100 Popular Classics: Best Loved Works of the Great Composers
Ruslan Raichev · Richard Kraus · Walter Susskind · Ivan Marinov · Vassil Stefanov · Emil Tschakarow · Eugene Aynsley Goossens · Hans Swarowsky · Adrian Boult · Aleksandŭr Vladigerov
100 Popular Classics: Best Loved Works of the Great Composers (2005), CD, on Castle Communications. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Ruslan Raichev, Richard Kraus, Walter Susskind, Ivan Marinov; 72 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
Un bel dì (One fine day) from Madama Butterfly Act II
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo
Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“
Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood), op. 15: Träumerei (Dreaming)
The Four Seasons, op. 8 no. 1 “Spring”: I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
Chorus of Hebrew Slaves “Va pensiero” from Nabucco Act III
Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)
Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Acte I, no. 6. Valse
La donna è mobile from Rigoletto Act III
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
Vassil Stefanov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043: 2nd movt.
Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vassil Kazandjiev, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Georgi Badev
Disc 2
Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Clarinet Concerto in A major K. 622: II. Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622
Winter from The Four Seasons, op. 8/1–4: I. Allegro non molto
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”
Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
Mikhail Glinka - Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore Act II
Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)
Disc 3
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43: 18th Variation
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102: II. Andante
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102
La bohème: Act I. “Che gelida manina”
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
The Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet, op. 64 ballet
Prelude in C‐sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor
Summertime from Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Aleksandŭr Vladigerov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexandrina Miltcheva
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Allegro moderato
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Jean-Pierre Wallez, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Disc 4
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048
Miniature Overture from The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain
Finale from Overture: William Tell
Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace)
Nimrod from Enigma Variations, op. 36
Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Disc 5
Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets Suite for Large Orchestra, op. 32
Nessun dorma! (None shall sleep) from Turandot
Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (part 1)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23
Waltz from Swan Lake, op. 20 ballet
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Love theme from Romeo and Juliet Fantasy‐Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39
Dance of the Mirlitons from The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Hungarian Dance no. 5 in G minor
Johannes Brahms - 21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No. 5 in G minor (Allegro)