Best-Loved Classics, Volume 5

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1Trumpet Voluntary
organ:
Jane Parker‐Smith (organist)
trumpet:
Maurice André (French trumpeter)
arranger:
Jean‐Michel Defaye
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1978)
recording of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary” - catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist)
arrangement of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary”)
Jeremiah Clarke2:55
2Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata no. 147)
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
harpsichord:
Ian Watson (conductor and keyboardist)
oboe:
Celia Nicklin (oboist)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
arranger and orchestrator:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
balance engineer:
Stuart Eltham (engineer)
recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
lyricist:
Robert Bridges (poet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translated version 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)
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 Bach5:16
3Non piú andrai (Le nozze di Figaro, Act I)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena VIII. (no. 10) Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (Figaro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:41
4Adagio
engineer:
Christopher Parker (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
violin:
Iona Brown (violinist and director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
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 Giazotto7:46
5Invitation to the Dance, op. 65
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical record producer, 1906-1979)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (on 1958-01-09, on 1958-01-18)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1958-01-09, on 1958-01-18)
balance engineer:
Robert Gooch (British classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1958-01-09, on 1958-01-18)
recording of:
Aufforderung zum Tanz, J. 260 (orchestrated by Berlioz) (from 1958-01-09 until 1958-01-18)
orchestrator:
Hector Berlioz (composer)
composer:
Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
part of:
Catalogue of the Works of Hector Berlioz (number: H. 90)
orchestration of:
Aufforderung zum Tanze, op. 65 (for piano)
Carl Maria von Weber / Hector Berlioz8:38
6Nocturne in E-flat, op. 9 no. 2
piano:
Rudolf Buchbinder (Austrian classical pianist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9 no. 2: Andante
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (from 1830 until 1832)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 9 (original for piano)
Fryderyk Chopin4:34
7Celeste Aida (Aida, Act I)
tenor vocals [Radamès]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (from 1974-07-02 until 1974-07-11)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (from 1974-07-02 until 1974-07-11)
conductor:
Riccardo Muti (conductor) (from 1974-07-02 until 1974-07-11)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1974-07-02 until 1974-07-11)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès) (from 1974-07-02 until 1974-07-11)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:24
8Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda, Act III)
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (from 1986-10 until 1986-11)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (from 1986-10 until 1986-11)
balance engineer:
Stuart Eltham (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1986-10 until 1986-11)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore (from 1986-10 until 1986-11)
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto III. Cà d'Oro
Amilcare Ponchielli9:16
9Peer Gynt: Morning
producer:
Lawrance Collingwood
choir vocals:
Beecham Choral Society
soprano vocals:
Ilse Hollweg (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1956-11-05 until 1957-04-01, in 1957)
conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) (from 1956-11-05 until 1957-04-01, in 1957)
chorus master:
Denis Vaughan
balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1956-11) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1956-11-05 until 1957-04-01)
recording of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning (from 1956-11-05 until 1957-04-01)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Henrik Ibsen (in 1867)
part of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morgenstemning
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg4:13
10Karelia Suite, op. 11: I. Intermezzo
orchestra:
Hallé Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist)
recording of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11: I. Intermezzo (for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1893)
part of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11
Jean Sibelius3:45
11Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly, Act II)
solo soprano vocals [Soprano] and soprano vocals:
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini5:24
12Popular Song (Façade)
orchestra:
Hallé Orchestra
conductor:
Owain Arwel Hughes
recording of:
Façade: Popular Song
lyricist:
Edith Sitwell
composer:
William Walton (composer and conductor)
part of:
Façade: An Entertainment (42-number set compiled by Pamela Hunter)
part of:
Façade: An Entertainment (Sitwell - Walton 1951 version)
Sir William Walton2:24
13Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy10:22
14Lohengrin: Prelude (Act III)
producer:
John Willan (producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1982-12 until 1983-04)
conductor:
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor) (from 1982-12 until 1983-04)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) and Michael Sheady (engineer)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III. Vorspiel (from 1982-12 until 1983-04)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III
Richard Wagner2:57

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