Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Classical Music

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1Canon
orchestra:
Baroque Chamber Orchestra (The Baroque Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Ettore Stratta (conductor, producer)
recording of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337: I. Canon
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
part of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Johann Pachelbel4:53
2The Bells of St. Genevieve
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
composer:
Marin Marais (French composer) (in 1723)
Marin Marais5:14
3The Four Seasons "Spring" Movement One
audio engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) (in 1985)
harpsichord:
Anthony Halstead (horn soloist, conductor and director)
solo violin:
José‐Luis García (violinist & conductor) (in 1985)
violin:
José‐Luis García (violinist & conductor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1985)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (in 1985)
recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: I. Allegro (in 1985)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” (Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “Spring”)
Antonio Vivaldi3:38
4Toccata in D minor (BWV 565)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565: I. Toccata (catch all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565: I. Toccata
Johann Sebastian Bach3:29
5Water Music - Hornpipe
orchestra:
Festival Strings Lucerne
conductor:
Rudolf Baumgartner (conductor)
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
Georg Friedrich Händel4:04
6Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Movement One
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
recording of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“: I. Allegro (Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1787)
part of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:52
7Symphony No. 5, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra (on 1967-12-23)
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) (on 1967-12-23)
recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (on 1967-12-23)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1804 until 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven8:18
8William Tell Overture - Finale
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
partial recording of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy
part of:
Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi)
part of:
Guillaume Tell
recording of:
William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace) (Lone Ranger theme)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
Gioachino Rossini3:09
9A Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo
orchestra:
Philadelphia Orchestra (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn4:51
10Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning
orchestra:
Boston Pops
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morgenstemning (Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morning Mood)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg4:04
11Tales from the Vienna Woods
zither:
Toni Noichl
orchestra:
Boston Pops
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
recording of:
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, op. 325 (Tales From the Vienna Woods)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1868)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 325)
Johann Strauss II8:40
12Clair De Lune
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
arrangement of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
Claude Debussy4:32
13The Skaters' Waltz
Émile Waldteufel7:38
14Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation No.18
piano:
Leonard Pennario (pianist / composer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
recording of:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1934-07-03 until 1934-08-18)
part of:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 (for piano and orchestra)
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов2:43
151812 Overture - Finale
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
partial 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!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский3:27

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