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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

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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