| Description |
5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa Pekka-Salonen, conductor (1st-6th works) ; Dresden Staatskapelle, Sir Neville Marriner, conductor (7th-10th works) ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, conductor (11th-16th works) ; Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, conductor (17th-20th works) ; Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor (21st-23rd works). |
| Note |
All selections previously released. |
| Contents |
CD 1. 1812 overture / Tchaikovsky -- Islamey / Balakirev -- Polovtsian dances from Prince Igor ; In the steppes of Central Asia / Borodin -- Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla / Glinka -- |
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CD 2. Boléro / Ravel -- Jota aragonese / Glinka -- Capriccio italien / Tchaikovsky -- España / Chabrier -- |
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CD 3. The damnation of Faust. Hungarian march / Berlioz -- Pavane pour une infante défunte = Pavane for a dead infanta / Ravel -- The sorcerer's apprentice / Dukas -- Danse macabre / Saint-Saëns -- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Debussy -- Joyeuse marche / Chabrier -- |
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CD 4. Prelude to Khovanshchina / orch. Rimsky-Korsakov ; Night on the bare mountain / Mussorgsky ; arr. Rimsky-Korsakov -- Russian Easter festival overture / Rimsky-Korsakov -- Pictures at an exhibition / Mussorgsky ; orch. Ravel -- |
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CD 5. Scheherazade ; Tsar Saltan. Suite ; The flight of the bumblebee / Rimsky-Korsakov. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Overtures.
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Orchestral music.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Symphonic poems.
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Orchestral music, Arranged.
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| Added Author |
Salonen, Esa-Pekka, 1958- Conductor.
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Marriner, Neville. Conductor.
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Dutoit, Charles. Conductor.
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Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937- Conductor.
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Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester. Performer.
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Staatskapelle Dresden. Performer.
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Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Performer.
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Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Performer.
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Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England) Performer.
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| Added Title |
Essential masterpieces |
| Standard No. |
028947814900 |
| Music No. |
478 1490 (set) Decca |
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478 1491 (disc 1) Decca |
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478 1492 (disc 2) Decca |
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478 1493 (disc 3) Decca |
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478 1494 (disc 4) Decca |
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478 1495 (dics 5) Decca |
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