Ultimate Classical Spectacular: The Essential Masterpieces |
| 1.
| 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49 17:44
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| Composed by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
| Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| 2.
| Islamey, Oriental fantasy for piano 9:26
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| Composed by Mily Balakirev |
| Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| 3.
| Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Polovtsian Dances. Dance of the Maidens 2:11
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| Composed by Alexander Borodin |
| Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| 4.
| Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Polovtsian Dances. Dances with Chorus 11:36
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| Composed by Alexander Borodin |
| Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| Performed by Bavarian Radio Chorus,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Gordon Kember |
| 5.
| In the Steppes of Central Asia (V sredney Azii), musical picture for orchestra 8:08
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| Composed by Alexander Borodin |
| Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| 6.
| Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla, G. xivov 4:57
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| Composed by Mikhail Glinka |
| Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| 7.
| Boléro, ballet for orchestra 14:35
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| Composed by Maurice Ravel |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle |
| 8.
| Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa (Spanish Overture No. 1), for orchestra, G. ii3 8:45
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| Composed by Mikhail Glinka |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle |
| 9.
| Capriccio Italien, for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands), Op. 45 14:38
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| Composed by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle |
| 10.
| España, rhapsody for orchestra, also arranged for 2 pianos 6:20
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| Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle |
| 11.
| La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24): Hungarian March 4:49
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| Composed by Hector Berlioz |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| 12.
| Pavane pour une infante défunte, for piano (or orchestra) 6:07
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| Composed by Maurice Ravel |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| 13.
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra 11:34
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| Composed by Paul Dukas |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| 14.
| Danse macabre, symphonic poem in G minor, Op. 40 6:42
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| Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Alan Loveday |
| 15.
| Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86 10:08
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| Composed by Claude Debussy |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| 16.
| Joyeuse marche (Marche française), for orchestra or piano, 4 hands 3:42
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| Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier |
| Conducted by Neville Marriner |
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| 17.
| Khovanshchina, opera in 5 acts, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov: Prelude 5:36
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| Composed by Modest Mussorgsky |
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit |
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| 18.
| Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov 11:08
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| Composed by Modest Mussorgsky |
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit |
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| 19.
| Russian Easter Festival Overture (Svetlïy pazdnik), for orchestra, Op. 36 14:53
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| Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit |
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| 20.
| Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel 32:43
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| Composed by Modest Mussorgsky |
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit |
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| 21.
| Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35 46:02
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| Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy |
| Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra of London and Christopher Warren-Green |
| 22.
| The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), musical pictures (suite) for orchestra, Op. 57 19:28
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| Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy |
| Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra of London |
| 23.
| The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan) 1:19
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| Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy |
| Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra of London |