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.