| Description |
5 audio discs (approximately 381 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
| Contents |
CD 1. Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune / Debussy (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann) ; Nocturne no. 2 / Chopin (Joseph Cooper, piano) ; Lyric suite. Nocturne / Grieg (London Symphony Orchestra, Stanley Black) ; Dream children / Elgar (New Symphony Orchestra of London, Raymond Agoult) ; Moonlight sonata. Adagio sostenuto / Beethoven (Radu Lupu, piano) ; La Navarraise. Nocturne / Massenet (London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge) ; Nocturne [from String quartet no. 2] / Borodin (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanley Black) ; Nocturne no. 15 / Chopin (Ilana Vered, piano) ; Much ado about nothing. Garden scene / Korngold (Josef Sakonov, violin ; London Festival Orchestra) ; La Vierge. The last sleep of the Virgin / Massenet (New Symphony Orchestra of London, Raymond Agoult) ; Lyric pieces. Nocturne [in C, opus 54 no. 4] / Grieg (Alicia de Larrocha, piano) ; A Midsummer night's dream. Nocturne / Mendelssohn (New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos) ; Pavane / Fauré (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann). |
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CD 2. Water music. Hornpipe ; Air ; Gigue / Handel (Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner) ; Images. Reflets dans l'eau / Debussy (Pascal Rogé, piano) ; Lagoon waltz / J. Strauss II (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky) ; Jeux d'eau / Ravel (Pascal Rogé, piano) ; The four seasons. Winter. Largo / Vivaldi (Alan Loveday, violin ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner) ; Ma vlast. Vltava / Smetana (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Weller) ; "Raindrop" prelude / Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano) ; The trout / Schubert ; transcr. Liszt (Varda Nishry, piano) ; Swan lake. Dance of the swans, Odette and the Prince, Second dance of the Swan Queen / Tchaikovsky (Mincho Minchev, violin ; Francisco Gabarro, violoncello ; National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge) ; Two aquarelles. Gaily, but not too quick / Delius ; [orch. Fenby] (English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten) ; Auf dem Wasser zu singen / Schubert ; transcr. Liszt (Jorge Bolet, piano) ; The blue Danube / J. Strauss II (Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky). |
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CD 3. Fantasia on Greensleeves / Vaughan Williams (William Bennett, flute ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner) ; Songs of the Auvergne. Baïlèro / Canteloube (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate) ; "Pastoral" symphony. By the brook / Beethoven (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt) ; Trout quintet. Fourth movement, Theme and variations / Schubert (András Schiff, piano, L. Hagen, violin ; V. Hagen, viola ; C. Hagen, violoncello ; A. Posch, double-bass) ; Suite pastorale. Idylle / Chabrier (Orchestre de la Suisse romande, Ernest Ansermet) ; [Woodland sketches]. To a wild rose / MacDowell (Joseph Cooper, piano) ; Two Nordic melodies. Cowkeeper's tune & country dance / Grieg (National Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky) ; Scènes alsaciennes. Sous les tilleuls / Massenet (National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge) ; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Debussy (Timothy Hutchins, flute ; Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit) ; [Woodland sketches]. To a water-lily / MacDowell (Joseph Cooper, piano) ; Rosamunde. Shepherd's melody ; Shepherds' chorus / Schubert (Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Münchinger) ; Tales from the Vienna woods / J. Strauss II (Anton Karas, zither ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky). |
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CD 4. Romeo and Juliet. Love theme / Tchaikovsky (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan) ; Liebesfreud / Kreisler (Erich Gruenberg, violin; Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth, conductor) ; A village Romeo and Juliet. The walk to the paradise garden / Delius (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner) ; Liebestraum no. 3 / Liszt (Jorge Bolet, piano) ; Damnation de Faust. D'amour l'ardente flamme / Berlioz (Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti) -- Romeo and Juliet. Balcony scene / Prokofiev (Orchestre de la Suisse romande, Ernest Ansermet) ; Salut d'amour / Elgar (Kyung Wha Chung, violin; Philip Moll, piano) ; Extase / Duparc (David Gray, horn ; London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski) ; Songs of the Auvergne. Pastourelle / Canteloube (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate) ; Spartacus. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Khachaturian (Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, Aram Khachaturian) -- Für Elise / Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano) ; Liebeslied / Kreisler (Erich Gruenberg, violin; Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth) ; Samson and Delilah. Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix / Saint-Saëns (Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano; Wiener Opernorchester, Henry Lewis) ; Romeo and Juliette. Love scene [extract] / Berlioz (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel). |
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CD 5. The tales of Hoffmann. Barcarolle / Offenbach (Joan Sutherland, soprano; Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano; Orchestre de la Suisse romande, Richard Bonynge) ; Serenata notturna. Minuet & trio / Mozart (Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner) ; Serenade for strings, op. 22. Larghetto / Dvorák (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood) ; Nocturne no. 8 / Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano) ; Serenade for strings [in E flat, op. 6]. Adagio / Suk (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner) ; Beatrice and Benedict. Vous soupirez, madame?-- Nuit paisible et sereine! / Berlioz (April Cantelo, soprano; Helen Watts, mezzo-soprano; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis) ; Prelude no. 7 ; Mazurka no. 5 / Chopin ; transcr. Robles (Marisa Robles, harp) ; Serenade / Hoffstetter, attrib. Haydn (Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger) ; Dreaming / Beach (Alan Feinberg, piano) ; [Concerto grosso in G minor op. 6, no. 6]. Musette / Handel (Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger) -- Recuerdos de la Alhambra / Tárrega (Eduardo Fernández, guitar) ; Hansel and Gretel. Evening prayer / Humperdinck (Lucia Popp, soprano ; Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti) ; Serenade no. 2. Quasi menuetto ; Trio / Brahms (London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész) ; Czech suite. Romanza / Dvorák (Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati) ; Chanson de la nuit / Salzedo (Marisa Robles, harp) ; Songs of the Auvergne. Brezairola / Canteloube (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate). |
| Language |
Vocal works sung in French, Occitan and German. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Music -- 18th century.
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Music -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Decca Records (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
028947580799 |
| Music No. |
475 8079 (set) Decca |
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475 8080--475 8084 Decca |
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