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1Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
orchestra:
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra (Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn)
conductor:
Jörg Faerber (conductor)
recording of:
Le Carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le Cygne (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
arrangement of:
Le Carnaval des animaux : XIII. Le Cygne (The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan, part of orig. Carnival of the Animals, for cello and dual piano)
part of:
Le Carnaval des animaux (catch-all for arrangements)
Camille Saint‐Saëns3:10
2Minuet (String Quintet in E)
strings:
Günter Kehr Quintet
recording of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5: III. Minuetto (con un poco di moto)
composer:
Luigi Boccherini (Italian composer) (in 1771)
part of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5
Luigi Boccherini4:09
3Ave Maria (Arr'd from Bach Prelude in C)
orchestra:
Hans Hagen & His Orchestra
conductor:
Hans Hagen (Austrian conductor)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Charles‐François Gounod2:58
4Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Philip Gibson (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 Mascagni3:31
5Adagio
organ:
Douglas Haas (Canadian organist)
orchestra:
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra (Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn)
conductor:
Jörg Faerber (conductor)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni8:16
6Hungarian Dance No.5
orchestra:
Berliner Symphoniker (known as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin since 1967, renamed Berliner Symphoniker in 1990), Festivalový orchestr Praha (Prague Festival Orchestra), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Orchestre Symphonique de Dresde (Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra) and Philharmonia Slavonica (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Julian Armstrong (conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Cesare Cantieri (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Edvard Kronau (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alfred Scholz and Pavel Urbanek (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
performer:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No. 5 in G minor (Allegro) (catch-all for unknown and one-off orchestrations)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1858 until 1868)
orchestration of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 5 in F-sharp minor: Allegro – Vivace
part of:
21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1 (catch-all for unknown and one-off orchestrations)
recording of:
Hungarian Dance no. 5 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1858 until 1868)
arrangement of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 5 in F-sharp minor: Allegro – Vivace
recording of:
Hungarian Dances for orchestra, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 5 in G minor: Allegro - Vivace (Hungarian Dance No. 5, orch. Schmeling)
orchestrator:
Martin Schmeling
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel
orchestration of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 5 in F-sharp minor: Allegro – Vivace
part of:
Hungarian Dances for orchestra (Schmeling orchestration)
recording of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 5 in F-sharp minor: Allegro – Vivace
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1858 until 1868)
part of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1
Johannes Brahms2:23
7Montagus and Capulets (Romeo & Juliet)
recording of:
Romeo and Juliet: Suite no. 2, op. 64ter: I. Montagues and Capulets
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer)
part of:
Romeo and Juliet: Suite no. 2, op. 64ter
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев3:47
8Lovers Parting (Romeo & Juliet)
orchestra:
Minnesota Orchestra
conductor:
Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor)
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев3:04
9Night on Bald Mountain
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
partial recording of:
A Night on the Bare Mountain (unknown version, use as last resort)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Модест Петрович Мусоргский4:04
10Jupiter
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Walter Süsskind (conductor)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
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 Holst7:53
11Adagio
orchestra:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Andrew Schenck (conductor)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings
orchestrator:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05) and Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)
premiered at:
[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and G. Schirmer Inc.
arrangement of:
String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
Samuel Barber9:11
12Stabat Mater
contralto vocals:
Alfreda Hodgson (contralto)
soprano vocals:
Margaret Marshall (Scots soprano active in late 20th century)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi4:00
13Libera Me Domine
choir vocals:
Chorale des Jeunesses Musicales de France
conductor:
Louis Martini (French conductor and chorus master)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: VI. Libera me (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré5:03
14Adagietto (Symphony No.5)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Harold Farberman (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1901 until 1902)
part of:
Symphony no. 5
Gustav Mahler12:09
15Andante Cantabile
string quartet:
Copenhagen String Quartet
partial recording of:
Andante cantabile, TH 63, ČW 348 (for cello and string orchestra)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1888)
premiered at:
Home of Marie de Benardaky in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1888-02-28)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 63) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 348)
arrangement of:
String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
Пётр Ильич Чайковский3:09
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