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Time: 78:53
Release Date: 2001

Performances

Composer	Title	Time
Johann Strauss II	An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)	7:10
Felix Mendelssohn	A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 (Scherzo)	2:49
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 (Introduction)	3:31
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 (Adagio pas d'action)	4:27
Johann Strauss II	Annen-Polka, for orchestra, Op. 117 (RV 117)	3:07
Johann Strauss II	Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), waltz for orchestra, Op. 325 (RV 325) ([Excerpt])	2:37
Ludwig van Beethoven	Ruins of Athens, incidental music, Op. 113 (Turkish March)	1:54
Emile Waldteufel	Bella, polka mazurka for orchestra, Op 113	3:08
Giacomo Meyerbeer	Les Patineurs, ballet (arranged by Constant Lambert; music from "Le Prophète," Act 3) (Pas de Deux)	2:48
Giacomo Meyerbeer	Les Patineurs, ballet (arranged by Constant Lambert; music from "Le Prophète," Act 3) (Finale)	3:38
Charles Gounod	Faust, opera (Dance of the Nubian Slave Girls)	2:35
Camille Saint-Saëns	Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 (Ballet music (excerpt))	2:37
Julius Fucik	Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68	2:40
Amilcare Ponchielli	La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts (Dance of the Hours)	3:09
John Philip Sousa	The Washington Post, march for band	2:27
John Philip Sousa	Peaches & Cream, foxtrot for band	3:28
Alexander Borodin	Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) (Polovtsian Dances (excerpt))	2:11
Antonin Dvorák	Slavonic Dance No. 8 for orchestra in G minor B. 83/8 (Op. 46/8)	3:01
Richard Strauss	Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227) (Waltz)	3:23
Jacques Offenbach	La vie parisienne, operetta in 5 acts, revised to 4 acts (Galop)	1:15
Jacques Offenbach	Orphée aux enfers, operetta (Can Can)	1:23
Aram Khachaturian	Gayane, ballet in 4 acts (Sabre Dance)	2:30
Heitor Villa-Lobos	Gavotta-Chôro, for guitar (Suite populaire brésilienne No. 4), A. 020/4	3:28
Charles Gounod	Faust, opera (Ballet (extract))	4:27
Maurice Ravel	Boléro, ballet for orchestra (Extract)	5:10