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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