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CD 1 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) Symphony No.7 in E Major Radio-Symphonie Orchester Berlin CD 1 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) Symphony No.7 in E major Radio-Symphonie Orchester Berlin CD 2 Peter ILYICH Ciaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Romeo & Juliet Francesca da Rimini Cleveland Orchestra CD 3 Peter ILYICH Ciaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Symphony No.5 in E minor, op. 64 Wiener Philharmoniker CD 4 Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) From the New World Carnival Overture, op. 92 Symphony No.9 in E minor, op. 95 Concertgebouw Orchestra CD 5 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809 - 1847) Symphony No.3 in A minor, op. 38 “Scottish” (London version, 1842, edited by Thomas Schmidt-Beste) Opening Sketch of “Scottish” Symphony (1829/30) (orchestrated by Christian Voss) Piano Concerto No.3 in E minor (1842/44) (reconstructed and completed by Marcello Bufalini) Roberto Prosseda piano Overture “The Hedrides”, op. 26 (“Fingal’s Cave”) (Rome version, 1830 edited by Christopher Hogwood) Gewandhausorchester CD 6 GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792 - 1868) 10 Overtures Guillaume Tell Il signor Bruschino Bianca e Falliero Il barbiere di Siviglia Armida Semiramide L’inganno felice Matilde di Shabran Demetrio e Polibio La gazza ladra Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala CD 7 Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) Concerto for Orchestra (Sz 116, BB 123) The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19 (Sz 73, BB 82)* Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Laurenscantorij Chor* CD 8 GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898 - 1937) Rhapsody in Blue* (for two pianos and orchestra) Katia and Marielle Labèque, piano Lullaby An American in Paris Cuban Overture The Cleveland Orchestra CD 9 GUSTAV MAHLER (1860 - 1911) Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra CD 10 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Boléro Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Sarabande (orch. Ravel) Danse (orch. Ravel) Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) Concertgebouw Orchestra CD11 ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Verklärte Nacht Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin 5 Orchesterstücke, op. 16 (1949 version) ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) Passacaglia, op. 1 11.37 ALBAN BERG (1885-1935) Sonata, op. 1 12.19 Mässig bewegt Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra CD 12 IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882 - 1971) Petrushka (1947 version) Jacques Zoon, flute • Peter Masseurs, trumpet • Ruud van den Brink, piano Pulcinella Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano • Pietro Ballo, tenor • William Shimell, bass Concertino players Jaap van Zweden, C. Strumphier, violins • K. Hakii, viola • J. Decroos, cello J. Wolfs, double bass • P. Verhey, C. Oomes, flutes • J. Spronk, C. Ravelli, oboes J. Terwey, C. Olthuis, bassoons • J. Studebaker, P. Weierink, horns • P. Masseurs, trumpet • J. Banens, C. Blokker, trombones • D. Blakeslee, tuba Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra CD 13 EDGARD VARESE (1883 - 1965) Tuning Up Amériques Poème électronique Arcana Nocturnal Sarah Leonard soprano • Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir Un grand sommeil noir Mireille Delunsch soprano Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra CD 14 Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003) Orchestral Transcriptions Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) The modification and instrumentation of a famous hornpipe as a merry and altogether sincere homage to uncle Alfred Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Contrapunctus XIX (Die Kunst der Fuge) Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805) Quattro versioni originali della “Ritirata notturna di Madrid” sovrapposte e trascritte per orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Variations on the Papageno’s Aria “Ein Madchen oder Welbchen” (Divertimento per Mozart) Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Rendering for orchestra Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Sonata for clarinet and orchestra in F minor, Op. 120 n.1 Fausto Ghiazza, clarinet Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi CD 15 OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908 - 1992) Turangalila-Symphonie* (1946 - 48) For piano solo and large orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Takashi Harada, ondes Martenot CD 16 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 - 1975) Moscow-Cheryomushki Suite from operetta, op. 105 The Bolt Suite from the ballet, op. 27a (1934 version) The Gadfly Excerpts from the film music, op. 97 The Philadelphia Orchestra Erez Ofer concertmaster, solo violin .
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