The History of Classical Music, Part 4: Late Romantic to Modern: From Tchaikovsky to Rachmaninov

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Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto
2▶Digital Media: Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
3▶Digital Media: Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights)
4▶Digital Media: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (highlights)
5▶Digital Media: Verdi: Aida (highlights)
6▶Digital Media: Verdi: Rigoletto (highlights)
7▶Digital Media: Verdi: La traviata (highlights)
8▶Digital Media: Saint‐Saëns: “Organ” Symphony / Franck: Symphony in D minor
9▶Digital Media: Glinka: “Ruslan and Lyudmila” Overture / Balakirev: Islamey / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
10▶Digital Media: Rimsky‐Korsakov: Scheherazade / Capriccio espagnol
11▶Digital Media: Mahler: Symphony no. 1 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
12▶Digital Media: Mahler: Symphony no. 5
13▶Digital Media: Debussy: La Mer / Nocturnes / Prélude à l’après‑midi d’un faune
14▶Digital Media: Debussy: Suite bergamansque / Préludes
15▶Digital Media: Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel
16▶Digital Media: Strauss, R.: Death and Transfiguration / Four Last Songs / Capriccio
17▶Digital Media: Puccini: La bohème (highlights)
18▶Digital Media: Puccini: Tosca (highlights) / Nessun dorma
19▼Digital Media: Elgar: “Enigma” Variations / Holst: The Planets
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1Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: Enigma. Andante
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: Theme (Andante) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar1:31
2Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: I. (C.A.E.). L’istesso tempo
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: I. C.A.E. (L’istesso tempo) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Caroline Alice Elgar (English author, married to Edward Elgar)
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar1:42
3Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: II. (H.D.S.‐P.). Allegro
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: II. H.D.S-P. (Allegro) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Hew David Steuart Powell
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar0:49
4Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: III. (R.B.T.). Allegretto
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: III. R.B.T. (Allegretto) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Richard Baxter Townshend
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar1:26
5Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: IV. (W.M.B.). Allegro di molto
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IV. W.M.B. (Allegro di molto) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
William Meath Baker
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar0:31
6Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: V. (R.P.A.). Moderato
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: V. R.P.A. (Moderato) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Richard Penrose Arnold
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar1:54
7Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: VI. (Ysobel). Andantino
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: VI. Ysobel (Andantino) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Isabel Fitton
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar1:21
8Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: VII. (Troyte). Presto
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: VII. Troyte (Presto) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Arthur Troyte Griffith
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar0:59
9Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: VIII. (W.N.). Allegretto
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: VIII. W.N. (Allegretto) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Winifred Norbury
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar1:58
10Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: IX. (Nimrod). Adagio
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio) (in 1975-03)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Augustus J. Jaeger
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar5:05
11Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: X. Intermezzo (Dorabella). Allegretto
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: X. Intermezzo: Dorabella (Allegretto) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Dora Penny
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar2:44
12Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: XI. (G.R.S.). Allegro di molto
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: XI. G.R.S. (Allegro di molto) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
George Robertson Sinclair
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar0:59
13Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: XII. (B.G.N.). Andante
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: XII. B.G.N. (Andante) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Basil George Nevinson
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar2:37
14Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: XIII. Romanza (***). Moderato
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: XIII. Romanza (Moderato) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Lady Mary Lygon
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar2:57
15Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, op. 36: XIV. Finale (E.D.U.). Allegro – Presto
producer:
Günther Breest (producer for classical music)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1975-03)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1975-03)
balance engineer:
Klaus Scheibe (editor/engineer) (in 1975-03)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: XIV. Finale: E.D.U. (Allegro) (in 1975-03)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar5:17
16The Planets, op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra (in 1970-10)
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor) (in 1970-10)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War (in 1970-10)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst6:37
17The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra (in 1970-10)
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor) (in 1970-10)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (in 1970-10)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst7:28
18The Planets, op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra (in 1970-10)
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor) (in 1970-10)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (in 1970-10)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst4:00
19The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra (in 1970-10)
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor) (in 1970-10)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (in 1970-10)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst8:03
20The Planets, op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra (in 1970-10)
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor) (in 1970-10)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1970-10)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (in 1970-10)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst7:49
21The Planets, op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra (in 1970-10)
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor) (in 1970-10)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician (in 1970-10)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst5:28
22The Planets, op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
choir vocals:
New England Conservatory Chorus (in 1970-10)
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra (in 1970-10)
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor) (in 1970-10)
additional chorus master:
Lorna Cooke deVaron (conductor)
chorus master:
Lorna Cooke deVaron (conductor) (in 1970-10)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic (in 1970-10)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst6:46
20▶Digital Media: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Scriabin: Le poeme de l’extase

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includes:Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel by Richard Strauss (German composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights) by Richard Wagner (composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Holst: The Planets / Elgar: Enigma Variations by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer), Elgar (Edward Elgar, composer); Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg (conductor), Eugen Jochum (conductor)
La bohème (1987 live composite recording cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Réaux (US soprano), Hadley (operatic tenor), Hampson (baritone), Daniels (soprano), Coro (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
La Mer / Nocturnes / Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy (French composer); Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
La traviata (1976-77 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Ileana Cotrubas (Romanian soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Bavarian State Orchestra, orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany), Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Martha Argerich (Argentine pianist), Nathan Milstein (violinist)
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Ileana Cotrubaş (Romanian soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Nicolaï Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Kurt Moll (operatic bass), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo soprano), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir)
Scheherazade / Capriccio espagnol by Rimski-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor), Seiji Ozawa (conductor and composer), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (Estonian conductor), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Suite bergamasque / 12 Préludes by Claude Debussy (French composer); Tamás Vásáry (Hungarian pianist and conductor), Dino Ciani (Italian pianist)
Symphonie Nr. 1 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1967 recording) by Gustav Mahler (composer); Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone), Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Symphonie Nr. 5 by Gustav Mahler (composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Tristan und Isolde (1966 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Richard Wagner (composer); Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (German heldentenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Martti Talvela (operatic bass), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
part of:The History of Classical Music: From Gregorian Chant to Górecki (order: 4)