Festival of the World's Best-Loved Music

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Festival of Waltzes
▼ CD 2: Festival of Music for Reflection
#TitleArtistRatingLength
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
▶ CD 4: Festival of Music of Youth