The History of Classical Music, Part 4: Late Romantic to Modern: From Tchaikovsky to Rachmaninov

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Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto
2▶Digital Media: Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
3▶Digital Media: Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights)
4▶Digital Media: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (highlights)
5▶Digital Media: Verdi: Aida (highlights)
6▶Digital Media: Verdi: Rigoletto (highlights)
7▶Digital Media: Verdi: La traviata (highlights)
8▶Digital Media: Saint‐Saëns: “Organ” Symphony / Franck: Symphony in D minor
9▶Digital Media: Glinka: “Ruslan and Lyudmila” Overture / Balakirev: Islamey / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
10▶Digital Media: Rimsky‐Korsakov: Scheherazade / Capriccio espagnol
11▶Digital Media: Mahler: Symphony no. 1 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
12▶Digital Media: Mahler: Symphony no. 5
13▼Digital Media: Debussy: La Mer / Nocturnes / Prélude à l’après‑midi d’un faune
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1Nocturnes: I. Nuages. Modéré – Un peu animé
executive producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
producer:
Wolfgang Stengel
orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris (in 1978-01)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (in 1978-01)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
recorded at:
Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1978-01)
recording of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 : I. Nuages (in 1978-01)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-12 until 1899-12)
premiered at:
[concert] (1900-12-09)
part of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 (for orchestra)
Claude Debussy8:36
2Nocturnes: II. Fêtes. Animé et très rythmé – Modéré mais toujours très rythmé – De plus en plus sonore en serrant le mouvement
executive producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
producer:
Wolfgang Stengel
orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris (in 1978-01)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (in 1978-01)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
recorded at:
Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1978-01)
recording of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 : II. Fêtes (in 1978-01)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-12 until 1899-12)
premiered at:
[concert] (1900-12-09)
part of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 (for orchestra)
Claude Debussy7:01
3Nocturnes: III. Sirènes. Modérément animé avec chœur de femmes
executive producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
producer:
Wolfgang Stengel
choir vocals:
Choeur de femmes de orchestre de Paris (in 1978-01) and Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris (in 1978-01)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris (in 1978-01)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (in 1978-01)
chorus master:
Arthur Oldham (chorus master) (in 1978-01)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
recorded at:
Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1978-01)
recording of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 : III. Sirènes (in 1978-01)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-12 until 1899-12)
premiered at:
[concert] (1901-10-27)
part of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 (for orchestra)
Claude Debussy10:01
4Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune. Trés modéré
executive producer:
Dr. Steven Paul (classical arranger/producer for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Werner Mayer (classical producer)
flute:
Michel Debost (flutist) (on 1981-05-29)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris (on 1981-05-29)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (on 1981-05-29)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer)
recorded at:
Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1981-05-29)
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) (on 1981-05-29)
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 Debussy10:24
5La Mer: I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer. Trés lent
executive producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
producer:
Wolfgang Stengel
orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris (in 1978-06)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (in 1978-06)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer)
recorded at:
Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1978-06)
recording of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109: I. “De l’aube à midi sur la mer” (in 1978-06)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
part of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109
Claude Debussy9:09
6La Mer: II. Jeux de vagues. Allegro – Animé
executive producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
producer:
Wolfgang Stengel
orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris (in 1978-06)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (in 1978-06)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer)
recorded at:
Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1978-06)
recording of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109: II. “Jeux de vagues” (in 1978-06)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
part of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109
Claude Debussy6:33
7La Mer: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer. Animé et tumultueux
executive producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
producer:
Wolfgang Stengel
orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris (in 1978-06)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (in 1978-06)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer)
recorded at:
Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1978-06)
recording of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109: III. “Dialogue du vent et de la mer” (in 1978-06)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
part of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109
Claude Debussy8:16
14▶Digital Media: Debussy: Suite bergamansque / Préludes
15▶Digital Media: Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel
16▶Digital Media: Strauss, R.: Death and Transfiguration / Four Last Songs / Capriccio
17▶Digital Media: Puccini: La bohème (highlights)
18▶Digital Media: Puccini: Tosca (highlights) / Nessun dorma
19▶Digital Media: Elgar: “Enigma” Variations / Holst: The Planets
20▶Digital Media: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Scriabin: Le poeme de l’extase

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includes:Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel by Richard Strauss (German composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights) by Richard Wagner (composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Holst: The Planets / Elgar: Enigma Variations by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer), Elgar (Edward Elgar, composer); Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg (conductor), Eugen Jochum (conductor)
La bohème (1987 live composite recording cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Réaux (US soprano), Hadley (operatic tenor), Hampson (baritone), Daniels (soprano), Coro (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
La Mer / Nocturnes / Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy (French composer); Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
La traviata (1976-77 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Ileana Cotrubas (Romanian soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Bavarian State Orchestra, orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany), Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Martha Argerich (Argentine pianist), Nathan Milstein (violinist)
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Ileana Cotrubaş (Romanian soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Nicolaï Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Kurt Moll (operatic bass), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo soprano), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir)
Scheherazade / Capriccio espagnol by Rimski-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor), Seiji Ozawa (conductor and composer), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (Estonian conductor), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Suite bergamasque / 12 Préludes by Claude Debussy (French composer); Tamás Vásáry (Hungarian pianist and conductor), Dino Ciani (Italian pianist)
Symphonie Nr. 1 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1967 recording) by Gustav Mahler (composer); Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone), Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Symphonie Nr. 5 by Gustav Mahler (composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Tristan und Isolde (1966 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Richard Wagner (composer); Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (German heldentenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Martti Talvela (operatic bass), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
part of:The History of Classical Music: From Gregorian Chant to Górecki (order: 4)