A Treasury of All-Time Classics

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Grace and Elegance / Beauty and Gaiety (Part 1) RDCD 771
2▶CD: Beauty and Gaiety (Concluded) / Inspiration and Grandeur (Part 1) RDCD 772
3▼CD: Inspiration and Grandeur (Concluded) / Pride and Tenderness RDCD 773
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1Champagne Galop
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1971)
recording of:
Champagne Galop, op. 14
composer:
Hans Christian Lumbye (in 1845)
Hans Christian Lumbye2:09
2Skaters Waltz
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Les Patineurs, op. 183 (The Skaters, op. 183)
composer:
Émile Waldteufel (classical composer) (in 1882)
Émile Waldteufel6:51
3Panis Angelicus
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
recording of:
Panis Angelicus (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
César Franck (Belgian-born French composer)
arrangement of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
César Franck4:12
4Waltz from ‘Coppelia’
orchestra:
Philharmonic Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1968)
partial recording of:
Coppélia
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer) (in 1870)
premiered at:
Salle Le Peletier (1821-1873) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1870-05-25)
Léo Delibes3:14
5Triumphal March from ‘Aida’
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1989)
recording of:
Aida: Grand March (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arrangement of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Gran Finale II “Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside” (Popolo, Sacerdoti)
Giuseppe Verdi5:46
6Overture to ‘The Bartered Bride’
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Oscar Danon (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Prodaná nevěsta: Overture (The Bartered Bride: Overture)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer)
part of:
Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)
Bedřich Smetana6:35
7Humoresque
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1971)
recording of:
Humoresque in G-flat major, op. 101 no. 7 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (in 1894)
arrangement of:
Humoresque no. 7 for Piano in G-flat major, B. 187/7, op. 101 no. 7: Poco lento e grazioso (for piano)
Antonín Dvořák3:39
8Habanera from ‘Carmen’
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 2: II. Habanera
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 2
Georges Bizet2:31
9The Maiden and the Nightingale from ‘Goyescas’
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1971)
recording of:
Goyescas, H.64, No. 4: Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer)
arrangement of:
Goyescas, H.64, No. 4: Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor (piano piece)
Enrique Granados4:38
10Anitra’s Dance from ‘Peer Gynt’
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)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1994)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: III. Anitras dans (Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: III. Anitra’s Dance)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Anitras dans
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg3:41
11Dance of the Water Nymphs from ‘The Lorelei’
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1972)
partial recording of:
Loreley
composer:
Alfredo Catalani (composer)
librettist:
Carlo D'Ormeville and Angelo Zanardini
Alfredo Catalani7:02
12Waltz from ‘Swan Lake’
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: II. Valse
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer) (in 1876)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version A - 6 movements)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version B - 8 movements)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:49
13Song of India from ‘Sadko’
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1967)
instrumental recording of:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
part of:
Садко (Sadko)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:11
14March of the Little Lead Soldiers
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts Symphonique de Paris
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
March of the Little Lead Soldiers
composer:
Gabriel Pierné (French composer and conductor)
Gabriel Pierné3:23
15A Night on the Bare Mountain
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
A Night on the Bare Mountain (unknown version, use as last resort)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Modest Mussorgsky9:01
4▶CD: Triumph and Passion / Joy and Splendour (Part 1) RDCD 774
5▶CD: Joy and Splendour (Concluded) / Romance and Patriotism (Part 1) RDCD 775
6▶CD: Romance and Patriotism (Concluded) / Excitement and Enchantment RDCD 776

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Release

mastering:P. Marchant
compiler:B. Salthouse
copyrighted (©) by:The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1999)