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1▼CD: Volume One: Best Loved Dances
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Blue Danube
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 Strauss1:32
2Capriccio Italien
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:13
3Hungarian Dance #5
Johannes Brahms0:44
4Bolero
Maurice Ravel2:08
5Emperor Waltz
recording of:
Kaiser‐Walzer, op. 437 (Emperor Waltz, op. 437)
premiered in:
Berlin, Germany (on 1889-10-21)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1889)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 437)
Johann Strauss1:29
6Marche Slav
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:34
7Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Franz Liszt1:48
8Serenade for Strings/Waltz (from: Eugene Onegin)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:28
9Liebestraum
Franz Liszt2:30
10Danse Macabre
Camille Saint‐Saëns1:56
11Perpetual Motion
recording of:
Perpetuum mobile, op. 257
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1861)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 257)
Johann Strauss1:52
12In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg1:52
13Amita's Dance
Edvard Grieg2:16
14Morning Mood
Edvard Grieg2:16
15Solveng's Song
Edvard Grieg2:21
16Dance of the Hours
Amilcare Ponchielli1:41
17Song of India (from "Sadko")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1:32
18Slavonic Dance #2
Antonín Dvořák2:05
19Humoresque
Antonín Dvořák2:02
20Polovtsian Dance #2
Alexander Borodin1:33
21Polovtsian Dance #3
Alexander Borodin1:41
22Nocturne
Alexander Borodin2:20
23Trisch Trasch Polka
recording of:
Tritsch–Tratsch Polka, op. 214
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (until 1858)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 214)
Johann Strauss2:34
24Rumanian Rhapsody #1
George Enescu2:40
25Ritual Fire Dance
Manuel de Falla1:39
26Wine, Women and Song
recording of:
Wein, Weib und Gesang, op. 333 (Wine, Woman and Song)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 333)
Johann Strauss2:13
27The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals")
Camille Saint‐Saëns1:13
28Scheherezade Sea & Sinbad's Ship
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:07
29Young Prince and Princess (1&2)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov2:56
30Story of Kalander Prince
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:22
31Morning Papers
recording of:
Morgenblätter, op. 279
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 279)
Johann Strauss1:23
32Quintet in E major: Minuet
Luigi Boccherini3:05
33Espagna: 1st Theme
Emmanuel Chabrier1:28
34Espagna: 2nd Theme
Emmanuel Chabrier2:48
2▶CD: Volume Two: Best Loved Dances
3▶CD: Volume Three: Best Loved Overtures
4▶CD: Volume Four: Best Loved Piano Music
5▶CD: Volume Five: Best Loved Ballets