Various Artists - Very Best of Shostakovich / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The most haunting melodies and influential pieces from this quintessentially French composer. Includes 3 Gymnopedies ; two of his Gnossiennes; Sports et Divertissements; 3 Sarabandes; Avant-dernieres Pensees; Morceaux en Forme de Poire; Le Piccadilly; Valses Distingues du Precieux Degoee en Habit de Cheval, and more. Album Tracks 1. Choral - Prelude Du Rideau Rouge - Prestidigitateur Chinois - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 2. Le Piege de Meduse - Klara Kormendi 3. I. Idylle - II. Aubade - III. Meditation - Klara Kormendi 4. I. de L'enfance de Pantagruel - II. Marche de Cocagne - III. Jeux de Gargantua - Klara Kormendi 5. Trois Morcheaux en Forme de Poire - Klara Kormendi 6. No.1 Lent - Klara Kormendi 7. No.3 Lent - Klara Kormendi 8. No.1 Trois Airs a Faire Fuir - Klara Kormendi 9. No.2 Danses de Travers - Klara Kormendi 10. No.1 Lent Et Douloureux - Klara Kormendi 11. Cinema - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 1. Marche-Ouverture - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 2. Scene 3 Polka Des Lettres - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 3. Nouvelle Danse - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 4. Le Chaos - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 5. Final - Rapt de Proserpine - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 6. Prelude de la Porte Heroique Du Ciel - Klara Kormendi 7. Le Piccadilly - Klara Kormendi 8. No.2 Lent Et Triste - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 9. No.1 Sa Taille - No.2 Son Binocle - No.3 Ses Jambes - Klara Kormendi 11. No.3 Lent Et Grave - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 12. En Habit de Cheval - Klara Kormendi 13. Valse-Ballet - Klara Kormendi 14. Je Te Veux - Klara Kormendi 15. I. - Klara Kormendi 16. II. - Klara Kormendi 17. III. - Klara Kormendi 18. Act II Petite Danse Finale (Chanson Mimee) La Queue de Chien - Orchestre Symphoniq

Album Tracks 1. Modere 2. Assez Vif 3. Modere 4. Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet 5. Menuet Sur Le Nom de Haydn 6. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 7. Alborada Del Gracioso 8. Habanera 9. Blues Moderato 10. Chanson Espagnole 11. Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand 12. La Valse 1. Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No.2 2. Jeux D'eau 3. Assez Vif 4. Ondine 5. Tzigane 6. Menuet 7. Chanson Romanesque 8. Le Jardin Feerique 9. Adagio Assai 10. Bolero

The compositions of Dvorak continue to move and delight US over a century after their creation, and this 2-CD set collects his most treasured works. Excerpts from his New World Symphony; Cello Concerto in B Minor; Slavonic Dances; American String Quartet, and Humoresques join Carnival Overture; the Noon Witch; Romance in F Minor; My Home, and more. Album Tracks 1. Carnival Overture, Op.92 - Stephen Gunzenhauser 2. Humoresques, Op.101 No.7 in G Flat Major - Stefan Veselka 3. III. Scherzo Molto Vivace - Vlach Quartet Prague 4. III. Allegretto Grazioso - Molto Vivace - Stephen Gunzenhauser 5. No.4 Songs My Mother Taught Me - Edmund Battersby 6. I. Moderato - Capella Istropolitana 7. No.2 in E minor - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra 8. III. Andante - Vivace Non Troppo - Joachim Trio 9. III. Scherzo Vivace - Poco Meno Messo - Stephen Gunzenhauser 10. II. Larghetto - Edmund Battersby 11. No.2 in E minor - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra 12. O, Silver Moon, 'Song to the Moon' - Johannes Wildner 13. The Noon Witch - Stephen Gunzenhauser 1. No.1 in C Major - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra 2. Fac Ut Portem Christi Mortem - John Aler 3. I. Moderato, Quasi Marcia - Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists 4. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 5. III. Scherzo (Furiant) - Molto Vivace - Vlach Quartet Prague 6. II. Polka - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra 7. No.2 in G Major - Silke-Thora Matthies 8. II. Largo - Stephen Gunzenhauser 9. Waltz No.1 Moderato - Vlach Quartet Prague 10. Romance in F minor, Op.11 - Edmund Battersby 11. My Home, Op.62 - Stephen Gunzenhauser