Music for the Millions

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1Russian and Ludmilla Overture
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture)
composer:
Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Mikhail Glinka5:02
2Warsaw Concerto
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983-07)
piano:
Misha Dichter (pianist) (in 1983-07)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1983-07)
conductor:
Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1983-07)
recording of:
Warsaw Concerto (Dangerous Moonlight) (in 1983-07)
orchestrator:
Roy Douglas (British composer, pianist)
composer:
Richard Addinsell (composer)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 45)
part of:
Dangerous Moonlight (film soundtrack)
Richard Addinsell8:13
3Carmen: Prelude to Act I
vocals and conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra)
recording of:
Carmen : Prélude
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen (Italian lyrics)
part of:
Carmen (German translation, Julius Hopp)
part of:
Carmen (english lyrics, David Parry)
part of:
Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet2:19
4Faust: Ballet Music
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
partial recording of:
Faust : Acte V. Ballet (La Nuit de Walpurgis)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Faust : Acte V
Charles Gounod2:42
5Soldier’s Chorus
choir vocals:
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Choir)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
recording of:
Faust : Acte IV. « Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux » (Chœur des soldats) (Soldier's Chorus)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Faust : Acte IV
Charles Gounod3:12
6La Traviata: Prelude to Act I
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) (in 1983-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics Productions (not for release label use!—classical music division of Polygram, reorganized as Philips Music Group in 1997) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1983-12)
recording of:
La traviata: Preludio (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
La traviata
part of:
La traviata (english lyrics)
part of:
La traviata (french lyrics)
part of:
La Traviata (aka Violetta, german lyrics)
part of:
Violetta (La traviata) (german lyrics)
Giuseppe Verdi4:32
7Nabucco: Prisoners’ Chorus
recorded in:
East Germany (historical, 1949-1990) (in 1983-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1983-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics Productions (not for release label use!—classical music division of Polygram, reorganized as Philips Music Group in 1997) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1983-12)
recording of:
Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1841)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
Nabucco: Parte III. La profezia
Giuseppe Verdi4:09
8La forza del destino: Overture
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Sinfonia
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
La forza del destino
Giuseppe Verdi7:20
9Il Trovatore: Gipsies’ Chorus
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1983-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1983-12)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor) (in 1983-12)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”) (in 1983-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto II. La gitana
Giuseppe Verdi3:55
10Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico
orchestra:
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1888)
publisher:
Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana (German lyrics)
Pietro Mascagni3:41
11The Bartered Bride: Overture
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983-08)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1983-08)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1983-08)
recording of:
Prodaná nevěsta: Overture (The Bartered Bride: Overture) (in 1983-08)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer)
part of:
Die verkaufte Braut (The Bartered Bride)
part of:
Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)
Bedřich Smetana6:34
12The Tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Silvio Varviso (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics Productions (not for release label use!—classical music division of Polygram, reorganized as Philips Music Group in 1997) (in 1983)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
librettist:
Jules Barbier
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III (Giulietta) (alternate order)
recording of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. Entracte (Orchestre) - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (une voix, Giulietta, Chœur)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III (Giulietta) (alternate order)
Jacques Offenbach3:56
13Symphony no. 4 in A “Italian”: Saltarello (Presto)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”: IV. Saltarello. Presto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1833)
part of:
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy5:27
14Le nozze di Figaro K. 492: Sinfonia
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985-08)
creative direction:
Ubaldo Gardini (vocal/language coach, violinist) (in 1985-08)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1985-08)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1985-08)
concertmaster:
Iona Brown (violinist and director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields) (in 1985-08)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro: Sinfonia (in 1985-08)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1786)
part of:
Die Hochzeit des Figaro (German translation)
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (The Marriage of Figaro, K 492)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:16
15Eugen Onegin, op. 24: Polonaise
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
recording of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие III, картина 1, no. 19. Полонез (Polonaise)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Eugen Onegin: Akt III
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие третье (Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Act III)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:56
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