Man Myth & Music

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1▼CD: Myth & Legend
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1The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
recording of:
L’Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
composer:
Paul Dukas (French composer) (from 1896 until 1897)
Paul Dukas11:00
2Infernal Dance of King Kaschei
orchestra:
Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma (Freelance recording orchestra, mainly used by RCA & Reader’s Digest)
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
recording of:
Firebird Suite: V. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei (catch-all for unknown versions)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer)
part of:
Firebird Suite (catch‐all for unknown versions)
Igor Stravinsky4:13
3Festival at Baghdad and Shipwreck
violin:
David Nolan (violinist and conductor)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Enrique Bátiz (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Scheherazade, op. 35: IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks Against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1888)
part of:
Scheherazade, op. 35
Nikolaï Rimski‐Korsakov11:21
4The Flying Dutchman: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre (The Flying Dutchman: Overture)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (The Flying Dutchman)
Richard Wagner10:16
5The Swan of Tuonela
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople)
conductor:
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)
recording of:
Lemminkäis-sarja (Neljä legendaa), op. 22: II. Tuonelan joutsen (Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1895)
part of:
Lemminkäis-sarja (Neljä legendaa), op. 22 (Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22)
Jean Sibelius8:08
6Francesca da Rimini
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Munch (conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Francesca da Rimini, op. 32
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1877-03-09)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1876-10 until 1876-11)
dedicated to:
Сергей Танеев (Sergei Taneyev, Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author)
premiered at:
[concert] (1877-03-09) (premiere concert for Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini)
publisher:
P. Jurgenson (in 1878)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 46), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 43) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 32)
is based on:
Inferno (first part of Dante Alighieri's Comedìa)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky23:35
7The Ride of the Valkyries
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt (The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854 until 1856)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Richard Wagner5:05
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