The Academy - By Request

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba'

Johann Sebastian Bach (1865-1750)
'Sheep may safely graze' Cantata, BWV 208

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Berenice - Minuet

Johann Sebastian Bach (1865-1750)
'Jesu, joy of man's desiring' Cantata, BWV 147
Christmas Oratorio - Pastoral Symphony

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah - Pastoral Symphony

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite, op. 40 - Prelude

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rosamunde, D 797 - Entr'acte No. 3 in B flat major

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
String quartet No. 2 in D major - Nocturne

Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor

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Borodin - Ashkenazy - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major
Symphony No. 2 in B minor

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

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Romantic Russia

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Ruslan and Lyudmila - Overture

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Khovanschchina - Prelude
(compl. & orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Night on the Bare Mountain
(arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor - Overture & Polovtsian dances
(compl. & orch. Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Little Russian'*

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
L'Orchestre de la Sociéte des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris*
Sir Georg Solti, conductor

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Mussorgsky, Borodin - Rattle - Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition
orch. Maurice Ravel

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

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Tchaikovsky: 1812 - Marche Slave - etc.

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
1. 1812 overture, Op. 49
Gothenburg Artillery Division - Churchbells of Gothenburg
2. Marche slave, Op. 31

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
3. In the Steppes of Central Asia
En las estepas del Asia Central
4. Polovtsian Dances (sung in Russian)
Torgny Sporsén, bass (Khan Konchak)
Gothenburg Symphony Chorus

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
5. Russsian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
6. Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor

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