Mein Vaterland. Die Moldau, no. 2 / Freidrich Smetana -- Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo sinfonico / Pietro Mascagni -- Rosamunde, D 797 : Ballettmusik = ballet music, no. 2 / Franz Schubert -- Concerto for violin and orchestra [in] D major op. 35. Canzonetta, andante / Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky -- Two lyric pieces op. 68. At the cradle / Edvard G. [i.e. H.] Grieg -- The four seasons, op. 8. Concerto [in] F minor, no. 4, RV 279, "Winter" / Antonio Vivaldi -- Suite no. 3 [in] D major BWV 1068. Air / Johann Sebastian Bach -- String quartet [in] F major no. 17, op. 3, 5. Andante cantabile / Joseph Haydn -- Xerxes. Largo, "Ombra mai fu" / Georg Friedrich Händel -- Orpheus. Dance of the blessed spirits / Christoph Willibald Gluck -- Concerto grosso [in] G minor op. 6, no. 8. Allegro / Arcangelo Corelli -- Violin concerto [in] G minor no. 1, op. 26. Adagio / Max Bruch -- Wedding day at Troldhaugen, op. 65. Tempo di marcia un poco vivace / Edvard G. [i.e. H.] Grieg.
Orchestral and string-orchestra music, including concerto excerpts; the 5th work originally for piano solo, arranged for string orchestra by the composer. All selections previously issued as parts of other recordings.
Participant/Performer Note
State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Moscow (1st-3rd works) ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (4th-7th, 9th-13th works) ; Novak-Quartett, Prag (8th work) ; Pamela Frank, violin (12th work) ; Klaus-Peter Hahn (1st-3rd works), Neville Marriner (4th-5th, 12th-13th works), Iona Brown (6th-7th, 9th-11th works), conductors.
