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BATTLES IN MUSIC
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BATTLES IN MUSIC

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Composer
HOLST LISZT NEWMAN STRAUSS
Artist
Stromberg, Mund, Lenard, Mogrelia, Mas I
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Feb 10, 2015
Catalog #
8578293-94
UPC
747313829378

About

How to depict scenes of battle in music is a task that has long fascinated composers. From the dawning of the Renaissance the first successful programmatic works appeared from Susato, Dowland and Biber. But it was the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that witnessed a true flourishing, when composers utilized the full resources of contemporary symphonism to evoke the tumult of battle. Later the medium of film, notably those produced in Hollywood, brought with it colorful and gripping scores.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Wellingtons Sieg oder Die Schlacht bei Vittoria, Op. 91, "Battle Symphony", "Wellington's Victory": Part I: The Battle 08:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Wellingtons Sieg oder Die Schlacht bei Vittoria, Op. 91, "Battle Symphony", "Wellington's Victory": Part I: The Battle
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ondrej Lenárd
  3. 2 Mazeppa, Act III: The Battle of Poltava 05:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mazeppa, Act III: The Battle of Poltava
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ondrej Lenárd
  4. 3 Guernica 11:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    Guernica
    Duration
    11:21
    Composer
    Leonardo Balada
    Ensemble
    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Salvador Mas-Conde
  5. 4 Symphony No. 6, "Gettysburg": II. Conflict 06:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    Symphony No. 6, "Gettysburg": II. Conflict
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Roy Harris
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  6. 5 Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: V. The Battle on Ice 12:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: V. The Battle on Ice
    Duration
    12:12
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Stanislavsky Chorus, Russian State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  7. 6 The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War 07:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  8. 7 Háry János Suite: IV. Napoleon csatája (The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon) (version for orchestra) 04:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    Háry János Suite: IV. Napoleon csatája (The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon) (version for orchestra)
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  9. 8 The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Battle - The Duel - The Victory 05:36
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Battle - The Duel - The Victory
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  10. 9 The Battle of Stalingrad Suite: IV. For our Motherland; To the Attack! - Eternal Glory to the Heroes 06:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Battle of Stalingrad Suite: IV. For our Motherland; To the Attack! - Eternal Glory to the Heroes
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Aram Khachaturian
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adriano
  11. 10 Ungarischer Sturmmarsch, S119/R437 04:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    Ungarischer Sturmmarsch, S119/R437
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ondrej Lenárd
  12. Disc 2
  13. 1 The Dambusters March 03:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Dambusters March
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Eric Coates
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Leaper
  14. 2 Padeniye Berlina (The Fall of Berlin), Op. 82: XI. Storming Seelov Heights (Zielona Gora) (arr. Adriano for orchestra) 06:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Padeniye Berlina (The Fall of Berlin), Op. 82: XI. Storming Seelov Heights (Zielona Gora) (arr. Adriano for orchestra)
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adriano
  15. 3 Berceuse heroique (version for orchestra) 04:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    Berceuse heroique (version for orchestra)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National de Lyon
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  16. 4 Taras Bulba, JW VI/15: I. Smrt Andrijova (Death of Andrij) 09:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    Taras Bulba, JW VI/15: I. Smrt Andrijova (Death of Andrij)
    Duration
    09:20
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Antoni Wit
  17. 5 Beau Geste: VI. Battle (reconstructed W. Stromberg) 03:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    Beau Geste: VI. Battle (reconstructed W. Stromberg)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Alfred Newman
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  18. 6 Ma vlast (My Fatherland): No. 3. Sarka 10:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    Ma vlast (My Fatherland): No. 3. Sarka
    Duration
    10:05
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Ensemble
    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Antoni Wit
  19. 7 Coppelia, Act III: La discorde et la guerre 03:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Coppelia, Act III: La discorde et la guerre
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Léo Delibes
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Mogrelia
  20. 8 The Golden Cockerel Suite: II. Tsar Dodon on Campaign (arr. A.K. Glazunov and M. Steinberg) 04:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Golden Cockerel Suite: II. Tsar Dodon on Campaign (arr. A.K. Glazunov and M. Steinberg)
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ondrej Lenárd
  21. 9 Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40, TrV 190: IV. Des Helden Walstatt (The Hero's Field of Battle) 09:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40, TrV 190: IV. Des Helden Walstatt (The Hero's Field of Battle)
    Duration
    09:32
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
    Conductor
    Gerhard Markson
  22. 10 Caucasian Sketches: Suite No. 2, Op. 42, "Iveria": IV. Georgian March 05:02
    Track
    10
    Title
    Caucasian Sketches: Suite No. 2, Op. 42, "Iveria": IV. Georgian March
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ondrej Lenárd
  23. 11 They Died with Their Boots On: Little Big Horn (restored by J. Morgan) 06:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    They Died with Their Boots On: Little Big Horn (restored by J. Morgan)
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  24. 12 Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries 05:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Uwe Mund