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1Holberg Suite: Praeludium
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: I. Præludium (Allegro vivace) (for string orchestra)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1884)
arrangement of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: I. Præludium (Allegro vivace) (for piano)
part of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40 (Holberg Suite, op. 40, for string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg2:51
2Für Elise
piano:
Stephanie McCallum (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 Beethoven2:56
3Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:32
4Schwanengesang: Serenade (arr. Schaupp)
classical guitar:
Karin Schaupp (Australian classical guitarist)
recorder:
Genevieve Lacey
recording of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen (Leise flehen meine Lieder) (for voice and piano)
Franz Schubert3:54
5String Quartet: Vit et agite
cello:
Rachel Johnston (cellist)
string quartet and strings:
Australian String Quartet
viola:
Sally Boud (violist)
violin:
Anne Horton (violinist) and Sophie Rowell (violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC for short, national public broadcaster, for copyrights/licensing use only)
recording of:
String Quartet in F major: II. Assez vif – Très rythmé
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1902 until 1903)
part of:
String Quartet in F major
recording of:
String Quartet in F major: IV. Vif et agité
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1902 until 1903)
part of:
String Quartet in F major
Maurice Ravel6:14
6Cantata, BWV 156: Sinfonia (Arioso)
cello:
Sally Maer (English/Australian cellist)
orchestra:
Sinfonia Australis
conductor:
William Motzing (conductor, composer, trombonist)
arranger:
Julie Simonds (arranger)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe”: I. Sinfonia
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1729)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1729)
is based on:
Concerto no. 5 for Keyboard and Orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056
part of:
Kantate, BWV 156 "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe"
Johann Sebastian Bach5:23
7Concerto in G major for Two Guitars, RV 532: Andante
classical guitar:
Leonard Grigoryan (Australian classical guitarist) and Slava Grigoryan (Australian classical guitarist)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Northey (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Concerto in G major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Continuo, RV 532: II. Andante
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Concerto in G major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Continuo, RV 532
Antonio Vivaldi4:01
8String Quintet in E major, op. 13 no. 5: Minuet
orchestra:
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Measham (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 (Italian composer)
arrangement of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5: III. Minuetto (con un poco di moto)
Luigi Boccherini3:07
9Waltz 2
solo violin:
Adrian Bendt (violinist / concertmaster)
orchestra:
The Cove Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Stephen Williams (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Waltz 2 (in 2002)
composer:
George Palmer (Australian composer)
George Palmer4:42
10Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. posth.
piano:
Leigh Harrold (pianist)
vibraphone:
Nick Parnell
recording of:
Nocturne no. 20 in C‐sharp minor “Reminiscence”, op. posth. 1 no. 16, B. 49, KKIVa/16
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1830)
Frédéric Chopin4:08
11Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (excerpt)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
partial recording of:
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt D-Dur, op. 27 (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1828)
dedicated to:
Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preußen
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 27) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 5)
Felix Mendelssohn3:56
12Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe
lute:
Rosemary Hodgson (lutenist)
recording of:
Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P. 54
composer:
John Dowland (composer and lutenist)
part of:
John Dowland's lute works (number: P. 54)
John Dowland1:40
13The Tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Dommett (conductor and violinist)
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 Offenbach4:00
14Pour le piano: Toccata
piano:
John Chen (NZ classical pianist)
recording of:
Pour le piano, L. 95, CD 95: III. Toccata. À N.G. Coronio. Vif
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1894 until 1901)
dedicated to:
Nicolas G. Coronio
part of:
Pour le piano, L. 95, CD 95
Claude Debussy3:49
15The Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers
recording engineer:
Alan Calvert and Robert Hobson (engineer)
producer:
Robert Karbow
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Werner Andreas Albert (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
recording of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:36
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part of:Life Is Beautiful (ABC Classic FM) (number: 5) (order: 6)
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