The World’s Most Beautiful Melodies: Light Classical Magic

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1▼CD: Sparkling Favourites
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1Introduction and Rondo capriccioso
additional violin:
Raymond Cohen (English violinist)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
Camille Saint-Saëns9:04
2Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor – 3rd Movement (Rondo)
piano:
Dubravka Tomšič (pianist)
orchestra:
Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra (name used by Alfred Scholz, may be incorrect; see Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija for the real orchestra) and Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Paul Kantschieder (conductor) and Anton Nanut (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 3 in C minor, op. 37: III. Rondo. Allegro
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1800 until 1803)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 3 in C minor, op. 37
Ludwig van Beethoven9:02
3Flute and Harp Concerto in C – 3rd Movement (Allegro)
flute:
Robert Dohn (flautist)
orchestra:
Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (Orchestra of the Ludwigsburg Festival)
conductor:
Robert Dohn (flautist)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart9:21
4Trumpet Concerto in E-flat – 3rd Movement
trumpet:
John Wilbraham (trumpet player)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
Joseph Haydn4:39
5Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat – 3rd Movement
horn:
Michael Thompson (British horn player and conductor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:43
6Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat – 3rd Movement (Alla polacca)
clarinet:
Dieter Klöcker (German clarinetist)
orchestra:
Slovak Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Arturo Tamayo (conductor)
Carl Maria von Weber6:37
7Harp Concerto No. 2 in B-flat – 1st Movement
harp:
Skyla Kanga (harpist)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
George Frideric Handel4:15
8Symphonie espagnole in D minor – 5th Movement (Rondo)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
Édouard Lalo8:57
9Concerto Symphonique in D minor – 3rd Movement (Scherzo)
piano:
Dame Moura Lympany (British pianist)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Henry Litolff7:03
2▼CD: Fireside Reflections
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1Adagio for Strings
orchestra:
Morton Gould and His Orchestra
Samuel Barber7:32
2Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor – 2nd Movement (Adagio)
violin:
Bohuslav Matoušek (violinist)
orchestra:
The Prague Symphony Orchestra (Prague Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Vladimír Válek (conductor)
Max Bruch8:47
3The Swan of Tuonela
conductor:
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)
performer:
London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople)
Jean Sibelius8:06
4Serenade for Strings in C – Elegie
orchestra:
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky9:10
5The Old Castle From ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky4:16
6Concerto in G for Two Mandolins (Andante)
mandolin:
Carlo Combert and Michaela Ponti
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
Antonio Vivaldi4:43
7Oboe Concerto in D minor – 2nd Movement (Adagio)
oboe:
Derek Wickens (classical oboist)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
Alessandro Marcello4:47
8Cello Concerto in C – 2nd Movement (Adagio)
cello:
Michel Renard (cellist)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Chambre Paul Kuentz
Joseph Haydn8:58
9Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor – 4th Movement (Adagietto)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
Gustav Mahler9:43
3▼CD: Romantic Souvenirs
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1Romance no. 1 in G
violin:
Philippe Koch (violinist)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 1 in G major, op. 40
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1800 until 1802)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 40)
Ludwig van Beethoven7:08
2Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor – 2nd Movement (Romanza)
piano:
Hélène Gàl (pianist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
orchestra:
Mozart Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Istvan Cohen (probably another Alfred Scholz)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart8:46
3Kol Nidrei
cello:
France Springuel (Belgian cellist)
orchestra:
I Fiamminghi (Belgian classical music ensemble)
conductor:
Rudolf Werthen (Belgian violinist & conductor)
Max Bruch11:02
4Serenade for Strings in E – 2nd Movement (Tempo di Valse)
orchestra:
Capella Istropolitana
conductor:
Jaroslav Krček (Jaroslav Krcek)
Antonín Dvořák7:13
5Clarinet Concerto in A – 2nd Movement
clarinet:
Walter Boeykens (Belgian conductor & clarinetist)
orchestra:
Brussels Philharmonic
conductor:
Theodore Bloomfield (US 20th century conductor)
Walter Boeykens6:53
6Valse Sentimentale
violin:
Sidney Sax (violinist and concertmaster)
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)
arranger:
Sidney Sax (violinist and concertmaster)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:52
7Concierto de Aranjuez – 2nd Movement
guitar:
Manuel Barrueco (guitarist)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
Joaquín Rodrigo10:36
8Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor – 3rd Movement (Allegro Scherzando)
piano:
Earl Wild (pianist, composer and conductor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff10:39