Classic CD, Volume 93: Fairy Tales

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1Piano Sonata no 18 in G. major, D894: I. Molto moderato e cantabile (opening)Franz Schubert5:04
2Marco Polo: The Book of Timespace Winter
soprano vocals:
Nina Warren (soprano)
vocals:
Susan Botti (American soprano and composer) and Alexandra Montano
orchestra:
Netherlands Radio Kamerochest
conductor:
Tan Dun (Chinese composer)
Tan Dun5:06
3Piano Concerto no. 15 in B-flat major, K450: I. Allegro (ending)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:03
4Pastorcito santo
guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
recording of:
Retablo de Navidad: Villancicos, nº 1: Pastorcito santo
lyricist:
Félix Lope de Vega (Spanish playwright/poet)
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1952)
part of:
Retablo de Navidad: Villancicos
Joaquín Rodrigo2:46
5Violin Concerto in D major: I. Allegro con fermazza (opening)
violin:
David Oistrakh (violinist)
orchestra:
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Gauk (Russian/Soviet conductor, composer 1893-1963)
partial recording of:
Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 46: I. Allegro con fermezza
composer:
Արամ Խաչատրյան (Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1940)
part of:
Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 46
Aram Khachaturian3:49
6Memento - opening
alto vocals:
Evelin Saul
soprano vocals:
Kaia Urb
tenor vocals:
Tiit Kogerman
partial recording of:
Memento
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer) (in 1994)
Arvo Pärt4:26
7Partita no 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: Praeludium
piano:
Glenn Gould (pianist) (from 1959-05-01 until 1959-09-22)
recording of:
Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: I. Prelude (from 1959-05-01 until 1959-09-22)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825
Johann Sebastian Bach1:55
8Orfeo ed Euridice: Che iaroChristoph Willibald Gluck3:21
9Silent Woods, op. 68 no. 5
producer:
Peter Andry (producer)
cello:
Jacqueline du Pré (cellist) (on 1970-11-11)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1970-11-11)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (on 1970-11-11)
balance engineer:
Taylor Carson (engineer) (on 1970-11-11)
recorded at:
Medinah Temple in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1970-11-11)
recording of:
Klid (Silent Woods) for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68 no. 5 (on 1970-11-11)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (on 1893-10-28)
dedicated to:
Hanuš Wihan
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-16)
part of:
Works of Antonín Dvořák by opus number (number: op. 65/5) and Antonín Dvořák: Thematický katalog (Antonín Dvořák: Thematic Catalogue, Burghauser [B.]) (number: B. 182)
orchestration of:
Ze Šumavy, op. 68, B. 133: č. 5. Klid (Lento e molto cantabile) (From the Bohemian Forest, op. 68, B. 133: no. 5. Silent Woods (Lento e molto cantabile), for four-hand piano)
Antonín Dvořák6:44
10Old Man River
bass vocals:
Paul Robeson (American bass baritone)
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Jerome Kern3:33
11Hansel und Gretel: Hexenritt
orchestra:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recording of:
Hänsel und Gretel: Akt I, 3. Szene. Vorspiel: Der Hexenritt (Witches' Ride)
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) (from 1891 until 1892)
part of:
Hansel and Gretel (english version)
part of:
Hänsel und Gretel (original german lyrics)
Engelbert Humperdinck4:36
12Ma Mere l'Oye: Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete, opening
orchestra:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ma mère l’Oye: IV. Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête (pour orchestre)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1911)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1908 until 1910)
orchestration of:
Ma mère l’Oye: IV. Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête (pour piano à quatre mains)
part of:
Ma mère l’Oye (suite pour orchestre)
Maurice Ravel4:31
13Aladdin, op. 34: Orientalischer Festmarsch
orchestra:
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Myung-When Chung (Myung-Whun Chung, pianist and conductor)
recording of:
Aladdin Suite, op. 34: I. Oriental Festive March
composer:
Carl Nielsen (Danish composer) (in 1919)
part of:
Aladdin Suite, op. 34
Carl Nielsen3:00
14Serenade, op. 95: I. Allegro moderato (opening)
orchestra:
Bamberger Symphoniker (Bamberg Symphony)
conductor:
Horst Stein (conductor)
partial recording of:
Serenade for Orchestra, op. 95: I. Allegro moderato
composer:
Max Reger (German composer) (from 1905 until 1906)
part of:
Serenade for Orchestra, op. 95
Max Reger3:21
15O magnum mysterium
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël: No. 1. O magnum mysterium
composer:
Francis Poulenc (French composer and pianist) (in 1952, from 1959 until 1960)
part of:
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152
Francis Poulenc3:33
16Messiah: Part Two "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
conductor:
Martin Pearlman (US conductor, harpsichordist, composer)
performer:
Boston Baroque Orchehstra & Chorus
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 25. Chorus “And with His stripes”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel5:11
17Impromptu no. 2 in E-flat major, D. 889Franz Schubert4:36

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part of:Classic CD (Future Publishing release series) (number: 93) (order: 56)