Weekend Classics - A Classical Weekend
Works by Bizet, Handel, Dvorák, Elgar, de Falla, Handel, Offenbach, Orff, Pachelbel, Rachmaninov, Sibelius, J. Strauss, Verdi, Vivaldi & Wagner
Mehta, Maazel, Järvi, Chung, Böhm & Levine
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Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue
- The English Concert
- Trevor Pinnock
- Recorded: 1985-01-26
- Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London
Vivaldi: Concerto For Violin And Strings In E, Op. 8, No. 1, RV.269 "La Primavera"
- Isaac Stern (violin)
- Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- Zubin Mehta
- Recorded: 1982-12-18
- Recording Venue: Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv
1. Allegro
Excerpt,
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Lorin Maazel
- Recorded: 1982-10-07
- Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien
2. Largo
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4
- Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
- Neeme Järvi
- Recorded: 1989-09-18
- Recording Venue: Konserthuset, Goteborg
Entr'acte (Barcarolle)
Bizet: Carmen Suite (excerpts from suites nos. 1 & 2)
- Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 1991-03-23
- Recording Venue: Opéra Bastille, Paris
Prélude
Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3
- Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master)
- Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Recorded: 1982-05-09
- Recording Venue: Sender Freies Berlin (SFB)
Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate
Excerpt,
- Tamás Vásáry (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Yuri Ahronovitch
- Recorded: 1977-01-27
- Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London
Variation 18
Excerpt,
- Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Okko Kamu
- Recorded: 1975-10-10
- Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Helsinki
1. Intermezzo (Moderato)
Excerpt,
- Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 1991-03-23
- Recording Venue: Opéra Bastille, Paris
Adagietto
Strauss, J, II: Pizzicato Polka
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Karl Böhm
- Recorded: 1972-09-05
- Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien
Falla: El Amor Brujo
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Garcia Navarro
- Recorded: 1978-01-11
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Danza ritual del fuego, para ahuyentar los malos espíritos
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2
- The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
- Trevor Pinnock
- Recorded: 1988-01-15
- Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London
XLII. "Hallelujah"
Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3
- Metropolitan Opera
- James Levine
- Recorded: 1995-05-27
- Recording Venue: Manhattan Center, New York
The Ride Of The Valkyries
Orff: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
- Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master)
- Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Eugen Jochum
- Recorded: 1967-10-18
- Recording Venue: UFA-Tonstudio, Berlin
I. O Fortuna
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: March, No. 1 in D
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Recorded: 1991-02-27
- Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London