Reflections

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Midsummer Haze
2▶CD: Winter Daydreams
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