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Man Myth & Music

Charles Gerhardt · Massimo Freccia · René Leibowitz · Alexander Gibson · Adrian Boult · William Boughton · Leonard Slatkin · Arthur Bliss · Charles Munch · Enrique Bátiz

Reader’s Digest Music1997Cat. RDCD 1951-55h 32m37 tracks
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Man Myth & Music (1997), CD, on Reader’s Digest Music. Music by Franz Liszt, Gustav Holst, Hector Berlioz, Richard Wagner, performed by Charles Gerhardt, Massimo Freccia, René Leibowitz, Alexander Gibson; 37 tracks.

Composers

Franz Liszt3Gustav Holst3Hector Berlioz3Richard Wagner3Edvard Grieg2Ludwig van Beethoven2Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky2Aaron Copland1Anatoly Lyadov1Antonín Dvořák1Arthur Bliss1Bedřich Smetana1Benjamin Britten1Camille Saint-Saëns1César Franck1Claude Debussy1Felix Mendelssohn1Ferde Grofé1Giuseppe Verdi1Igor Stravinsky1Jean Sibelius1Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1Paul Dukas1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1Richard Strauss1Robert Schumann1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Paul Dukas - L’Apprenti sorcier

René Leibowitz

11:00
02

Infernal Dance of King Kaschei

Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite

Massimo Freccia

4:13
03

Festival at Baghdad and Shipwreck

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, op. 35

Enrique Bátiz, Philharmonia Orchestra

11:21
04

The Flying Dutchman: Overture

Richard Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre

Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

10:16
05

The Swan of Tuonela

Jean Sibelius - Lemminkäis-sarja (Neljä legendaa), op. 22

Alexander Gibson, London Festival Orchestra

8:02
06

Francesca da Rimini

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini, op. 32

Charles Munch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

23:35
07

The Ride of the Valkyries

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

Alexander Gibson, New Symphony Orchestra

5:05

Disc 2

01

Peer Gynt: Morning

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning

Alexander Gibson, London Festival Orchestra

4:01
02

The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), op. 26

Felix Mendelssohn - Die Hebriden, op. 26

Adrian Boult, New Symphony Orchestra

9:41
03

The Enchanted Lake, op. 62

Anatoly Lyadov - The Enchanted Lake, op. 62

Charles Gerhardt

6:46
04

In Nature’s Realm Overture, op. 91

Antonín Dvořák - In Nature's Realm Overture, op. 91, B. 168 "V přírodě"

Charles Gerhardt

14:21
05

M Vlast: The Moldau (Vltava)

Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast, JB 1:112

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

12:19
06

Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

Ferde Grofé - Grand Canyon Suite

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

8:46
07

La Mer: Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea

Claude Debussy - La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109

Massimo Freccia

7:50
08

Peter Grimes:, op. 33: Storm

Benjamin Britten - Peter Grimes: Act I: Interlude II The Storm

Charles Gerhardt

4:08

Disc 3

01

Also sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey), op. 30

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Charles Gerhardt

2:05
02

Leonore Overture no. 3, op. 72a

Ludwig van Beethoven - Overture “Leonore” no. 3 in C major, op. 72b

René Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

13:29
03

Manfred Overture, op. 115

Robert Schumann - Manfred: Dramatisches Gedicht nach Lord Byron op. 115: Ouvertüre

René Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

11:18
04

Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: March to the Scaffold

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Massimo Freccia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

4:34
05

Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene II. Trauermusik beim Tode Siegfrieds

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

13:19
06

Totentantz

Franz Liszt - Totentanz, S. 126/2

London Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry

17:40

Disc 4

01

Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall

James Walker

2:25
02

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l'orchestre

Adrian Boult, New Symphony Orchestra

9:04
03

Danse Macabre, op. 40

Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse macabre, op. 40

René Leibowitz

7:04
05

Mephisto Waltz no. 1

Franz Liszt - Deux épisodes d’après le Faust de Lenau, S. 110

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

11:00
06

Pictures at an Exhibition: The Gnome

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition

Leonard Slatkin, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:42
07

The Planets, op. 32: Uranus, the Magician

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

William Boughton, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:40
08

The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)

César Franck - Le Chasseur maudit, CFF 128

Massimo Freccia

14:19
09

Symphonie fantastique op. 14: The Witches’ Sabbath

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Massimo Freccia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

8:58

Disc 5

01

Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Leonard Slatkin, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:26
02

The Planets op. 32: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

William Boughton, Philharmonia Orchestra

8:58
03

The Planets op. 32: Venus, the Bringer of Peace

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

William Boughton, Philharmonia Orchestra

8:49
04

Things To Come: March

Arthur Bliss - Things to Come, March

Arthur Bliss, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:15
05

The Force of Destiny: Overture

Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino: Sinfonia

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

7:33
06

Symphony no. 5 op. 67: 1st Movement

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67

René Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

6:54
07

Les Francs‐Juges, op. 3

Hector Berlioz - Grande Ouverture des Francs-Juges, for orchestra, op. 3

Alexander Gibson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

12:12
08

Les Préludes

Franz Liszt - Les Préludes, S. 97

Adrian Boult, New Symphony Orchestra

15:12

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