Works on This Recording
1. Carmen: Suite no 1 - Act 1 Prelude "Les toréadors" by Georges Bizet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; France
Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs.
2. Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550: 1st movement, Molto allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 48 Secs.
3. Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
Length: 22 Minutes 22 Secs.
4. Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs.
5. Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1st movement, Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1807-1808; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 13 Secs.
6. Thaïs: Meditation by Jules Massenet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; France
Length: 5 Minutes 16 Secs.
7. Suite in D major: Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary" by Jeremiah Clarke
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1700; England
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.
8. Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major: Canon by Johann Pachelbel
Period: Baroque
Written: Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 16 Secs.
9. Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K 412 (386b): 1st movement, Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs.
10. Concertos (4) for Violin, Op. 8 no 1-4 "Four seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy
Length: 29 Minutes 22 Secs.
11. Die Fledermaus: Overture by Johann Strauss Jr.
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 16 Secs.
12. Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46: no 1, Prelude "Morning" by Edvard Grieg
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875/1888; Norway
Length: 4 Minutes 33 Secs.
13. Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; Russia
Length: 11 Minutes 14 Secs.
14. Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37: no 5, Andaluza by Enrique Granados
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892-1900; Spain
Length: 4 Minutes 14 Secs.
15. Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191: 1st movement, Allegro by Antonín Dvorák
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1895; USA
Length: 14 Minutes 30 Secs.
16. Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 14 Secs.
17. Orphée aux enfers: Overture by Jacques Offenbach
Period: Romantic
Written: Paris, France
Length: 9 Minutes 13 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Paris, France (1858).
Composition revised: Paris, France (1874).
18. Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430: no 4, Air and Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith" by George Frideric Handel
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1720; London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 14 Secs.
19. Sobre las olas by Juventino Rosas
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891; Mexico
Length: 6 Minutes 59 Secs.
20. Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348: no 8, Hornpipe by George Frideric Handel
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
21. Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 9 Minutes 24 Secs.
Notes: This work was reconstructed by Remo Giazotto in 1945 from a fragment by Albinoni.
22. Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Russia
Length: 25 Minutes 53 Secs.
23. Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
24. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1892-1894; France
Length: 10 Minutes 39 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: France (1892 - 1894).
25. Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 62: no 6, Andante grazioso in A major "Spring Song" by Felix Mendelssohn
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
26. Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs.
27. Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 0 Secs.
28. El amor brujo: Danza rituel del fuego "Ritual Fire Dance" by Manuel de Falla
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1915; Spain
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
29. Boléro by Maurice Ravel
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; France
Length: 15 Minutes 30 Secs.
30. Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante" by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Poland
Length: 6 Minutes 2 Secs.
31. Má vlast: no 2, Moldau, T 111 by Bedrich Smetana
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Czech Republic
Length: 13 Minutes 18 Secs.
32. Slavonic Dances [8] for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147: no 2 in E minor, Dumka by Antonín Dvorák
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886-1887; Bohemia
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
33. Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18: 2nd movement, Adagio sostenuto by Sergei Rachmaninov
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Length: 11 Minutes 47 Secs.
34. L'arlésienne: Suite no 2 - 4th movement, Farandole by Georges Bizet
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.
Notes: 'L'arlésienne: Suite no 2' was written by Ernest Guiraud c. 1879 after
Bizet's incidental music to 'L'arlésienne.'
35. Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs.
36. Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Christoph W. Gluck
Period: Classical
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 47 Secs.
37. Danse macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; France
Length: 7 Minutes 17 Secs.
38. Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": Excerpt(s) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 18 Secs.
39. Tannhäuser: Overture by Richard Wagner
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845/1861; Germany
Length: 14 Minutes 6 Secs.
40. La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Italy
Length: 9 Minutes 17 Secs.
41. Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E major, Op. 11 no 5/G 275: 3rd movement, Minuet in A by Luigi Boccherini
Period: Classical
Written: 1771; Spain
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
Notes: This minuet, listed in Boccherini's autograph catalog as part of Opus 11,
was also published, and is known popularly, as part of Opus 13.
42. Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle by Jacques Offenbach
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.
43. Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39: no 1 in D major by Sir Edward Elgar
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901-1930; England
Length: 5 Minutes 57 Secs.
44. Coppélia: Waltz(es) by Léo Delibes
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870; France
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs.
45. Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria
Length: 11 Minutes 39 Secs.
46. Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World": Excerpt(s) by Antonín Dvorák
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; USA
Length: 12 Minutes 22 Secs.
47. Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48: 2nd movement, Waltz by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia
Length: 3 Minutes 48 Secs.
48. Pavane pour une infante défunte by Maurice Ravel
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1899; France
Length: 6 Minutes 10 Secs.
49. Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
50. Les patineurs, Op. 183 by Emil Waldteufel
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; Paris, France
Length: 7 Minutes 20 Secs.
51. Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 1st movement, Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 50 Secs.
52. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Italy (1888).
Composition revised: Italy (1889).
53. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude(s) by Richard Wagner
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862-1867; Germany
Length: 10 Minutes 17 Secs.
54. Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tarrega
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Granada, Spain
Length: 4 Minutes 55 Secs.
55. Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 76 no 3/H 3 no 77 "Emperor": Excerpt(s) by Franz Joseph Haydn
Period: Classical
Written: 1797; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 13 Secs.
56. Die leichte Kavallerie: Overture by Franz von Suppé
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 34 Secs.
57. Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890/1905; France
Length: 5 Minutes 10 Secs.
58. Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36: Excerpt(s) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1878; Russia
Length: 8 Minutes 9 Secs.
59. Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture by Mikhail Glinka
Period: Romantic
Length: 5 Minutes 4 Secs.
60. Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 54 Secs.
61. La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczy March by Hector Berlioz
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; France
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs.
62. Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Russia
Length: 20 Minutes 9 Secs.
63. Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs.
64. Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D 667/Op. 114 "Trout": Excerpt(s) by Franz Schubert
Period: Romantic
Written: 1819; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 44 Secs.
65. Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94: no 3 in F minor by Franz Schubert
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823-1828; Vienna, Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 44 Secs.
66. Radetzky March, Op. 228 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
67. Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu "Largo" by George Frideric Handel
Period: Baroque
Written: 1738; London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
68. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581: 2nd movement, Larghetto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 55 Secs.
69. Finlandia, Op. 26 by Jean Sibelius
Period: Romantic
Written: Finland
Length: 8 Minutes 34 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Finland (1899 - 1900).
70. La traviata: Act 1 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs.
71. Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 1 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868-1880; Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
72. Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 5 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868-1880; Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.
73. Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 6 in D major by Johannes Brahms
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs.
74. Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 52 Secs.
75. Les Sylphides: Prelude no 7 in A major, Op. 28 no 7 by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.
Notes: 'Les Sylphides' is a compilation of works by Frédéric Chopin. It was conceived as a ballet by Mikhail Fokin in 1909, and orchestrated by Roy Douglas in 1936.
76. An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Vienna, Austria
Length: 10 Minutes 1 Secs.
77. España by Emmanuel Chabrier
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883; France
Length: 6 Minutes 29 Secs.
78. Guillaume Tell: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Italy
Length: 11 Minutes 48 Secs.
79. Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 47 Secs.
80. Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65 by Carl Maria von Weber
Period: Romantic
Written: 1819; Dresden, Germany
Length: 8 Minutes 50 Secs.
81. Der Freischütz, J 277: Overture by Carl Maria von Weber
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817-1821; Dresden, Germany
Length: 9 Minutes 59 Secs.
82. Hänsel und Gretel: Overture by Engelbert Humperdinck
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Germany
Length: 7 Minutes 53 Secs.