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A Guided Tour of the Romantic Era, Vol. 5

Rivka Golani (viola), Sidney Green (cor anglais), Elsa Maurus (mezzo-soprano), Alain Vernhes (baritone), Michael Myers (tenor), Fernand Bernardi (bass), Antoine Garcin (baritone), Jean-Luc Viala (narrator), Michael Schade (tenor), Janez Lotric (tenor), Peter Holder (organ), Laura Hicks (soprano),...

This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

Excerpt, Berlioz: Les Troyens

Work length14:24
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  • San Diego Master Chorale, San Diego Symphony Orchestra
  • Yoav Talmi
  • Recorded: 19-20 November 1994
  • Recording Venue: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California

Act I: Prelude

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Act IV: Chasse royale et orage

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Excerpt, Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Work length19:27
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  • San Diego Symphony Orchestra
  • Yoav Talmi
  • Recorded: 18, 19 November 1995
  • Recording Venue: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California

I. Reveries - Passions: Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai

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II. Un Bal: Valse - Allegro non troppo

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Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op. 16

Work length19:25
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  • Rivka Golani (viola)
  • San Diego Symphony Orchestra
  • Yoav Talmi
  • Recorded: 13-14 May 1995
  • Recording Venue: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California

II. Allegretto (March of the Pilgrims Singing the Evening Prayer)

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IV. Allegro frenetico (Orgy of Brigands. Memories of Scenes Past)

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Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9

Work length9:03
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  • Sidney Green (cor anglais)
  • San Diego Symphony Orchestra
  • Yoav Talmi
  • Recorded: 28-30 January 1994
  • Recording Venue: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California

Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21

Work length8:06
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  • San Diego Symphony Orchestra
  • Yoav Talmi
  • Recorded: 28-30 January 1994
  • Recording Venue: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California

Excerpt, Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

Work length18:03
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  • San Diego Symphony Orchestra
  • Yoav Talmi
  • Recorded: 19-20 November 1994
  • Recording Venue: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California

Romeo et Juliette, Op. 17: Love Scene: Night in the Capulet's Garden - Snatches of Music from the Ball

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Excerpt, Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7

Work length8:45
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  • Elsa Maurus (mezzo-soprano)
  • Orchestre National de Lille
  • Jean-Claude Casadesus

No. 1. Villanelle

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No. 2. Le Spectre de la rose

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Excerpt, Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24

Work length22:24
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  • Michael Myers (tenor), Alain Vernhes (baritone)
  • Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Orchestre National de Lille
  • Jean-Claude Casadesus
  • Recorded: 4, 5 November 2003
  • Recording Venue: L'Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle, Lille, France

Part I: Le vieil hiver a fait place

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Part II: Dors! Dors! Heureux Faust!, "Faust's Dream"

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Part III: Merci, doux crepuscule!, "Faust's Aria"

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Part IV: Laus! Laus! Hosanna!

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Part IV: Remonte au ciel, "Margarita's Glorification"

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Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, Pt. II, "La fuite en Égypte"

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  • Jean-Luc Viala (narrator), Fernand Bernardi (bass), Antoine Garcin (baritone)
  • Ile de France Vittoria Regional Choir, Orchestre National de Lille
  • Jean-Claude Casadesus

Part I, "Le songe d'Herode": Toujours ce reve

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Part II, "La fuite en Egypte": Le repos de la Sainte Famille

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Part III, "L'arrivee a Sais": Grand Dieu! Quelle detresse!

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Part III, "L'arrivee a Sais": Epilogue

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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)

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  • Michael Schade (tenor)
  • Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, Elora Festival Orchestra
  • Noel Edison

Requiem et Kyrie

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Quaerens me

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Offertorium

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Agnus Dei

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Strauss, J, I: Radetzky March, Op. 228

Work length3:10
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  • Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Ondrej Lenárd

Strauss, J, I: Chineser-Galoppe (Chinese Galop), Op. 20 (arr. L. Rosenthal)

Work length0:57
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  • Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina
  • Christian Pollack
  • Recorded: 23-25 March 2002
  • Recording Venue: Concert Hall Fatra, Zilina

Strauss, J, I: Cachucha-Galopp, Op. 97

Work length2:05
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  • Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina
  • Ernst Märzendorfer
  • Recorded: 1 - 6 May 2004
  • Recording Venue: Fatra Concert Hall, Zilina, Slovakia

Excerpt, Glinka: Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar)

Work length15:02
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  • Janez Lotric (tenor)
  • Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kiev Chamber Choir, Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra
  • Anthony Bramall, Johannes Wildner
  • Recorded: 13-16 December, 1987
  • Recording Venue: Czechoslovak Radio, Bratislava

Zhizn' za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar), Op. 4: Overture

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Zhizn' za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar), Op. 4: Bratsi! V metel', v nevedomoy glushi

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Excerpt, Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila

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  • Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Anthony Bramall

Ruslan and Lyudmila, Op. 5: Overture

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Glinka: Spanish Overture No. 1 'Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonese'

Work length8:55
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  • Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Keith Clark
  • Recorded: 26 February - 1 March 1988
  • Recording Venue: Concert Hall of Czechoslovak Radio, Bratislava

Excerpt, Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61

Work length11:44
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  • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Anthony Bramall

Act III: Nocturne

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Act V: Wedding March

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Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer

Work length11:12
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  • Laura Hicks (soprano), Peter Holder (organ)
  • St Albans Cathedral Choirs
  • Tom Winpenny
  • Recorded: 16, 19-21 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36

Work length3:25
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  • Peter Holder (organ)
  • St Albans Cathedral Choirs
  • Tom Winpenny
  • Recorded: 16, 19-21 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36, MWV A14: How Lovely are the Messengers (Sung in English)

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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70

Work length22:23
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  • Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano), Ralf Lukas (bass)
  • Leipzig MDR Radio Choir, MDR Sinfonieorchester
  • Jun Märkl
  • Recorded: December 2008-January 2009
  • Recording Venue: MDR Studio Augustusplatz, Germany

Part I: Overture

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Part I: Hilf, Herr! Hilf, Herr! - Recitative: Die Tiefe ist versieget!

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Part I: Double Quartet: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen uber dir - Recitative: Nun auch der Bach vertrocknet ist

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Part I: Recitative, Aria and Duet: Was hast du an mir getan, du Mann Gottes!

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Part II: Wer bis ans Ende beharrt, der wird selig

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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21

Work length12:16
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  • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Anthony Bramall

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Work length10:51
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  • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Oliver von Dohnányi

Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'

Work length18:45
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  • Majella Cullagh (soprano), Mary Nelson (soprano)
  • RTE Philharmonic Choir, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
  • Reinhard Seifried
  • Recorded: 2, 3 June 1998
  • Recording Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland

I. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto - Allegro - Maestoso con moto come I

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V. Ich harrete des Herrn

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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'

Work length13:00
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  • RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
  • Reinhard Seifried
  • Recorded: 24-25 April 1995
  • Recording Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin

Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N19, "Scottish": I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Andante come prima

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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'

Work length6:35
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  • RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
  • Reinhard Seifried
  • Recorded: 24-25 April 1995
  • Recording Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin

Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16, "Italian": II. Andante con moto

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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation'

Work length12:46
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  • RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
  • Reinhard Seifried
  • Recorded: 27-29 January 1994
  • Recording Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin

Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107, MWV N15, "Reformation": I. Andante - Allegro con fuoco

Track length12:46
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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Work length23:07
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  • Takako Nishizaki (violin)
  • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Kenneth Jean
  • Recorded: July 1988
  • Recording Venue: Concert Hall of Slovak Philharmonic

I. Allegro molto appassionato

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II. Andante - Allegro non troppo

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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Work length14:11
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  • Benjamin Frith (piano)
  • Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
  • Robert Stankovsky
  • Recorded: 27-30 April 1992
  • Recording Venue: House of Arts, Kosice

I. Molto allegro con fuoco

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II. Andante

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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40

Work length7:28
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  • Benjamin Frith (piano)
  • Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
  • Robert Stankovsky
  • Recorded: 27-30 April 1992
  • Recording Venue: House of Arts, Kosice

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40, MWV O11: III. Finale: Presto scherzando

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