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1Water Music
orchestra:
Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Rolf Reinhardt (German conductor 1927-2006)
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: I. Overture. Largo - Allegro
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348
George Frideric Handel3:15
2Song of the Toreador (Carmen)
orchestra:
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Orchestre radio‐symphonique (associated with the fake, Alfred Scholz related, conductor Loïc Betrand)
conductor:
Loic Bertrand (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Cesare Cantieri (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), János Sándor and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 2: IV. Chanson du toréador
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 2
Georges Bizet2:41
3Fire Dance
orchestra:
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Anton Nanut (conductor)
Manuel de Falla4:22
4Slavonic Dance
orchestra:
Berlin Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholtz pseudonym), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and London Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym, not the real LSO)
conductor:
Vladimir Petroschoff (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alfred Scholz, Thomas Waldham and George Ralph Warren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (in 1984)
recording of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83: No. 2 in E minor (Dumka)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1878-04 until 1878-08-22)
part of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83 (for orchestra)
Antonín Dvořák5:35
5Chinese Dance (The Nutcracker)
orchestra:
Berlin Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholtz pseudonym), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Symphonic Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), The New Philharmonic Orchestra (bogus name used on budget releases, not the London Philharmonic or the New Philharmonia) and Tokyo Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Henry Adolph (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Takao Matsumo (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: e) Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
Пётр Ильич Чайковский1:23
6Menuet (Septet Op 20)Ludwig van Beethoven3:33
7German Dance No 1
recording of:
5 Deutsche Tänze, D. 90: Nr. 1
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (on 1813-11-19)
part of:
5 Deutsche Tänze, D. 90
Franz Schubert2:26
8Symphony No. 35 (Haffner) (Allegro con Spirito)
orchestra:
Mozart Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Symphony no. 35 for Orchestra in D major, K. 385 “Haffner”: I. Allegro con spirito
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1782)
part of:
Symphony no. 35 for Orchestra in D major, K. 385 “Haffner”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:50
9Fantasy - Impromptu
recording of:
Fantaisie‐impromptu in C‐sharp minor, op. 66
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1834)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 13) and Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 66)
Fryderyk Chopin5:15
10Moment MusicalFranz Schubert1:57
11Sabre Dance
orchestra:
Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Peter Stern (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh (catch-all for unknown versions)
composer:
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1942)
arrangement of:
Gayaneh: Act III, Scene VII (Expiation). Sabre Dance
Արամ Խաչատրյան2:31
12Horn Concerto No 2 (Andante)
engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
solo French horn:
Dennis Brain (horn player) (on 1946-03-27)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1946-03-27)
conductor:
Walter Süsskind (conductor) (on 1946-03-27)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1946-03-27)
recording of:
Concerto for Horn no. 2 in E-flat major, K. 417: II. Andante (on 1946-03-27)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1783)
part of:
Concerto for Horn no. 2 in E-flat major, K. 417
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:16
13Habanera (Carmen)Georges Bizet2:03
14Poet and Peasant (Overture - excerpt)
Franz von Suppé3:39
15Entry of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)
recording of:
Die verkaufte Braut: III. Komödiantenszene (The Bartered Bride: III. Dance of the Comedians)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer) (from 1863 until 1870)
part of:
Three Dances from "The Bartered Bride"
Bedřich Smetana4:49
16Dreaming
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist)
recording of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming, original for piano)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 17)
part of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15
Robert Schumann3:15
17Why? (Fantasy Piece)Robert Schumann3:11
18Toccata and Fugue
organ:
Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss (organist and choir leader)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (from 1982 to present)
recorded at:
Marktkirche St. Nicolai (Beckerath-Organ, Hameln) in Hamelin, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565 (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 565) and Bach Compendium (number: BC J 37)
Johann Sebastian Bach48:11
19Concerto in B Flat Major
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni6:35
20The William Tell Overture (excerpt)
partial recording of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy
part of:
Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi)
part of:
Guillaume Tell
Gioachino Rossini3:23