| Period |
Composer |
Work |
G |
P |
I |
Recording |
Performers |
| Various |
Collection |
Trumpet
- Greatest Hits - 25 Favorites |
|
|
|
Sony 66702
|
Various
Performers |
| Baroque |
Collection |
Baroque
Masterpieces (A good collection of mostly great works. An excellent introduction
to the Baroque era.) |
|
|
|
Sony 89847
|
Various
Performers |
| Romantic |
Collection
-
Romantic Adagio |
Bizet
- Carmen: Act 3 Prelude "Intermezzo"
Chopin - Les Sylphides: Nocturne no 10
Delibes - Coppélia: Ballade de l'épi
Dvorák - Serenade for Strings: 1st movement
Grieg - From Holberg's Time: Sarabande
Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Mozart - "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": Romanza
Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade: The young prince and princess
Smetana - Má vlast: No. 2, Moldau
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Overture: Love Theme
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod |
|
|
|
DG 449900
|
Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan |
| Romantic |
Collection |
Bizet
- Carmen & L'arlésienne,
Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice,
Chabrier - Espana and Suites,
Offenbach - Gaîté Parisienne,
Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre |
|
|
|
London/Decca 443033
|
Various
performers |
| Romantic |
Collection
-
Favorite Lullabies |
Brahms
- Lullaby
Debussy - Ręverie
Granados - Intermezzo
Grieg - Nocturne
Humperdinck - Dream pantomime
Khachaturian - Lullaby
Liszt - Liebesträume
Offenbach - Barcarolle
Puccini - Humming Chorus
Tchaikovsky - Andante cantabile
Tchaikovsky - Arabian Dance
Tchaikovsky - None but the lonely heart
Wagner - Dreams |
|
|
|
Direct Source 6506
|
Boston
Pops, Arthur Fiedler |
| Romantic |
Collection
-
A La Carte |
Chausson
- Počme for Violin and Orchestra
Glazunov - Mazurka-oberek for Violin, Piano & Orchestra
Glazunov - Meditation for Violin and Piano
Kreisler - Schön Rosmarin
Kreisler - The Old Refrain
Massenet - Thaďs: Meditation
Rachmaninoff - Vocalise
Rimsky-Korsakov - Fantasy on 2 Russian Themes for
Violin and Orchestra
Sarasate - Introduction and Tarantella
Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir d'un lieu cher No. 2, Scherzo
Wieniawski - Légende for Violin and Orchestra |
|
|
|
EMI 55475
|
Itzhak
Perlman, Abbey Road Ensemble, Lawrence Foster |
| Romantic |
Collection
-
Pavane |
Fauré - Masques et bergamasques Suite
Fauré - Pavane
Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande: Sicilienne
Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Satie - Gymnopédies: No. 1
Satie - Gymnopédies: No. 3 |
|
|
|
DG 449186
|
Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra |
| Romantic |
Adam |
Giselle |
|
P |
I |
London/Decca 452185 (2
CDs)
|
Royal
Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
| Romantic |
Borodin
Glinka
Mussorgsky
Tchaikovsky |
Prince
Igor: Overture, Polovotian Dances
Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture
Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude "Dawn on the Moscow River", Night on the Bare
Mountain
Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian" |
|
|
I |
London/Decca 460977
|
London
Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Solti |
| Romantic |
Brahms |
Hungarian
Dances |
|
|
I |
DG 410615
|
Vienna
Philharmonic, Abaddo |
| Romantic |
Chopin
Delibes
Tchaikovsky |
Les
Sylphides
Sylvia and Coppélia Suites
Nutcracker Suite (less well done) |
|
P |
I |
Sony 46550
|
Philadelphia
Orchestra, Ormandy |
| Romantic |
Debussy
- Greatest Hits |
Prelude
to afternoon for a faun, Clair de Lune, Golliwog's Cakewalk, Reverie, Arabesque
No. 1, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, "Fetes", "Dialogue
of the Wind and the Sea" |
|
|
|
CBS
39444 (out of print) |
Various
performers |
| Romantic |
Dvorak |
Slavonic
Dances |
|
P |
|
London/Decca 430171
|
Cleveland
Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi |
| Romantic |
Enescu
Liszt |
Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1
Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 1-6 |
|
P |
|
Mercury 432015
|
London
Symphony Orchestra, Antál Dorati |
| Romantic |
Faure |
Pavane,
Masques et bergamasques Suite, Pénélope: Prelude, Ballade for Piano and
Orchestra, Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Elégie for Cello and Orchestra,
Dolly |
|
P |
|
Chandos 9416
|
B.
B. C. Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier |
| Romantic |
Liszt |
Mephisto
Waltz, Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 2 & 5, Hungarian Fantasy |
|
|
|
DG 419862
|
Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan |
| Romantic |
Liszt |
Les
Preludes, Orpheus, Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 |
|
|
|
DG 453444
|
Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli |
| Romantic |
Liszt
Rachmaninoff
Ravel
Weber |
Totentanz
Isle of the Dead
Rapsodie espagnole, Pavane pour une infante défunte
Invitation to the Dance |
|
|
I |
RCA 61250
|
Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner |
| Romantic |
Respighi |
Ancient
Airs and Dances, Botticelli Pictures |
|
P |
|
Teldec 80309
|
Lausanne
Chamber Orchestra, Jesús Lopez-Cobos |
| Romantic |
Respighi |
The
Fountains of Rome, The Pines of Rome, Roman Festivals |
|
P |
|
EMI 55600
|
Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons |
| Romantic |
Rimsky-Korsakov |
Russian
Easter Overture, Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite - March & Flight of the
bumblebee |
|
|
|
RCA 68335
|
Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Leopold Stokowski,
André Previn |
| Romantic |
Saint-Saens
Poulenc |
Carnival
of the Animals
(Concerto for 2 Pianos) |
|
P |
|
Teldec 97445
|
ORTF
Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Janowski |
| Romantic |
Saint-Saens
Chausson
Ravel
Sarasate |
Introduction
& Rondo Capriccio, Havanaise
Počme for Violin and Orchestra
Tzigane
Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra |
|
P |
I |
DG 423063
|
Perlman,
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Mehta |
| Romantic |
Sibelius |
Finlandia,
En saga, Kuolema: Valse triste, Swan of Tuonela, Karelia Suite, Pohjola's
daughter |
|
|
I |
Sony 48271
|
New
York Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia, Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy |
| Romantic |
Tchaikovsky |
Capriccio
Italien, Marche Slav, Nutcracker Suite, 1812 Overture |
|
|
I |
London 417300
|
Montreal
Symphony, Dutoit |
| Romantic |
Tchaikovsky
Scriabin |
Francesca
da Rimini, (& Hamlet Overture)
(Symphony no 4 "Poem of ecstasy") |
|
P |
I |
Everest 9037
|
Stadium
Symphony Orchestra New York, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski |
| Romantic |
Tchaikovsky
Dvorák
Elgar
Suk
Vaughan Williams |
Serenade
for Strings
Serenade for Strings
Serenade for Strings
Serenade for Strings
The lark ascending, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a theme by Thomas
Tallis |
|
P |
|
Virgin Classics 61763
|
London
Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green |
| Modern |
Britten
Prokofiev |
Young
Persons Guide to the Orchestra & Gloriana
Peter and the Wolf |
|
|
I |
Telarc 80126
|
Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn |
| Modern |
Górecki |
Symphony
No. 3 |
|
P |
I |
Nonesuch 79282
|
Dawn
Upshaw, London Sinfonietta, David Zinman |