The World’s Most Beautiful Melodies: Light Classical Magic

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Sparkling Favourites
2▼CD: Fireside Reflections
#TitleArtistRatingLength
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