Chopin / Sombart / Vallet - The Art of Chopin: The Piano Concertos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Miniature Overture 2. No. 1 - the Decoration of the Christmas Tree 3. March 4. Children's Galop and Entry of the Parents 5. Arrival of Drosselmeyer 6. Grandfather's Dance 7. No. 6 - Clara and the Nutcracker 8. No. 7 - the Battle 9. No. 8 - in the Pine Forest 10. No. 9 - Waltz of the Snowflakes 1. No. 10 - the Kingdom of Sweets 2. No. 11 - Clara and the Prince 3. Chocolate -Spanish Dance 4. Coffee Arabian Dance 5. Tea Chinese Dance 6. Trepak Russian Dance 7. Dance of the Reed Pipes 8. Mother Gigogne 9. No. 13 - Waltz of the Flowers 10. No. 14 - Pas de Deux 11. Variation I- Tarantella 12. Variation Ii- Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy 13. Coda 14. Final Waltz and Apotheosis

This recording from Owain Arwel Hughes and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is the first in a cycle of all seven of Sibelius's symphonies. Symphony No.1, from 1899, is coupled with No.3, from 1907. Although bound by classical conventions, and the influence of Tchaikovsky, No.1 displays a remarkable and striking independence of thought. No.3 shows the composer making the transition from the large-scale symphonic structures of the first two symphonies to the more compact, tightly argued symphonies that followed. Album Tracks 1. Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39 - Andante Ma Non Troppo 2. Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39 - II Andante 3. Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39 - III Scherzo 4. Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39 - IV Finale (Quasi Una Fantasia) 5. Sibelius Symphony No.3 in C Major Op.52 - I Allegro Moderato 6. Sibelius Symphony No.3 in C Major Op.52 - II Andantino Con Moto, Quasi Allegretto 7. Sibelius Symphony No.3 in C Major Op.52 - III Moderato

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Maestoso 2. II. Romance. Larghetto 3. III. Rondo Vivace 4. I. Maestoso 5. II. Larghetto 6. III. Allegro Vivace