Wunschkonzert = Popular Concert - Kleine Stücke = Short Pieces, Grosse Meister = Great Composers / Pilz 2x Audio CD 1992 / 176018-2

UPC 036244765429

Product Details:

• Label: Pilz
• Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
• Country: Germany
• Release Year: 1992
• Genre: Classical
• Style: Baroque, Romantic
• Series: DDD Golden Classics
• Mastering: DDD (Digital Recording, Digital Mixing, Digital Mastering)

Overview: 

Wunschkonzert = Popular Concert and Kleine Stücke = Short Pieces, Grosse Meister = Great Composers is an exceptional 2-CD compilation that spans the beauty of both grand orchestral works and intimate piano pieces. Featuring a brilliant collection of short classical masterpieces, this album celebrates the genius of composers like Franz von Suppé, Georges Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and more.

Conductor Alfred Scholz leads the renowned London Festival Orchestra through dynamic performances, while Marián Pivka’s sensitive piano interpretations bring the shorter piano pieces to life. From the spirited Poet and Peasant to the haunting Habanera from Carmen, this album offers both grandeur and intimacy in one powerful collection.

Track Listing:

Disc 1: Wunschkonzert = Popular Concert

1. Dichter Und Bauer = Poet And Peasant – Franz von Suppé – 9:46
2. Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo – Pietro Mascagni – 3:23
3. Marinarella – Julius Fučík – 10:16
4. Hochzeitsmarch = Wedding March – Felix M. Bartholdy – 4:48
5. Säbeltanz = Sabre Dance – Aram Katschaturian – 2:29
6. Valse Triste – Jean Sibelius – 3:58
7. Florentiner Marsch = Florentine March – Julius Fučík – 5:14
8. Carmen Suite No. 1 – Georges Bizet – 11:51
   • Prelude – 1:22
   • Aragonaise – 2:11
   • Intermezzo – 2:40
   • Séguedille – 1:50
   • Le Dragons D'Alcala – 1:34
   • Les Toréadors – 2:14
9. Carmen Suite No. 2 – Georges Bizet – 21:04
   • Marche De Contrebandiers – 3:54
   • Habanera – 2:07
   • Nocturne – 4:09
   • Chanson Du Toréador – 2:37
   • La Garde Montante – 3:48
   • Danse Bohéme – 4:29

Disc 2: Kleine Stücke = Short Pieces, Grosse Meister = Great Composers

1. Die Jahreszeiten = The Seasons – Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky – 6:46
   • Februar = February – 2:56
   • Oktober = October – 3:50
2. Für Elise – Ludwig van Beethoven – 2:34
3. Lyrische Stücke = Lyric Pieces Op. 12/1 – Edvard Grieg – 3:31
   • Arietta – 1:12
   • Walzer = Waltz – 1:40
   • Heimatlied = Country Song – 0:59
4. Präludium E-Moll = Prelude E-Minor Op. 28 – Frédéric Chopin – 2:01
5. Präludium C-Moll = Prelude C-Minor Op. 28 – Frédéric Chopin – 1:56
6. Mazurka F-Moll = F-Minor Op. 63 – Frédéric Chopin – 1:35
7. Mazurka Cis-Moll = C Sharp-Minor Op. 63 – Frédéric Chopin – 1:50
8. Fantasy D-Moll = D-Minor KV/K 397 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – 4:54
9. Kinderszenen = Scenes Of Childhood – Robert Schumann – 11:43
   • Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen – 2:12
   • Glückes Genug = Perfect Happiness – 0:40
   • Wichtige Begebenheit = Important Event – 0:51
   • Ritter Vom Steckenpferd = Ride A Cock-Horse – 0:41
   • Fast Zu Ernst = Almost Too Serious – 1:28
   • Fürchtenmachen = Bogeyman's Coming – 1:57
   • Kind Im Einschlummert = Child Falling Asleep – 2:00
   • Der Dichter Spricht = Hark! The Poet Speaks – 1:54
10. Lied Ohne Worte = Song Without Words Op. 62/3 – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – 2:53
11. Scherzo B-Dur = B Flat-Major – Franz Schubert – 4:04
12. Praludien = Preludes – Alexander N. Skriabin – 4:42
    • E-Moll = E-Minor Op. 11/4 – 1:47
    • D-Dur = D-Major Op. 11/5 – 1:33
    • E-Dur = E-Major Op. 11/9 – 1:22
13. Gavotte Und 5 Variationen = Gavotte And 5 Variations – Jean Phillippe Rameau – 7:38

Key Credits:

• Conductor: Alfred Scholz
• Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra (tracks: 1-1 to 1-19)
• Piano: Marián Pivka (tracks: 2-1 to 2-25)