CLASSIKAL.The classical music catalogue

Back to Releases

CD

Encore! Great Stars, Great Performances

Arthur Fiedler · André Previn · Carlo Maria Giulini · Edward Downes · Itzhak Perlman · Lehman Engel · Plácido Domingo · Russell Stanger · Skitch Henderson · Boston Pops

Reader’s Digest1986Cat. RBD-185/CDI-250m10 tracks

Encore! Great Stars, Great Performances (1986), CD, on Reader’s Digest. Music by Edward Elgar, Franz Lehár, Gaetano Donizetti, George Gershwin, performed by Arthur Fiedler, André Previn, Carlo Maria Giulini, Edward Downes; 10 tracks.

Composers

Edward Elgar1 Franz Lehár1 Gaetano Donizetti1 George Gershwin1 Giacomo Puccini1 Johann Strauss II1 Leroy Anderson1 Maurice Ravel1 Niccolò Paganini1 Sergei Rachmaninoff1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

The Merry Widow Waltz

Franz Lehár - Die lustige Witwe

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

5:50

02

Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops, Tanglewood Festival Chorus

3:01

08

Pomp and Circumstance No.1

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

5:48

Disc 2

05

O Mio Babbino Caro

Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)

Edward Downes, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:31

09

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)

Skitch Henderson, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Leontyne Price

2:29

17

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus, Act II: "Look at how I look" (Adele's Laughing Song)

Lehman Engel, Anna Moffo

2:03

Disc 3

09

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor (excerpts)

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18

Russell Stanger, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Earl Wild

13:24

11

Pavane for a Dead Princess

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

6:41

Disc 4

07

Una furtiva lagrima

Gaetano Donizetti - L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)

Carlo Maria Giulini, Plácido Domingo, Los Angeles Philharmonic

4:40

Disc 5

06

Paganini's Caprice No. 24

Niccolò Paganini - 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto

4:26