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
4▼CD: Triumph and Passion / Joy and Splendour (Part 1) RDCD 774
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1España
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1985)
recording of:
España (rhapsody for orchestra)
composer:
Emmanuel Chabrier (composer) (in 1883)
dedicated to:
Charles Lamoureux
Emmanuel Chabrier6:33
2O mio babbino caro from ‘Gianni Schicchi’
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 1990)
recording of:
“O mio babbino caro” (from Gianni Schicchi) (catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
arrangement of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
Giacomo Puccini2:43
3To a Water Lily
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 1969)
recording of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51, no. 6: To a Water Lily (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Edward MacDowell (American composer, pianist) (in 1896)
arrangement of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51, no. 6: To a Water Lily
Edward MacDowell3:12
4Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1964)
recording of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1906 until 1908-07)
arrangement of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk (original piano version)
part of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113 (catch-all for arrangements)
Claude Debussy2:44
5Polka from ‘Schwanda the Bagpiper’
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1967)
recording of:
Polka and Fugue From "Schwanda the Bagpiper": I. Polka
composer:
Jaromír Weinberger
part of:
Polka and Fugue From "Schwanda the Bagpiper"
Jaromír Weinberger2:25
6Depuis le jour from ‘Louise’
orchestra:
London Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Robert Mandell (American conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1964)
instrumental recording of:
Louise: Acte III, Scène I. “Depuis le jour” (Louise)
composer:
Gustave Charpentier (French composer)
part of:
Louise: Acte III, Scène I.
Gustave Charpentier4:03
7Intermezzo from ‘Cavalleria rusticana’
orchestra:
Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma (Freelance recording orchestra, mainly used by RCA & Reader’s Digest)
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1888)
publisher:
Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana (German lyrics)
Pietro Mascagni4:00
8Nimrod from ‘Enigma Variations’
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)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Augustus J. Jaeger
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar3:26
9Dance of the Seven Veils from ‘Salome’
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1962-10-16 until 1962-10-17)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1962-10-16 until 1962-10-17)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-10-16 until 1962-10-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Salomes Tanz, TrV 215a (concert version) (from 1962-10-16 until 1962-10-17)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
part of:
Werkverzeichnis (Richard Strauss TrV) (number: TrV 215a)
arrangement of:
Salome: Vierte Szene. Tanz der sieben Schleier
Richard Strauss9:03
10Intermezzo from ‘Karelia’ Suite
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1991)
recording of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11: I. Intermezzo (Karelia Suite, op. 11: I. Intermezzo, for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1893)
part of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11 (Karelia Suite, op. 11)
Jean Sibelius4:01
11Dambusters March
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 1972)
recording of:
The Dam Busters March
composer:
Eric Coates (composer) (in 1955)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
Eric Coates4:21
12Overture to ‘Susanna’s Secret’
orchestra:
Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma (Freelance recording orchestra, mainly used by RCA & Reader’s Digest)
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1961)
recording of:
Il segreto di Susanna: Overture
composer:
Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari (Italian composer)
part of:
Il segreto di Susanna
Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari2:55
13Demande et réponse from ‘Petite Suite de Concert’
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1967)
recording of:
Petite Suite de concert, op. 77: II. Demande et réponse
composer:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (composer, conductor) (in 1911)
part of:
Petite Suite de concert, op. 77
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor4:43
14March of the Toys from ‘Babes in Toyland’
orchestra:
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Babes in Toyland: Act II. March of the Toys
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
part of:
Babes in Toyland
Victor Herbert2:46
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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mastering:P. Marchant
compiler:B. Salthouse
copyrighted (©) by:The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1999)