A Testament

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Symphony No.1, Op.38 "Spring": I. Andante un poco maestoso. Allegro molto vivace

  Robert Schumann
  10:42
• 2
  Symphony No.1, Op.38 "Spring": II. Larghetto

  Robert Schumann
  6:36
• 3
  Symphony No.1, Op.38 "Spring": III. Scherzo. Molto vivace

  Robert Schumann
  5:48
• 4
  Symphony No.1, Op.38 "Spring": IV. Allegro animato e grazioso

  Robert Schumann
  7:09
• 5
  Sinfonie Nr. 9 E-moll, op. 95 "Aus der Neuen Welt": I. Adagio - Allegro molto

  Antonín Dvořák
  9:52
• 6
  Sinfonie Nr. 9 E-moll, op. 95 "Aus der Neuen Welt": II. Largo - Un poco più mosso

  Antonín Dvořák
  12:01
• 7
  Sinfonie Nr. 9 E-moll, op. 95 "Aus der Neuen Welt": III. Scherzo (Molto vivace - Poco sostenuto)

  Antonín Dvořák
  8:14
• 8
  Sinfonie Nr. 9 E-moll, op. 95 "Aus der Neuen Welt": IV. Allegro con fuoco

  Antonín Dvořák
  10:40
• CD 2
• 1
  Symphony No.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica' - I. Allegro con brio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  16:39
• 2
  Symphony No.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica' - II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  17:33
• 3
  Symphony No.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica' - III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace & Trio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:15
• 4
  Symphony No.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica' - IV. Finale: Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  12:49
• 5
  Manfred Overture, op.115

  Robert Schumann
  13:18
• CD 3
• 1
  Fidelio Overture, op.72b

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:53
• 2
  Leonore Overture No.3, op.72a

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  14:43
• 3
  Coriolan Overture, op.62

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  8:36
• 4
  Prometheus Overture, op.43

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:25
• 5
  Egmont Overture, op.84

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  8:55
• 6
  Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 - I. Overture

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  8:07
• 7
  Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 - II. Air

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  5:44
• 8
  Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 - III. Gavotte

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:50
• 9
  Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 - IV. Bourree

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  1:40
• 10
  Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 - V. Gigue

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:38
• CD 4
• 1
  Symphonie fantastique: I. Reveries - Passions: Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai

  Hector Berlioz
  15:01
• 2
  Symphonie fantastique: II. Un bal: Valse, Allegro non troppo

  Hector Berlioz
  6:44
• 3
  Symphonie fantastique: III. Scene aux champs: Adagio

  Hector Berlioz
  15:49
• 4
  Symphonie fantastique: IV. Marche aux supplice: Allegretto non troppo

  Hector Berlioz
  4:57
• 5
  Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat - Dies Irae - Ronde du Sabbat: Larghetto - Allegro

  Hector Berlioz
  10:41
• 6
  Le Carnaval romain: Overture

  Hector Berlioz
  9:25
• CD 5
• 1
  Le nozze di Figaro - Overture

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4:00
• 2
  Cosi fan tutte - Overture

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4:59
• 3
  Die Zauberflote - Overture

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7:19
• 4
  Idomeneo - Overture

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5:07
• 5
  Serenade No.13 in G major, KV 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' - I. Allegro

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5:42
• 6
  Serenade No.13 in G major, KV 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' - II. Romanze: Andante

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5:22
• 7
  Serenade No.13 in G major, KV 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' - III. Minuet: Alleretto & Trio

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2:05
• 8
  Serenade No.13 in G major, KV 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' - IV. Rondo: Allegro

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3:37
• 9
  Symphony No.104 in D major 'London' - I. Adagio - Allegro

  Joseph Haydn
  7:25
• 10
  Symphony No.104 in D major 'London' - II. Andante

  Joseph Haydn
  8:31
• 11
  Symphony No.104 in D major 'London' - III. Minuet: Allegro & Trio

  Joseph Haydn
  5:15
• 12
  Symphony No.104 in D major 'London' - IV. Allegro spiritoso

  Joseph Haydn
  5:01
• CD 6
• 1
  The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26

  Felix Mendelssohn
  10:41
• 2
  Oberon - Overture

  Carl Maria von Weber
  9:58
• 3
  Donna Diana - Overture

  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
  4:07
• 4
  Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor - Overture

  Otto Nicolai
  9:03
• 5
  Rosamunde - Incidental Music, D.797 - Overture

  Franz Schubert
  10:25
• 6
  Rosamunde - Incidental Music, D.797 - Entr'acte No.3 in B flat major

  Franz Schubert
  6:59
• 7
  Rosamunde - Incidental Music, D.797 - Ballet No.2 in G major

  Franz Schubert
  5:05
• 8
  The Bartered Bride - Overture

  Bedřich Smetana
  7:18
• 9
  Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien - Overture

  Franz von Suppè
  8:24
• 10
  Leichtes Blut - Polka, op.319

  Johann Strauss
  2:37
• CD 7
• 1
  The Bartered Bride Suite - Overture

  Bedřich Smetana
  6:53
• 2
  The Bartered Bride Suite - Polka, Act I

  Bedřich Smetana
  5:17
• 3
  The Bartered Bride Suite - Furiant, Act II

  Bedřich Smetana
  2:13
• 4
  The Bartered Bride Suite - Dance of the Comedians

  Bedřich Smetana
  4:26
• 5
  Scherzo capriccioso, op.66

  Antonín Dvořák
  12:49
• 6
  Hansel und Gretel Suite - Overture

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  7:44
• 7
  Hansel und Gretel Suite - The Witches' Ride

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  5:12
• 8
  Hansel und Gretel Suite - The Gingerbread House

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  5:08
• 9
  Hansel und Gretel Suite - The Witch's Waltz

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  2:28
• 10
  Hansel und Gretel Suite - Dream Pantomime

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  5:45
• CD 8
• 1
  Lohengrin Prelude, Act I

  Richard Wagner
  9:01
• 2
  Lohengrin Prelude, Act III

  Richard Wagner
  3:20
• 3
  Parsifal Prelude

  Richard Wagner
  15:43
• 4
  Parsifal Good Friday Music

  Richard Wagner
  12:34
• 5
  Tristan und Isolde Prelude und Liebestod

  Richard Wagner
  18:26
• CD 9
• 1
  Music for Royal Fireworks - I. Overture

  George Frideric Handel
  9:07
• 2
  Music for Royal Fireworks - II. Bourree

  George Frideric Handel
  2:44
• 3
  Music for Royal Fireworks - III. La Paix: Largo alla Siciliana

  George Frideric Handel
  2:41
• 4
  Music for Royal Fireworks - IV. La Rejouisance: Allegro

  George Frideric Handel
  3:49
• 5
  Music for Royal Fireworks - V. Menuett I

  George Frideric Handel
  1:17
• 6
  Music for Royal Fireworks - VI. Menuett II

  George Frideric Handel
  2:52
• 7
  Ballet Suite (arr. by F. Mottl) - I. Introduction - Air Gai - Lento - Air Gai

  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  5:09
• 8
  Ballet Suite (arr. by F. Mottl) - II. Dance of the Blessed Spirits

  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  7:15
• 9
  Ballet Suite (arr. by F. Mottl) - III. Musitte

  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  2:10
• 10
  Ballet Suite (arr. by F. Mottl) - IV. Air Gai - Sicilienne - Air Gai

  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  5:02
• 11
  Hary Janos - Suite - I. Prelude: The fairy tale begins

  Zoltán Kodály
  4:20
• 12
  Hary Janos - Suite - II. Viennese musical clock

  Zoltán Kodály
  2:17
• 13
  Hary Janos - Suite - III. Song

  Zoltán Kodály
  5:29
• 14
  Hary Janos - Suite - IV. The battle and defeat of Napoleon

  Zoltán Kodály
  4:25
• 15
  Hary Janos - Suite - V. Intermezzo

  Zoltán Kodály
  4:58
• 16
  Hary Janos - Suite - VI. Entrance of the Emperor and his court

  Zoltán Kodály
  3:09
• CD 10
• 1
  Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98 - I. Allegro non troppo

  Johannes Brahms
  12:07
• 2
  Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98 - II. Andante moderato

  Johannes Brahms
  10:58
• 3
  Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98 - III. Allegro giocoso

  Johannes Brahms
  6:42
• 4
  Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98 - IV. Allegro energico e passionata

  Johannes Brahms
  10:15
• 5
  A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music - Overture, op.21

  Felix Mendelssohn
  12:04
• 6
  A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music - Nocturne, op.61 no.7

  Felix Mendelssohn
  6:30
• 7
  A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music - Scherzo, op.61 no.1

  Felix Mendelssohn
  5:00
• 8
  A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music - Wedding March, op.61 no.9

  Felix Mendelssohn
  5:16
• CD 11
• 1
  Radetzky March

  Johann Strauss
  3:01
• 2
  Die Fledermaus - Overture

  Johann Strauss
  8:17
• 3
  Kaiser Walzer

  Johann Strauss
  10:30
• 4
  Ein Tausend und eine Nacht - Intermezzo

  Johann Strauss
  6:58
• 5
  Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald - Waltz

  Johann Strauss
  12:08
• 6
  Im Krapfenwald'l - Polka

  Johann Strauss
  4:24
• 7
  Dynamiden - Waltz

  Josef Strauss
  8:03
• 8
  Sphaerenklaenge - Waltz

  Josef Strauss
  8:31
• 9
  Gold und Silber - Waltz

  Franz Lehár
  8:56
• 10
  Der Opernball - Overture

  Richard Heuberger
  7:18
• CD 12
• 1
  Scheherazade, op.35 - The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

  Rimsky-Korsakov
  10:33
• 2
  Scheherazade, op.35 - The Story of the Kalender Prince

  Rimsky-Korsakov
  11:54
• 3
  Scheherazade, op.35 - The Young Prince and the Young Princess

  Rimsky-Korsakov
  10:32
• 4
  Scheherazade, op.35 - The Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship goes to pieces on a Rock surmounted by a B

  Rimsky-Korsakov
  13:02
• 5
  Schwanda the Bagpiper - Polka

  Jaromír Weinberger
  2:25
• 6
  Schwanda the Bagpiper - Fugue

  Jaromír Weinberger
  7:03
• 7
  Scherzo capriccioso, op.66

  Antonín Dvořák
  14:21

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Release credits

• Bamberger Symphoniker
  performing orchestra [5]
• Berliner Philharmoniker
  performing orchestra [2.1-4, 3.1-5, 4.1-5, 1.5-8]
• Fritz Ganss
  producer [1, 4-5]
• Horst Lindner
  balance [1, 4-5]
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [10.1-8, 12.1-5, 7.2-10]
• Rudolf Kempe
  conductor [6.3, 6.5-7, 6.10, 8.3-5, 1.5-8, 2.1-4, 9.7-8, 4.1-6, 11.1-9, 10.1-8, 3.1-5, 5.5, 12.1-5, 7.1-10]
• Wiener Philharmoniker
  performing orchestra [4.6, 9.7-8, 8.3-5, 11.1-9, 6.3, 6.5-7, 6.10]

Issues

• A
  A Testament

  12x CD
  2002