This compilation at Classic Chandos price gathers exhilarating performances of some of the loudest orchestral pieces ever written. The powerful, characteristic Chandos sound is best revealed in these resounding recordings of popular works. So turn up the volume of your Hi-Fi, move away any glass or crystal, make sure your neighbours are either out, deaf, or very good friends, ... and enjoy!

IGOR STRAVINSKY
1. Infernal Dance 4:25
No.8, Suite from the Ballet The Firebird
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 8783 - track 10)
SERGEY PROKOFIEV

2. Knights` Dance 6:26
No.13 from the Ballet Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 2
Conductor: Kitayenko, Dmitri
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 9322/23- track 13)

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
3. Allegretto 6:35
Second movement from Symphony No.8 in C minor, Op.65
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Recoreed in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 8757 - track 2)

GIUSEPPE VERDI
4. Dies irae - 2:08
5. Tuba mirum 1:35
from Messa da Requiem
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 9490 - tracks 2-3)

CARL ORFF
6.O fortuna2:37
No.1, `Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi` from Carmina burana
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Recorded in DSD 5.0-channel surround sound
(CHSA 5067 - track 1)

CARL NIELSEN
7. Oriental Festival March 3:15
No.11 from the Fairy Tale drama Aladdin, Act III
Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 9135 - track 11)

LEOS JANACEK
8. Allegretto 2:07
First movement from Sinfonietta
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Recorded in 24-bit/96 kHz 5.0-channel sourround sound
(CHSA 5142 - track 1)

BELA BARTOK
9. A shabby room in the slums 3:39
No.1 from the Pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 9029 - track 1)

ALBERTO GINASTERA
10. Danza final. Malambo 3:36
No.12 from the Ballet Estancia, Op.8
Conductor: Juanjo Mena
Recorded in 24-bit/96 kHz
(CHAN 10884 - track 18)

OTTORINO RESPIGHI
11. Circenses 4:33
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First movement from Feste romane, P 157
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 8989 - track 9)

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
12. Intrada 6:35
First movement from Concerto for Orchestra
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Recorded in DSD 5.0-channel surround sound
(CHSA 5082 - track 9)

MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKY
13. The Great Gate of Kiev 5:53
No.10 from PIctures at an Exhibition
Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Conductor: Valery Polyansky
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 9497 - track 19)

RICHARD WAGNER
14. Overture to `Das Liebesverbot` 8:11
Comic Opera in Two Act, WWV 38
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Recorded in DSD 5.0-channel surround sound
(CHSA 5087 - track 1)

EDVARD GRIEG
15. In the Hall of the Mountain King 2:19
No.4 from Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46
Conductor: Vernon Handley
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 8524 - track 4)

GUSTAV HOLST
16. Mars, the Bringer of War 7:08
First movement from the Suite The Planets, Op.32, H 125
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
Recorded in DSD 5.0-channel surround sound
(CHSA 5086 - track 10)

AARON COPLAND
17. Fanfare for the Common Man 4:01
for Brass and Percussion
Conductor: John Wilson
Recorded in 24-bit/96 kHz 5.0-channel surround sound
(CHSA 5164 - track 1)

ARAM IL`YICH KHACHATURIAN
18. Sabre Dance 2:32
No.1, Suite No.1 from the Ballet Gayaneh
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 8945 - track 5)

SERGEY PROKOFIEV
19. The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits of Darkness 3:13
Second movement, `Scythian Suite`, Op.20 from the Ballet Ala et Lolly
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Recorded in 16-bit/44.1 kHz
(CHAN 8584 - track 9)