Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.4/6) – Chopin's contemporaries

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Nocturne alla Field in B flat major
Frédéric Kalkbrenner (1785-1849):
Nocturne in A flat major, op. 121 no 1
Nocturne in F major, op. 121 no 2 (à trois mains) *
Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896):
Nocturne in F major, op 6, no 2 From: Soireés Musicales
Louis James Alfred Lefebure-Wély (1817-1870):
Les Cloches du Monestère Nocturne in D flat major, op. 54
Edmond Weber (1766-1828):
Première Pensée Nocturne in D flat major, op. 1
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Nocturne in B major, op. 22
Notturnino Innamorato in F sharp minor, op. 63 no 43
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Nocturne in E flat major
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831):
La Murmure. Nocturne in A flat major
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyńsk (1807-1867):
Nocturne in G minor, op. 21 no 1i
Nocturne in F minor, op. 21 no 2
Nocturne in F minor, op. 24 no 1
Nocturne in D flat major, op. 24 no 2
Pozegnanie. Nocturne in G minor

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Érard, 1837]
Agnieszka Chabowska *

other CDs of this set

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Various Composers – 'Russian Dances and Ballets' – Paavo Järvi

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Polonaise
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Masquerada, suite from the incidental music for orchestra: Waltz
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
The Age of Gold, ballet, Op. 22: Polka
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
The Love for Three Oranges, opera, Op. 33: March
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Sabre Dance
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Raymonda, ballet, Op. 57: Entracte
Anatol Lyadov (1855-1914):
Dance of the Amazon, Op. 65
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2: Waltz No. 2
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Dance of the Knights
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Waltz
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Tahiti Trot
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Valse-Fantasie
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):
Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Polovtsian Dances

Mariinsky Choir
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Paavo Järvi - conductor

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Glinka – Orchestral Works – Vassily Sinaisky

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Capricio brillante
Overtute in D Major
Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid
Symphony on Two Russian Themes
Kamarinskaya
Overture to 'Ruslan and Lyudmila'
Suite from 'Ruslan and Lyudmila'
Valse-Fantasie

BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky - conductor

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Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Earl Wild

Transcriptions

CD 1:
Gluck-Sgambati:
Mélodie d'Orphée
Rameau-Godowsky:
Rigaudon
Elegie
Tambourin
Bach-Tausig:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Wagner-Moszkowksi:
Isoldens Tod
Rimsky-Korsakov-Rachmaninov:
The flight of the Bumble-Bee
Kreisler-Rachmaninov:
Liebesleid
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov:
Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Rossini-Thalberg:
Grande Fantaisie on "Semiramide"
Chopin-Liszt:
Chants Polonais
Tchaikovsky-Wild:
Pas de quatre from "Swan Lake"

CD 2:
J.Strauss-Schulz-Evler:
Arabesques on "An der schoenen, blauen Donau"
Glinka-Balakirev:
Fantasy on "A Life for the Tsar"
Rossini-Herz:
Variations on "Non piu mesta"
Donizetti-Thalberg:
Fantasy on "Don Pasquale", Op. 67
J.Strauss-Godowsky:
Symphonic Metamorphosis on "Kuenstlerleben"
Gershwin-Wild:
The Man I Love
I Got Rhythm
Embraceable You
Fascinatin' Rhythm
Somebody Loves Me
Liza
Oh, Lady Be Good

Earl Wild - piano

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Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Glinka – Symphonic Miniatures (Vol.2) – Samuel Friedmann

Russian Symphonic Miniatures (Vol.2)

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Polovtsian Dances from the Opera "Prince Igor"
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Slavonic March in B flat major, op.31
Coronation March in D major
Suite No.4, op.61 "Mozartiana"
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Valse-Fantasie in B minor

Samara Philharmonic Orchestra
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod
Samuel Friedmann - conductor

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.7) – Glinka Chamber Music – Various Artists

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.VII) - Chamber Music:

Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
Trio Pathétique in D minor
The Lark (arr. for piano by Balakirev)
Viola Sonata in D minor
Waltz-Fantasia
Variations on a theme by Alabiev
Alexander Alyabiev (1787-1851):
Violin Sonata in E minor

Adrian Chandler - violin
Norbert Blume - viola
Colin Lawson - clarinet
Alberto Grazzi - bassoon
Olga Tverskaya - fortepiano

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.4) – various composers – Petershof Orchestra

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.IV):

Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869)
Kazatchok
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Nocturne *
Humoresque
Josef Gungl (1810-1889):
"Onward!" March
Polka
Josef Labitzky (1802-1881):
Idyll +
Alexander Aliabiev (1787-1851):
"Morning and Evening" Overture
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Waltz-Fantasia
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Melody
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899):
Horse Guard March
The Neva Polka
The Farewell to Saint Petersburg

Leonid Gorokhov - cello *
Alla Agranovskaia - violin +
Igor Romaniuk - violin +
Petershof Orchestra
Leo Korkhin - conductor

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.1) – Glinka, Field, Hassler, Lizogub – Olga Tverskaya

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.I) - Piano music

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Nocturne in E flat major
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne caractéristique in E major
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lizogub (1790-1839):
Nocturne for piano No 1 in E flat major
Nocturne for piano No 2 in A flat major
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855):
Impromptu in F minor
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne in A major
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855):
Waltz in F minor
Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822):
Grande Gigue, op.31, in D minor
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Nocturne in F minor
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855):
Mazurka in B flat major
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne in B flat major
Nocturne in G major
Nocturne in E minor
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Theme and Variations
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne in E flat major
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855):
Song without words No.3 in B flat major
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne in C major

Olga Tverskaya - fortepiano

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Debussy, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov – Spanish Music by Foreign Composers – Various Artists

CD 1:
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Jota aragonesa
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Capricho español
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925):
Danzas españolas Book 1
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892):
Symphonie espagnole *

CD 2:
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
España
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Iberia
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Rapsodia española
Pavanne pour une infante defunte
Alborada del gracioso
Bolero

Ruggiero Ricci - violin *
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
London Symphony Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet - conductor
Ataúlfo Argenta - conductor

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Khachaturian, Borodin – Gliere, Glinka, R.-Korsakov – Russian Festival – Bramall

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Sabre Dance
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):
Overture to "Prince Igor"
Reinhold Glière (1875-1956):
Russian Sailor's Dance
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Overture to "Ruslan and Ludmilla"
Overture to "A Life for the Czar"
Fantasy "Kamarinskaja"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Flight of the Bumble Bee
Russian Easter Overture

CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Anthony Bramall - conductor

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Chabrier, Massenet, Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka – Spanish Festival – Keith Clark

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
España
Jules Massenet (1842-1912):
Le Cid - ballet music
Don César de Bazan - sevillana
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Sevillana
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Capriccio espagnol
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Summer Night in Madrid
Capriccio brillante on Jota Aragonesa

CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Keith Clark - conductor

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Glinka – A life for the Tsar & other Orchestral Works – Loris Tjeknavorian

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
A Life for the Tsar
Valse-Fantaisie
Kamarinskaya
Capriccio Brillante on the jota aragonesa - Spanish Overture No.1
Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid - Spanish Overture No.2

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Loris Tjeknavorian

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Brahms, Mendelssohn, Baermann, Glinka, Milhaud – Chamber music with Clarinet – Fibonacci Sequence

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, op.114
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Konzerstück in D minor for Clarinet, Basset horn and Piano, op.114
Heinrich Baermann (1784-1847):
Adagio for Clarinet, two Violins, Viola, Cello and Double bass
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Trio pathétique for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Suite d'après Corrette for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon

Julian Farrell - clarinet
The Fibonacci Sequence

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Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philarmonic Orchestra – Erato Edition

rememebring Yevgeny Mravinsky on his birthday

(4 June 1903 – 19 January 1988)

CD 1:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47

CD 2:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Symphony No.10 in E minor, Op.93

CD 3:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Symphony No.12 in D minor, Op.112 "The Year 1917"

CD 4:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64

CD 5:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 "Pathétique"

CD 6:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Francesca da Rimini, op.32
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Dawn on the Moscow River (Prelude to Act One of Khovanshchina)
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Overture to Rusian and Lyudmila
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Suite from Raymonda

CD 7:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):

Symphony No.33 in B flat major, K319

Symphony No.39 in E flat major, K543

CD 8:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

Symphony No.1 in C major, op.21

Symphony No.3 in E flat major, op.55 "Eroica"

CD 9:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67

Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92

CD 10:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 "Pastoral"

CD 11:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):

Siegfried's Funeral March - Gotterdammerung

Prelude and Liebestod - Tristan und Isolde

The Ride of the Valkyries - Die Walkur

Overture - Tannhauser

Prelude to Act One - Lohengrin

Prelude to Act Three - Lohengrin

CD 12:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):

Overture - Tannhauser (Orchestral rehearsal) 

Prelude - Die Meistersinger (Orchestral rehearsal) 

Evgeny Mravinsky on Life and Nature

Evgeny Mravinsky - conductor

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Evgeny Svetlanov Edition – Historical Russian Archives

remembering Evgeny Svetlanov on the anniversary of his death

(6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002)

CD 1:
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):
Symphony No.1 in E flat major
Symphony No.3 in A minor
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Concert Waltz No.1 in D major, op.47
Concert Waltz No.2 in F major, op.51

CD 2:
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Overture Solennelle in D major Op.73
Cortège Solennel in D Op.50
Poème Lyrique in D flat major Op.12
Finnish Fantasy in C Op.88
March on a Russian Theme Op.76
Triumphal March in E flat major Op.40
Mazurka in G major Op.18    [0:07:42.44]
Alexander Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869):
Rusalka Overture

CD 3:
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910):
Symphony No.1 in C major
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
The Snow Maiden - suite
Pan Voyevoda - suite

CD 4:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924):
Polonaise in D major, op.16
Anatol Lyadov (1855-1914):
Polonaise in C major, op.49
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Waltz-Caprice in E flat major

CD 5:
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Patriotic Song
Prince Kholmsky; Incidental Music
Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin) Suite
Eduard Nápravník (1839-1916):
Polonaise from 'Dubrovsky'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Polonaise from 'Cherevichki'
Waltz of the Flowers ('The Nutcracker')
Polonaise from 'Eugene Onegin'
Anton Arensky (1861-1906):
Suite for Orchestra N°3 Op.33

CD 6:
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950):
Symphony N°22 in B minor Op.54 'Symphonic Ballad'
Symphony N°25 in D flat major Op.69

CD 7:
Boris Parsadanian (1925-1997):
Symphony N°2 'Martyros Saryan' in E flat major Op.6
Alexandra Pakhmutova (b.1929):
Concerto for Orchestra in E major
Arkady Mazaev (1848-1928):
The Krasnodonians

CD 8:
Rotislav Boiko (b.1931):
Symphony N°2
Peter's Chimes; Symphonic Suite Op.36
Symphony N°3 in D minor
Halik Zaimov (1914-1977):
Overture

CD 9:
Evgeny Svetlanov (1928-2002):
Siberian Fantasy
Preludes (Symphonic Reflections)
Festive Poem Op.9
Daugava

CD 10:
Evgeny Svetlanov (1928-2002):
Symphony N°1 in B minor Op.13
Pictures of Spain
Alexei Muravlev (b.1924):
Azov Mountain - Symphonic Poem in D major Op.10

USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Grand Symphony Orchestra of TV and Radio
Evgeny Svetlanov - conductor

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Glinka – Orchestral works – Alexander Rudin

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Overture in D major
Overture in G minor
Romance "Ne nazivaj" *
Symphony in B flat major (unfinished)
Romance "Kolybelnaia" +
Three Dances for "A Life for the Tsar"
Romance "Nochnoj smotr" #
Karaminskaya *
Romance "Ti skoro..."
Valse-fantaisie

Olga Senderskaya - soprano *
Alina Shakirova - mezzo-soprano +
Petr Novikov - bass #
Musica Viva (Moscow Chamber Orchestra)
Alexander Rudin - conductor

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Glinka, Glazunov – String Quartet works – The Shostakovich Quartet

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
String Quartet in F major
String Quartet in D major
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Four Novelettes, op.15

The Shostakovich Quartet

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Martha Argerich and Friends 2009 – Chamber music

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2009

CD1:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasiestücke for violin, cello and piano in A minor, Op. 88 *
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 (arr. for two pianos) +
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
Introduction and Polonaise brillante for cello and piano in C major, Op. 3 #
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110 §

Martha Argerich - piano * + #
Cristina Marton - piano +
Kathia Buniatishvili - piano §
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Dora Schwarzberg - violin §
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola §
Lida Chen - viola §
Gautier Capuçon - cello * #
Jorge Bosso - cello §
Enrico Fagone - cello §


CD 2:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Violin Sonata No. 2 in C major, Sz. 76 *
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Réminiscences de Don Juan, for 2 pianos S. 656 +
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Sextet in E flat major #
Sergei Rachmainov (1873-1943):
Romance & Waltz for piano six-hands §
Russian Rhapsody in E minor for 2 pianos ∆

Martha Argerich - piano +
Kathia Buniatishvili - piano *
Mauricio Vallina - piano +
Polina Leschenko - piano #
Daniel Gerzenberg - piano §
Anton Gerzenberg - piano §
Lilya Zilberstein - piano § ∆
Alexander Mogilevsky - piano ∆
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Alissa Margulis - violin #
Geza Hosszu-Legocky - violin #
Lida Chen - viola #
Mark Drobinsky - cello #
Enrico Fagone - cello #

CD 3:
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Noches en los jardines de España for piano and orchestra *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Rapsodie espagnole (arr.for 2 pianos by the composer) +
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Piano Quintet No.1 #

Martha Argerich - piano *
Sergio Tiempo - piano +
Karin Lechner - piano +
Lilya Zilberstein - piano #
Alissa Margulis - violin #
Lucia Hall - violin #
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola #
Mark Drobinsky - cello #
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana *
Alexander Vedernikov - conductor *


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Martha Argerich and Friends 2007 – Chamber music

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2007

CD1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost", Op. 70,1 *
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze, arrangement for 2 pianos in F minor (after Mozart, K. 608) +
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Andante and Variations for 2 pianos in B flat major, Op. 46 #
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 §

Martha Argerich - piano * + # §
Lilya Zilberstein - piano +
Gabriela Montero - piano #
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Mischa Maisky - cello *


CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Quartet No. 2 in D major, WoO 36,2 *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Ma mère l'oye, suite for piano 4 hands +
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Grand Sextet for piano, two violins, viola, cello and double-bass #
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Theme and Variations, for violin & piano §
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Daphnis et Chloé, suite No. 2 (transcr. 2 pianos Lucien Garban) ∆

Martha Argerich - piano +
Alexander Mogilevsky - piano + #
Karin Lechner - piano * ∆
Francesco Piemontesi - piano §
Sergio Tiempo - piano ∆
Lucia Hall - violin #
Alissa Margulis - violin * # §
Lida Chen - viola *
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola #
Mark Drobinsky - cello * #
Enrico Fagone - double bass #


CD 3:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Violin Sonata No.1 Sz75 *
Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Piano Quintet No.1 in C minor, op.1 +
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos #

Martha Argerich - piano * #
Nicholas Angelich - piano +
Mauricio Vallina - piano #
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Dora Schwarzerg - violin +
Lucia Hall - violin +
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola +
Jorge Bosso - cello +


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Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Kabalevsky, Glinka – Fritz Reiner

remembering Fritz Reiner on his birthday

(December 19, 1888 – November 15, 1963)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch.: Ravel)
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Marche miniature (from Suite No.1)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
A Night on Bald Mountain
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):
Prince Igor: Polovtsian March
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Marche slave
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987):
Colas Breugnon, op.24: Overture
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Russland and Ludmila: Overture

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner - conductor

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