My First Classical Music Album

There is a BIG hall filled with hundreds of people. They are just getting comfortable in their seats when the musicians walk onto the stage, carrying instruments. There are the string instruments: the violins, violas, cellos and large double basses, which are heavy to carry.

There are the brass instruments: horns, trumpets, trombones and a tuba. And there are the woodwind instruments: flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons. The percussionists walk onto the stage too, but they are not carrying anything because their instruments – drums, triangles, timpani, xylophone and bells – are already set up.

The musicians sit in their places, making a semi-circle on the stage and leaving a space in the front for the conductor. Then you can hear a long, clear note – an ‘A’ – from the oboe.

All the musicians in the orchestra copy that note, making sure they are all in tune.

When they are quiet and ready, the conductor walks onto the stage, carrying with him the little stick called a baton. He steps up onto the podium so that he’s a bit taller, bows to the audience, and everyone claps. He turns around to face the orchestra and lifts up his baton.

Everyone is silent. All the musicians are looking at that stick, with their instruments ready.

Suddenly, down it goes and the whole orchestra starts to play! The concert has begun!

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Music Tracks and Information:

TR 1 ( 00:03:31 ) Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture: Finale

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino | Performer: Zagreb Festival Orchestra; Halász, Michael

TR 2 ( 00:05:49 ) Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act I: The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 2. Valse

Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Performer: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Halász, Michael; Bogacz, Josef

TR 3 ( 00:03:34 ) The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro

Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio | Performer: Capella Istropolitana; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Nishizaki, Takako

TR 4 ( 00:03:31 ) Berceuse, Op. 16 (version for violin and piano)

Composer: Fauré, Gabriel | Performer: Kang, Dong-Suk; Devoyon, Pascal

TR 5 ( 00:01:23 ) Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie

Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian | Performer: Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Kaiser, Karl

TR 6 ( 00:05:48 ) Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van | Performer: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Drahos, Béla

TR 7 ( 00:02:23 ) Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Composer: Grieg, Edvard | Performer: Norrköping Symphony Orchestra; Rondin, Mats

TR 8 ( 00:00:34 ) Román népi táncok (Romanian Folk Dances), BB 68 (excerpts) - No. 2. Brâul

Composer: Bartók, Béla | Performer: Jandó, Jenő

TR 9 ( 00:00:51 ) Román népi táncok (Romanian Folk Dances), BB 68 (excerpts) - No. 3. Topogó (Pê-loc)

Composer: Bartók, Béla | Performer: Jandó, Jenő

TR 10 ( 00:04:38 ) Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob.VIIe:1: III. Finale: Allegro

Composer: Haydn, Franz Joseph | Performer: Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Schuster, Jürgen

TR 11 ( 00:02:16 ) 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (orch. Schmeling)

Composer: Brahms, Johannes | Performer: Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Bogár, István

TR 12 ( 00:03:09 ) Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan

Composer: Saint-Saëns, Camille | Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lenárd, Ondrej; Lapšanský, Marián; Toperczer, Peter

TR 13 ( 00:01:11 ) Etude No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings"

Composer: Chopin, Fryderyk | Performer: Biret, Idil

TR 14 ( 00:03:06 ) Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cakewalk

Composer: Debussy, Claude | Performer: Thiollier, François-Joël

TR 15 ( 00:04:08 ) L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) (excerpt)

Composer: Dukas, Paul | Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jean, Kenneth

TR 16 ( 00:04:36 ) Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 83: No. 8 in G Minor

Composer: Dvořák, Antonín | Performer: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Košler, Zdeněk

TR 17 ( 00:02:56 ) Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Performer: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Halász, Michael; Tichy, Georg

TR 18 ( 00:01:43 ) Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: The Cat

Composer: Prokofiev, Sergey | Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lenárd, Ondrej

TR 19 ( 00:02:00 ) Divertimento in F Major, K. 138, "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": III. Presto

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Performer: Éder Quartet

TR 20 ( 00:01:36 ) Carnival of the Animals: V. The Elephant

Composer: Saint-Saëns, Camille | Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lenárd, Ondrej; Lapšanský, Marián; Toperczer, Peter

TR 21 ( 00:01:34 ) Kinderszenen (Scenes of childhood), Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People)

Composer: Schumann, Robert | Performer: Jandó, Jenő