The Greatest Classical Music of All Time, Volume 2

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1▼CD: Russian Spectacular
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1Dawn on the Moscow River (From Khovanshchina)
orchestra:
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Measham (conductor)
recording of:
Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude "Dawn on the Moscow River"
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
publisher:
Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski
part of:
Хованщина: Действие 1
recording of:
Khovanshchina: Prelude: Dawn Over the River Moscow (orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1882)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (in 1880)
librettist:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer)
orchestration of:
Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude "Dawn on the Moscow River"
Modest Mussorgsky5:35
2Gopak (From Sorochintsi Fair)
orchestra:
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Measham (conductor)
recording of:
The Fair at Sorochintsï: Gopak (orchestrated by Lyadov)
orchestrator:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874 until 1880)
orchestration of:
The Fair at Sorochintsï: Hopak
Modest Mussorgsky2:01
3Marche Slave
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Hubert Soudant (conductor)
recording of:
Marche slave in B-flat minor, op. 31
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1876-11-18)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1876-09 until 1876-10)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 45), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 42) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 31)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky10:03
4Flight of the Bumble Bee (From Tale of the Tsar Saltan)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee, Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan) (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (from 1899 until 1900)
part of:
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Act III
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1:32
5Procession of the Sardar (From Caucasian Sketches)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Caucasian Sketches Suite no. 1, op. 10: IV. Procession of the Sardar (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Михаил Ипполитов‐Иванов (Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, conductor, teacher) (in 1894)
part of:
Caucasian Sketches Suite no. 1, op. 10
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov4:04
6I. Hymn Song (Eight Russian Folk Songs)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: I. Religious Chant (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov2:12
7II. Christmas Song (Eight Russian Folk Songs)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: II. Christmas Carol "Kolyada" (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov1:32
8III. Lament (Eight Russian Folk Songs)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: III. Plaintive Song (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov2:59
9IV. Comic Song (Eight Russian Folk Songs)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: IV. Humorous Song "I Danced with the Gnat" (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov1:02
10V.Legend of the Birds (Eight Russian Folk Songs)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: V. Legend of the Birds (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov1:33
11VI. Cradle Song (Eight Russian Folk Songs)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: VI. Cradle Song (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov2:24
12VII. Round Dance (Eight Russian Folk Songs)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: VII. Round Dance (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov0:46
13VIII. Village Dance (Eight Russian Folk Songs)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
recording of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58: VIII. Village Dance Song (from 1987-06 until 1988-07)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer)
part of:
Eight Russian Folksongs, op. 58
Anatoly Lyadov1:41
141812 Festival Overture, op. 49
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Stuart Challender (conductor)
recorded at:
Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (from 1989-02-13 until 1989-02-21)
recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky15:33
15Scene Act II From Swan Lake “Lebedinoe Ozero”
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vanco Cavdarski (conductor)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:40
16Black Swan Act III From Swan Lake “Pas de Deux”
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Elyakum Shapirra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:34
17Waltz From Sleeping Beauty “Spyashchaya Krasavitsa”
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Dommett (conductor and violinist)
recording of:
The Sleeping Beauty Suite, op. 66a: V. Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a (Suite)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:45
18Cossack Dance (From Mazeppa)
orchestra:
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Measham (conductor)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:31
19March (From the Love of Three Oranges)
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Patrick Thomas (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Suite from “Love for Three Oranges”, op. 33A: III. Marche (original for orchestra)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1919)
part of:
Suite from "Love for Three Oranges", op. 33A
Sergei Prokofiev1:54
20Nocturne (From String Quartet no. 2)
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Wilfred Lehmann (conductor/violinist/composer/session musician)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Notturno. Andante
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer) (in 1881)
part of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major
Alexander Borodin7:38
2▶CD: Music of Fantasy and Imagination