1. The Nutcracker, Suite from the ballet, Op. 71a: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (2:03) Common Name Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy, The Nutcracker Suite A Composer Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Conductor Ferdinand Leitner Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker Genre Romantic Period / Suite Date Written 1892 Period Romantic Country Russia Venue Berlin Recording Date 1959
2. Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op.25 'Classical': 4. Finale. Molto vivace (4:15) Common Name 4. Finale Composer Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Conductor James Levine Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Genre Symphony Date Written 1916-1917 Period Modern Country Russia Venue Chicago Recording Date 1992
3. Le Carnaval: Le cygne (Arranged Paul Vidal), des Animaux The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
(3:55) Common Name Carnival Of The Animals The, The Swan From For 2 Pianos & Ensemble Composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Conductor Semyon Bychkov Performer Mischa Maisky (Cello) Orchestra Orchestre de Paris Genre Character Piece / Romantic Period Date Written 1886 Period Romantic Country France Venue Paris Recording Date 1991
4. Symphony No. 5 in D minor 'Reformation', Op. 107: 2. Allegro vivace (5:22) Composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Conductor Lorin Maazel Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker Genre Romantic Period / Symphony Date Written 05/12/1830 Period Romantic Country Germany Venue Berlin Recording Date 1961
5. Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102: 2. Andante (7:34) Common Name Double Concerto Composer Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Conductor Herbert von Karajan & António Meneses Performer Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin) Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker Genre Concerto: Double / Romantic Period Date Written 1887 Period Romantic Venue Berlin Recording Date 1983
6. A Spotless Rose, for chorus (3:40) Composer Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983) Conductor Paul McCreesh Ensemble Gabrieli Consort & Players Genre Anthem / Sacred Music Date Written 1919 Ensemble Gabrieli Consort Period Modern Country United Kingdom Venue Ely, Wales Recording Date 2007
7. String Quartet in G minor, p. 10: 2. Scherzo. Assez vif et bien rythmé (3:56) Common Name String Quartet Catalog No. P 10 Composer Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Ensemble Melos Quartet Stuttgart Genre Quartet Date Written 1893 Period Modern Country France Venue Stuttgart, Germany Recording Date 1979
8. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48, Op. 14: 4. Marche au supplice (Allegretto non troppo) (4:50) Common Name Symphonie Fantastique Composer Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Conductor Igor Markevitch Orchestra Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux Genre Romantic Period / Symphony Date Written 04/1830 Period Romantic Venue Paris Recording Date 1961
9. Sorochintsy Fair (Sorochinskaya yarmarka), comic opera (incomplete): Hopak (1:52) Common Name Hopak, Sorochintsy Fair Composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881), Transcribed S. Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Performer Georges Pludermacher (Piano) Nathan Milstein (Violin) Genre Op?ra-comique / Opera / Opera Buffa / Romantic Period Date Written 1874-1880 Period Romantic Country Russia Venue Munich, Germany Recording Date 1975
10. Dardanus, tragédie en musique: Prologue: Premier Tambourin / Deuxième Tambourin I & II (1:54) Common Name Dardanus Composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764) Conductor Marc Minkowski Ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre Genre Baroque Period / Opera Date Written 1739 Ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble Period Baroque Country France Recording Live Venue Poissy, France Recording Date 2003 |