A Dysfunctional Family Christmas: Music for Your Misery

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1The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War
orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst6:32
2Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music
orchestra:
Concert Arts Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene II. Trauermusik beim Tode Siegfrieds (Funeral March)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1869 until 1874, from 1872-01-04 until 1874-11-21)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene II "Hoiho?" - "Hoiho!"
Richard Wagner7:16
3Pini di Roma: The Catacombs
orchestra:
Symphony of the Air
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Pini di Roma, P 141: II. Pini presso una catacomba
composer:
Ottorino Respighi (composer) (in 1924)
part of:
Pini di Roma, P 141
Ottorino Respighi5:50
4Night on Bald Mountain
orchestra:
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
A Night on Bald Mountain (orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
Modest Mussorgsky9:49
5Valse triste (from Kuolema)
orchestra:
The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (50s-60s incarnation of the orchestra)
conductor:
Felix Slatkin
recording of:
Valse triste, op. 44 no. 1 (for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1903)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1904)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1904-04-25)
premiered at:
Svenska Teatern (theatre in Helsinki, Finland) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (on 1904-04-25)
part of:
2 Pieces from Kuolema, op. 44
revision of:
Kuolema, JS 113: No. 1. Tempo di valse lente (for orchestra)
Jean Sibelius5:04
6Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478
orchestra:
Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Geistliches Lied, BWV 478 “Komm, süßer Tod” (orch. Stokowski)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
orchestration of:
Geistliches Lied, BWV 478 "Komm, süßer Tod"
Leopold Stokowski5:54
7Háry János: Battle Scene
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
recording of:
Háry János Suite: IV. The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon: Alla marcia
composer:
Zoltán Kodály (composer)
part of:
Háry János Suite (Suite from the opera)
Zoltán Kodály3:43
8Pavane pour une infante défunte
orchestra:
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
William Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (orchestrated version)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1910)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1899)
publisher:
Ed. Max Eschig
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19a)
orchestration of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
Maurice Ravel6:29
9Tristan und Isolde: Love-Death
orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. "Kurwenal! Hör'! Ein zweites Schiff"
Richard Wagner15:02