrian Denss, Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Zoltan Kodaly, Franz Liszt, Johannes Martini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Modest Mussorgsky, Otto Nicolai, Jacques Offenbach, Carl Orff, Maurice Ravel, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Jean Sibelius, Bedrich Smetana, Franz von Suppe, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi, Bernhard Klee, Carl von Garaguly, Franz Konwitschny, Giuseppe Patane, Gunther Herbig, Hartmut Haenchen, Heinz Bongartz, Heinz Fricke, Heinz Rogner, Helmut Koch, Herbert Blomstedt, Herbert Kegel, Horst-Tanu Margraf, Horst-Tanu Markgraf, Jorg-Peter Weigle, Jurek Petroschov
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