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2001: A Space Odyssey

Ernest Bour · Herbert von Karajan · Clytus Gottwald · Francis Travis · György Ligeti · Gennady Rozhdestvensky · Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra · Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra · Berlin Philharmonic · Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

EMI1996Cat. 7243 8 55322 2 11h 9m12 tracks

2001: A Space Odyssey (1996), CD, on EMI. Music by György Ligeti, Johann Strauss II, Richard Strauss, Aram Khachaturian, performed by Ernest Bour, Herbert von Karajan, Clytus Gottwald, Francis Travis; 12 tracks.

Composers

György Ligeti6 Johann Strauss II2 Richard Strauss2 Aram Khachaturian1

Tracklist

01

Overture: Atmospheres

György Ligeti - Atmosphères

Ernest Bour, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

2:52

02

Main Title: Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

1:43

03

Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra

György Ligeti - Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra

Francis Travis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

6:33

04

The Blue Danube (excerpt)

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

5:44

05

György Ligeti - Lux aeterna

Clytus Gottwald

2:56

06

Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio)

Aram Khachaturian - First Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 53

Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

5:17

07

Jupiter and Beyond: a) Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra, b) Atmospheres, c) Adventures (altered for film)

György Ligeti - Jupiter and Beyond

Ernest Bour, Francis Travis, György Ligeti

15:15

08

Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

1:43

09

The Blue Danube (reprise)

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

8:21

10

Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) (version from original MGM soundtrack album but not in film)

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Ernest Bour, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

1:43

11

Lux Aeterna (full-length version)

György Ligeti - Lux aeterna

Clytus Gottwald

6:02

12

Adventures (unaltered)

György Ligeti - Aventures

10:58