Hans Christian Lumbye:
Kopenhagen Eisenbahn-dampf Galopp

Aaron Copland:
John Henry. A Railroad Ballad

Alois Pachernegg:
Unter dampf! Ein Zug fährt vorüber

Jacques Ibert:
Paris. Suite symphonique - Le Metro

Vincent D’Indy:
Poeme des rivages, Op. 77 - Horizons verts – Falconara

Eduard Strauss:
Bahn frei! Galopp, Op. 45
Mit Dampf! (Polka schnell, Op. 70)

Antonín Dvořák:
Humoreske, Op. 101 Nr. 7 (arr. Bohuslav Leopold)

Heitor Villa-Lobos:
Bachiana Brasileira Nr. 2 - O Trenzinho do Caipira

Silvestre Revueltas:
Musica para chalar - Construction of the Railroad

Hilding Rosenberg:
Voyage to America - Railway Fugue

Johann Strauss Sohn:
Vergnügungszug (Schnell-Polka, Op. 281)

Leonard Bernstein:
On the Town - Subway Ride and imaginary Coney island

Arthur Honegger:
Pacific 231 (Mouvement symphonique No. 1)

"It's fascinating to hear so many different composers express their love of trains in such varied ways... It's a fascinating and well played collection, though, and should appeal to anyone interested in the representation of railways in music. There's more than enough other material around for a return journey, too."

Spanning more than a century, this album's programme features a variety of works on the theme of railway: from idyllic to impressionistic, reflecting realism and social criticism, yet all cast in a classical mould – as in Hilding Rosenberg’s Railroad Fugue. The variety of forms and wealth of ideas in these compositions from France, Sweden, the USA, Brazil, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland and Germany surprised even the conductor on this album, Jiří Stárek, whose grandfather was a railroad worker!

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Recording: 13.–14.10.2005; 29.11.–02.12.2005; 20./21.02.2006. Reedycja płyty H 93187.