Catalogue No: 8557941-42
Discs: 2
Release date: 27th Oct 2008
Barcode: 0747313294121
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
Medium: CD (download also available)Extreme Classics CD 1
1 Gayaneh: Sabre Dance
2 The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
3 Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries
4 Firebird Suite (1919 version): King Kastchei's Infernal Dance
5 Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome): IV. Pines of the Appian Way
6 Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak (Hopak)
7 Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ": II. Allegro moderato - Presto - Maestoso
8 Fanfare for the Common Man
9 Danzas fantasticas (Fantastic Dances), Op. 20: III. Orgia
10 Ballet Mecanique
11 The Golden Age, Op. 22a: Polka
12 Gotterdammerung: Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
13 Symphony No. 10: II. Scherzo: Allegro
14 1812 Overture, Op. 49: Finale
CD 2
1 The Crown of India, Op. 66: March of the Mogul Emperors
2 Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
3 Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
4 Finlandia, Op. 26
5 Feste romane (Roman Festivals): IV. Epiphany
6 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights)
7 Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring): Part 2: The Sacrifice (excerpt)
8 The Red Poppy, Op. 70: Russian Sailors' Dance
9 Malambo, Op. 7 (version for orchestra)
10 Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109 (ed. L. Nowak): II. Scherzo: Bewegt, lebhaft
11 Pictures at an Exhibition (selections) (arr. for orchestra) IX The Hut on Fowls Legs
12 Pictures at an Exhibition (selections) (arr. for orchestra) X The Great Gate of Kiev
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About Classical music is so often used as background music for meditation, commercials and restaurants that we often forget just how exciting it can be…Extreme Classics redresses the balance!
This double CD set contains some of the most spectacular music ever written featuring works by Wagner, Holst, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky and many more.
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Aram Il'yich Khachaturian: Gayane
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Richard Wagner: Die Walkure
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P. 141
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: Sorochinskaya yarmarka (Sorochintsi Fair)
Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ"
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Joaquin Turina: Danzas fantasticas, Op. 22
George Antheil: Ballet mecanique
Dmitry Shostakovich: The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a
Richard Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods)
Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49
Edward Elgar: The Crown of India Suite, Op. 66
Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Anonymous: Carmina Burana
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Ottorino Respighi: Feste romane (Roman Festivals), P. 157
Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre de printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Reinhold Gliere: The Red Poppy Suite, Op. 70
Alberto Ginastera: Malambo, Op. 7 (arr. for orchestra)
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109 (1894 version)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. M. Ravel)
Gayaneh: Sabre Dance