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Reader's Digest: 250 Years of Great Music

Douglas Gamley · Charles Gerhardt · Eric Robinson · National Philharmonic Orchestra · New Symphony Orchestra · Ambrosian Singers

Reader’s Digest199255m12 tracks
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Reader's Digest: 250 Years of Great Music (1992), CD, on Reader’s Digest. Music by Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, performed by Douglas Gamley, Charles Gerhardt, Eric Robinson, National Philharmonic Orchestra; 12 tracks.

Composers

Antonín Dvořák1Bedřich Smetana1Charles Gounod1Edvard Grieg1Enrique Granados1Eric Coates1Felix Mendelssohn1Franz Schubert1Jean Sibelius1Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky1Robert Schumann1Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

The Marriage of Figaro Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:26
12

Marche Militaire

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

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

5:02
16

Träumerei

Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen, op. 15: Träumerei

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:42
17

Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:46

Disc 2

03

Grand March from 'The Queen of Sheba'

Charles Gounod - La Reine de Saba : Act IV. Grand March

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:41
09

Dance of the Comedians from 'The Bartered Bride'

Bedřich Smetana - Die verkaufte Braut

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:09
15

The Great Gate at 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 3

02

Humoresque

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

Eric Robinson, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:37
04

Solveig's Song from 'Peer Gynt'

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55

Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

5:14
15

Valse Triste

Jean Sibelius - Valse triste, op. 44 no. 1

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:22
16

Knightsbridge March from 'London Suite'

Eric Coates - London Suite

Eric Robinson, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:49

Disc 4

02

The Maiden and the Nightingale from 'Goyescas'

Enrique Granados - Goyescas, H.64, No. 4: Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor

Douglas Gamley, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:33

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