"Carmina Burana"
'Opening' (O Fortuna)
Music by Carl Orff (1895-1982)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Munchner Rundfunkorchester
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Kurt Eichhorn, conductor (1975)
'L'Apres-midi d'un Faune' (Afternoon of a Faun)
Charles Jude as The Faun
Music by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Original choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky
Original design by Leon Bakst (in 1912)
Mstislav Rostropovich, violoncello (1961)
Sir Charles Groves, conductor
'Allegretto' (opening) from "Concerto for
Violoncello and Orchestra in E-flat major, Op.107'
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
London Symphony Orchestra
Errol Garner, piano (1921-1977)
Eddie Calhoun, bass/Kelly Martin, drums
'Spring is here' (Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)
'It might as well be Spring'
(Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein) and.
'Lover' (Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)
Music by Richard Rogers (1902-1979)
Xu Ke, erhu instrument soloist
'Opposition to an Arranged Marriage'
from "The Butterfly Lovers" (Erhu Concerto)
The Philharmonic of China
Mak Ka Lok, Conductor
Music by Chen Gang & He Zhan-Mao
Igor Stravinsky, conductor (1965)
'Lullaby and Final Hymn' from the
"Firebird Ballet Suite" (1945 version)
Music by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
From the Royal Festival Hall, London
Soviet Army Chorus (with bass soloist)
'Stenka Rasin' '??????? ?????'
Russian Band Ensemble
"Soviet Army Chorus, Band & Dance Ensemble"
Lyrics by Dmitri Sadovnikov ??????? ?????????? ??????????
Marian Lapsansky & Peter Toperczer, pianos
'The Aquarium' from "Carnival of Animals"
Music by Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard, conductor
"Die Winterreise" (The Winter Journey)
'Der Lindenbaum' (words by Wilhelm Muller)
Music by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Brigitte Fassbender, mezzo-soprano
Wolfram Rieger, piano
A film by Petr Wiegl
Helene Grimaud, piano
'Opening' (excerpt) from "Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54"
Music by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
"Le Boeuf sur Le Toit, Op.58"
'A surrealistic cabaret...' (excerpt)
Music by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin
Matthias Bamert, conductor
Created & Directed by Adrian Marthaler