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)
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1Aida: Preludio
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Preludio (standard opening to the opera, ~4min) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Aida
part of:
Aida (German lyrics)
Giuseppe Verdi3:36
2Aida: Atto I. “Se quel guerrier io fossi!… Celeste Aida”
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
tenor vocals [Radamès, capitano delle guardie]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (in 1981-01)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:34
3Aida: Atto I. “Or di Vulcano… Su! del Nilo al sacro lido”
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 1. Scena e duetto: “Su! del Nilo al sacro lido” / “Numi pietà” (Amneris, Aida, Coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi6:06
4Aida: Atto I. “Ritorna vincitor”
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
soprano vocals [Aida, schiava etiope]:
Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) (in 1981-01)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Scena: “Ritorna vincitor!” – “E l’amor mio …” – “I sacri nomi di padre, d’amante” (Aida) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi5:30
5Aida: Atto I. “Nume, custode e vindice”
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
chorus master:
Romano Gandolfi (chorus master and conductor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 2. Finale I “Nume, custode e vindice” (Ramfis, Radamès, Sacerdoti, Sacerdotesse, Sacerdotessa)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:24
6Aida: Atto II. “Gloria all’Egitto”
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
bass vocals [Ramfis, capo dei sacerdoti]:
Nicolaï Ghiaurov (operatic bass) (in 1981-01)
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala (in 1981-01)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
chorus master:
Romano Gandolfi (chorus master and conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) and Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Gran Finale II “Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside” (Popolo, Sacerdoti) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi3:28
7Aida: Atto II. Grand March
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) and Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. “Che veggo! Egli? Mio padre” / “Anch’io pugnai” / “Quest'assisa ch'io vesto” / “Ma tu, Re, tu signore possente” (Aida, Amneris, Amonasro, Il Re, Schiave, Prigionieri, Ramfis, Sacerdoti, Popolo) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto II
partial recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Gran Finale II “Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside” (Popolo, Sacerdoti) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto II
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Marcia trionfale (orchestra) (Triumphal march, Triumphmarsch) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Akt II
part of:
Aida: Atto II
recording of:
Aida: Atto III: Romanza: “Qui Radamès verrá!” … “O patria mia” (Aida) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi1:34
8Aida: Atto II. Ballet Music
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (in 1981-01)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
chorus master:
Romano Gandolfi (chorus master and conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) and Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Ballabile (orchestra) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Akt II
part of:
Aida: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi4:24
9Aida: Atto II. “Quest’assisa ch’io vesto vi dica”
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
partial recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. “Che veggo! Egli? Mio padre” / “Anch’io pugnai” / “Quest'assisa ch'io vesto” / “Ma tu, Re, tu signore possente” (Aida, Amneris, Amonasro, Il Re, Schiave, Prigionieri, Ramfis, Sacerdoti, Popolo)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi4:49
10Aida: Atto III. “Qui Radames verrà!… O Patria mia”
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
soprano vocals [Aida, schiava etiope]:
Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) (in 1981-01)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto III: Romanza: “Qui Radamès verrá!” … “O patria mia” (Aida) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi6:36
11Aida: Atto III. “Ciel! mio padre!… Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate”
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
baritone vocals [Amonasro, re d'Etopia, padre di Aida]:
Leo Nucci (baritone) (in 1981)
soprano vocals [Aida, schiava etiope]:
Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) (in 1981-01)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto III. Duetto “Ciel! mio padre!” … “A te grave cagion m’adduce” (Aida, Amonasro) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi7:44
12Aida: Atto IV. “La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse”
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
soprano vocals [Aida, schiava etiope]:
Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) (in 1981-01)
tenor vocals [Radamès, capitano delle guardie]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (in 1981-01)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto IV, scena 2: Scena e duetto: “La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse” – “Presago il core della tua condanna” – “Morir si pura e bella” – “Vedi?... di morte l'angelo” (Radamès, Aida) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi5:24
13Aida: Atto IV. “Immenso Fthà… O terra, addio”
executive producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Rainer Brock (producer and recording supervisor for Deutsche Grammophon) and Renate Kupfer
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala (in 1981-01)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Amneris, sua figlia]:
Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano) (in 1981-01)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Sacerdotessa]:
Lucia Valentini Terrani (mezzo soprano) (in 1981-01)
soprano vocals [Aida, schiava etiope]:
Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) (in 1981-01)
tenor vocals [Radamès, capitano delle guardie]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (in 1981-01)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan) (in 1981-01)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1981-01)
chorus master:
Romano Gandolfi (chorus master and conductor) (in 1981-01)
balance engineer:
Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
concertmaster:
Gabriele Bellini (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Centro Telecinematografico Culturale in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1981-01)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 2. Danza sacra delle Sacerdotesse: “Immenso Fthà!…” / “Mortal, diletto ai Numi” (Sacerdotesse, Ramfis, Sacerdoti) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto I
recording of:
Aida: Atto IV, scena 2: Finale ultimo: “Immenso Fthà” – “Triste canto” (Sacerdotesse, Sacerdoti, Aida, Radamès) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto IV
recording of:
Aida: Atto IV, scena 2: Finale Ultimo: “O terra addio” (Aida, Radamès, coro, Amneris) (in 1981-01)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi5:20
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
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 (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 (tenor), 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)