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10 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase. Individual cat#s: VBO 98090, VBO 98091, VBO 98092, VBO 98093, VBO 98094, VBO 98095, VBO 98096, VBO 98097, VBO 98098, VBO 98099

CD 1: The track lengths for the Piano Concerto do not match other releases of the Lljubljana / Nanut / Tomsic recording. The original editor has transcribed it correctly from the scanned images, but it's possible the release information was wrong.

Annotation last modified on 2026-10-04 01:24 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Medium: Volume 1: Edvard Grieg
2▼Medium: Volume 2: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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1Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (London Festival Orchestra feat. conductor: Laurence Siegel)
piano:
Ida Černecká (pianist)
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Laurence Siegel (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1888 version, most often performed)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский4:17
2Serenade for Strings: Waltz, Op. 48 (Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Peter Stern)
orchestra:
Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Peter Stern (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: II. Waltz. Moderato - Tempo di valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Пётр Ильич Чайковский4:01
3Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35: Canzonetta. Andante (Belgian Festival Orchestra feat. conductor: Pierre Narrato)
violin:
Dalibor Brázda and Eugene Schäffer (violinist, probably fictitious Alfred Scholz related)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Festival Belgique (Belgian Festival Orchestra, fake name - probably invented by the trickster Alfred Scholz) and Philharmonia Slavonica (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Pierre Narrato (fake name - probably invented by the trickster Alfred Scholz) and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35: II. Canzonetta. Andante
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer) (in 1878)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35
Пётр Ильич Чайковский6:58
4The Nutcracker: Flower Waltz (Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Peter Stern)
orchestra:
Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Peter Stern (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the Flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский7:18
5Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" (Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana feat. conductor: Marko Munih)
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra), Prague Festival Orchestra and The New Philharmonic Orchestra (bogus name used on budget releases, not the London Philharmonic or the New Philharmonia)
conductor:
Marko Munih (conductor), Anton Nanut (conductor), Alexander von Pitamic (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Pavel Urbanek (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”: IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer) (from 1893-02 until 1893-08)
part of:
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”
Пётр Ильич Чайковский10:05
6Romeo & Juliet: Overture Fantasia (Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana feat. conductor: Marko Munih)
orchestra:
Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra (name used by Alfred Scholz, may be incorrect; see Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija for the real orchestra) and Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Marko Munih (conductor) and Marko Munih (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
partial recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39 (1880 version, commonly performed)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1869)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1870, in 1880)
dedicated to:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (Mily Balakirev, composer, pianist, conductor)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 42) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 39)
revision of:
Romeo and Juliet (1870, rarely performed)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский9:29
7Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana feat. conductor: Marko Munih)
orchestra:
Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra (name used by Alfred Scholz, may be incorrect; see Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija for the real orchestra) and Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Marko Munih (conductor), Marko Munih (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Anton Nanut (conductor)
recording of:
Capriccio italien, op. 45
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1880-12-18)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-01 until 1880-05)
dedicated to:
Карл Юльевич Давыдов (Karl Davydov)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 47), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 44) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 45)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский15:07
8The Seasons: Autumn Song: October Op. 37a (feat. piano: Marian Pivka)
piano and solo piano:
Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
The Seasons, op. 37a: X. October “Autumn Song”
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Seasons, op. 37a (for piano)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский3:50
3▶Medium: Volume 3: Antonio Vivaldi
4▶Medium: Volume 4: Ludwig van Beethoven
5▶Medium: Volume 5: Frédéric Chopin
6▶Medium: Volume 6: Johann Strauss Jr.
7▶Medium: Volume 7: Edward Elgar
8▶Medium: Volume 8: Georg Friedrich Händel
9▶Medium: Volume 9: Johann Sebastian Bach
10▶Medium: Volume 10: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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