Classical Thunder

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Compilation by The Bradford Exchange
Music by Reader's Digest

Volume 4 of 24, part of "Masterpiece - The Ultimate Classical Library"

Annotation last modified on 2019-05-06 17:29 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Classical Thunder Disc 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Die Walküre: "The Ride of the Valkyries"
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 Wagner4:38
2In the Hall of the Mountain King
recording of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Henrik Ibsen (in 1867)
part of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23
Edvard Grieg2:27
3The Four Seasons: "Summer"
violin:
José‐Luis García (violinist & conductor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1986)
recording of:
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate” (Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “Summer”)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Fanna Catalogue, Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. I/23) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 315)
part of:
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op. 8 (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, op. 8)
part of:
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons, “The Four Seasons”)
Antonio Vivaldi10:35
4Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565 (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 565) and Bach Compendium (number: BC J 37)
Johann Sebastian Bach8:43
5Petrushka: "Russian Dance"
Igor Stravinsky2:35
6Scheherazade: "The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship"
recording of:
Scheherazade, op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1888)
part of:
Scheherazade, op. 35
Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov9:46
7A Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky9:02
8Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
additional lyricist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
lyricist:
Friedrich Schiller (German poet and playwright) (in 1785)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824, from 1823 until 1824)
dedicated to:
Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Preußen (Frederick William III)
premiered at:
Theater am Kärntnertor in Innere Stadt (on 1824-05-07)
part of:
Classic 100: Feel Good (2024) (number: 1), Classic 100: The Music You Can't Live Without (2021) (number: 2), ABC Classic 100 (2001) (number: 3), Biamonti Catalogue (chronological catalogue of Beethoven's works) (number: Bia 787) and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 125)
Ludwig van Beethoven10:57
91812 Overture
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!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:47
2▶CD: Classical Thunder Disc 2

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ASIN:US: B003D0KL0I [info]

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part of:Masterpiece - The Ultimate Classical Library (number: 4) (order: 4)