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1The Four Seasons: Spring, op 8 no. 1
orchestra:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Martin Sieghart (Austrian conductor and cellist)
Antonio Vivaldi3:16
2Sonata no. 16 in C major K. 545 "Sonata facile": Allegro
grand piano [Klavier / Piano (Steinway)]:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist) (in 1989)
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Madacy Entertainment Group, Inc. (do not use as a release label! later renamed Madacy Lifestyle Marketing, read annotations for sub-label to use) (in 2006)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 16 in C major, K. 545 “Sonata facile”: 1. Allegro (Sonata for Piano no. 16 in C major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": 1. Allegro) (in 1989)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1788)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 16 in C major, K. 545 "Sonata facile"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:22
3The Tales of Hoffmann
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Frank Shipway (British conductor)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Jacques Offenbach3:21
4Barcarole: Aida
orchestra:
Symphonic Orchestra Berlin (known as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin since 1967, renamed Berliner Symphoniker in 1990)
conductor:
Carl-August Bünte (conductor)
Giuseppe Verdi6:14
5Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: Allegro con brio
orchestra:
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Anton Nanut (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven7:23
6Canon in D major
orchestra:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Bernhard Güller (German conductor)
recording of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 337: I. Canon (Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 377: I. Canon)
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
part of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 337
Johann Pachelbel4:47
7Hungarian Dance no.1 in G minor
orchestra:
Symphonic Orchestra Bamberg (Bamberg Symphony)
Johannes Brahms2:52
8Dreaming, op. 15 no. 7 From: Scenes From Childhood, op. 15
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist)
recording of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (original for piano)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838)
part of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15
Robert Schumann3:16
9Swan Lake, Ballet Suite, op. 20a
orchestra:
Symphonic Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский2:06
10Carmen Suite no. 1
orchestra:
Radio Symphony Orchestra Paris (associated with the fake, Alfred Scholz related, conductor Loïc Betrand)
conductor:
Loic Bertrand (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
Georges Bizet2:18
11Watermusic; Alla Hornpipe
orchestra:
Bratislava Chamber Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Slovak Philharmonic) and Slovenský komorný orchester Bohdana Warchala (Slovak Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Oliver Von Downanti (conductor)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: XI. Alla Hornpipe (variant)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348
Georg Friedrich Händel3:14
12The Well Tempered Clavier, Part 1: Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846
harpsichord:
Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:06
13String Quintet in E major, op. 13 no. 5
orchestra:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Bernhard Güller (German conductor)
recording of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5: III. Minuetto (con un poco di moto) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Luigi Boccherini (composer)
arrangement of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5: III. Minuetto (con un poco di moto)
Luigi Boccherini3:49
14Thus Spoke Zarathustra
orchestra:
Pretoria Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Maurice F. Henschel (conductor)
recording of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: I. Einleitung (Thus Spake Zoroaster, op. 30: Introduction, Sonnenaufgang)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1896)
publisher:
Peters Edition Ltd.
part of:
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zoroaster, op. 30, op 30; TrV 176)
Richard Strauss1:25
15Melody in F, op. 3 no. 1
piano:
Michael Ponti (pianist)
recording of:
2 Mélodies, op. 3: No. 1 in F major (for solo piano)
composer:
Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн (Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer Anton Rubinstein) (in 1852)
part of:
2 Mélodies, op. 3
Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн3:44
16Peer Gynt, Suite no. 2, op. 55: Solveigs Song
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Slowakische Staatsphilharmonie (Slovak Philharmonic) and Slowakisches Philharmonisches Orchester (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Sven Bengtson (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Libor Pesek (conductor)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveigs sang (Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveig’s Song, do not use if there is a singer) (in 1984)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1891)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Solveigs sang
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55
Edvard Grieg55:23
17The Flight of the Bumble Bee from "The Tale of the Tsar Sultan"
orchestra:
Camerata Rhenania (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hanspeter Gmür (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков1:36
18Wedding March from "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
engineer and producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Slovenská filharmónia (Slovak Philharmonic) (from 1987-06-14 until 1987-06-19)
conductor:
Anthony Bramall (conductor) (from 1987-06-14 until 1987-06-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1999)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (from 1987-06-14 until 1987-06-19)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: no. 9. Wedding March: Allegro vivace) (from 1987-06-14 until 1987-06-19)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn5:26
19Prelude in D-flat major, op 28 no. 15 "Raindrops"
grand piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1836 until 1839)
part of:
24 Préludes pour le piano, op. 28
Frédéric Chopin5:13