Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music

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1Introduction to "Carmina Burana"
baritone vocals:
Rudolf Knoll (operatic baritone)
choir vocals:
Salzburg Mozarteum Chorus
soprano vocals:
Gerda Hartmann (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Richard Brünner (tenor)
orchestra:
The European Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym, NOT the Austrian orchestra of the same name) and Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
conductor:
Hymisher Greenburg (probably a pseudonym of Alfred Sholz) and Kurt Prestel (conductor, chorus master)
chorus master:
Ernst Hinreiner (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Long Island (not an imprint; rights holders/licensors of music recordings) (in 1996)
compilation of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: O Fortuna by Salzburg Mozarteum Chorus, Russian State Chorus, Salzburg Boys Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg (Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra), Государственный академический симфонический оркестр России (State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”, “Evgeny Svetlanov” / GASO), Russian State Symphony Orchestra (“New Russia” State Symphony Orchestra), Kurt Prestel (conductor, chorus master), Serge Tchaikov (conductor, unknown pseudonym, probably Alfred Scholz related) and Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: II. Fortune plango vulnera by Mozarteum Orchester (Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra) & Chor Salzburg, Kurt Prestel (conductor, chorus master)
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix mundi: II. Fortuna plango vulnera
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
Fortune plango vulnera (Poem, CB 16)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Carl Orff5:39
2Dawn from "Peer Gynt"
Edvard Grieg3:55
3Prelude to "Lohengrin"
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), London Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym, not the real LSO) and Slovenská filharmónia (Slovak Philharmonic)
conductor:
Julian Armstrong (conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Bystrík Režucha (conductor) and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Vorspiel (prelude to Act I)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75
Richard Wagner3:43
4Troika from "Lieutenant Kije"
Sergei Prokofiev2:45
5Adagio for Strings
producer:
Richard Killough (producer) and John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1971-01-12)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1971-01-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1971)
recorded at:
David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side, New York, New York, United States (on 1971-01-12)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings (on 1971-01-12)
orchestrator:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05) and Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)
premiered at:
[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and G. Schirmer Inc.
arrangement of:
String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
Samuel Barber10:00
6Habanera from "Carmen"
orchestra:
Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Orchestre radio‐symphonique (associated with the fake, Alfred Scholz related, conductor Loïc Betrand), Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) and Symphonic Orchestra of the Ljubljana Radio (name used by Alfred Scholz, may be incorrect; see Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija for the real orchestra)
conductor:
Loic Bertrand (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Cesare Cantieri (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Zdeněk Košler (conductor), János Sándor, Alfred Scholz and Peter Stern (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 2: II. Habanera
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 2
Georges Bizet42:11
7Allegro from "Double" Concerto
violin:
Joseph Brezina (violinist), Feliz Elias (violinist), Alberto Tozzi and Tomasco Vecchi
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: III. Allegro
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach5:13
8Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
orchestra:
Berlin Symphony Orchestra (almost certainly a Scholz fake artist), Hamburger Symphoniker, London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Philharmonia Slovanica Orchester (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Pietro di la Corona (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Laurence Gordon Siegel (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1786)
part of:
Die Hochzeit des Figaro (German translation)
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (The Marriage of Figaro, K 492)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart44:19
9(Rondo) all turca
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 11 in A major, K. 300i/331 “Alla Turca”: III. Rondo alla Turca. Allegretto
composed in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1778)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1783)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 32)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 11 in A major, K. 300i/331 “Alla Turca”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:40
10Largo from "Xerxes"
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (“largo”; catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
Georg Friedrich Händel3:08
11Allegro vivace from Symphony No. 5
Franz Schubert5:43
12Scene: Enchanted Lake from "Swan Lake"
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), New Philharmonic Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related orchestra used on budget recordings) and Symphonic Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Henry Adolph (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Laurence Siegel (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Schwanensee / Swan Lake, Ballett / Ballet: 1. Szene
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
recording of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: I. Scène (lake in the moonlight)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1876)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version A - 6 movements)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version B - 8 movements)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:14
13Clair de lune
recording of:
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
arrangement of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
Claude Debussy5:46
14Bolero
piano:
Mee Chou Lee (pianist)
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Samo Hubad (conductor), Anton Nanut (conductor) and Laurence Siegel (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel13:46

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