Holiday Classics

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Barcodes:

Disc 1: 028944461022
Disc 2: 028944461121
Disc 3: 028944461220
Disc 4: 028944461329
Disc 5: 028944461428

I have the set but not the original cover (so it is probably a cardboard sleeve with the 5 discs in individual jewel cases).

Annotation last modified on 2017-11-04 22:44 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Carnival!
2▶CD: Winter Break
3▶CD: All Aboard!
4▼CD: On the Beach
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1Ebb Tide
orchestra:
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra
recording of:
La Nuit bleue (Ebb Tide)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Robert Maxwell (US harpist, songwriter and teacher)
translator:
Philippe Paringaux
translated version of:
Ebb Tide
Robert Maxwell3:48
2Facade Suite no. 2: Popular Song
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
recording of:
Façade Suite no. 2: V. Popular Song
composer:
William Walton (British composer and conductor)
part of:
Façade Suite no. 2 (orchestral suite without reciter)
Sir William Walton2:12
3Gymnopédies 1 and 3
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recording of:
Gymnopédies: I. Lent et grave (Satie’s Gymnopédie no. 3 orchestrated by Debussy)
orchestrator:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1897)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (in 1888)
orchestration of:
Troisième Gymnopédie : Lent et grave (Gymnopédie no. 3)
part of:
Gymnopédies (orchestrated by Debussy)
Erik Satie6:27
4Molly on the Shore
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Steuart Bedford (conductor)
recording of:
Molly on the Shore (Irish reel)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (in 1907)
Percy Grainger3:50
5Jeux de vagues (Play of the Waves)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
recording of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109: II. “Jeux de vagues”
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
part of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109
Claude Debussy6:04
6O Fortuna
choir vocals:
Radio-Symphonie-Berlin Chor (Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus) and Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Chorus)
orchestra:
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
conductor:
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Carl Orff2:37
7Overture "The Hebrides"
orchestra:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1978-12)
conductor:
Christoph von Dohnányi (German conductor) (in 1978-12)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1978-12)
recording of:
Die Hebriden, op. 26 (The Hebrides, op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”, Fingal's Cave) (in 1978-12)
premiered in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1832-05-14)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 26) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 7)
Felix Mendelssohn510:10
8Dreaming
engineer:
Jonathan Stokes (engineer)
producer:
Chris Hazell
piano:
Alan Feinberg (pianist)
recording of:
Dreaming, op. 15 no. 3
composer:
Amy Beach (American composer and pianist) (in 1892)
part of:
4 Sketches, op. 15
Amy Beach6:26
9O sole mio
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1979)
recording of:
’O sole mio
lyricist:
Giovanni Capurro (in 1898)
composer:
Eduardo Di Capua (in 1898) and Alfredo Mazzucchi (Italian composer, known for “’O sole mio”) (in 1898)
publisher:
Bideri CEVEL, Domaine public (refers to works that are in the public domain) and Gennarelli Casa Editrice
Eduardo di Capua, Giovanni Capurro3:26
10Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
classical guitar [Spanish guitar]:
Carlos Bonell (classical guitarist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio (ended)
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
part of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
Joaquín Rodrigo10:57
11Santa Lucia luntana
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1985-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (in 1985-07)
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello (in 1985-07)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
recorded at:
Chiesa di San Giorgio (Palazzo in Bologna) (in 1985-07)
recording of:
Santa Lucia luntana
lyricist and composer:
E.A. Mario (in 1919)
E.A. Mario5:46
12Suite española: Cádiz
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
recording of:
Suite española no. 1, op. 47: IV. Cádiz (Saeta) (orchestrated by Frühbeck de Burgos)
orchestrator:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
composer:
Isaac Albéniz (Spanish composer)
orchestration of:
Suite española no. 1, op. 47: IV. Cádiz (Saeta) (for solo piano)
part of:
Suite española no. 1, op. 47 (orchestrated by Frühbeck de Burgos)
Isaac Albéniz5:00
13Souvenier de Porto Rico
piano:
Alan Feinberg (pianist)
recording of:
Souvenir de Porto Rico, op. 31
composer:
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (American composer) (in 1857)
dedicated to:
Ernest Henry Lubeck
part of:
Works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by opus number (number: op. 31)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk6:05
14Russian Sailors' Dance (The Red Poppy)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
recording of:
The Red Poppy Suite, op. 70: VI. Russian Sailor’s Dance
composer:
Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр (Reinhold Glière, Russian composer)
part of:
The Red Poppy Suite, op. 70
Reinhold Glière3:31
5▶CD: Flying High