300 Years of Classical Music

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Annotation

Contains 4 discs:
1. The Age of Baroque
2. The Age of the Classics
3. The Romantic Age
4. The Age of Modern Composers

Annotation last modified on 2012-10-21 15:58 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Age of Baroque
2▶CD: The Age of the Classics
3▶CD: The Romantic Age
4▼CD: The Age of Modern Composers
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1Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”: Largo
orchestra:
Slovak National Philharmonic Orchestra (Slovak Philharmonic)
conductor:
Libor Pešek (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (this is the one to use as a release label) (in 1989)
recording of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“: II. Largo (Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1893-01-10 until 1893-05-24)
part of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“ (Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”)
Antonín Dvořák11:49
2Peer Gynt Suite: Solveig’s Air
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Slowakische Staatsphilharmonie (Slovak Philharmonic) and Slowakisches Philharmonisches Orchester (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Sven Bengtson (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Libor Pesek (conductor)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveigs sang (Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveig’s Song, do not use if there is a singer) (in 1984)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1891)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Solveigs sang
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55
Edvard Grieg55:23
3Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
tenor vocals [Cavaradossi]:
Ricardo Casinelli (tenor, Alfred Scholz related)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Württemberg State Opera (Alfred Scholz related; not the “Orchester der Württembergischen Staatsoper Stuttgart”)
conductor:
Alexander von Pitamic (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
performer:
State Opera Orchestra of Wurttemberg (Alfred Scholz related; not the “Orchester der Württembergischen Staatsoper Stuttgart”)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini2:46
4Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune / Moonlight
piano:
Dieter Goldmann (pianist, Alfred Scholz related) and Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3)
part of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)
Claude Debussy5:12
5Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist)
recording of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor (The Bells of Moscow)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer)
part of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов4:30
6The Planets: Venus
orchestra:
Berlin Symphony Orchestra (use only if the correct orchestra is unknown - see annotation) and Symphonisches Orchester Berlin (known as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin since 1967, renamed Berliner Symphoniker in 1990)
conductor:
Carl-August Bünte (conductor)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst8:43
7Transfigured Night: Final Part
orchestra:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Martin Sieghart (Austrian conductor and cellist)
recording of:
Verklärte Nacht, op. 4: V. Sehr ruhig
composer:
Arnold Schönberg (Arnold Schoenberg, composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 (Transfigured Night, op. 4)
Arnold Schönberg4:21
8Bolero (short version)
orchestra:
RSO Ljubljana (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Samo Hubad (conductor)
partial recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel5:13
9Love the Magician: Firedance
orchestra:
RSO Ljubljana (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Anton Nanut (conductor)
recording of:
El amor brujo: VIII. Danza ritual del fuego
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer)
part of:
El amor brujo (for symphony orchestra)
Manuel de Falla4:21
10Allegro barbaro
piano:
Bianca Dommes (pianist, maiden name Bianca Sitzius)
recording of:
Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49, BB 63
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Bartók Béla válogatott zenei írásai (number: Sz. 49) and Béla Bartók's Works (BB) (number: BB 63)
Béla Bartók3:08
11The Adoration of the Earth (beginning)
conductor:
Carlos Ungar (conductor, probably a pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
partial recording of:
Le Sacre du printemps: I. L’Adoration de la terre (The Rite of Spring: Part I: Adoration of the Earth)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (from 1911 until 1913)
part of:
Le Sacre du printemps
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский9:23
12Rhapsody in Blue (short version)
piano:
Kamil Hála (Czech pianist, composer, arranger, conductor)
orchestra:
Slovak National Philharmonic Orchestra (Slovak Philharmonic)
conductor:
Libor Pešek (conductor)
partial recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration)
orchestrator:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (in 1942)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Ferde Grofé Music Publishing (New York), New World Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Classic 100: Feel Good (2024) (number: 5)
revision of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
George Gershwin10:02

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