Golden Sounds From the Classics
Lehman Engel · Jascha Horenstein · Oskar Danon · Adrian Boult · Charles Gerhardt · Edward Downes · Eric Robinson · James Walker · Alexander Gibson · Antal Doráti
Golden Sounds From the Classics, CD, on Reader’s Digest. Music by Johann Strauss II, Felix Mendelssohn, Rudolf Friml, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed by Lehman Engel, Jascha Horenstein, Oskar Danon, Adrian Boult; 43 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from "Solomon"
George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
Disc 2
Song of the Vagabonds, from "The Vagabond King"
Rudolf Friml - The Vagabond King, Act I: Song of the Vagabonds (Villon, Chorus)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Camille Saint-Saëns - Introduction et Rondo capriccioso en la mineur pour violon et orchestre, op. 28
Disc 3
My Name Is Mimi (Mi chiamano Mimì), from "La bohème"
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì)
A Wand'ring Minstrel I, from "The Mikado"
Arthur Sullivan - The Mikado: Act I, no 2. “A wand’ring minstrel I…” (Nanki-Poo, Men)
None Shall Sleep (Nessun dorma), from "Turandot"
Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
Disc 4
Dance of the Hours, from "La Gioconda"
Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore
War March of the Priests, from "Athalie"
Felix Mendelssohn - Athalie, op. 74: War March of the Priests
Grand March, from "Tannhäuser"
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. Festmarsch