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Naxos

My First Classical Music Album

$19.99

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 15, 2011
Catalog #
8578203
UPC
747313820375

About

‘Da-da-da-DAAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAAH’: the start of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is really famous. See if you recognise it! It’s just one of many popular pieces here. There are some animals, too—an elephant and a swan. And right at the end, guess which boy wizard joins the party…Come and join it too!

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture: Finale 03:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture: Finale
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Gioachino Rossini
    Ensemble
    Zagreb Festival Orchestra
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  2. 2 Swan Lake: Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 2. Valse 05:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    Swan Lake: Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 2. Valse
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  3. 3 The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro 03:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Stephen Gunzenhauser
  4. 4 Short Ride in a Fast Machine 04:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    Short Ride in a Fast Machine
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    John Adams
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  5. 5 Berceuse, Op. 16 03:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    Berceuse, Op. 16
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang, Pascal Devoyon
  6. 6 Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie 01:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Karl Kaiser
    Ensemble
    Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Helmut Müller-Brühl
  7. 7 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio 05:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Béla Drahos
  8. 8 Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King 02:23
    Track
    8
    Title
    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Ensemble
    Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Mats Rondin
  9. 9 No. 2. Braul 00:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Braul
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  10. 10 No. 3. Pe loc 00:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. Pe loc
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  11. 11 Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob.VIIe:1: III. Finale: Allegro 04:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob.VIIe:1: III. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jürgen Schuster
    Ensemble
    Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Helmut Müller-Brühl
  12. 12 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (orch. Schmeling) 02:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (orch. Schmeling)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Budapest Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    István Bogár
  13. 13 Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan 03:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ondrej Lenárd
  14. 14 Etude No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings" 01:11
    Track
    14
    Title
    Etude No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings"
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  15. 15 Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk 03:06
    Track
    15
    Title
    Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    François-Joël Thiollier
  16. 16 L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) (excerpt) 04:08
    Track
    16
    Title
    L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) (excerpt)
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Paul Dukas
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kenneth Jean
  17. 17 Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8 04:36
    Track
    17
    Title
    Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Zdeněk Košler
  18. 18 Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja 02:56
    Track
    18
    Title
    Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Georg Tichy
    Ensemble
    Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  19. 19 Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: The Cat 01:43
    Track
    19
    Title
    Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: The Cat
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ondrej Lenárd
  20. 20 Divertimento in F Major, K. 138, "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": III. Presto 02:00
    Track
    20
    Title
    Divertimento in F Major, K. 138, "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": III. Presto
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Éder Quartet
  21. 21 Petrushka (1947 version): Tableau I: Russian Dance 02:50
    Track
    21
    Title
    Petrushka (1947 version): Tableau I: Russian Dance
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Robert Craft
  22. 22 Carnival of the Animals: V. The Elephant 01:36
    Track
    22
    Title
    Carnival of the Animals: V. The Elephant
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ondrej Lenárd
  23. 23 Kinderszenen (Scenes of childhood), Op. 15: I. Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People) 01:34
    Track
    23
    Title
    Kinderszenen (Scenes of childhood), Op. 15: I. Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People)
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jenő Jandó
  24. 24 The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: Polka 01:54
    Track
    24
    Title
    The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: Polka
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christopher Lyndon-Gee
  25. 25 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Harry's Wondrous World 04:41
    Track
    25
    Title
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Harry's Wondrous World
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    John Williams
    Ensemble
    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Carl Davis