My First Orchestra Album

$12.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 25, 2013
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERNSTEIN MOZART BRAHMS RIM
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchest
    • PERFORMER
      Judd, Capella Istropolitina, Wordsworth
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 25, 2013
    • UPC
      747313825370
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578253
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Candide: Overture

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: James Judd

    2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    3. Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    4. Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Maria Larionoff

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    5. Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Hob.I:6, "Le matin": III. Menuet

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Northern Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Ward

    6. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: II. Minuetto

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Anthony Bramall

    7. Fantasia on Greensleeves (arr. R. Greaves)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: James Judd

    8. Children's Corner: IV. The Snow is Dancing (arr. A. Caplet for orchestra)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon

      Conductor: Jun Märkl

    9. Khovanshchina, Act IV: Dance of the Persian Slaves

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Kenneth Jean

    10. Festive Overture, Op. 96

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Christopher Lyndon-Gee

    11. Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60: III. Kije's Wedding

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lille

      Conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus

    12. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica": III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    13. Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), Act II: Can-Can

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Johannes Wildner

    14. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), Act I: Polka

      Composer: Bedřich Smetana

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    15. The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: II. Danses carateristiques: Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    16. Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Uwe Mund


The ‘My First’ album series from Naxos is the ideal springboard for a lifelong journey through classical music. Each selection is carefully tailored for younger listeners and includes famous tracks as well as unexpected gems. The booklet is full of information on every piece of music. Unique and imaginative, these CDs will open a door to a wonderful world that children and parents can discover together.

An orchestra has lots of different instruments producing lots of different sounds. Whether they’re playing on their own or all at the same time, it can be a tremendously exciting experience to listen to them. From Wagner’s grand ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ to Tchaikovsky’s gentle ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’, you can hear on this album how the character of an orchestra changes all the time!