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The Academy–By Request

Neville Marriner · Kenneth Sillito · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Denis Vigay · Paul Edmund-Davies

EMI Digital1984Cat. CDC-54702749m10 tracks

The Academy–By Request (1984), CD, on EMI Digital. Music by George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexander Borodin, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, performed by Neville Marriner, Kenneth Sillito, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Denis Vigay; 10 tracks.

Composers

George Frideric Handel3 Johann Sebastian Bach3 Alexander Borodin1 Christoph Willibald von Gluck1 Edvard Grieg1 Franz Schubert1

Tracklist

01

Solomon: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Sinfonia)

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:50

02

Cantata no. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:37

03

Berenice: Minuet

George Frideric Handel - Berenice, HWV 38: Atto II

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:51

04

Cantata no. 147: 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“

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:16

05

Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Symphony

Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, X. Sinfonia

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

6:02

06

Messiah: Pastoral Symphony

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:13

07

Holberg Suite, op. 40: Prelude

Edvard Grieg - Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:47

08

Rosamunde, D. 797: Entr’acte no. 3 in B-flat major

Franz Schubert - Rosamunde, D. 797

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

7:02

09

Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Paul Edmund-Davies

6:01

10

String Quartet no. 2 in D major: Nocturne

Alexander Borodin - String Quartet no. 2 in D major

Kenneth Sillito, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

7:42