Discover The Symphony CD

Discover The Symphony Music

List Price	$9.97 (You save $2.68)
Label	Naxos
Orig Year	9/29/1998
All Time Sales Rank	66553
CD Universe Part number	2647209
Catalog number	8554337-38
Discs	2
Release Date	Sep 29, 1998
Recording Time	2 33

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1. Sinfonia, for strings & continuo in D major, RV 122: Allegro (2:06)
Common Name	Sinfonia For Strings & Continuo
Catalog No.	RV 122
Composer	Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Performer	City of London Sinfonia (Symphonia) Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord)
Genre	Baroque Period / Sinfonia / Symphony
Date Written	1729-1730
Period	Baroque
2. Symphony for orchestra in D major (Orchester-sinfonien No. 1), H. 663, Wq. 183/1: Allegro di molto (6:02)
Common Name	Symphony For Orchestra
Catalog No.	H 663 / WQ 183
Composer	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Genre	Classical Period / Symphony
Date Written	1775-1776
Period	Classical
Country	Germany
3. Sinfonia da caccia for 4 horns, shot-gun & strings in G major: Allegro (5:08)
Common Name	Sinfonia Da Caccia For 4 Horns
Composer	Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787)
Conductor	Donald Armstrong
Genre	Classical Period / Concerto / Sinfonia / Symphony
Date Written	1756
Period	Classical
Country	Austria
4. Symphony No. 88 in G major ("Letter V"), H. 1/88: Menuetto-allegro (4:14)
Common Name	Letter V Symphony, Symphony 88
Catalog No.	H 1
Composer	Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Conductor	Barry Wordsworth
Performer	Capella Istropolitana (Symphonia)
Genre	Classical Period / Symphony
Date Written	1787
Period	Classical
Notes	Composition written: 1787. Composition revised: Germany.
5. Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550: Molto allegro (7:31)
Common Name	Symphony 40
Catalog No.	K 550
Composer	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor	Barry Wordsworth
Performer	Capella Istropolitana (Symphonia)
Genre	Classical Period / Symphony
Date Written	1788
Period	Classical
Country	Austria
6. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: Finale: Allegro assai vivace (13:42)
Common Name	Choral Symphony, Symphony 9
Composer	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Conductor	Bela Drahos
Performer	Manfred Fink Budapest Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia (Symphonia) Claudio Otelli (Bass Baritone) Hasmik Papian Ruxandra Donose
Genre	Classical Period / Symphony
Date Written	1824
Period	Classical
Country	Austria
7. Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200: Allegretto (4:22)
Common Name	Symphony 3
Catalog No.	D 200
Composer	Franz Schubert (Dresden) (1797 - 1828)
Conductor	Michael Halasz
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	1815
Period	Romantic
8. Symphony No. 4 in A major ("Italian"), Op. 90: Saltarello: presto (5:39)
Common Name	Italian Symphony, Symphony 4
Composer	Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Conductor	Reinhard Seifried
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	03/13/1833
Period	Romantic
Notes	Composition written: 03/13/1833. Composition revised: Italy.
9. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Poco allegretto (5:55)
Common Name	Symphony 3
Composer	Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Conductor	Alexander Rahbari
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	1883
Period	Romantic
10. Symphony No. 4 in E flat ("Romantic"), WAB 104: Scherzo: bewegt (4:58)
Common Name	Romantic Symphony, Symphony 4
Composer	Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	1874-1888
Period	Romantic
Notes	Composition written: 1874-88. Composition revised: Germany.
11. Symphony No. 8 in G major, B. 163 (Op.88) (first published as No. 4): Allegrtto grazioso - molto viv (10:43)
Common Name	Symphony No 8
Catalog No.	B 163
Composer	Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Conductor	Stephen Gunzenhauser
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Period	Romantic
Country	Czechoslovakia
12. Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78: Presto (8:37)
Common Name	Organ Symphony, Symphony 3
Composer	Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Conductor	Stephen Gunzenhauser
Performer	Imrich Szabo (Organ)
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	1886
Period	Romantic
Country	France
13. Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan"): Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell (5:47)
Common Name	Titan Symphony, Symphony 1
Composer	Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Conductor	Michael Halasz
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	?/?1884-03/1888
Period	Romantic
Country	Austria
14. Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55: Allegro molto (7:49)
Common Name	Symphony 1
Composer	Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre	Symphony
Date Written	1907-1908
Country	United Kingdom
15. Symphony No. 2 in G major ("A London Symphony"): Epilogue (7:33)
Common Name	A London Symphony Symphony, Symphony 2
Composer	Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
Conductor	Kees Bakels
Genre	Symphony
Date Written	1911-1913
Country	United Kingdom
16. Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39: Scherzo (7:39)
Common Name	Symphony 1
Composer	Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	1899
Period	Romantic
Country	Finland
17. Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27: Adagio (4:46)
Common Name	Symphony 2
Composer	Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Conductor	Stephen Gunzenhauser
Genre	Symphony
Date Written	1906-1907
Country	Russia
18. Symphony No. 2 ("De fire temperamenter"), FS 29 (Op. 16): Allegro sanguinoso (5:13)
Common Name	De Fire Temperamenter Symphony, Symphony 2
Catalog No.	FS 29
Composer	Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	1901-1902
Period	Romantic
Country	Denmark
19. Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Classical"), Op. 25: Molto vivace (12:41)
Common Name	Classical Symphony, Symphony 1
Composer	Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Conductor	Stephen Gunzenhauser
Genre	Symphony
Date Written	1916-1917
Country	Russia
20. Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: Allegretto (7:06)
Common Name	Symphony In C For Orchestra
Composer	Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Genre	Symphony
Date Written	1940
Notes	Composition written: 1940. Composition revised: United States of America.
21. Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70: Allegro (4:22)
Common Name	Symphony 9
Composer	Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Genre	Symphony
Date Written	1945
Notes	Composition written: 1945. Composition revised: Soviet Union.
22. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48 (Op. (5:08)
Composer	Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	04/1830
Period	Romantic
23. Symphony No. 6 in B minor ("Pathetique"), Op. 74: Allegro con grazia (5:15)
Common Name	Pathetique Symphony, Symphony 6
Composer	Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Genre	Romantic Period / Symphony
Date Written	1893
Period	Romantic
Country	Russia

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