Opera Goes to War!

On this CD:

1. Aida, opera Alta cagion v'aduna...Su! del Nilo al sacro lido
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Grace Bumbry, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Birgit Nilsson, Piero de Palma
Conducted by Zubin Mehta

2. Aida, opera Gloria all'Egito, ad Iside...Triumphal March & Ballet...Vieni, o guerriero vindice
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Grace Bumbry, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Birgit Nilsson, Piero de Palma
Conducted by Zubin Mehta

3. I Puritani, opera Riccardo! Riccardo!...Suoni la tromba
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra with Agostino Ferrin, Matteo Manuguerra
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

4. Faust, opera Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux, Soldiers Chorus
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Paris National Opera Theater Orchestra
Conducted by Andre Cluytens

5. La forza del destino, opera Al suon del tamburo
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Dolora Zajick, Giorgio Zancanaro
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

6. La forza del destino, opera Lorchè pifferi e tamburi...Venite all'indovina
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Dolora Zajick
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

7. La forza del destino, opera Nella guerra è la follia...Tarantella
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi

Conducted by Riccardo Muti

8. La forza del destino, opera Rataplan, rataplan, della gloria
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Dolora Zajick
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

9. Overture to Le siège de Corinthe
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

10. Giovanna d'Arco, opera Tu che all'eletto Saulo...Or del padre benedetta...Ecco! - Ella vola
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Montserrat Caballe, Sherrill Milnes
Conducted by James Levine

11. Attila, opera Urli, rapine...Viva il re...Allor che i forti corrono...Da te questo or m'è concesso
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Ernesto Gavazzi, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

12. Il Trovatore, opera Ah, sì, ben mio, coll'essere...L'onda de'suoni mistici...Di quella pira
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Franco Corelli, Angelo Mercuriali, Gabriella Tucci
Conducted by Thomas Schippers

13. Norma, opera Squilla il bronzo di Dio!...Guerra! guerra!
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Nicola [singer] Zaccaria
Conducted by Tullio Serafin

Opera Goes to War!, Music, Giorgio Zancanaro, Matteo Manuguerra, Sherrill Milnes, Agostino Ferrin, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Nicola Zaccaria [singer], Samuel Ramey, Vincenzo Bellini, Charles Gounod, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Andre Cluytens, James Levine, Riccardo Muti, Thomas Schippers, Tullio Serafin, Zubin Mehta, Dolora Zajick, Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra del Teatro alle Scala di Milano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Birgit Nilsson, Cheryl Studer, Gabriella Tucci, Maria Callas, Montserrat Caballé, Angelo Mercuriali, Ernesto Gavazzi, Franco Corelli, Piero de Palma, Classical, Classical Music, French Romantic Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera, Orchestral, Orchestral Music

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Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

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Tracks:

1. 'Solomon': Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
2. 'The Four Seasons': The Spring: Allegro
3. Canon In D
4. Orchestra Suite No.2: Minuet And Badinerie
5. Bach: Allegro
6. Symphony No.104: Adagio; Allegro
7. Divertimento For Strings, No.1: Allegro
8. Piano Concerto No.5: Adagio un poco mosso
9. 'The Ruins Of Athens': Turkish March
10. Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romanze: Andante
11. Marche Militaire No.1
12. 'The Hebrides' ('Fingla's Cave'): Overture
13. 'The Valkyrie': Ride Of The Valkyries

Tracks:

1. Slavonic Dances: No. 1: Presto
2. Slavonic Dances: No. 3: Poco Allegro
3. Slavonic Dances: No. 7: Allegro Assai
4. Slavonic Dances: No. 8: Presto
5. Coronation March
6. Entry Of The Gladiators
7. Serenade For Strings: Waltz
8. Samson And Delilah: Bacchanale
9. Piano Concerto No. 2: Adagio sostenuto
10. Russian And Ludmilla: Overture
11. Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction
12. Symphonie Fantastique: March To The Scaffold
13. On The Beautiful, Blue Danube
14. The Firebird: The Palace Of Kashchei And His Enchantments Vanish - Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Tracks:

1. 'Pictures at an Exhibition': Promenade
2. 'Pictures at an Exhibition': Gnomes
3. 'Pictures at an Exhibition': The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)
4. 'Pictures at an Exhibition': The Great Gate Of Kiev
5. A Night On Bald Mountain
6. 'The Planets': Mars: The Bringer Of War
7. 'The Pines Of Rome': The Pines Of The Appian Way
8. Pavan For A Dead Princess
9. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
10. 'The Three-Cornered Hat': Dance Of The Miller's Wife
11. Scheherazade: Festival At Baghda; The Sea; The Ship Goes To Pieces Against A Rock Surmounted By A Bronze Warrior

Tracks:

1. Fanfare For The Common Man
2. 'Appalachian Spring': Variations On A Shaker Melody
3. 'Candide': Overture
4. 'West Side Story': Suite: I Feel Pretty; Maria; Something's Coming; Tonight; One Hand, One Heart; Cool; America
5. Rhapsody In Blue
6. Adagio For Strings
7. 'America': Variations
8. 'Rodeo': Hoe-down
9. Pomp And Circumstance: March No. 1
10. 'Gayane': Sabre Dance
11. 'Lieutenant Kije': Troika
12. 'The Love Of Three Oranges': March
13. 'Hary Janos': The Viennese Musical Clock

Average customer rating: Perfect for Halloween! What, you call this scary music? Music Is Very Good, However......... Good Classical type Halloween music anthology Good for Halloween Gatherings

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Tracks:

1. Night On Bald Mountain
2. Danse Macabre
3. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: In The Hall Of The Mountain King
4. Funeral March Of A Marionette
5. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
6. D-Minor Toccata And Fugue: Toccata
7. Hansel And Gretel: Witch's Ride
8. Symphonie Fantastique: March To The Scaffold
9. The Planets: Mars - The Bringer Of War
10. Die Walkure: Ride Of The Valkyries
11. Halloween
12. Mephisto Waltz

Customer Reviews:

Perfect for Halloween!.......2007-01-04

What, you call this scary music?.......2005-07-07

Music Is Very Good, However................2004-08-14

Good Classical type Halloween music anthology.......2004-07-14

Good for Halloween Gatherings.......2003-09-25

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Beniamino Gigli: A Life in Words and Music Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Boito, Arrigo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Lalo, Edouard | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ponchielli | Ponchielli, Amilcare | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Gigli, Beniamino | ( G ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Boito, Arrigo | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Catalani, Alfredo | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Donizetti, Gaetano | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Giordano, Umberto | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Gounod, Charles | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cottrau, Teodoro | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Flotow, Friedrich von | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Curtis, Ernesto de | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Mascagni, Pietro | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Massenet, Jules | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Meyerbeer, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Ponchielli, Amilcare | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Puccini, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Lalo, Edward | H to L | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001N9ZES Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

1. 'I Was Born With A Voice And Very Little Else...'
2. Family Background
3. Gigli's Stage Debut And Poverty-Stricken Start
4. Puccini: 'O Soave Fanciulla' From La Boheme - Maria Zamboni
5. Service In The Household Of Countess Spannocchi
6. Donizetti: 'Spirto Gentil' From La Favoria
7. Colonel Delfino, And Giovanno Zerri's Legal Agreement
8. Cannio: O Surdato 'Nnammurato
9. A Hospital Visit And Scholarship
10. Mascabni: 'Ah! Ritrovarla Nella Sua Capanna' From Lodoletta
11. Gigli Graduates And Makes His Debut; He Goes For The High B Flat
12. Puccini: 'E Lucevan Le Stelle' From Tosca
13. Marriage, Rome And A Tuor To Spain
14. Mascagni: 'Apri La Tua Finestra! From Iris
15. A Letter From Fred Gaisberg Of HMV
16. Mascagni: 'Mamma, Quel Vino E Generoso' From Cavalleria Rusticana
17. Gigli Conquers South America, And Recieves An Offer From The Met
18. Metropolitan Opera Debut In Mefistofele
19. BoitoL 'Giunto Sul Passo Estremo' From Mefistofele

Tracks:

1. The Critics' Verdict, And More Performances
2. Donizetti: 'Tombe Degl'avi Miei' From Lacuia Di Lammermoor
3. Gigli's Fate Becomes Entwined With Caruso's
4. Giordano: 'Un Di All'azzurri Spazio' From Andrea Chenier
5. Who Will Be Caruso's Sucessor
6. Verdi: 'De'miei Bollenti Spiriti' From La Travita
7. Life Forms A Regular Pattern, And Gigli Learns To Sing In Foreign Languages
8. Lalo: 'Vainement, Ma Bien Aimee' From Le Roi d'Ys
9. Manon At The Met
10. Massenet: 'O Dolce Incanto' From Manon
11. Catalani's Loreley
12. Catalani: 'Nel Verde Maggio' From Loreley
13. Summer In Italy, Then Back To New York And Some Physical Training
14. Gounod: 'Ah! Ne Furis Pas Encore!' From Romeo Et Juliette
15. Honorary Captain Of The NYPD
16. Meyerbeer: 'O Paradiso' From L'Africaine
17. Flourishing Finances And Professional Rivalries
18. Crushin Remarks; The Attraction Of Radio
19. Sullivan: The Lost Chord
20. A New Decade, And The Honour Of Playing Nemorino At The Met
21. Donizetti: 'Quanto E Bella' From L'elisir D'amore

Tracks:

1. Debuts In Paris And London, And London's Critical Reception
2. Flotow: 'M'Appari' (Ach! So Fromm) From Marta (Martha)
3. Crisis: The Death Of Gigli's Mother, And Tension At The Met
4. Departure From The Met
5. America's Loss Is Europe's Gain
6. Speech: Gigli In An Interview At The Savoy Hotel, London
7. Cherished London Reviews
8. Leoncavallo: 'No. Pagliaccio Non Son!' From Pagliacci
9. Recording Reflects The Drama
10. Leoncavallo: 'Suvvia, Cosi Terrible' From Pagliacci
11. Touring, Gigli's Working Relationships, And A New Turn Of Events
12. De Curtis: Non Ti Scordar Di Me
13. Film Popularity, Hitler And Goebbels, And The Caracalla Tradition
14. Puccini: 'Che Gelida Manina' From La Boheme
15. Voice Expert John Steane's Recommendation
16. Puccini: 'O Soave Fanciulla' From La Boheme
17. A New Recording Of Tosca
18. Puccini: 'Recondita Armonia' From Tosca
19. Patience And Hard Work Produce A Perfect Set Of Master Recordings
20. Puccini: 'E Lucevan Le Stelle' From Tosca
21. Verdi: 'Ingemisco' From The Requiem
22. Verdi: 'Ingemisco' From The Requiem
23. The Recording Of Madama Butterfly
24. Puccini: Closing Moments Of Act I, Madama Butterfly

Tracks:

1. War Keeps Gigli In Italy
2. Introductory Speech To Cavalleria Rusticana By Mascagni
3. Translation Of The Speech
4. Mascani: 'Mamma, Quel Vino E Generoso' From Cavalleria Rusticana
5. More Role Debuts, Gigli's Wartime Films, And Andrea Chenier
6. Giordano: 'Un Di All'azzurro Spazio' From Andrea Chenier
7. John Steane's Verdict
8. Giordano: 'Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio' From Andrea Chenier
9. Rome Opera House Ralies Wartime Spirits
10. Verdi: 'Teco Is Sto - Gran Dio' From Un Ballo In Maschera
11. Verdi: 'Non Sai Tu Che Se L'anima Mia' From Un Ballo In Maschera
12. Verdi: 'Oh, Qual Soave Brivido' From Un Ballo In Maschera
13. Gigli's Political Affliations
14. Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' From Aida
15. Postwar Italy: An HMV Manager's Report
16. Verdi: 'Pur Ti Riveggo, Mia Dolce Aida' From Aida
17. Covent Garden With Rina, Then A Tour Of Britain And Ireland
18. Speech Given By Gigli After A Concert At The Royal Albert Hall
19. The Final Phase - And No Thoughts Of Retirement
20. Di Veroli: Ritorna Amore
21. A Last Visit To The USA
22. Cottrau: Santa Lucia
23. Gigli's Death, His Obituaries, And His Place In The Tenor Lineage
24. Meyerbeer: 'O Paradiso' From L'Africaine

Average customer rating:

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Average customer rating: a star fell from heaven-a rare treasure to every music fan

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Tracks:

1. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Titellied
2. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Land so wunderbar
3. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Der Lindenbaum
4. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Launisches Gluck
5. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Santa Lucia
6. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Frag' nicht
7. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Voga, voga
8. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Mal d'amore
9. Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt - Ein Lied geht um die Welt
10. Wenn Du Jung Bist, Gehort Dir Die Welt - Titellied
11. Wenn Du Jung Bist, Gehort Dir Die Welt - Titiromba
12. Wenn Du Jung Bist, Gehort Dir Die Welt - Piscatore e pusilleco
13. Wenn Du Jung Bist, Gehort Dir Die Welt - Keck und munter
14. Wenn Du Jung Bist, Gehort Dir Die Welt - Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
15. Wenn Du Jung Bist, Gehort Dir Die Welt - Lisetta
16. Wenn Du Jung Bist, Gehort Dir Die Welt - Nun me secta
17. Wenn Du Jung Bist, Gehort Dir Die Welt - Wenn du jung bist
18. Ein Stern Fallt Vom Himmel - Tittlied
19. Ein Stern Fallt Vom Himmel - Tarantella
20. Ein Stern Fallt Vom Himmel - Una furtiva lagrima
21. Ein Stern Fallt Vom Himmel - Tarantella sincera
22. Ein Stern Fallt Vom Himmel - wo beim Wein ein Walzer klingt
23. Ein Stern Fallt Vom Himmel - Wenn in Wien der Wein erbluht
24. Ein Stern Fallt Vom Himmel - Mandulinata a Napule
25. Ein Stern Fallt Vom Himmel - Ich singe dir ein Liebeslied
26. Heut Ist Der Schonste Tag In Meinem Leben -Die Liebe Siegt
27. Heut Ist Der Schonste Tag In Meinem Leben - Wenn nicht die Hoffnung
28. Heut Ist Der Schonste Tag In Meinem Leben - Freunde, Vernehmet die Geschichte
29. Heut Ist Der Schonste Tag In Meinem Leben - Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen
30. Heut Ist Der Schonste Tag In Meinem Leben - Vorrei morire
31. Heut Ist Der Schonste Tag In Meinem Leben - Vieni, mia bella biondina
32. Heut Ist Der Schonste Tag In Meinem Leben - Titellied

Tracks:

1. My Song Goes Round The World
2. My Song Goes Round The World
3. My Song Goes Round The World
4. My Song Goes Round The World
5. My Song Goes Round The World
6. My Song Goes Round The World
7. My Song Goes Round The World
8. My Song Goes Round The World
9. My Song Goes Round The World
10. My Song Goes Round The World
11. A Star Fell From Heaven
12. A Star Fell From Heaven
13. A Star Fell From Heaven
14. A Star Fell From Heaven
15. A Star Fell From Heaven
16. A Star Fell From Heaven
17. Joseph Schmidt - beim Vara-Sommerfest Birkoven, Holland
18. Joseph Schmidt - Ausschnitt aus dem UFA-Film
19. Joseph Schmidt - Amsterdam
20. Joseph Schmidt - Amsterdam
21. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
22. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
23. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
24. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
25. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
26. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
27. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
28. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
29. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes
30. Joseph Schmidt - Alternativ-Aufnahmen Alternative Takes

Customer Reviews:

a star fell from heaven-a rare treasure to every music fan.......2000-01-01

Music Review:

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2. Philippe de Monte: Sacred & Secular Works
3. Piano Concerto No.2-Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
4. Poulenc, Duparc: Songs
5. Satie: Jack in the Box
6. Savage Songs - Electronic Works from 1961-1970
7. Schubert: Symphony No. 9; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4
8. Season's Celebration
9. Semantemes
10. SEMPRE AMOR : Lorna Anderson / Apollo Chamber Players

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