Composer | Piece | Ensemble/ Orchestra | Conductor | Soloist/ Performer | Label | Comments |
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Gershwin, George / Orch. Grofe | Rhapsody in Blue | London Symphony Orchestra | Andre Previn | Andre Previn (pno) | EMI 66943 | started about 6:00 a.m. EDT |
Stravinsky, Igor | Le Sacre du Printemps | Cleveland Orchestra | Lorin Maazel | that bassoon; that bass flute | Telarc 82001 (promo copy) | 6:22 |
Salieri, Antonio | La Grotta di Trofonio | Slovak Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava | Michael Dittrich | n/a | NAXOS 554838 | 6:53 |
Smetana, Bedrich | Ma Vlast (for orchestra) | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Zubin Mehta | n/a | Sony SK 58944 | 7:02 |
Fucik, Julius | The Entry of the Gladiators (also called thunder and Blazes); The bear with a sore head | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Libor Pesek | Alan Pendlebury (bassoon) | Virgin Classics 59285 | 7:16 |
Strauss, Johann Jr | Tritsch-Tratsch Polka | NBC Symphony Orchestra | Arturo Toscanini | n/a | RCA BMG 60308 | 7:25 |