Almanac 1992 - Highlights of the Year

Let the Bright Seraphim (from Samson, HWV 57)

George Frideric Handel - Samson, HWV 57: Act III. Air: Let the bright seraphim (Israelite woman)

John Nelson, Wynton Marsalis, Orchestra of St. Luke's

Symphony no. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543: III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 39 for Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 543: IIIa. Minuetto. Allegretto / IIIb. Trio. Da capo

Carlo Maria Giulini, Berlin Philharmonic

Die Entführung aus dem Serail: No. 11. Aria "Martern aller Arten"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Akt II, Szene III. No. 11 Arie "Introduktion - Martern aller Arten - Doch du bist entschlossen" (Konstanze)

Bruno Weil, Vienna Philharmonic

La Boîte a joujoux: I. Prélude

Claude Debussy - La Boîte à joujoux, CD 136b

Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra

String Sextet in B-flat major, op. 18: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Trio. Animato

Johannes Brahms - Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18

Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Cho-liang Lin

Cello Concerto no. 2: IV. Allegretto vivo

Alfred Schnittke - Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra no. 2

Mstislav Rostropovich, Seiji Ozawa, London Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto no. 2: I. Moderato

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

Karfreitagszauber (from Parsifal)

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Parsifal, WWV 111

Zubin Mehta, New York Philharmonic

En los trigales

Joaquín Rodrigo - Por los campos de España, nº 1: En los trigales

John Williams

The Nutcracker Ballet Suite, op. 71a: II. c) Danse russe (Trepak). Tempo de trepak, molto vivace

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

Claudio Abbado, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Luisa Miller: Terzeto finale "Padre, ricevi l'estremo addio"

Giuseppe Verdi - Luisa Miller: Atto III, Nº 13c. Terzetto "Quai grida intesi!...Padre ricevi l'estremo addio" (Miller, Luisa, Rodolfo)

James Levine, Plácido Domingo