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Myths and Legends

Richard Williams · Barry Tuckwell · Charles Groves · Christopher Seaman · Jaime Laredo · James Judd · Kenneth Schermerhorn · Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos · Richard Hickox · London Symphony Orchestra

IMP Classics1991Cat. PCDS 61h 10m11 tracks

Myths and Legends (1991), CD, on IMP Classics. Music by Claude Debussy, George Frideric Handel, Gustav Holst, Jacques Offenbach, performed by Richard Williams, Barry Tuckwell, Charles Groves, Christopher Seaman; 11 tracks.

Composers

Claude Debussy1 George Frideric Handel1 Gustav Holst1 Jacques Offenbach1 Ludwig van Beethoven1 Maurice Ravel1 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky1 Paul Dukas1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 Richard Wagner1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

01

Overture: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

Richard Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre

Barry Tuckwell, London Symphony Orchestra

11:12

02

Planets: Suite for Orchestra, op. 32: Neptune, the Mystic

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

7:16

03

L’apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) (excerpt)

Paul Dukas - L’Apprenti sorcier

Christopher Seaman, National Youth Orchestra

7:59

04

Pictures From an Exhibition: La cabane sur des pattes de poule (The Hut on Fowl’s legs) Baba-yaga

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition

Richard Williams, London Symphony Orchestra

3:21

05

Pavane pour une infante defunte

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

Charles Groves, English Sinfonia

6:24

06

Prélude a l’apres-midi d’un faune

Claude Debussy - Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Edmund-Davies

11:01

07

Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle

7:48

08

Introduction & Lilac Fairy (Prologue) from ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Introduction

Richard Williams, London Symphony Orchestra

4:53

09

Queen of the Night Aria (Der holle rache) from ‘Die zauberflöte’, K. 620

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte: Akt II. No. 14 Arie „Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (Die Königin der Nacht)

Kenneth Schermerhorn, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Beverly Hoch

2:50

10

Entry of the Queen of Sheba (Act III Sinfonia from ‘Solomon’)

George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

Jaime Laredo, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

3:03

11

Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus (Die Geschopfe des Prometheus), op. 43

Ludwig van Beethoven - Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, op. 43: Ouverture

James Judd, Chamber Orchestra of Europe

5:03