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Golden Family Classics

Charles Gerhardt · René Leibowitz · Douglas Gamley · Leonard Slatkin · Eric Robinson · Alexander Gibson · Charles Mackerras · José Luis García Asensio · Massimo Freccia · Oskar Danon

Reader’s Digest1993Cat. RDCD 491-32h 21m28 tracks
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Golden Family Classics (1993), CD, on Reader’s Digest. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Wagner, Aaron Copland, performed by Charles Gerhardt, René Leibowitz, Douglas Gamley, Leonard Slatkin; 28 tracks.

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach2Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov2Richard Wagner2Aaron Copland1Antonín Dvořák1Antonio Vivaldi1Bedřich Smetana1Camille Saint-Saëns1Carl Orff1Edvard Grieg1Franz Schubert1Georges Bizet1Giacomo Meyerbeer1Gioachino Rossini1Jean Sibelius1Jeremiah Clarke1Johan Halvorsen1Johann Strauss I1Jules Massenet1Marc-Antoine Charpentier1Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov1Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky1Paul Dukas1Richard Strauss1William Steffe1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Fanfare from ‘Te Deum’ (‘Eurovision’ theme)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Te Deum, H. 146: Prélude

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:07
02

Theme from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ from ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Charles Gerhardt

2:03
03

Radetzky March

Johann Strauss I - Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:21
04

Trumpet Voluntary

Jeremiah Clarke - The Prince of Denmark’s March

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:50
05

Farandole from ‘L’Arlésienne’ Suite

Georges Bizet - L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:17
06

Grand March from ‘Tannhäuser’

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. Festmarsch

Leonard Slatkin, National Philharmonic Orchestra

6:12
07

Alla marcia from ‘Karelia’ Suite

Jean Sibelius - Karelia-sarja, op. 11

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:07
08

March from ‘The Golden Cockerel’

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Golden Cockerel

Oskar Danon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:18
09

Entry of the Boyards

Johan Halvorsen - Bojarenes inntogsmarsj

Charles Mackerras

4:37
10

O Fortuna from ‘Carmina burana’

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg

2:50
11

Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Leonard Slatkin, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:25
12

Battle Hymn of the Republic

William Steffe - Battle Hymn of the Republic

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

5:34
13

Marche militaire

Franz Schubert - Marche militaire, op. 51, D. 733 no. 1 in D major

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

5:02
14

Homage March

Edvard Grieg - Tre Orkesterstykker fra Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 56

Leonard Slatkin, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:30
15

Coronation March from ‘The Prophet’

Giacomo Meyerbeer - Le Prophète: Acte IV No. 24 Marche du sacre (La Marche du couronnement)

René Leibowitz, RCA Italiana Orchestra

3:32
16

Procession of the Sardar

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches Suite no. 1, op. 10

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:59
17

The Great Gate of Kiev from ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 "The Great Gate at Kiev"

Douglas Gamley, New Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers

6:57

Disc 2

02

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”

Eric Robinson, New Symphony Orchestra

3:52
08

Meditation from ‘Thaïs’

Jules Massenet - Meditation from Thaïs

René Leibowitz, RCA Italiana Orchestra

4:26
09

Ave Maria

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

René Leibowitz

5:21

Disc 3

02

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Paul Dukas - L’Apprenti sorcier

René Leibowitz, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

10:58
04

The Ride of the Valkyries

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt

Alexander Gibson, New Symphony Orchestra

5:06
05

Vltava (The Moldau)

Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast, JB 1:112

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

12:18
06

Spring from ‘The Four Seasons’

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

José Luis García Asensio, Leonard Slatkin, English Chamber Orchestra

10:17
07

Humoresque

Antonín Dvořák - Humoresque in G-flat major, op. 101 no. 7

Eric Robinson, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:39
08

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Полёт шмеля

René Leibowitz, New Symphony Orchestra

1:29
09

Danse macabre

Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse macabre, op. 40

René Leibowitz, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

7:02
10

‘Willam Tell’ Overture

Gioachino Rossini - Guillaume Tell : Ouverture

Massimo Freccia, Giuseppe Selmi

11:37