Thus spake Zarathustra. Sunrise / R. Strauss (New York Philharmonic; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor) -- Carmina Burana. O fortuna / Orff (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; James Levine, conductor) -- Carmen. Suite. March of the toreadors / Bizet (Orchestre de la Bastille; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo / Mascagni (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, conductor) -- Orpheus in the underworld. Can can / Offenbach (Vienna Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor) -- Peer Gynt. Suite no. 1. Morning mood / Grieg (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Järvi) --William Tell. Overture. Finale / Rossini (Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Symphony no. 9 : "From the New World." Largo. Theme / Dvořák (Vienna Philharmonic; Maazel) -- Die Walküre. The ride of the Valkyries / Wagner (Orchestre de Paris; Daniel Barenboim, conductor) -- Prince Igor. Flowing dance of the Polovtsian maidens ; Men's dance / Borodin (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Järvi) -- Hungarian dance : no. 6 / Brahms (Vienna Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor) -- Carnival of the animals. The swan / Saint-Saëns ; arr. P. Vidal (Mischa Maisky, violoncello; Orchestre de Paris; Semyon Bychkov, conductor) -- The four seasons. Spring. Allegro / Vivaldi (Isaac Stern, violin; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring / Bach (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) -- Canon in D / Pachelbel (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) -- Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Allegro / Mozart (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) -- Symphony no. 5. Allegro con brio / Beethoven (Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor) -- Peer Gynt. Suite no. 1. In the hall of the mountain king / Grieg (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Järvi) -- The firebird. Suite. Finale / Stravinsky (Israel Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) -- 1812 overture. Finale / Tchaikovsky (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gothenburg Symphony Brass Band; Gothenburg Symphony Chorus; Gothenburg Artillery Division; church bells of Gothenburg).
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Principally orchestral music.
Previously released material (p1980-p1993).
Title
Mad about the classics : the greatest stars, the greatest music.