Reflections

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1▼CD: Midsummer Haze
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Morning
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople)
conductor:
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morgenstemning (Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morning Mood)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Grieg4:01
2Fantasia on Greensleeves
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Sir Arthur Bliss (composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1968)
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Vaughan Williams4:35
3Summer
violin:
José‐Luis García (violinist & conductor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1986)
recording of:
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate” (Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “Summer”)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Fanna Catalogue, Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. I/23) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 315)
part of:
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op. 8 (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, op. 8)
part of:
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons, “The Four Seasons”)
Vivaldi10:36
4First Movement From Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1961)
recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”: I. Allegro ma non troppo “Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the country” (Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo "Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the country")
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Beethoven11:26
5The Last Rose of Summer
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)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1965)
recording of:
Martha: Akt II. „Letzte Rose“ (The Last Rose of Summer)
composer:
Friedrich von Flotow (composer)
part of:
Martha: Akt II
Flotow3:48
6Summer
clarinet:
Emma Johnson (UK clarinettist)
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ASV (not for release label use; fka Academy Sound & Vision Ltd. until 1995-02-03) (in 1993)
recording of:
The Victorian Kitchen Garden: V. Summer
composer:
Paul Reade
part of:
The Victorian Kitchen Garden
Reade2:00
7Garden Scene
orchestra:
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Murphy (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 2003)
partial recording of:
Suite aus der Musik zu Shakespeare's "Viel Lärmen um Nichts", op. 11 (Much Ado About Nothing - for orchestra)
composer:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Austrian composer and conductor) (from 1918 until 1919)
is based on:
Viel Lärm um Nichts, op. 11
Korngold2:14
8Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1996)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Debussy10:36
9Sicilienne
violin:
Michael Guttman (Belgian violinist, conductor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
José Serebrier (Uruguayan conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ASV (not for release label use; fka Academy Sound & Vision Ltd. until 1995-02-03) (in 1993)
recording of:
Concierto de estío: II. Siciliana. Andantino
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1943)
part of:
Concierto de estío
Rodrigo9:23
10In a Summer Garden
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Owain Arwel Hughes
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ASV (not for release label use; fka Academy Sound & Vision Ltd. until 1995-02-03) (in 1988)
recording of:
In a Summer Garden, RT VI/17
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer) (until 1908)
dedicated to:
Jelka Rosen
part of:
Works of Frederick Delius by RT number (number: RT VI/17) and Delius Catalogue of Works (DCW) (number: DCW 32)
Delius16:54
2▼CD: Winter Daydreams
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1Sleigh Ride (Winter Night)
orchestra:
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Murphy (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 2003)
recording of:
Winter Night (Sleigh Ride), RT VI/7 no. 2
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Delius Catalogue of Works (DCW) (number: DCW 23)
part of:
Three Small Tone Poems, RT VI/7
Delius5:57
2Christmas Tree Scene
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1994)
recording of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие I, Картина I, no. 1. Сцена: Украшение и зажигание елки (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Scene: Decoration and Lighting of the Christmas Tree, Decorating and lighting the Christmas tree)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие I (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 1, The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 1)
Tchaikovsky6:52
3Winter Daydreams
orchestra:
Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, revived in 1945 in Katowice)
conductor:
Adrian Leaper (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1992)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in G minor, op. 13 "Winter Daydreams": I. Allegro tranquillo (Dreams of a Winter Journey)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1866)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in G minor, op. 13 "Winter Daydreams" (1874 revision, commonly performed)
Tchaikovsky8:16
4Chorus of the Winds
orchestra:
Göteborgs Symfoniker (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Neeme Järvi (Estonian conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Grammofon AB BIS (in 1989)
recording of:
Stormen Suite no. 2, op. 109 no. 3: I. Chor der Winde (The Tempest, Suite No. 2: I. Chorus of the Winds)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1927)
part of:
Stormen, Suite no. 2, op. 109 no. 3 (The Tempest, Suite No. 2, Op. 109, No. 3, The Tempest, Suite No. 2)
Sibelius3:20
5Clouds
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1963)
recording of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 : I. Nuages
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1897-12 until 1899-12)
premiered at:
[concert] (1900-12-09)
part of:
Nocturnes, L. 91, CD 98 (for orchestra)
Debussy6:52
6Snow Outside the Window and Waltz on Ice
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
José Serebrier (Uruguayan conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ASV (not for release label use; fka Academy Sound & Vision Ltd. until 1995-02-03) (in 1993)
recording of:
Winter Bonfire: II. Snow on the Window
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer)
part of:
Winter Bonfire, op. 122
recording of:
Winter Bonfire: III. Waltz on the Ice
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer)
part of:
Winter Bonfire, op. 122
Prokofiev6:22
7The Snow Is Dancing
piano:
Gordon Fergus‐Thompson (pianist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ASV (not for release label use; fka Academy Sound & Vision Ltd. until 1995-02-03) (in 1993)
recording of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: IV. The Snow is Dancing (original piano version)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1906 until 1908-07)
part of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113, CD 119 (original piano version)
Debussy2:46
8Gardens in the Rain
piano:
Christian Steiner (classical pianist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1968)
recording of:
Estampes, L. 100: III. Jardins sous la pluie. Net et vif (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1903-07)
is based on:
Images oubliées, L. 87, CD 94 : III. Quelques aspects de ‘Nous n’irons plus au bois’ parce qu’il fait un temps insupportable (for piano)
part of:
Estampes, L. 100, CD 108 (for piano)
Debussy3:51
9'Raindrop' Prelude
piano:
Hanna Jaszyk
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1964)
recording of:
Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1836 until 1839)
part of:
Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 107) and Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 180)
part of:
24 Préludes pour le piano, op. 28
Chopin5:31
10Winter
violin:
José‐Luis García (violinist & conductor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1985)
recording of:
Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno” (Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “Winter”)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Fanna Catalogue, Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. I/25) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 297)
part of:
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op. 8 (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, op. 8)
part of:
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons, “The Four Seasons”)
Vivaldi9:23
11The Holy Boy
orchestra:
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Murphy (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 2003)
Ireland2:55
3▼CD: Seasonal Colours
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1The Seasons Suite
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Nick Ingman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1982)
Tchaikovsky7:33
2Flight of the Bumble Bee
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1961)
Rimsky-Korsakov1:31
3Rustle of Spring
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1972)
recording of:
6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen (6 Pieces, op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring, for orchestra)
composer:
Christian Sinding (Norwegian composer)
orchestration of:
6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen (6 Pieces, op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring, for piano)
Sinding2:32
4The Dove
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1996)
recording of:
Gli uccelli, P. 154: II. La Colomba (The Birds: II. The dove, The dove)
composer:
Ottorino Respighi (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Gli uccelli, P. 154 (The Birds, P.154, The Birds)
Respighi4:45
5To a Water Lily
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1969)
recording of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 6. To a Water Lily (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Edward MacDowell (American composer, pianist) (in 1896)
arrangement of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 6. To a Water Lily
MacDowell3:13
6The First Primrose
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1969)
Grieg3:15
7Waltz of the Flowers
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
Tchaikovsky6:25
8Highlights From 'The Seasons' (Flirtation at Springtime, Summer Love, Waltz for Young and Old, Autumn Festival)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Robert Bentley (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1963)
partial recording of:
Les saisons, op. 67 (The Seasons, op. 67)
composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) (in 1899)
premiered at:
[concert] (1900-02-20)
publisher:
Musikverlag M. P. Belaieff (in 1901)
part of:
Works of Alexander Glazunov by opus number (number: op. 67)
Glazunov8:29
9On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
William Jackson (unknown conductor, credited in Reader's Digest classical compilations)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1982)
recording of:
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer) (in 1912)
dedicated to:
Balfour Gardiner
part of:
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra, RT VI/19
Delius6:37
10Under the Elms
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1983)
recording of:
Under the Elms
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
Herbert2:50
11The Banks of Green Willow
orchestra:
The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Murphy (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 2003)
recording of:
The Banks of Green Willow, Idyll
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1913)
Butterworth6:11
12The Lark Ascending
violin:
Iona Brown (violinist and director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ASV (not for release label use; fka Academy Sound & Vision Ltd. until 1995-02-03) (in 1983)
recording of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and orchestra)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1914)
premiered at:
[concert] (1921-06-14)
premiered at:
Queen’s Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1921-06-14)
arrangement of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and piano)
Vaughan Williams15:32
13Chrysanthemums
strings:
Arriaga String Quartet
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1995)
recording of:
Crisantemi (for string quartet)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1890-01)
Puccini7:20