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▼ CD 1: Festival of Waltzes
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1Waltz from Eugene Onegin
orchestra:
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Act II Scene I: Waltz (Excerpt)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие II, картина 1, no. 13. Вальс с сценой и хором "Вот так сюрприз" (Waltz with Scene and Chorus "Vot tak syurpriz")
Tchaikovsky5:39
2Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording 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)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2)
Tchaikovsky6:23
3Waltzes of Youth
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
Lehár6:32
4Waltzes in C-sharp minor and E-flat
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
recording of:
Waltz no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 18 “Grande Valse brillante”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1833)
dedicated to:
Laura Harsford
part of:
Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 18)
recording of:
Waltz no. 7 in C-sharp minor, op. 64 no. 2
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1846 until 1847)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 64
Chopin9:04
5The Waltzing Cat
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
The Waltzing Cat
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1950-02-21)
Anderson3:15
6"Minute" Waltz
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Waltz no. 6 in D-flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1846 until 1847)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 64
Chopin2:18
7Grand March from Tannhäuser
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. Festmarsch (Grand March)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle" (Einzug der Gäste)
Wagner5:05
8March of the Dwarfs from Lyric Suite
orchestra:
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
recording of:
Lyric Suite, op. 54: IV. March of the Dwarfs. Allegro marcato (orch. Seidl)
orchestrator:
Edvard Grieg (composer) and Anton Seidl
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte V, op. 54: No. 3: Troldtog (Lyric Pieces, Book V, op. 54 no. 3: March of the Dwarfs)
part of:
Lyric Suite, op. 54 (orch. Seidl)
Grieg3:24
9March from Fatinitza
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Fatinitza: March
composer:
Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer)
part of:
Fatinitza
Suppé2:25
10Semper Fidelis
orchestra:
Regimental Band of the British Guards
conductor:
Maj. Hillary Wilkenson
recording of:
Semper Fidelis
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1888)
Sousa2:45
11Funeral March of a Marionette
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts Symphonique de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (for orchestra, 1879) (in 1960-06)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
arrangement of:
Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (Funeral March of a Marionette, original, for piano solo, 1872)
Gounod3:56
12March from Fidelio
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Act I, Scene II, no. 6a. Marsch
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1814)
additional librettist:
Georg Friedrich Treitschke
librettist:
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
translator:
Joseph Sonnleithner
part of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Akt I
Beethoven2:16
13Entrance March from The Gypsy Baron
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Marsch aus dem Zigeunerbaron
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
J. Strauss Jr.3:03
14Crown Imperial
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Mandell (American conductor)
recording of:
Crown Imperial (march)
composer:
William Walton (composer and conductor) (in 1937)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
Walton10:02
▼ CD 2: Festival of Music for Reflection
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1Ave Maria
piano:
Christian Steiner (photographer of classical musicians and pianist)
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer)
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Gounod5:20
2A Dream
orchestra:
RCA Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Sechs Lieder, op. 48: No. 6. Ein Traum (catch-all for arrangements)
lyricist:
Friedrich von Bodenstedt
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
arrangement of:
Sechs Lieder, op. 48: No. 6. Ein Traum (original, for voice and piano)
Grieg2:33
3Vocalise
orchestra:
RCA Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. by composer for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1919)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1912)
orchestration of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
Rachmaninoff4:25
4The White Peacock
orchestra:
Philharmonic "Pops" Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
The White Peacock (for orchestra)
orchestrator and composer:
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
part of:
The Works of Charles T. Griffes. A Descriptive Catalogue (number: A.121)
orchestration of:
Roman Sketches, op. 7: No. 1. The White Peacock (for piano)
Griffes5:49
5Songs My Mother Taught Me
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Wally Stott
recording of:
Gipsy Songs, op. 55: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1880-01 until 1880-02)
arrangement of:
Cigánské melodie, op. 55: IV. Když mne stará matka (Gypsy Songs: Songs My Mother Taught Me, for voice and piano)
Dvořák3:12
6Concerto in G Minor for Two Mandolins, Strings and Cembalo: Andante
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
Vivaldi4:44
7'Tis the Last Rose of Summer
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
instrumental recording of:
Martha: Akt II. „Letzte Rose“ (The Last Rose of Summer)
composer:
Friedrich von Flotow (composer)
part of:
Martha: Akt II
Flotow3:47
8Roses from the South
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Rosen aus dem Süden, op. 388
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 388)
J. Strauss Jr.8:43
9Play Gypsies! Dance Gypsies! from Countess Maritza
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
instrumental recording of:
Gräfin Mariza: Akt I. „Komm Zigány“ (Tassilo)
composer:
Emmerich Kálmán (Kálmán Imre - composer)
part of:
Gräfin Mariza: Akt I
Kálmán2:28
10Music of the Spheres
orchestra:
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Josef Leo Gruber (conductor)
recording of:
Sphärenklänge, op. 235
composer:
Josef Strauss (composer)
part of:
Works of Josef Strauss by opus number (number: op. 235)
Josef Strauss7:02
11Caprice Viennois / Stars in My Eyes
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
recording of:
Caprice viennois, op. 2
composer:
Fritz Kreisler (violinist / composer) (in 1910)
instrumental recording of:
Stars in My Eyes (from the Columbia picture ‘The King Steps Out’)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Fritz Kreisler (violinist / composer)
Kreisler, Fields3:47
12Fast Track Polka
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Bahn Frei!, op. 45
composer:
Eduard Strauss (19th century composer)
part of:
Works of Eduard Strauss by opus number (number: op. 45)
Eduard Strauss2:08
13Acceleration Waltz
orchestra:
Vienna Opera Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym; also Vienna Strauss Orchestra)
conductor:
Josef Leo Gruber (conductor)
recording of:
Accelerationen, op. 234
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 234)
J. Strauss Jr.6:06
▼ CD 3: Festival of Overtures
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1The Magic Flute Overture
recording engineer:
James Locke (producer, percussionist and songwriter, The Chimes-member) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
orchestra:
The National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1971-09)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger) (in 1971-09)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1971-09)
recording of:
Die Zauberflöte: Ouvertüre (The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture) (in 1971-09)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (The Magic Flute, K. 620)
Mozart6:50
2A Waltz Dream Overture
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Ein Walzertraum: Ouvertüre
composer:
Oscar Straus
part of:
Ein Walzertraum
Straus8:04
31812 Overture
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer) and Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Tchaikovsky15:29
4Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Oscar Danon (conductor)
recording of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие III, картина 1, no. 19. Полонез (Polonaise)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие третье (Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Act III)
Tchaikovsky4:16
5Scarf Dance from La Source
orchestra:
Philharmonic "Pops" Orchestra
conductor:
Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
recording of:
La Source, ou Naïla : Acte II. 18a. Pas des voiles
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer) (in 1866)
part of:
La Source, ou Naïla : Acte II (composed by Léo Delibes)
Delibes2:38
6Slavonic Dance in C
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
Dvořák3:21
7Minute from Frederica
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
Lehár1:44
8Farandole from L'Arlésienne
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: IV. Farandole (for orchestra)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer) (in 1872)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud
part of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2 (for orchestra)
Bizet3:14
9Bolero
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Ravel14:29
▼ CD 4: Festival of Music of Youth
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1Clarinet Candy
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Clarinet Candy
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1962-06-09)
Anderson2:53
2In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Grant Suite no. 1
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: IV. I Dovregubbens hall (Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Grieg2:27
3The Little Shepherd
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
recording of:
Children's Corner, L. 113: V. The Little Shepherd (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Claude Debussy (composer) (from 1906 until 1908-07)
arrangement of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: V. The Little Shepherd (original piano version)
part of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113 (catch-all for arrangements)
Debussy2:19
4Mazurka, Waltz and March of the Wooden Soldiers from The Children's Album
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Nick Ingman
recording of:
Children's Album, op. 39: No. 5. March of the Wooden Soldiers (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1878-05 until 1878-07)
arrangement of:
Children's Album, op. 39: No. 5. March of the Wooden Soldiers (for piano)
part of:
Children's Album, op. 39 (catch-all for arrangements)
Tchaikovsky4:52
5In a Clock Store
orchestra:
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
recording of:
Im Uhrenladen
composer:
Charles J. Orth
Orth6:13
6The Sorcerer's Apprentice
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts Symphonique de Paris
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
recording of:
L’Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
composer:
Paul Dukas (composer) (from 1896 until 1897)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
Dukas10:57
7Spring Parade March
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Frühjahrsparade: Frühjahrsparade, Marsch (Spring Parade March)
composer:
Robert Stolz (Viennese operetta composer, songwriter and conductor)
part of:
Frühjahrsparade
Stolz3:01
8Wedding Day in Troldhaugen
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
recording of:
Lyriske stykker, op. 65 no. 6: Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (for orchestra)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VIII, op. 65: No. 6: Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Book 8, op. 65: No. 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, for piano)
Grieg4:28
9Celebration Dance from Billy the Kid
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Billy the Kid: VI. Celebration (After Billy’s Capture)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1940)
part of:
Billy the Kid (ballet suite)
Copland2:03
10Bohemian Festival from Picturesque Scenes
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
recording of:
Scènes pittoresques: IV. Fête bohème
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Scènes pittoresques
Massenet5:17
11Westminster (Meditation) from London Suite
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
recording of:
London Suite: II. Westminster (Meditation)
composer:
Eric Coates (composer)
part of:
London Suite
Coates4:55
12Spanish Dance from El Cid
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
partial recording of:
Le Cid : Acte II, scène 2. Ballet
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Le Cid : Acte II
Massenet2:08
13Finlandia
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople)
conductor:
Alexander Gibson (conductor)
recording of:
Finlandia, op. 26 (for orchestra)
premiered in:
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (on 1900-07-02)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1899)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1900)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1900-07-02)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1905)
part of:
Works of Jean Sibelius by opus number (number: op. 26)
version of:
Sanomalehdistön päivien musiikki, op. 25/26: VII. Tableau 6. Finland Awakes
Sibelius6:35