6. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Overture to the operetta (RV 503-1) 7:42 Composer: Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899) Date Written: 1874 Period: Romantic Country: Vienna, Austria Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
7. Eugene onegin, opera, Op.24 / Act 3 - (Scene 1) Polonaise 4:54 Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Date Written: 1877-1878 Period: Romantic Country: Russia Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden Conductor: James Levine
8. Die Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Siegfried's Funeral March (Dritter Tag des Buhnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" / Dritter Aufzug - Trauermarsch) 8:36 Composer: Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883) Date Written: 1874 Period: Romantic Country: Germany Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Berliner Philharmoniker Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
9. Opera, Salome's Dance, for orchestra Op.54 (from the opera; aka 'Dance of the Seven Veils') / Scene 4 - Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils (TrV 215a) 9:50 Composer: Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Date Written: 1903-1905 Period: Romantic Country: Germany Ensemble: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Dresden Staatskapelle) Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
10. Fidelio op.72 - Overture in E major 7:18 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Date Written: 1814 Period: Classical Country: Vienna, Austria Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker) Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
11. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K.492: Overture 4:10 Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Date Written: 1786 Period: Classical Country: Vienna, Austria Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner |