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1Carmen: Ouvertüre
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1963)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1963)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1963)
recording of:
Carmen : Prélude (in 1963)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen (Italian lyrics)
part of:
Carmen (German translation, Julius Hopp)
part of:
Carmen (english lyrics, David Parry)
part of:
Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet3:28
2Slawischer Tanz Nr. 8
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor)
recording of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 8 in A-flat major: Grazioso e lento, ma non troppo, quasi tempo di Valse (for orchestra)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1886-11 until 1887-01-05)
part of:
Slawische Tänze, op. 72, B. 147 (Slavonic Dances, op. 72, B. 147, for orchestra)
Antonín Dvořák4:27
3Der Karneval Der Tiere: Aquarium
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
recording of:
Le Carnaval des animaux : VII. Aquarium (The Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium, string quartet (violins, viola, cello), two pianos, flute, and glass harmonica)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1886-02)
part of:
Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals, Grande fantaisie zoologique, R 125)
Camille Saint-Saëns2:27
4Clair de Lune
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
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 Debussy4:31
5Wilhelm Tell: Ouvertüre
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (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
recording of:
William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace) (Lone Ranger theme)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
Gioacchino Rossini3:07
6Hummelflug
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 Rimski-Korsakow1:26
7Madame Butterfly: Un Bel di Vedremo
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:23
8Rome Und Julia: Tanz Der Ritter
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I, Scene II. No. 13. Dance of the Knights
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer)
part of:
Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I
Sergei Prokofjew5:46
9Rigoletto: Scorrende Unite
choir vocals:
Coro della RCA Italiana
orchestra:
Orchestra della RCA Italiana (established early 1960s, from the former disbanded RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
partial recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto II. “Duca, duca! … Ebben? … Scorrendo uniti” (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Duca, Coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi1:49
10Peer Gynt: Morgenstimmung
performer:
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra)
recording of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Henrik Ibsen (in 1867)
part of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23
Edvard Grieg4:19
11Turandot: Nessnun Dorma
piano:
Frederick Schauwecker (American pianist)
tenor vocals [Calaf]:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini2:56
12Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 1
orchestra:
Orchestra filarmonică „George Enescu” (George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Christian Mandael
recording of:
Hungarian Dances for orchestra, WoO 1, Book 1, no. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto (Brahms orchestration)
orchestrator:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1873)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
orchestration of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, no. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto
part of:
Hungarian Dances for orchestra, WoO 1, Book 1
Johannes Brahms3:13
13Comptine d’un autre été
Yann Tiersen2:20
14Lakme: Blumenduett
mezzo-soprano vocals [Mallika]:
Ruby Philogene (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Lakmé]:
Janice Watson (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Carl Davis (conductor and composer)
partial recording of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Edmond Gondinet
publisher:
Jenkinsongs Ltd.
part of:
Lakmé : Acte I
Léo Delibes1:33
15Dornröschen: Walzer
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)
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski5:08
16Orchestersuite Nr. 2: Menuett Und Badinerie
flute:
Karl-Heinz Passin (flutist) (from 1982 until 1984)
orchestra:
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (New Bach Collegium Musicum) (from 1982 until 1984)
conductor:
Max Pommer (conductor) (from 1982 until 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Delta Music GmbH (not for release label use! 1970–2007, succeeded in 2008 by Delta Music & Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1982 until 1984)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet) (from 1982 until 1984)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067 (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie) (from 1982 until 1984)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067 (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:43
17Mondscheinsonate: Adagio Sostenuto
piano:
Ludwig Hoffmann (pianist)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Ludwig van Beethoven6:04
18Hijo de la Luna
recording of:
Hijo de la luna
lyricist and composer:
J.M. Cano
arranger:
Mecano (Spanish synth-pop band)
publisher:
Ba‐Ba Blaxi Music
Cano Andrés3:27
19Fantasia On Greensleeves
violin:
David Nadien (on 1969-12-08)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1969-12-08)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1969-12-08)
recorded at:
Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side, New York, New York, United States (on 1969-12-08)
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves” (on 1969-12-08)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:02
20Gymnopédie No. 1
engineer and producer:
Maximilien Ciup
piano:
Tristan Pfaff (pianist) (from 2015-01-28 until 2015-01-29)
recorded at:
Théâtre Saint-Bonnet in Bourges, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (from 2015-01-28 until 2015-01-29)
recording of:
Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux (Gymnopédie no. 1) (from 2015-01-28 until 2015-01-29)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (from 1888-02 until 1888-04)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 4)
part of:
Gymnopédies
Erik Satie3:44
21Boléro
partial 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 Ravel8:01
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