VA - The Idiot's Guide To Classical Music (1995) {RCA Victor}

The Idiot's Guide To Classical Music is a 1995 compilation CD released by RCA Victory. It consists of 99 different tracks, each being less than a minute in length and serves as a sampler, an excellent classical compilation for those with short attention spans. It could also be used for audio games for classrooms of trivia parties.


01. The Baroque Chamber Orchestra - Adagio
02. Festival Strings Lucerne - Air on the G String
03. Festival Strings Lucerne - Brandenburg Concerto - No. 2 - Movement III
04. The London Symphony Orchestra with Norman Luboff Choir - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
05. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Tocatta & Fugue in D minor
06. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Adagio For Strings
07. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 5 - Movement 1
08. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony No. 9 - Movement 4
09. Nellie Kokinos - Für Elise
10. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Turkish March
11. Jörg Demus - "Moonlight" Sonata
12. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Symphonie fantastique - March to the Scaffold
13. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Damnation of Faust - Rakoczy March
14. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Carmen - Habanera
15. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Carmen - Toreador Song
16. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Minuet
17. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dance No. 17
18. The London Festival Orchestra - Hungarian Dance No. 5
19. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Lullaby
20. Géza Anda - ''Minute'' Waltz
21. Géza Anda - Grande valse brillante
22. Emanuel Ax - Marche funèbre
23. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Appalachian Spring
24. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Fanfare for the Common Man
25. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Clair de lune
26. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Debussy ~ Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
27. Philharmonia Virtuosi - Lakmé - Flower Duet
28. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Symphony No. 9 "New World" - Movement. II "Going Home Theme"
29. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Dukas ~ The Sorcerer's Apprentice
30. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Elgar ~ Pomp & Circumstance - March No. 1
31. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Falla ~ El amor brujo - Ritual Fire Dance
32. National Philharmonic Orchestra - Pavane
33. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Rhapsody In Blue
34. The Boston Pops Orchestra - An American in Paris
35. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Funeral March of Marionette
36. Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester - Piano Concerto in A Minor
37. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Morning
38. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus
39. Festival Strings Lucerne - Water Music - Hornpipe
40. English Chamber Orchestra - Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" - Movement II
41. The Philadelphia Orchestra - The Planets - Mars
42. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Sabre Dance
43. The London Symphony Orchestra - Pagliacci - Vesti la giubba
44. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
45. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Liebestraum No. 3
46. National Philharmonic Orchestra - Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo
47. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March
48. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 4 "Italian" - Movement IV
49. The UK Symphony Orchestra - Rondeau
50. Vienna Symphonic Irchestra Project - Piano Concerto No. 21 - Andante
51. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Movement I
52. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - The Marriage Of Figaro - Overture
53. English Chamber Orchestra - Sonata in A - Rondo alla turca
54. Walter Hautzig - Symphony No. 40 - Movement I
55. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Night on Bald Mountain
56. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Pictures at an Exhibition - Great Cave of Kiev
57. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Barcarolle
58. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Orpheus in Hades - Theme II
59. The Baroque Chamber Orchestra - Carmina Burana - O fortuna
60. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Canon
61. Boston Symphony Orchestra with Men's Chorus Of The New England Conservatory - Romeo & Juliet - Montagues & Capulets
62. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Lt. Kije's Wedding
63. Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma - Turandot - Nessun dorma
64. The London Symphony Orchestra - Piano Concerto No. 2 - Movement II
65. The London Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 2 - Movement III - Opening
66. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
67. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Bolero
68. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Flight of the Bumblebee
69. The Monteverdi Orchestra - Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio
70. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra - The Barber of Seville - Overture
71. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - The Barber of Seville - Largo al factotum
72. The Boston Pops Orchestra - William Tell Overture - Theme II
73. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Danse macabre
74. National Philharmonic Orchestra - Gymnopédie No. 1
75. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
76. The Robert Shaw Chorale - Ave Maria
77. Morton Gould & His Orchestra - Finlandia - Finale
78. Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri - Valse Triste
79. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Stars & Stripes Forever
80. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Semper Fidelis
81. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Blue Danube Waltz
82. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Tales from the Vienna Woods
83. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra - Fanfare
84. Boston Symphony Orchestra - Firebird - Infernal Dance & Main theme
85. The Boston Pops Orchestra - The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers
86. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Swan Lake - Waltz
87. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Sleeping Beauty - Waltz
88. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Romeo & Juliet - Theme II
89. Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Piano Concerto No. 1 - Opening
90. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 1812 Overture - Finale
91. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Fantasia on"Greensleeves"
92. The Boston Pops Orchestra - Aida - Grand March
93. Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma - Il Trovatore - Anvil Chorus
94. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus - Requiem - Dies Irae
95. The London Symphony Orchestra - Rigoletto - La donna è mobil
96. English Chamber Orchestra - The Four Seasons "Spring" - Allegro
97. English Chamber Orchestra - The Four Season "Winter" - Largo
98. RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra with The Robert Shaw Chorale - Lohengrin - Bridal Chorus
99. The Philadelphia Orchestra - Die Walküre - Ride Of The Valkyries


Project concept: Joe Mozian
Projection coordination: Leah Hyman & Jeff Krasno
Remastering Producer: Harold Hagopian
Remastering Engineers: Dennis Ferrante & James P. Nichols