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1Les Chasseresses (from Sylvia)
engineer:
Otto Nopp (producer and engineer) (from 1995-03-27 until 1995-04-04)
producer:
Miloš Betko
orchestra:
Razumovsky Sinfonia (from 1995-03-27 until 1995-04-04)
conductor:
Andrew Mogrelia (conductor) (from 1995-03-27 until 1995-04-04)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (from 1995-03-27 until 1995-04-04)
recording of:
Sylvia : Acte I. No. 3a. Les Chasseresses
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
part of:
Sylvia : Acte I
recording of:
Sylvia: Ballet Suite: I. Prélude - Les chasseresses
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer) (from 1876 until 1880)
part of:
Sylvia: Ballet Suite
Léo Delibes3:16
2Abdelazer - Rondo
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
performer:
Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
recording of:
Incidental Music for Abdelazer, or, the Moor’s Revenge, Z 570: II. Rondeau
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Incidental Music for Abdelazer, or, the Moor's Revenge, Z 570
Henry Purcell1:37
3Ombra mai fu (from Xerxes)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
George Frideric Handel2:50
4Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C# minor
recording of:
19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106: No. 2 in C‐sharp minor, S. 244 no. 2 (original piano solo version)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
part of:
19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106
Franz Liszt9:58
5The Tale of the Kalendar Prince (from Scheherezade)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
recording of:
Scheherazade, op. 35: II. The Kalendar Prince
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1888)
part of:
Scheherazade, op. 35
Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov12:13
6The Birds - Prelude
recording of:
Gli uccelli, P. 154: I. Preludio (The Birds: I. Prelude, Prelude)
composer:
Ottorino Respighi (composer) (in 1928)
is based on:
Arie in C per organo o clavicembalo No. 2
part of:
Gli uccelli, P. 154 (The Birds, P.154, The Birds)
Ottorino Respighi3:07
75 Variants on Dives & Lazarus
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
partial recording of:
Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
is based on:
Dives and Lazarus
Ralph Vaughan Williams10:04
8Water Music Suite No. 2 - Hornpipe
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Nicholas McGegan
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
George Frideric Handel3:41
9Requiem - Dies Irae & Tuba Mirum
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIb. Dies irae: Tuba mirum (basso, coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi5:29
10Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture
assistant engineer:
Limo Hearn
engineer:
Mike Clements (sound engineer for classical recordings, AKA "Mr. Bear" in his early work)
producer and editor:
Stephen Johns (producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1998-05-06 until 1998-05-07)
conductor:
Daniele Gatti (Italian conductor) (from 1998-05-06 until 1998-05-07)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1998-05-06 until 1998-05-07)
recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39 (1880 version, commonly performed) (from 1998-05-06 until 1998-05-07)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1869)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1870, in 1880)
dedicated to:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (Mily Balakirev, composer, pianist, conductor)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 42) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 39)
revision of:
Romeo and Juliet (1870, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky20:38
11Serenitas
Patrick Thomas Hawes3:20