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
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1Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
recording engineer:
Jobst Eberhardt (sound engineer, mainly for Deutsche Grammophon)
executive producer:
Dr. Ellen Hickmann (producer for Deutsche Grammophon) and Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1971-07 until 1971-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (from 1971-07 until 1971-08)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1971
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (from 1971-07 until 1971-08) and Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1971-07 until 1971-08)
live recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre (The Flying Dutchman: Overture) (from 1971-07 until 1971-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (The Flying Dutchman)
Richard Wagner10:28
2Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
recording engineer:
Jobst Eberhardt (sound engineer, mainly for Deutsche Grammophon) and Werner Mayer (classical producer)
sound engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1980-06)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Vorspiel (prelude to Act I)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75
Richard Wagner9:49
3Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I
recording of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Vorspiel
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1863 until 1867)
part of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
Richard Wagner9:54
4Parsifal: Prelude to Act I
engineer:
Gerhard Henjes (sound engineer and producer) (in 1957-12)
producer:
Hans Ritter
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) (in 1957-12)
conductor:
Rafael Kubelík (conductor) and Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1957-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Herkulessaal in München (Munich), Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1957-12)
recording of:
Parsifal, WWV 111: I. Aufzug, Vorspiel (in 1957-12)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1877-09 until 1882-01)
part of:
Parsifal, WWV 111: I. Aufzug
part of:
Parsifal: Atto I
Richard Wagner13:54
5Parsifal, Act III: Karfreitagszauber
Richard Wagner12:09
6Tannhäuser: Overture
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Hans Weber (producer/engineer)
editor:
Volker Martin, Joachim Niss and Gernot Westhäuser (Engineer)
orchestra:
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin) (in 1968-12)
conductor:
Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer) (in 1968-12)
balance engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1969) and Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (in 1968-12)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Ouvertüre (in 1968-12)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
Richard Wagner12:21
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
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)