300 Years of Classical Music

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Contains 4 discs:
1. The Age of Baroque
2. The Age of the Classics
3. The Romantic Age
4. The Age of Modern Composers

Annotation last modified on 2012-10-21 15:58 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Age of Baroque
2▶CD: The Age of the Classics
3▼CD: The Romantic Age
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1A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Alfred Scholz
Felix Mendelssohn4:52
2Piano Pieces: Raindrop Prelude
piano:
Ida Černecká (pianist)
recording of:
Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1836 until 1839)
part of:
Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 107) and Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 180)
part of:
24 Préludes pour le piano, op. 28
Frédéric Chopin4:53
3Piano Pieces: Nocturne no. 2
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2: Andante
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1830 until 1832)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 3), Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 18) and Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 109)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 9 (original for piano)
Frédéric Chopin24:41
4Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54: Allegro vivace
piano:
Marián Lapšanský (pianist)
orchestra:
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Slovak Philharmonic)
conductor:
Bystrík Režucha (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 54
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (from 1841 until 1845)
dedicated to:
Ferdinand Hiller (German 19th century composer, conductor, pianist)
premiered at:
[Abends Concert] (1845-12-04)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1883)
part of:
Works of Robert Schumann by opus number (number: op. 54)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 54: III. Allegro vivace
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 54
Robert Schumann10:31
5Love Dream no. 3
piano:
Josef Bulva (pianist)
Franz Liszt4:22
6The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries
orchestra:
Southwest Studio Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Carlos Ungar (conductor, probably a pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt (The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854 until 1856)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Richard Wagner5:24
7La Traviata: Overture
orchestra:
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (the real orchestra)
conductor:
Alexander von Pitamic (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
Giuseppe Verdi7:04
8The Moldau: Symphonic Poem
orchestra:
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Philharmonic, formerly Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Libor Pešek (conductor)
recording of:
Má vlast: II. Vltava, JB 1:112/2 (Die Moldau)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer) (from 1874-11-20 until 1874-12-08)
part of:
B. number catalogue by František Bartoš (number: B. 111)
is based on:
La Mantovana
part of:
Má vlast, JB 1:112 (My Country / My Fatherland)
Bedřich Smetana12:00
9The Blue Danube: Waltz
orchestra:
Vienna Opera Orchestra (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Paul Kantschieder (conductor)
recording of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314)
premiered in:
Wien (Vienna) (on 1867-02-15)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1866)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 314)
Johann Strauss II10:13
10Hungarian Dances no. 2
orchestra:
Berliner Symphoniker (known as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin since 1967, renamed Berliner Symphoniker in 1990), Festivalový orchestr Praha (Prague Festival Orchestra), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Orchestre Symphonique de Dresde (Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra), Philharmonia Slavonica (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Southwest Studio Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Louis Ablazzo, Julian Armstrong (conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Cesare Cantieri (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Edvard Kronau (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alfred Scholz and Pavel Urbanek (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No. 2 in D minor (Allegro non assai) (catch-all for unknown and one-off orchestrations)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1858 until 1868)
orchestration of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai – Vivace
part of:
21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1 (catch-all for unknown and one-off orchestrations)
recording of:
Hungarian Dances for orchestra, WoO 1, Book 1, no. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai - Vivace (Hallén orchestration)
orchestrator:
Andreas Hallén
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
orchestration of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai – Vivace
part of:
Hungarian Dances for orchestra (orchestrated by Hallén)
Johannes Brahms2:51
11Carmen: Les Toréadors
orchestra:
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Nemzeti Filharmonikus Zenekar (Hungarian National Philharmonic), Orchester der Zagreber Oper (Alfred Scholz related), Orchestre radio symphonique de Paris, Orchestre radio‐symphonique (associated with the fake, Alfred Scholz related, conductor Loïc Betrand), Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra) and Symphonic Orchestra of the Ljubljana Radio (name used by Alfred Scholz, may be incorrect; see Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija for the real orchestra)
conductor:
Loic Bertrand (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Cesare Cantieri (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Emil Edlinger, Jovan Šajnović (conductor, Alfred Scholz related), János Sándor and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 1: VI. Les Toréadors. Allegro giocoso (theme from Carmen: Prelude to Act I and Carmen: Act IV. « Les voici ! Voici la quadrille ! »)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte IV. No. 26 « Les voici ! Voici la quadrille ! » (Chœur, les gamins, Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
is based on:
Carmen : Prélude
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 1
Georges Bizet2:18
12Nutcracker Suite: Flower Waltz
orchestra:
Berlin Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholtz pseudonym), Hamburger Symphoniker, London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Symphonic Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), The New Philharmonic Orchestra (bogus name used on budget releases, not the London Philharmonic or the New Philharmonia) and Tokyo Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Henry Adolph (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Pietro di la Corona (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Takao Matsumo (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский7:04
4▶CD: The Age of Modern Composers

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