Classics at the Movies II: Classical Music From the World of Cinema

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1Caucasian Sketches, Suite no. 1, op. 10: Procession of the SardarMikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov4:02
2The Marriage of Figaro, K492: Non più andrai
baritone vocals:
John Pringle (baritone)
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena VIII. (no. 10) Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (Figaro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I (The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Act I)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:43
3String Quartet no. 2 in D major: Notturno
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 Borodin7:41
4Suite no. 1 in G major for solo cello, BWV1007: Prelude
viola da gamba:
Daniel Yeadon (cello and viol player)
recording of:
Suite für Violoncello solo no. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Suite für Violoncello solo no. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1007 (Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:01
5Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 "Pathetique": Adagio cantabileLudwig van Beethoven5:44
6Finlandia, op. 26
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)
recording of:
Finlandia, op. 26 (for orchestra)
premiered in:
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (on 1900-07-02)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1899)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1900)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1900-07-02)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1905)
part of:
Works of Jean Sibelius by opus number (number: op. 26)
version of:
Sanomalehdistön päivien musiikki, op. 25/26: VII. Tableau 6. Finland Awakes
Jean Sibelius8:29
7String Quintet in C major, D956: Adagio (excerpt)
cello:
Alexander Ivashkin and Julian Smiles (cellist)
viola:
Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
violin:
Mark Lubotsky (violinist) and Michele Walsh (Australian violinist)
partial recording of:
String Quintet in C major, D. 956: II. Adagio
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1828)
part of:
String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Franz Schubert5:16
8Les sons et les parfums tournent dans láir du soirClaude Debussy3:44
9Tosca: Vissi d’arte
soprano vocals:
Rita Hunter (soprano)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Dobbs Franks (conductor)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:19
10The Hebrides, op. 26 "Fingal's Cave": Overture
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Stuart Challender (conductor)
recording of:
Die Hebriden, op. 26 (The Hebrides, op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”, Fingal's Cave)
premiered in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1832-05-14)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 26) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 7)
Felix Mendelssohn10:04
11Lohengrin: Act III Prelude
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III. Vorspiel
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III
Richard Wagner3:12
12Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, op. 39
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Patrick Thomas (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major
premiered in:
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (on 1901-10-19)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1901)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. Ltd. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes)
part of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39
Edward Elgar6:44
13William Tell: Overture (excerpt)
orchestra:
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Measham (conductor)
partial recording of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy
part of:
Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi)
part of:
Guillaume Tell
Giacomo Puccini3:39
14The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33: March
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 Prokofiev1:53
15Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Shalom Ronly-Riklis
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)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (from 1899 until 1900)
part of:
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Act III
Nikolai Rimksy-Korsakov1:28
16The Wasps (Aristophanic Suite): March Past of the Kitchen Utensils
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Patrick Thomas (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Aristophanic Suite “The Wasps”: III. March Past of the Kitchen Utensils
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Aristophanic Suite “The Wasps”
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:11
17Perpetuum Mobile, op. 257
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Mills (Australian conductor and composer)
recording of:
Perpetuum mobile, op. 257
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1861)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 257)
Johann Strauss2:15