Sparkling Classics: Music for an Evening With Friends

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CD 1
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1Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture
orchestra:
Moscow RTV Orchestra (bso.ru, founded 1930, not Mikhailov's 1978 orch.)
conductor:
Klaus-Peter Hahn (cellist/conductor)
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра
composer:
Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила
Mikhail Glinka5:23
2Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
orchestra:
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vakhtang Kakhidze (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Tritsch–Tratsch Polka, op. 214
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 214)
Johann Strauss II2:48
3Carmen Suite II. Danse bohèmeGeorges Bizet4:25
4Perpetuum mobile
orchestra:
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vakhtang Kakhidze (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Perpetuum mobile, op. 257
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1861)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 257)
Johann Strauss II3:13
5Gaîté parisienne : Can-can No 4 (Orphée aux enfers)
orchestra:
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
partial recording of:
Gaîté parisienne
orchestrator:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
premiered at:
Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monte-Carlo, Monaco (on 1938-04-05)
Jacques Offenbach1:28
6Slavonic Dance no. 8
orchestra:
Губернаторский симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербурга (St Petersburg Radio & TV Orchestra)
conductor:
Станислав Горковенко
recording of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83: No. 8 in G minor (Furiant) (for orchestra)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1878-04 until 1878-08-22)
part of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83 (for orchestra)
Antonín Dvořák4:36
7Die Fledermaus (The Bat): Overture
orchestra:
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vakhtang Kakhidze (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Die Fledermaus: Ouvertüre
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Die Fledermaus (English version, lyrics by Mandel/Sachs)
part of:
Die Fledermaus (English version, lyrics by Dietz)
part of:
Die Fledermaus
part of:
Die Fledermaus (english; unknown version)
Johann Strauss II8:52
8Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Rondo, AllegroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:55
9Gaîté parisienne : Ouverture (La Vie parisienne)
orchestra:
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
recording of:
Gaîté Parisienne: I. Allegro (Ouverture) (from « La Vie parisienne »)
orchestrator:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Gaîté parisienne
Jacques Offenbach2:24
10Thunder & Lightning Polka
orchestra:
Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Robert Wagner (conductor)
recording of:
Unter Donner und Blitz, op. 324
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 324)
Johann Strauss II3:12
11Champagne Polka
orchestra:
London Philharmonia Orchestra (name used on budget releases, not the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia or the New Philharmonia), Philharmonia Slavonica (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Henry Adolph (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Christian Rainer (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alfred Scholz and Frank Shipway (British conductor)
recording of:
Champagner Polka, op. 211
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 211)
Johann Strauss II2:52
12Wine, Women and Song
recording of:
Wein, Weib und Gesang, op. 333
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 333)
Johann Strauss II6:17
13The Merry Widow: WaltzFranz Lehár2:57
14Gaîté Parisienne : Galop No 3 (La Vie Parisienne)
orchestra:
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
recording of:
Gaîté Parisienne: VI. Valse (from « La Vie parisienne »)
orchestrator:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Gaîté parisienne
Jacques Offenbach1:18
15Gaîté Parisienne : Can-can No 3 (La Vie Parisienne)
orchestra:
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
partial recording of:
Gaîté parisienne
orchestrator:
Manuel Rosenthal (French conductor & composer)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
premiered at:
Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monte-Carlo, Monaco (on 1938-04-05)
Jacques Offenbach1:36
16The Thieving Magpie: Overture
orchestra:
St. Petersburg Camerata
conductor:
Saulius Sondeckis (conductor)
recording of:
La gazza ladra: Ouverture
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (in 1817)
librettist:
Giovanni Gherardini
part of:
La gazza ladra
part of:
The Thieving Magpie (English version by Sams)
Gioachino Rossini10:49

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