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1Requiem: Dies irae
conductor:
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi2:09
2Polovtsian Dance No. 4
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: IV. General Dance: Allegro, 3/4, D major
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин2:19
3Romeo and Juliet
orchestra:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Libor Pešek (conductor)
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев1:46
4Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
conductor:
David Hill (British organist and conductor)
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna
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 Orff2:34
5Sabre Dance
orchestra:
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle
conductor:
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
recording of:
Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh (catch-all for unknown versions)
composer:
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1942)
arrangement of:
Gayaneh: Act III, Scene VII (Expiation). Sabre Dance
Արամ Խաչատրյան2:22
6Ride of the Valkyries
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
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 Wagner5:08
7Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate": II. Adagio - Presto - Adagio
violin:
Fabio Biondi (conductor/violinist)
orchestra:
Europa Galante (Italian Baroque orchestra)
recording of:
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”: II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate” (Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “Summer”)
Antonio Vivaldi2:23
8Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: IV. Mambo
producer:
David R. Murray
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (from 1997-06-08 until 1997-06-10)
conductor:
Paavo Järvi (conductor) (from 1997-06-08 until 1997-06-10)
balance engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Parlophone Records Ltd. (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company) (in 1998)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Birmingham) in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (from 1997-06-08 until 1997-06-10)
recording of:
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: IV. Mambo. Presto (from 1997-06-08 until 1997-06-10)
additional orchestrator:
Irwin Kostal (in 1960) and Sid Ramin (in 1960)
orchestrator and composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (in 1960)
part of:
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein2:23
9Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Introduction
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
recording of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: I. Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1896)
publisher:
Peters Edition Ltd.
part of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 (TrV 176)
Richard Strauss1:56
10The Love for the Three Oranges
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев1:21
11Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: IV. I Dovregubbens hall (Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg2:34
12The Planets
orchestra:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
partial recording of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
premiered at:
Queen’s Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1918-09-29)
part of:
Classic 100: Feel Good (2024) (number: 2), Classic 100: The Music You Can't Live Without (2021) (number: 10) and A thematic catalogue of Gustav Holst’s music (number: H. 125)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32 (for two pianos)
Gustav Holst6:58
13Fanfare for the Common Man
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1987-10-08 until 1987-10-20)
conductor:
Carl Davis (conductor and composer) (from 1987-10-08 until 1987-10-20)
recorded at:
All Saints Church (Tooting, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1987-10-08 until 1987-10-20)
recording of:
Fanfare for the Common Man (for brass and percussion orchestra) (from 1987-10-08 until 1987-10-20)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
was commissioned by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Eugene Goossens (composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty)
premiered by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (on 1943-03-12) and Eugene Goossens (composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty) (on 1943-03-12)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Aaron Copland3:07
14The Firebird
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский4:10
15Picture at an Exhibition No. 9 in C minor: "The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yagá)"
orchestra:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
Модест Петрович Мусоргский3:16
16Picture at an Exhibition No. 10 in E-flat major: "The Bogatyr Gates (in the Capital in Kiev)"
orchestra:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
Модест Петрович Мусоргский5:03
17West Side Story: Act I, Scene XII. Dance "The Rumble"
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor)
Leonard Bernstein0:50
18Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"
conductor:
Andrew Litton (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”
premiered in:
Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia (on 1893-10-28)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1893-02 until 1893-08)
dedicated to:
Vladimir Davydov
publisher:
P. Jurgenson (in 1894-02)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 30), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 27) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 74)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский3:10
19Boléro
conductor:
Libor Pešek (conductor)
partial 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 Ravel2:06
20Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro
conductor:
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: IV. Allegro
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1804 until 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven10:41

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