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12 disk box set

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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Romantic Piano
2▶CD: Classics for Meditation
3▶CD: Classics for Relaxation
4▶CD: The Romantic Violin
5▶CD: Moonlight Classics
6▶CD: Beautiful Classical Melodies
7▶CD: Classics for Romance
8▼CD: Classics From the Movies
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1Carmen Suite no. 2: Habanera
orchestra:
Symphonic Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 2: II. Habanera
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 2
Georges Bizet2:09
2II trovatore: “Di quella pira”
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper München (Alfred Scholz related)
orchestra:
Nürnberger Symphoniker (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Di quella pira l’orrendo foco” (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, armed men)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1853)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist) (in 1853)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto III. Il figlio della zingara
Giuseppe Verdi2:53
3Symphony no. 3 in F major op. 90: Poco allegretto
orchestra:
Bamberg Philharmonic (pseudonym associated with Alfred Scholz, not Bamberger Symphoniker)
recording of:
Sinfonie Nr. 3 F-Dur, op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1883)
part of:
Sinfonie Nr. 3 F-Dur, op. 90 (Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90)
Johannes Brahms6:32
4Madame Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”
orchestra:
Camerata Academica (Alfred Scholz orchestra, not the same as Camerata Academia Salzburg)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini7:15
5Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major K 467: Andante
piano:
Svetlana Stanceva (pianist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
orchestra:
Mozart Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1785 until 1785-03-09)
part of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:37
6Thus spoke Zoroaster: Opening Fanfare
orchestra:
Pretoria Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: I. Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1896)
publisher:
Peters Edition Ltd.
Richard Strauss1:25
7Für Elise
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist)
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Ludwig van Beethoven2:55
8Ouverture solennelle 1812: Short version
orchestra:
Slovenská filharmónia (Slovak Philharmonic)
recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Peter I. Tchaikovsky6:26
9Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor: Adagietto
orchestra:
Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra (name used by Alfred Scholz, may be incorrect)
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 Mahler9:04
10Pomp and Circumstance
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related, conducted by Kurt Redel)
recording of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major
premiered in:
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (on 1901-10-19)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1901)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. Ltd. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes)
part of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39
Edward Elgar5:30
11Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
organ:
Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss (organist and choir leader)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (from 1982 to present)
recorded at:
Marktkirche St. Nicolai (Beckerath-Organ, Hameln) in Hamelin, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 565) and Bach Compendium (number: BC J 37)
Johann Sebastian Bach48:11
12Symphony no. 4 in A major op. 90 “Italian”: Saltarello
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym, not the real LSO)
recording of:
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”: IV. Saltarello. Presto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1833)
part of:
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”
Felix Mendelssohn6:17
13Rhapsody in Blue (short version)
orchestra:
Slovenská filharmónia (Slovak Philharmonic)
recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (catch-all for unknown versions and arrangements)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 4)
arrangement of:
Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration)
George Gershwin5:58
14Bolero (short version)
orchestra:
Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra (name used by Alfred Scholz, may be incorrect)
recording of:
Boléro (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
arrangement of:
Boléro
Maurice Ravel5:08
9▶CD: Sunday Morning Classics
10▶CD: Classics by Candlelight
11▶CD: Classical Moods
12▶CD: Dinner Classics