The Classical Collection, Volume 2: 50 of the World’s Musical Masterpieces

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Music of Norway, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Spain, and France
▼ CD 2: Music of Russia (and Belgium)
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1Symphonic Variations
piano:
Jorge Federico Osorio (Mexican pianist)
recording of:
Variations symphoniques pour piano et orchestre, FWV 46
composer:
César Franck (Belgian-born French composer) (in 1885)
dedicated to:
Louis Diémer
premiered at:
[concert] (1886-05-01)
publisher:
Enoch & Cie. (in 1893)
part of:
Franck Werke Verzeichnis (number: 46) and Catalogue of the works of César Franck by Joël-Marie Fauquet (CFF) (number: CFF 137)
César Franck15:35
21812 Overture
orchestra:
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra)
recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky14:53
3Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky11:52
4Scheherezade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
recording of:
Scheherazade, op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Andantino quasi allegretto)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1888)
part of:
Scheherazade, op. 35
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov9:26
5Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
orchestra:
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer)
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin14:13
▶ CD 3: French Impressionism and English Music