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  • Bach: The Violin Concertos
  • Rossini: Complete Overtures
  • Dvorak: Serenades Op. 22 & 44
  • Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6
  • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3
  • Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi
  • Vivaldi: 5 Cello Concertos
  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite; Serenade for Strings
  • The French Connection
  • The English Connection
  • Handel: Coronation Anthems
  • Vivaldi: 6 Double Concertos
  • Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Beethoven: Overtures
  • Barber: Adagio for Strings; Ives; Symphony No. 3; Copland: Quiet City
  • Bach: Suites Nos. 2 & 3; Flute Concerto; Concerto for Violin & Oboe
  • Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Serenata notturna; Divertimenti, K. 136-138
  • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A; Sonata in B flat; Bassoon Concerto in B flat
  • Mendelssohn: Octet, Op. 20; Raff: Octet, Op. 176
  • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet; Horn Quintet; Oboe Quintet
  • Mozart: The Late Symphonies
  • Mozart: Early Symphonies [Box Set]
  • Amadeus: Music from the Original Soundtrack of the Film, Vol. 2
  • The Best of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Bach, Handel, Marcello: Concertos
  • Mozart: Serenades for Orchestra
  • Vivaldi: Concertos
  • Harp Concertos: Handel, Boieldieu, Dittersdorf
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos
  • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
  • Geminiani: Concerti Grossi, Op. 7
  • Mozart: Wind Concertos
  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
  • Telemann: Viola Concerto; Don Quichotte; Overture "Hamburger Ebb and Flut"; Overture in D
  • Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4
  • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 "Jupiter"
  • Respighi: Fontane di Roma; Pini di Roma; Feste Romane
  • Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt
  • Sir William Walton's Film Music Volume 2
  • Messiah: Excerpts
  • Mozart: The Last Five Symphonies
  • The Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeoman of the Guard
  • Haydn: The Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87
  • Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Clarinet Concertino
  • Mozart Masterpieces
  • Meyerbeer: Dinorah
  • Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "In the South"
  • Charles Avison & Domenico Scarlatti: Twelve Concerti Grossi
  • Händel: Overtures
  • Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"; Overture "1812"
  • Vivaldi: L'estro Armonico
  • Bach: The Art of Fugue; Musical Offering
  • Christmas with the Academy
  • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
  • Baroque Cantatas and Concertos
  • Bach: Orchestral Suites; Violin Concertos
  • Vivaldi: La Stravaganza
  • Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Apollon Musagète; Capriccio
  • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 38 ("Prague"), 40
  • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.6
  • The Best of the Academy
  • Handel: Complete Wind Sonatas
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 25
  • Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
  • Walton: Scenes from Shakespeare
  • Adam: Giselle
  • J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio
  • Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos
  • Serenade
  • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Ravel: Boléro
  • Mozart: Complete Symphonies
  • Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
  • Rossini: Ricciardo & Zoraide
  • Tchaikovsky: The String Quartets; Souvenir de Florence
  • Bohemian Rhapsodies
  • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves, Etc.
  • Vivaldi: La Cetra
  • J. C. Bach: 6 Sinfonias, Op. 3; 6 Piano Concertos, Op. 13
  • Grieg: Symphonic Dances; Piano Concerto; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
  • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 33 & 35
  • Classical Favorites
  • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Bassoon Concerto
  • Gounod: The 2 Symphonies; Faust Ballet Music
  • Handel: Orchestral Works
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23
  • Vivaldi: Wind Concertos
  • Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5
  • Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata
  • Mozart: The Great Serenades
  • Gallery of Classics: Vivaldi
  • Gallery of Classics: Tchaikovsky
  • Gallery Of Classics: Schumann
  • Gallery Of Classics: Ravel
  • Gallery of Classics: Mozart
  • Gallery Of Classics: Handel
  • Gallery of Classics: Grieg
  • Gallery of Classics: Brahms
  • Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra
  • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
  • Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; The Tempest
  • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38, 27 & 39
  • Telemann: Wind Concertos
  • Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande; Pavane; Fantasie
  • Donizetti: La Romanzesca e L'Uomo Nero
  • Ferme tes yeux....
  • Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos
  • Dvorák, Tchaikovsky: Serenades for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite [Australia]
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 31 "Paris"; Symphony No. 32; Symphony No. 34; Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
  • Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgogna
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 "Waldstein" & 24
  • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestral Suites
  • Platinum Elgar
  • Weber: Klarinettenquintett; Mendelssohn: Konzertstücke; Heinrich Baermann: Klarinettenquintett Nr. 3
  • Von Weber: Piano Concertos; Symphonies; Overtures
  • Schubert: The 10 Symphonies
  • Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Three German Dances
  • Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2; Orchestral Suite No. 3; Concerto for Two Violins
  • Mozart: Don Giovanni
  • Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Concerti Grossi
  • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; L'Estro Armonico; La Stravaganza; etc.
  • Symphonies Concertantes
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of the Fugue
  • Weil: Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra; Vasks: Concerto for Violin & String Orchestra 'Distant Light'
  • Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; "Posthorn" Serenade; Serenata notturna
  • Grieg: Orchestral Works
  • Meyerbeer: L'Esule di Granata - Highlights
  • Dvorak: Ouvertören Karneval, Othello, Dimitrij
  • Mozart: The Symphonies, Vol. 3 [Complete Mozart Edition]
  • Mozart: The Symphonies, Vol. 2 [Complete Mozart Edition]
  • Mozart: The Serenades for Orchestra, Vol. 3 [Complete Mozart Edition]
  • Rossini: Messa di Gloria
  • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 & 8
  • Mendelssohn: Octet; Boccherini: Quintet Op.37 No. 37
  • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Piano Concertos; Orchestral Suites
  • Kate Royal
  • Baroque Trumpet Concertos
  • Popular Classics
  • Bach: Cantatas No. 147; Motets
  • Mercadante: Virginia
  • Gordon Getty: Orchestral Works
  • Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Swan of Tuonela; Grieg: Holberg Suite
  • J.C. Bach: 6 Symphonies, Op. 3
  • William Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII
  • Beethoven: Symphony No.7; Wellington's Victory
  • Handel: Opera Arias; Sacred Arias
  • Konzertante Sinfonien
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 23, 24 & 25
  • Premium Composers, Vol. 1: Handel
  • Mozart: Klarinettenkonzert; Fagottkonzert; Oboenkonzert
  • Mendelssohn: Violinkonzert; Bruch: Violinkonzert Nr. 1; Chausson: Poème
  • Massenet: Ballet Suites
  • Mozart: Complete Youth Symphonies
  • Mozart: Posthorn Serenade & Symphony No. 33; Haffner Serenade & Symphony No. 35
  • Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante KV 297b; Gran Partita KV 361
  • Joshua Bell Conducts Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
  • Villa-Lobos: Melodia Sentimental
  • The Barber of Neville: Wind Concertos by Howard Blake
  • 20th Century Concerto Grosso
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 14 & 27; Rondo K. 382
  • The Argo Years
  • Bach
  • Méditation Orchestre
  • Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
  • Three Guitar Concertos: Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, Koshkin
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 23; Rondo
  • Life Studies
  • Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 K. 453, 20 K. 466, 1 K. 37
  • Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
  • Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet; The Spanish Lady; La Capricieuse; Serenade Op. 20
  • Dvorák: Serenades from Bohemia
  • Rossini: Sonate a Quattro (complete)
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K 467; Sonata, K 330; Variations on "Lison dormait", K 264; Fantasy, K 475
  • Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
  • Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
  • Bruckner: Mass in E minor; Motets

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1995

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Track Listing - Disc 1

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta
1
Overture
Franz von Suppé
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 07:06 Amazon
Elegiac Melodies (2) for orchestra (or piano), Op. 34
2
No. 1: Heart's Wounds
Edvard Grieg
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 03:58 Amazon
3
No. 2: The Last Spring
Edvard Grieg
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 04:59 Amazon
String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
4
Andante cantabile
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 06:17 Amazon
5
Nocturne for string orchestra in B major (arr. from Str. Qrt. No. 4 & Str. Qnt. B. 49), B. 47 (Op. 40)
Antonin Dvorák
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 07:05 Amazon
6
Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda)
Amilcare Ponchielli
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 09:16 Amazon
Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera
7
Overture
Otto Nicolai
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 08:44 Amazon
8
Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 06:15 Amazon
String Quartet No.2
9
Minuet
Alfred Schnittke
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 03:55 Amazon
10
Siegfried Idyll, for small orchestra in E major, WWV 103
Richard Wagner
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 17:46 Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67
1
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
George Frederick Handel
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 02:50 Amazon
Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3)
2
Sheep may safely graze
Johann Sebastian Bach
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 04:37 Amazon
Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, opera, HWV 38
3
Minuet
George Frederick Handel
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 03:50 Amazon
Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174)
4
Jesu, joy of man's desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 05:15 Amazon
Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7)
5
Pastoral Symphony
Johann Sebastian Bach
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 06:02 Amazon
Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56
6
Pastoral Symphony
George Frederick Handel
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 03:12 Amazon
Fra Holbergs tid (From Holberg’s Time), for string orchestra ("Holberg Suite"), Op. 40
7
Prelude
Edvard Grieg
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 02:47 Amazon
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music, D. 797 (Op. 26)
8
Entr'acte No 3 in B flat major
Franz Schubert
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 07:01 Amazon
9
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Melody), arrangement (from "Orfeo ed Euridice")
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 06:00 Amazon
10
Nocturne for string orchestra (arranged by Malcolm Sargent from String Quartet No. 2)
Alexander Borodin
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 07:45 Amazon
The Gadfly, suite from the film score, Op. 97a (assembled by Atovmyan)
11
Barrel-organ Waltz
Dmitry Shostakovich
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 02:19 Amazon
12
Romance
Dmitry Shostakovich
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 06:26 Amazon
13
Dance of the Persian Slaves, for orchestra (from the opera Khovantschina), edited by Rmsky-Korsakov
Modest Mussorgsky
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 06:20 Amazon
The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue
14
Flight of the Bumblebee
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 01:26 Amazon
The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) (ii), opera ("springtime tale") in 4 acts with a prologue
15
Dance of the Tumblers
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 03:43 Amazon
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