Really Mad About The Classics

Really Mad About The Classics

On this CD:

1. Suites of Symphonies for brass, strings, & timpani, Premiere Suite, Nos 1-4, complete
Composed by Jean-Joseph Mouret
Performed by Bernhard Laubin, Hannes Laubin, Wolfgang Laubin, Simon Preston, Norbert Schmitt

2. String Quintet in E major, Op. 11/5, G275 Menuetto
Composed by Luigi Boccherini
Performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

3. Hungarian Dances (21) for piano, 4 hands (or piano solo or orchestra), WoO 1 No 5 in G minor
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Hamburg North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

4. Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture for orchestra in B minor (3 versions) Love Theme
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by New York Philharmonic
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

5. Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

6. Serenade for strings (or piano duet), in C major, Op. 48 Waltz
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Chamber Orchestra Europe
Conducted by Gerard Korsten

7. Radetsky-Marsch for orchestra, Op. 228
Composed by Johann I Strauss
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

8. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), for orchestra, Op. 214 (RV 214)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9. Lux Aeterna (choral arrangement of Nimrod)
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

10. Slavonic Dance No. 8 for orchestra in G minor B. 83/8 (Op. 46/8)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

11. Carmen, opera, overtures & intermezzi for orchestra Entr'acte III
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

12. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 Wedding March
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by James Levine

13. Thais, opera Meditation
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Anne-Sophie Mutter
Conducted by James Levine

14. L' Arlésienne, Suite I for orchestra, from the incidental music Farandole
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

15. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni), T. Mi 26
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Edward Brewer, Eriko Sato

16. Gli uccelli (The Birds), suite for orchestra, P. 154 Preludio
Composed by Ottorino Respighi
Performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

17. Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Classical"), Op. 25 Gavotta
Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

18. Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo in C major for violin & guitar (or orchestra), Op. 11 (MS72)
Composed by Niccolo Paganini
Performed by Gil Shaham, Goran Sollscher

19. Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H. 7e/1 Finale
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Mark Bennett, English Concert
Conducted by Trevor Pinnock

20. Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3) Fanfare for the Common Man
Composed by Aaron Copland
Performed by New York Philharmonic
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Really Mad About The Classics, Music, Tomaso Albinoni, Georges Bizet, Luigi Boccherini, Johannes Brahms, Aaron Copland, Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, Gabriel Faure, Franz Joseph Haydn, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Niccolo Paganini, Sergey Prokofiev, Ottorino Respighi, Johann I Strauss, Johann II Strauss, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Gerard Korsten, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, John Eliot Gardiner, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Trevor Pinnock, Berliner Philharmoniker, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, English Concert, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Wiener Philharmoniker, Göran Söllscher, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Edward Brewer, Simon Preston, Bernhard Laubin, Hannes Laubin, Mark Bennett, Wolfgang Laubin, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Eriko Sato, Gil Shaham

Really Mad About The Classics

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