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▼ CD 1: Glorious Moments
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1Fanfare from ‘Te Deum’ (‘Eurovision’ theme)
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 1991)
recording of:
Te Deum, H. 146: Prélude
composer:
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier (composer)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
part of:
Te Deum, H. 146
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier2:07
2Theme from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ from ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’
orchestra:
London Cinema Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1970)
recording of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: I. Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1896)
part of:
Also sprach Zarathustra (op 30; TrV 176)
Richard Strauss2:03
3Radetzky March
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 1965)
recording of:
Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228
composer:
Johann Strauss (Baptist, Vater, Johann Strauss I, Sr., the Elder, the Father) (in 1848)
dedicated to:
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
premiered at:
Wasserglacis in Wien, Austria (on 1848-08-31)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Sr. by opus number (number: op. 228)
Johann Strauss I2:21
4Trumpet Voluntary
trumpet:
John Wilbraham (trumpet player)
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 1972)
recording of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary”)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist) (in 1700)
Jeremiah Clarke2:50
5Farandole from ‘L’Arlésienne’ Suite
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:
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)
Georges Bizet3:17
6Grand March from ‘Tannhäuser’
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:
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)
Richard Wagner6:14
7Alla marcia from ‘Karelia’ Suite
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 1972)
recording of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11: III. Alla marcia (for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1893)
part of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11
Jean Sibelius4:07
8March from ‘The Golden Cockerel’
orchestra:
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Oscar Danon (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
partial recording of:
The Golden Cockerel
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Russian composer) (in 1907)
librettist:
Владимир Иванович Бельский (Vladimir Ivanovich Belsky) (in 1907)
translator:
Antal Doráti (conductor) and James Gibson (opera translator)
translated version of:
Золотой петушок
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:18
9Entry of the Boyards
orchestra:
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1975)
recording of:
Bojarenes inntogsmarsj
composer:
Johan Halvorsen (Norwegian composer) (in 1895)
Johan Halvorsen4:37
10O Fortuna from ‘Carmina burana’
choir vocals:
The Choir of the Salzburg Mozarteum
orchestra:
The Orchestra of the Salzburg Mozarteum
conductor:
Kurt Prestel (conductor, chorus master)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1972)
partial recording of:
Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanæ cantoribus et choris cantandæ comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
premiered at:
Alte Oper in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany (on 1937-06-08)
is based on:
Carmina Burana (original manuscript of poetry, ca. 1230)
part of:
Trionfi
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Carl Orff2:50
11Fanfare for the Common Man
orchestra:
The 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 1986)
recording of:
Fanfare for the Common Man
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
Aaron Copland3:25
12Battle Hymn of the Republic
choir vocals:
The National Philharmonic Chorus (of London)
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 1986)
recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
lyricist:
Julia Ward Howe (American poet)
composer:
William Steffe (in 1856)
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 60) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: V17636)
is based on:
John Brown’s Body
[traditional]5:34
13Marche militaire
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)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1971-09)
recording of:
Marche militaire, op. 51, D. 733 no. 1 in D major (catch-all for arrangements) (in 1971-09)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement of:
Marche militaire, op. 51, D. 733 no. 1 in D major
Franz Schubert5:04
14Homage March
orchestra:
The 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 1986)
recording of:
Tre Orkesterstykker fra Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 56: III. Hyldningsmarsj
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
version of:
Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 22: V. Hyldningsmarsj
part of:
Tre Orkesterstykker fra Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 56
Edvard Grieg3:28
15Coronation March from ‘The Prophet’
orchestra:
Orchestra della RCA Italiana (established early 1960s, from the former disbanded RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Le Prophète: Acte IV No. 24 Marche du sacre (La Marche du couronnement)
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) (until 1849-04-16)
part of:
Le Prophète: Acte IV
Giacomo Meyerbeer3:31
16Procession of the Sardar
orchestra:
The 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 1986)
recording of:
Caucasian Sketches Suite no. 1, op. 10: IV. Procession of the Sardar
composer:
Михаил Михайлович Ипполитов‐Иванов (Ippolitov‐Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich - Russian composer, conductor, teacher) (in 1894)
part of:
Caucasian Sketches Suite no. 1, op. 10
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov3:59
17The Great Gate of Kiev from ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
The New Symphony Orchestra (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1968)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 "The Great Gate at Kiev" (catch-all for arrangements and unknown versions)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
arrangement of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 “Богатырскія ворота” (Въ стольномъ городѣ Кіевѣ) (original piano version)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (catch-all for arrangements)
Modest Mussorgsky6:57
▼ CD 2: Treasured Melodies
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1Ave Maria
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert; catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Franz Schubert2:59
2Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
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 1967)
instrumental recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:52
3Canon in D
orchestra:
The 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 1985)
recording of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 377: I. Canon
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
part of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 377
Johann Pachelbel5:19
4Sheep May Safely Graze
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1964)
instrumental recording of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. “Schafe können sicher weiden” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. Aria (Sopran II) “Schafe können sicher weiden”
Johann Sebastian Bach4:12
5Evening Prayer from ‘Hansel and Gretel’
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
instrumental recording of:
Hänsel und Gretel: “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) (from 1891 until 1892)
librettist:
Adelheid Wette (German lyricist)
arrangement of:
Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Hänsel, Gretel) (Nachtgebet / Evening Prayer / Prière du soir)
Engelbert Humperdinck3:39
6Berceuse (Angels Guard Thee) from ‘Jocelyn’
orchestra:
The Romantic Strings and Orchestra
conductor:
Hill Bowen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
instrumental recording of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II. Berceuse “Cachés dans cet asile”
composer:
Benjamin Godard (French violinist and composer, 1849-1895) (on 1888-02-25)
librettist:
Victor Capoul and Paul-Armand Silvestre
part of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II
Benjamin Godard4:24
7Adagio
organ:
William Davies (pianist, organist, composer)
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 1984)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
composer:
Remo Giazotto
previously attributed to:
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Italian Baroque composer)
publisher:
Ricordi London (Casa Ricordi sublabel for Classical music)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Remo Giazotto8:37
8Meditation from ‘Thaïs’
orchestra:
RCA Italian Symphony Orchestra (established early 1960s, from the former disbanded RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Meditation from Thaïs (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
arrangement of:
Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)
Jules Massenet4:25
9Ave Maria
orchestra:
The National Symphony Orchestra of London (of London)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1961)
instrumental recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles‐François Gounod5:21
10Panis angelicus (O Lord Most Holy)
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
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 Franck4:10
11Sanctus from Fauré’s Requiem
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
instrumental recording of:
Messe basse: II. Sanctus
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer)
part of:
Messe basse
Gabriel Fauré3:15
12O Divine Redeemer
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
instrumental recording of:
Repentir (“O Divine Redeemer”)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
Charles‐François Gounod3:24
13To a Wild Rose
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
recording of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51, no. 1: To a Wild Rose
composer:
Edward MacDowell (American composer, pianist) (in 1896)
part of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51
Edward MacDowell3:15
14The Lost Chord
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
instrumental recording of:
The Lost Chord
lyricist:
Adelaide Anne Procter (until 1860)
composer:
Sir Arthur Sullivan (composer) (until 1877-01-13)
Arthur Sullivan3:39
15Poéme
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 1987)
recording of:
Poème (orchestral excerpt of the Lento from symphonic poem “At Twilight”)
composer:
Zdeněk Fibich (Czech composer)
part of:
V podvečer, op. 39
Zdeněk Fibich5:17
▼ CD 3: Immortal Favourites
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1Country Gardens
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 1986)
recording of:
Country Gardens
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (from 1918 until 1952)
publisher:
Schott & Co. Ltd. and G. Schirmer Inc. (in 1919)
is based on:
Air XX. Country Garden
Percy Grainger2:38
2The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
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:
L’Apprenti sorcier
composer:
Paul Dukas (composer) (from 1896 until 1897)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
Paul Dukas10:58
3Barcarolle from ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’
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 1984)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
librettist:
Jules Barbier
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III (Giulietta) (alternate order)
Jacques Offenbach4:11
4The Ride of the Valkyries
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854 until 1856)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Alexander Gibson5:06
5Vltava (The Moldau)
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:
Má vlast: II. Vltava, JB 1:112/2 (Die Moldau)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer) (from 1874-11-20 until 1874-12-08)
part of:
B. number catalogue by František Bartoš (number: B. 111)
is based on:
La Mantovana
part of:
Má vlast, JB 1:112 (My Country / My Fatherland)
Bedřich Smetana12:18
6Spring from ‘The Four Seasons’
violin:
José‐Luis García (violinist & conductor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1989)
recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. I/22) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 269)
part of:
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op. 8
part of:
Le quattro stagioni (“The Four Seasons”)
Antonio Vivaldi10:17
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 Dvořák3:38
8Flight of the Bumble Bee
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 1961)
recording of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Russian composer) (from 1899 until 1900)
part of:
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Act III
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov1:29
9Danse macabre
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:
Danse macabre, op. 40 (original for orchestra)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
quotes music from:
Dies Irae (plainchant)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:02
10‘Willam Tell’ Overture
solo cello:
Giuseppe Selmi (cellist)
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:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy
part of:
Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi)
part of:
Guillaume Tell
Gioachino Rossini11:37

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manufactured in:EEC
copyrighted (©) by:The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1993)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8690375 [info]
ASIN:UK: B07BWKNBGR [info]

Release group

part of:The World’s Most Beautiful Melodies (Reader’s Digest UK) (number: 1) (order: 2)
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