Melodies That Will Live Forever

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Popular Music for Listening and Relaxation
2▼CD: Magical Viennese Nights
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1Tales from the Vienna Woods
orchestra:
The Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, op. 325 (Tales From the Vienna Woods)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1868)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 325)
Johann Strauss10:51
2Pizzicato Polka
orchestra:
The Beecham Promenade Orchestra
conductor:
Gilbert Vinter (English conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Pizzicato-Polka
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1869) and Josef Strauss (Austrian composer) (in 1869)
Johann Strauss & Josef Strauss2:35
3Old Vienna
Leopold Godowsky3:14
4Acceleration Waltz
orchestra:
The Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Josef Leo Gruber (conductor) and Hans Weiburg (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1961)
recording of:
Accelerationen, op. 234
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 234)
Johann Strauss6:08
5Vienna, City of My Dreams
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
instrumental recording of:
Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Wien, Wien, nur du allein)
lyricist and composer:
Rudolf Sieczyński (in 1914)
publisher:
Adolf Robitschek Musikverlag
Rudolf Sieczyński3:09
6Waltz from 'Die Fledermaus'
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
instrumental recording of:
Die Fledermaus, Act II: "A waltz, let's have a waltz"
lyricist:
Mel Mandel (composer and lyricist) and Norman Sachs
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Die Fledermaus (English version, lyrics by Mandel/Sachs)
Johann Strauss2:43
7Wine, Women and Song
orchestra:
The Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Wein, Weib und Gesang, op. 333 (Wine, Woman and Song)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 333)
Johann Strauss8:30
8Vienna Bonbons
orchestra:
The Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Hans Weiburg (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Wiener Bonbons, op. 307 (Vienna Bonbons, Op. 307)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1866)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 307)
Johann Strauss8:44
9Waltz from 'The Sleeping Beauty'
orchestra:
Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma (Freelance recording orchestra, mainly used by RCA & Reader’s Digest)
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
recording of:
The Sleeping Beauty Suite, op. 66a: V. Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a (Suite)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:07
10The Carousel Waltz
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1961)
recording of:
The Carousel Waltz (Carousel)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Richard Rodgers5:54
11Champagne Waltz
orchestra:
Douglas Gamley and His Orchestra
Franz Lehár3:48
12The Belle of the Ball
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Gilbert Vinter (English conductor and composer)
recording of:
Belle of the Ball
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1951-05-12)
Leroy Anderson2:46
13La Ronde
orchestra:
RCA Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ken Thorne (British film and TV composer)
recording of:
La Ronde
lyricist:
Dorcas Cochran
composer:
Oscar Straus
translated version of:
La Ronde de l'amour
Oscar Straus2:04
3▶CD: Melodies for an Evening Together
4▶CD: The Magical World of Melody
5▶CD: In a Sparkling Mood
6▶CD: Fireside Reflections
7▶CD: Sound and Spectacle