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Presto! World's Fastest Classics

Arthur Fiedler · Fritz Reiner · Eugene Ormandy · Charles Gerhardt · Charles Munch · Erich Leinsdorf · James Galway · Boston Pops · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Philadelphia Orchestra

RCA Victor1998Cat. 09026-68983-21h 9m17 tracks

Presto! World's Fastest Classics (1998), CD, on RCA Victor. Music by Gioachino Rossini, Aram Khachaturian, Bedřich Smetana, Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Arthur Fiedler, Fritz Reiner, Eugene Ormandy, Charles Gerhardt; 17 tracks.

Composers

Gioachino Rossini2 Aram Khachaturian1 Bedřich Smetana1 Felix Mendelssohn1 Frédéric Chopin1 Gustav Holst1 Igor Stravinsky1 Johann Sebastian Bach1 Johann Strauss II1 Leonard Bernstein1 Ludwig van Beethoven1 Mikhail Glinka1 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 Richard Wagner1 Sergei Prokofiev1

Tracklist

01

Overture to Russlan and Ludmila

Mikhail Glinka - Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

5:17

02

Ride of the Valkyries

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

5:29

03

Goldberg Variation No. 26

Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.

1:00

04

Overture to Candide

Leonard Bernstein - Candide: Overture

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

4:07

05

Saltarello from Symphony No. 4

Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

6:00

06

Mercury from The Planets

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

4:23

07

Sabre Dance from Gayne

Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

2:25

08

"Largo al factotum" Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro)

Erich Leinsdorf, Robert Merrill

4:59

09

Trepak from The Nutcracker

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1:01

10

Troika from Lieutenant Kije

Sergei Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

2:40

11

Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride

Bedřich Smetana - Prodaná nevěsta: Act III, Scene II. Dance of the Comedians

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

5:08

12

"Revolutionary" Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12

Frédéric Chopin - Étude in C minor, op. 10 no. 12 “Revolutionary”: Allegro con fuoco

2:28

13

Johann Strauss II - Accelerationen, op. 234

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

8:45

14

Infernal Dance from The Firebird

Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

4:18

15

Finale from William Tell Overture

Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace)

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

3:06

16

Finale from Symphony No. 7

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

6:49

17

Flight of the Bumble-Bee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee

Charles Gerhardt, James Galway, National Philharmonic Orchestra

1:10