Golden Sounds From the Classics

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Annotation

Set CGSC-A-126 comprises: RDC 91101, RDC 91102, RDC 91103, & RDC 91104

Annotation last modified on 2014-03-29 12:42 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Cassette: All-Time Favourites / Tchaikovsky, Master of Melody
2▶Cassette: Immortal Operetta Favourites / Instrumental Encores
3▶Cassette: On Wings of Song / Johann Strauss
4▼Cassette: Light Classical Pops / Showpieces for Orchestra
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G1The Barber of Seville Overture
conductor:
Arturo Basile (Italian opera conductor)
performer:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Der Barbier von Sevilla (german lyrics)
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia
part of:
Le Barbier de Séville (french lyrics)
part of:
The Barber of Seville (english lyrics)
Gioachino Rossini?:??
G2Waltz: The Grenadiers
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
recording of:
Les Grenadiers, op. 207
composer:
Émile Waldteufel (classical composer)
Émile Waldteufel?:??
G3Dance of the Hours, from "La Gioconda"
orchestra:
Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma (Freelance recording orchestra, mainly used by RCA & Reader’s Digest)
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto III. Cà d'Oro
Amilcare Ponchielli?:??
G4War March of the Priests, from "Athalie"
orchestra:
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
recording of:
Athalie, op. 74: War March of the Priests
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
part of:
Athalie, op. 74
Felix Mendelssohn?:??
G5Capriccio Espagnol
orchestra:
Oskar Danon (conductor) and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Каприччио на испанские темы, op. 34 (Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, Capriccio espagnol)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1887)
dedicated to:
Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театра (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, fka Kirov Orchestra till 1992)
part of:
Works of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov by opus number (number: op. 34)
Rimsky-Korsakov?:??
G6Grand March, from "Tannhäuser"
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. Festmarsch (Grand March)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle" (Einzug der Gäste)
Richard Wagner?:??
H1The Bartered Bride Overture
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Oskar Danon (conductor)
recording of:
Prodaná nevěsta: Overture (The Bartered Bride: Overture)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer)
part of:
Die verkaufte Braut (The Bartered Bride)
part of:
Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)
Bedřich Smetana?:??
H2Dance of the Seven Veils, from "Salome"
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1962-10-16 until 1962-10-17)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1962-10-16 until 1962-10-17)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-10-16 until 1962-10-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Salomes Tanz, TrV 215a (concert version) (from 1962-10-16 until 1962-10-17)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
part of:
Werkverzeichnis (Richard Strauss TrV) (number: TrV 215a)
arrangement of:
Salome: Vierte Szene. Tanz der sieben Schleier
Richard Strauss?:??
H3Cloudburst, from "Grand Canyon Suite"
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Hill Bowen
recording of:
Grand Canyon Suite: V. Cloudburst
composer:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (from 1929 until 1931)
part of:
Grand Canyon Suite
Ferde Grofé?:??
H4Night on the Bare Mountain
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
dedicated to:
Wladimir Stassoff (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
publisher:
W. Bessel & Cie (in 1886)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Moussourgsky?:??
H5Roumanian Rhapsody no. 1
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Oskar Danon (conductor)
recording of:
Rapsodia nr. 1 în La major, op. 11/1 „Rapsodia română” (Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A major, op. 11 no. 1)
composer:
George Enescu (Romanian composer, violinist, conductor and teacher) (in 1901)
part of:
Rapsodiile române, op. 11 (Romanian Rhapsodies, op. 11)
George Enescu?:??