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Discography

sources of the many music clips in Music History 102

The Romantic Era

Weber: Overtures
The Philharmonia; Neeme Järvi
Chandos CHAN 9066

Rossini: the Barber of Seville
Teresa Berganza, etc.; Rossini Orchestra di Napoli; Silvio Varviso
London 417 164

Rossini: Overtures
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner
RCA 60387

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
J. Sutherland, L. Pavarotti, etc.; Chorus & Orchestra of Covent Garden; Richard Bonynge
London 410 193

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Claus Peter Flor
RCA 7905

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Soloists; London Symphony Orchestra; André Previn
EMI CDC7 47163

Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4
Vienna Philharmonic; Christoph von Dohnanyi
London 421 769

Schumann: Carnaval
Daniel Barenboim
Deutsche Grammophon 431 167

Schumann: Dichterliebe
Fritz Wunderlich; Hubert Giesen
Deutsche Grammophon 429 933

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2
Michelle Campanella
Philips 438 371

Liszt: Les Préludes
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan
Deutsche Grammophon 415 967

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam; Colin Davis
Philips 411 425

Berlioz: Les Troyens
Soloists; Chorus & Orchestra of Covent Garden; Colin Davis
Philips 416 432

Berlioz: Hungarian March
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin
RCA 7716

Chopin: Waltzes
Vladimir Ashkenazy
London 414 600

Chopin: Préludes
Vladimir Ashkenazy
London 417 476

Chopin: Nocturnes
Artur Rubinstein
RCA 5613

Chopin: Polonaises
Maurizio Pollini
Deutsche Grammophon 413 795

Verdi: Rigoletto
A. Moffo, A. Kraus, etc.; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Georg Solti
RCA 6506

Verdi: Il trovatore
Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia; Zubin Mehta
RCA 6194

Verdi: Aïda
Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan
EMI CMS7 69300

Verdi: Requiem
Soloists; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Robert Shaw
Telarc 80152

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
B. Nilsson, W. Windgassen; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Karl Böhm
Deutsche Grammophon 419 889

Wagner: Siegfried’s Funeral March
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Anton Rickenbacher
CfP/EMI 9008

Wagner: Die Walküre (Ride of the Valkyries)
Soloists; London Philharmonic; Erich Leinsdorf
London 430 391

Bruckner: Symphony no. 4
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan
Deutsche Grammophon 439 522

Saint-Saëns: "Organ" Symphony
Simon Preston; Berlin Philharmonic; James Levine
Deutsche Grammophon 419 617

Bizet: chorus from "Carmen"
Opera Choruses
MCA Classics MCAD 25877

Johann Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz
from "The Age of Innocence" Soundtrack
Epic EK 57451

Brahms: Symphony no. 3
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Günter Wand
RCA 60088

Brahms: German Requiem
Soloists; Wiener Singverein; Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan
EMI CDM7 69229

Brahms: Piano Quartet
Eastman Quartet
Vox CDX 5052

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Sian Edwards
EMI Eminence CDM7 63262

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto
Van Cliburn; RCA Symphony Orchestra; Kiril Kondrashin
RCA 5912

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake suite
Berlin Philharmonic; Mstislav Rostropovich
Deutsche Grammophon 429 097

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev
Virgin 59661

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Soloists; USSR TV and Radio Orchestra & Chorus; Vladimir Fedoseyev
Philips 412 281

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado
RCA 61354

Dvorak: Symphony no. 7
The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Carlos Païta
Lodia LO-CD 782

Dvorak: Slavonic dances
Bavarian Radio Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik
Deutsche Grammophon 419 056

Sibelius: Symphony no. 5
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan
Deutsche Grammophon 415 107

Sibelius: Finlandia
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy
London 400 056

Falla: Three-Cornered Hat suite
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit
London 410 008

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson
Chandos 8502

Ives: Three Places in New England
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin
RCA 61222

Music History 102: a Guide to Western Composers and their music
Designed, compiled and created by
Robert Sherrane