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German compilation CD of famous film music and opera's

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1O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
editor:
Matthew Cocker (editor)
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Chorus (in 1989-11)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (in 1989-11)
conductor:
Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor) (in 1989-11)
chorus master:
Richard Cooke (chorus master/conductor) (in 1989-11)
balance engineer:
John Kurlander (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1990)
recorded at:
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1989-11)
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna (in 1989-11)
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Carl Orff2:28
2The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Jaques Offenbach3:20
3Hungarian Dance No.5
recording of:
Hungarian Dance no. 5 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1858 until 1868)
arrangement of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 5 in F-sharp minor: Allegro – Vivace
Johannes Brahms2:25
4Waltz
Peter Tchaikowsky3:43
5Liebestraum
Franz List4:19
6Minute Waltz
recording of:
Waltz no. 6 in D‐flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1846 until 1847)
part of:
Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 212)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 64
Frederic Chopin1:58
7Radetzky March
recording of:
Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228 (Radetzky March, op. 228)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss I, Baptist, Vater, Johann Strauss I, Sr., the Elder, the Father) (in 1848)
dedicated to:
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
premiered at:
Wasserglacis in Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1848-08-31)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Sr. by opus number (number: op. 228)
Johann Strauss I2:59
8Menuet
recording of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5: III. Minuetto (con un poco di moto)
composer:
Luigi Boccherini (Italian composer) (in 1771)
part of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5
Luigi Boccherini4:14
9Symphony No.40, First Movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:00
10Toreador Song (Carmen)
recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 2: IV. Chanson du toréador
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 2
Georges Bizet2:18
11Für Elise
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Ludwig van Beethoven2:53
12Rondo a la turca
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 11 in A major, K. 300i/331 “Alla Turca”: III. Rondo alla Turca. Allegretto
composed in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1778)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1783)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 32)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 11 in A major, K. 300i/331 “Alla Turca”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:32
13An der schönen blauen Donau
recording of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314)
premiered in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (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 Strauss9:23
14Slavonic Dance No.8
Antonin Dvorák4:06
15Bolero
recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel14:58
16Elvira Madigan Theme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:34