1000 Years of Classical Music

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume I CD1
2▶CD: Volume 1 CD2
3▶CD: Volume 1 CD3
4▶CD: Volume I CD4
5▶CD: Volume II CD1
6▼CD: Volume II CD2
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1Prélude à ‘L’Après-midi d’un Faune’, L. 86
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jorge Mester (conductor)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy9:59
2Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: 6. Des pas sur la neige
piano:
Duncan Gifford (pianist)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VI. Des pas sur la neige. Triste et lent
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert]
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
Claude Debussy3:54
3Cello Concerto In E minor, op. 85: 1. Adagio - Moderato
cello and solo cello:
Li-Wei Qin (cellist)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
recording of:
Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: I. Adagio – Moderato
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (from 1918 until 1919)
part of:
Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
Edward Elgar8:32
4Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, "Enigma": Variation 9: Nimrod (Adagio)
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Myer Fredman (British-Australian conductor)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Augustus J. Jaeger
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar3:24
5The Planets, op. 32: 3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst4:23
6Iberia: IV. El puerto
orchestra:
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jorge Mester (conductor)
recording of:
Iberia, B. 47: Book I: II. El puerto (orchestrated by Arbós)
orchestrator:
Enrique Fernández Arbós (Spanish violinist, composer and conductor)
composer:
Isaac Albéniz (Spanish composer)
orchestration of:
Iberia, B. 47: Book I: II. El puerto
Isaac Albéniz4:49
7Four Last Songs, TrV 296: I. Frühling
soprano vocals:
Erin Wall (Canadian-American soprano) (from 2014-07-24 until 2014-07-26)
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (from 2014-07-24 until 2014-07-26)
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger) (from 2014-07-24 until 2014-07-26)
recorded at:
Hamer Hall in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (from 2014-07-24 until 2014-07-26)
live recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: I. „Frühling“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 1. “Spring”) (from 2014-07-24 until 2014-07-26)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-07-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss3:34
8Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47: III. Allegro, ma non tanto
solo violin:
Adele Anthony (violinist)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Arvo Volmer (conductor)
recording of:
Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47: III. Allegro, ma non tanto
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
part of:
Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47
Jean Sibelius7:38
9Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43: 1. Allegretto
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Arvo Volmer (conductor)
recording of:
Sinfonia nro 2 D-duuri, op. 43: I. Allegretto (Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43: I. Allegretto)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (from 1900 until 1902)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel
part of:
Sinfonia nro 2 D-duuri, op. 43 (Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43)
Jean Sibelius9:05
10Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27: II. Allegro molto
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27: II. Allegro molto
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (from 1906 until 1907)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
Sergei Rachmaninoff10:40
11Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff9:57
7▶CD: Volume II CD3
8▶CD: Volume II CD4