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A Celebration of Light-Classical Favorites

Charles Gerhardt · Douglas Gamley · Earl Wild · Eric Robinson · René Leibowitz · Adrian Boult · Alexander Gibson · Massimo Freccia · Peter Knight · Arthur Bliss

Reader’s Digest Music19942h 35m42 tracks

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Gran Finale II “Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside” (Popolo, Sacerdoti)

Massimo Freccia

3:24

02

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46

2:05

05

Blue Danube Waltz

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

Jascha Horenstein

7:59

06

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

5:55

08

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82

4:32

10

Coronation March

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

René Leibowitz, RCA Italiana Orchestra

3:31

11

Dance of the Comedians

Bedřich Smetana - Die verkaufte Braut

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:10

12

Dance of the Tumblers

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Suite from “The Snow Maiden”

Douglas Gamley, New Symphony Orchestra

3:44

14

1812 Overture: Grand Finale

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

3:41

15

Engelbert Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel: “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet)

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:37

Disc 2

01

The Flight of the Bumble Bee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Полёт шмеля

René Leibowitz, New Symphony Orchestra

1:29

03

Funeral March of a Marionette

Charles Gounod - Marche funèbre d’une marionnette

Charles Gerhardt, Orchestre de Paris

3:57

04

Morton Gould - Latin-American Symphonette

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:34

06

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Johannes Brahms - 21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No. 5 in G minor (Allegro)

Eric Robinson, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:39

07

Hallelujah Chorus

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

Malcolm Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

5:15

09

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

11

Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:03

13

Ruggero Leoncavallo - Mattinata

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:31

15

Madama Butterfly: Love Duet

Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:23

16

Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 in D Major

Alexander Borodin - String Quartet no. 2 in D major

Arthur Bliss, Philharmonia Orchestra

7:01

17

None but the Lonely Heart

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 6 Romances, op. 6: No. 6. Нет, только тот, кто знал / None but the Lonely Heart

Peter Knight, London Festival Orchestra

3:02

18

Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:21

Disc 3

01

Norwegian Dance No. 2

Edvard Grieg - Four Norwegian Dances, op. 35: No. 2. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso in A major

Alexander Gibson, New Symphony Orchestra

2:15

03

Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”

Charles Gerhardt

2:13

04

Piano Concerto in A Minor: First Movement

Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16

5:08

05

Pavane for a Dead Princess

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

5:18

06

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor (Excerpt)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23

Earl Wild, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:30

08

Pizzicato Polka

Josef Strauss - Pizzicato-Polka

Charles Gerhardt

2:30

11

Ride of the Valkyries

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

Alexander Gibson, New Symphony Orchestra

5:06

14

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest

Douglas Gamley, London Symphony Orchestra

3:09

15

Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh

Oskar Danon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2:25

17

Sleeping Beauty Waltz

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a

Massimo Freccia

4:01

Disc 4

03

La Traviata: Drinking Song

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:54

04

Trumpet Voluntary in D Major

Jeremiah Clarke - The Prince of Denmark’s March

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:51

06

Ludwig van Beethoven - Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113

René Leibowitz, New Symphony Orchestra

1:45

07

Troika from Lieutenant Kijé Suite

Sergei Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:51

09

Victory at Sea: Guadalcanal March

Robert Russell Bennett - Guadalcanal March

Charles Gerhardt, Symphony of the Air

3:06

12

Waltz in C-Sharp Minor

Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 7 in C‐sharp minor, op. 64 no. 2

3:15

14

Waltz of the Flowers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

Adrian Boult, New Symphony Orchestra

6:23

17

William Tell Overture

Gioachino Rossini - Guillaume Tell : Ouverture

3:11

19

Warsaw Concerto

Richard Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto

5:14

20

Pablo de Sarasate - Spanish Dances, op. 23: No. 2. Zapateado

Charles Gerhardt, Eric Robinson, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:22