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250 Years of Great Music: From Bach to Bernstein

 
Classical Album: 250 Years of Great Music: From Bach to Bernstein
  • Booklet languages: English
  • Time: 273:59
  • Release Date: 1992

Performances

Composer Title Time
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 (Overture) 4:25
Johann Pachelbel Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337 (Canon in D) 3:46
Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 1/5, H. 3/5 (spurious, arr. of symphony H. 1/107) (Serenade) 2:39
Luigi Boccherini Minuet in A major, arrangement (after String Quintet in E major, Op.11/5 [aka Op. 13/5], G. 275) 1:31
George Frederick Handel Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67 (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) 3:14
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air for the G String) 4:03
Hector Berlioz Marche de Rákóczy (Rákóczy March), for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109 4:25
Niccolò Paganini Moto perpetuo, for violin & guitar (or orchestra) in C major, Op. 11, MS 72 4:45
Vincenzo Bellini Norma, opera (Casta Diva) 3:07
Johann Strauss I Radetzky-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 228 2:39
Gioachino Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera (Largo al Factotum) 4:51
Franz Schubert Marche Militaire for piano, 4 hands in D major, D. 733/1 (Op. 51/1) 5:02
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 (1st Movement) 3:30
Frédéric Chopin Polonaise for piano No. 3 in A major ("Military"), Op. 40/1, CT. 152 2:59
Franz Liszt Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3) 3:57
Robert Schumann Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7 3:42
Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 (Scherzo) 4:46
Giuseppe Verdi Aida, opera (Triumphal March) 5:42
Richard Wagner Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b (Ride of the Valkyries) 5:06
Jacques Offenbach Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts (Barcarolle) 4:09
Charles Gounod La reine de Saba, opera (Grand March) 4:41
Johann Strauss II An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314) 4:48
Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major (Scherzo) 4:17
Franz von Suppé Light Cavalry, overture to the operetta 4:27
Anton Rubinstein Melody in F, instrumental arrangement, Op. 3/1 4:05
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 (No. 5) 2:20
Bedrich Smetana Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100 (Dance of the Comedians) 3:09
Léo Delibes Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet (Waltz) 3:13
César Franck Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass 4:37
Emile Waldteufel Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183 7:38
Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble (The Swan) 3:28
Georges Bizet Carmen, opera (Habanera) 2:29
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel (The Great Gate at Kiev) 6:58
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) 1:49
Emmanuel Chabrier España, rhapsody for orchestra, also arranged for 2 pianos 6:30
Antonin Dvorák Humoresque No. 7 for piano in G flat major, B. 187/7 (Op. 101/7) 3:36
Claude Debussy Rêverie, for piano, L. 68 5:11
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 2, Op. 55 (Solveig's Song) 5:13
Gabriel Fauré Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56 (Berceuse) 3:18
Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act (Intermezzo) 3:58
Edward MacDowell To a Wild Rose, for piano, Op. 51/1 (Woodland Sketches) 3:14
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever, march for band 3:34
Giacomo Puccini Gianni Schicchi, opera (O Mio Babbino Caro (Oh, My Beloved Daddy)) 2:41
Isaac Albéniz España, album leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B. 37 (Tango in D) 3:08
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35 (Theme. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship) 2:57
Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176) (Opening) 2:01
Jules Massenet Thaïs, opera in 3 acts (Méditation) 4:26
Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1 2:23
Jean Sibelius Valse Triste, for orchestra (from Kuolema), Op. 44/1 4:22
Eric Coates London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra (Knightsbridge March) 4:49
Hugo Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, for orchestra ("Midsommarvaka"), Op. 19 3:10
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera "Sir John In Love") 4:30
Sergey Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), for piano & orchestra in A minor, Op. 43 (18th Variation) 3:19
Enriqué Granados Goyescas, opera, H. 65 (The Maiden and the Nightingale) 4:33
Fritz Kreisler Liebesfreud (Love's Joy), for violin & piano 3:51
Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte, for piano (or orchestra) 5:36
Manuel de Falla Ritual Fire Dance, for orchestra (from "El Amor brujo") 3:55
Ottorino Respighi Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141 (The Pines of the Appian Way) 5:11
Sergey Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60 (Troika) 2:50
Franz Lehár Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta (Vilia) 2:41
Aram Khachaturian Gayane, ballet in 4 acts (Sabre Dance) 2:33
Igor Stravinsky Fireworks (Feu D'artifice), fantasy for orchestra, Op. 4 3:58
Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2, for orchestra, A. 247 (The Little Train of the Brazilian Countryman) 3:26
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé) (Excerpt) 2:52
Dmitry Shostakovich The Gadfly, film score, Op. 97 (Romance) 3:44
Leonard Bernstein Overture to Candide, for orchestra 4:21
Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite, for orchestra (On the Trail) 4:57
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride, for orchestra (or string orchestra) 3:05
Morton Gould Tropical 3:11
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments (Simple Gifts) 4:38
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