100 Popular Classics
Ruslan Raichev · Richard Kraus · Walter Susskind · Ivan Marinov · Vassil Stefanov · Emil Tschakarow · Hans Swarowsky · Adrian Boult · Aleksandŭr Vladigerov · Anatole Fistoulari
100 Popular Classics (1993), 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; 71 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Un bel di (One Fine Day - Madame Butterfly)
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
Spring From The Four Seasons 1st movement
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Acte I, no. 6. Valse
La donna e mobile (Woman is fickle) from Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
Vassil Stefanov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Slow movement from Concerto for two violins in D minor
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
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Slow movement from Clarinet Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622
Winter from The Four Seasons 1st movement
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
Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)
Disc 3
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: 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
Slow movement from Piano Concerto No.2 in F
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102
Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) from La Boheme
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3/2
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
Disc 4
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 1st movement
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048
Miniature Overture from the Nutcracker
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
Finale from Overture : William Tell
Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Disc 5
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 Slow movement (theme from Elvira Madigan)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Love theme from Romeo and Juliet
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39
Dance of the Mirlitons (Reed-flutes) from The Nutcracker
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a