In The Groove

 


6 LP Released 1970

Cat No.: RDS6651-6
RD Code : ING000 (GING-6-B on Box)

Adapted from the US set "In The Groove with The Kings Of Swing". 72 recordings from 'The Swing Era' between 1933 and 1959.

 

RECORD 1

 

01 Glen Miller - A String of Pearls

02 Dukes Of Dixieland - Muskrat Ramble

03 Count Basie - Backstage at Stuff s

04 RCA All Stars - Honeysuckle Rose

05 Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - My Melancholy Baby

06 Benny Goodman - Roll Em

07 Charlie Barnet - Night And Day

08 Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Yes, Indeed

09 Louis Armstrong - Ain't Misbehavin'

10 Artie Shaw - Traffic Jam

11 Fats Waller - Carolina Shout

12 Pete Kelly & His Big Seven - Blackbird Bye Bye Blackbird

 

RECORD 2

 

13 Benny Goodman, His Orchestra - Life Goes to a Party

14 Count Basie - St Louis Boogie

15 Sidney Bechet - 12th Street Rag

16 Bunny Berigan & His Boys - Sobbin Blues

17 Lionel Hampton Orchestra - On the Sunny Side of the Street

18 Dukes Of Dixieland - When The Saints Come Marching In

19 Gene Krupa - I m Forever Blowing Bubbles

20 Metronome, Esquire All-Stars - Blue Lou

21 Count Basie and His Orchestra - I Never Knew

22 Wingy Manone & His Orchestra - Limehouse Blues

23 Jonah Jones Quartet - It s All Right With Me

24 Tommy Dorsey - Well Git It

 

RECORD 3

 

25 Benny Goodman - Wrappin It Up

26 Dukes Of Dixieland - Original Dixieland One-Step

27 Andy Kirk - Boogie Woogie Cocktail

28 Pete Kelly & His Big Seven - Hard Hearted Hannah

29 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Special Delivery Stomp

30 Duke Ellington - Cottontail

31 Red Nichols and his Five Pennies - Poor Butterfly

33 Metronome, Esquire All-Stars - One O Clock Jump

34 Jonah Jones Quartet - Learnin The Blues

35 Benny Goodman - Opus 1_2

35 Will Bradley - Johnny Guarnieri Band - Boogie Woogie Maxixe

36 Bud Freeman and his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra - China Boy

 

RECORD 4

 

37 Metronome All Star Band - Bugle Call Rag

38 Muggsy Spanier Ragtime Band - At Sundown

39 Jan Savitt & Jimmy Schultz - Quaker City Jazz

40 Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra - Body And Soul

41 Bob Zurke and His Delta Rhythm Band - Cow Cow Blues

42 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - King Porter Stomp

43 Will Bradley-Johnny Guarnieri Band - Honky Tonk Train

44 John Kirby and his Orchestra - St Louis Blues

45 Louis Armstrong - I ve Got The World On A String

46 Dukes Of Dixieland - That s A-Plenty

47 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Second Balcony Jump

48 Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - No Name Jive (Parts 1 & 2)

 

RECORD 5

 

49 Duke Ellington - C Jam Blues

50 Benny Goodman - I Know That You Know

51 Count Basie Orchestra - Mister Robert s Roost

52 Muggsy Spanier And His Ragtime Band - At The Jazzband Ball

53 Tommy Dorsey - Loose Lid Special

54 Bud Freeman - The Eel

55 Charlie Barnet - Redskin Rhumba

56 Erroll Garner - Erroll s Bounce

57 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra - Gabriel s Heater

58 John Kirby & His Orchestra - Close Shave

59 Artie Shaw - St. James Infirmary

60 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Not So Quiet Please

 

RECORD 6

 

61 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Camel Hop

62 Will Bradley-Johnny Guarnieri Band - Yancey Special

63 Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five - Beyond The Blue Horizon

64 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Johnson Rag

65 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Hot Mallets

66 Ziggy Elman - Zaggin With The Zig

67 Pete Kelly & His Big Seven - Smiles

68 Artie Shaw - S Wonderful

69 Fats Waller - Lulu s Back in Town

70 Glen Miller - Long Tall Mama

71 Lionel Hampton Orchestra - Ring Dem Bells

72 Count Basie - One O Clock Boogie

STARFINDER


US SET



FRENCH SET


 

Golden Organ Favourites

 

5 LP 

Released 1979
Cat No.: RDS6851-5 (RDC90761-7)
RD Code : HIL009 (GHIL-7-A on Box)

Based on the US 4xLP collection "The Organ Plays Golden Favorites". This set included the same tracks in a different running order, plus an extra LP of "Christmas Organ".

 

 

Record 1. Festival Organ

 

 

 

Side 1. Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City

Organ – Paul Mickelson

 

 

 

1.1

 

Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Composed By Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

 

 

1.2

 

Pilgrims' Chorus from "Tannhauser"

Composed By Richard Wagner

 

 

1.3

 

The Lord's Prayer

Composed By Albert Hay Malotte

 

 

1.4

 

Largo from "Xerxes"

Composed By Georg Friedrich Händel

 

 

1.5

 

Trumpet Voluntary

Composed By Jeremiah Clarke

 

 

1.6

 

Consolation Op. 30, No. 3

Composed By Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

 

 

 

 

Side 2. The Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia, Pa.

Organ – Paul Mickelson

 

 

2.1

 

Liebestraum No. 3

Composed By Franz Liszt

 

 

2.2

 

War March of The Priests from "Athalie"

Composed By Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

 

 

2.3

 

Caprice Viennois

Composed By Fritz Kreisler

 

 

2.4

 

Berceuse from "Jocelyn"

Composed By Benjamin Godard

 

 

2.5

 

Evening Star from "Tannhauser"

Composed By Richard Wagner

 

 

2.6

 

Traumerei Op. 15, No. 7

Composed By Robert Schumann

 

 

 

 

Record 2. Triumphant Organ

 

 

 

Side 1. Aeolian Skinner Organ, Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass.

Organ – Richard Purvis

 

 

 

3.1

 

Serenade from "The Student Prince"

Composed By Sigmund Romberg

 

 

3.2

 

March of The Toys

Composed By Victor Herbert

 

 

3.3

 

Grand March from "Aida"

Composed By Giuseppe Verdi

 

 

3.4

 

Love Sends A Little Gift of Roses

Composed By John Openshaw

Lyrics By Leslie Cooke*

 

 

3.5

 

Musetta's Waltz from "La Boheme"

Composed By Giacomo Puccini

 

 

3.6

 

My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice from "Samson and Delilah"

Composed By Camille Saint-Saëns

 

 

 

 

Side 2. Alexander Memorial Organ Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

Organ – Richard Purvis

 

 

4.1

 

Overture to Act III from "Lohengrin"

Composed By Richard Wagner

 

 

4.2

 

Clair de Lune

Composed By Claude Debussy

 

 

4.3

 

In A Monastery Garden

Composed By Albert W. Ketelbey

 

 

4.4

 

Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin"

Composed By Richard Wagner

 

 

4.5

 

Prize Song from "Die Meistersinger"

Composed By Richard Wagner

 

 

4.6

 

Goin' Home

Composed By Antonín Dvořák

Lyrics By William Arms Fisher

 

 

 

 

Record 3. Theatre Organ

 

 

 

Side 1. Radio City Music Hall Organ, New York City

Organ – Dick Leibert

 

 

 

5.1

 

Marche Slave

Composed By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 

 

5.2

 

Humoresque, Op. 101, No.7

Composed By Antonín Dvořák

 

 

5.3

 

Song of India

Composed By Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

 

 

5.4

 

None But The Lonely Heart

Composed By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 

 

5.5

 

Minuet

Composed By Luigi Boccherini

 

 

5.6

 

Love's Old Sweet Song

Composed By James Lynam Molloy

Lyrics By G. Clifton Bingham

 

 

5.7

 

Bacchanale

Composed By Dick Leibert

 

 

 

 

Side 2. Palace Theatre Wurlitzer Organ, Rochester, N. Y.

Organ – Dick Leibert

 

 

6.1

 

Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 Op. 39, No. 1

Composed By Sir Edward Elgar

 

 

6.2

 

La Cumparsita

Composed By Gerardo Matos Rodríguez

 

 

6.3

 

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Composed By Julia Ward Howe

 

 

6.4

 

Meditation from "Thais"

Composed By Jules Massenet

 

 

6.5

 

In A Persian Market

Composed By Albert W. Ketelbey

 

 

6.6

 

La Paloma

Composed By Sebastián de Yradier

 

 

 

 

Record 4. Concert Organ

 

 

 

Side 1. Strand Theatre, Wurlitzer Organ, Plattsburgh

Organ – Billy Nalle

 

 

 

7.1

 

Kamennoi Ostrow

Composed By Anton Rubinstein

 

 

7.2

 

Only A Rose

Composed By Rudolf Friml

Lyrics By Brian Hooker

 

 

7.3

 

Always

Composed By Irving Berlin

 

 

7.4

 

Emperor Waltz

Composed By Johann Strauss Jr.

 

 

7.5

 

The Parade of The Wooden Soldiers

Composed By Léon Jessel

 

 

7.6

 

Che Gelida Manina from "La Boheme"

Composed By Giacomo Puccini

 

 

 

 

Side 2. Orbits Wurlitzer Organ, Senate Theatre, Detroit

Organ – Billy Nalle

 

 

8.1

 

Jalousie

Composed By Jacob Gade

 

 

8.2

 

My Hero from "The Chocolate Soldier"

Composed By Oscar Straus

 

 

8.3

 

The Old Refrain

Composed By Fritz Kreisler

 

 

8.4

 

Blue Tango

Composed By Leroy Anderson

 

 

8.5

 

Through The Years

Composed By Vincent Youmans

Lyrics By Edward Heyman

 

 

8.6

 

Londonderry Air

Composed By Traditional

 

 

 

 

Record 5. Christmas Organ

 

 

 

Side 1. Organ of the Church of St. Gabriel the Archangel, Cricklewood, London

Organ – William Davies

 

 

 

9.1

 

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Composed By Martin Luther (3)

Ensemble – Westminster Brass Ensemble

 

 

9.2

 

Mary's Little Boy Child

Composed By Jester Hairston

Chorus – John McCarthy Chorus

 

 

9.3

 

The Holy City

Composed By Stephen Adams

Lyrics By Fred E. Weatherly

Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Jean Allister

Chorus – John McCarthy Chorus

 

 

9.4

 

Alleluia

Composed By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

 

9.5

 

Evening Prayer from "Hansel and Gretel"

Composed By Engelbert Humperdinck (2)

 

 

9.6

 

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

Composed By Johann Sebastian Bach

 

 

 

 

Side 2. Organ of the Church of St. Gabriel the Archangel, Cricklewood, London

Organ – William Davies

 

 

10.1

 

Break Forth, 0 Beauteous Heavenly Light from "Christmas Oratorio"

Composed By Johann Sebastian Bach

Ensemble – Westminster Brass Ensemble

 

 

10.2

 

Panis Angelicus

Composed By César Franck

Chorus – John McCarthy Chorus

 

 

10.3

 

Noël ! Grand Jeu et duo

Composed By Louis-Claude Daquin

 

 

10.4

 

Be Still My Soul from "Finlandia"

Composed By Jean Sibelius

 

 

10.5

 

Gesù Bambino (The Infant Jesus)

Composed By Pietro Alessandro Yon

 

 

10.6

 

The Snow Lay on The Ground (carol)

Composed By Traditional

 

US COLLECTION

 

Highlights From The World's Best Loved Operas


7 LP 7 TC (plus bonus LP/TC: 'Scheherazade')
Released 1978
Cat No.: RDS9591-7 (RDC90761-7)
RD Code : HIL009 (GHIL-7-A on Box)

In the 50s and 60s, the Decca Record Label produced some of the finest operatic recordings ever made. Here are many of the highlights from those operas, featuring some of the finest recording artists in the genre.

1 Highlights from La Boheme (Puccini)


1 Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen).../ Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi (Yes, They Call Me Mimi)

2 O Soave Fanciulla (O Lovely Maiden)

3 Quando Me'n Vo (Musetta's Waltz Song)... End Of Act II

4 In Un Coupe?... / O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni

5 Vecchia Zimarra (Cloak Song)

 

Carlo Bergonzi (Rodolfo)

Renata Tebaldi (Mimi)

Renato Cesari (Schaunard)

Cesare Siepi (Colline)

Ettore Bastianini (Marcello)

Gianna Corena (Alcindoro)

With the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Chorus-Master: Bonaventura Somma) conducted by Tullio Serafin

 

2 Highlights from Tosca (Puccini)


6 Santa Ampolle!... Recondita Armonia (Strange Harmony)

7 Love Duet (Concluding Section)

8 Te Deum

9 Vissi d'arte (Love and Music)

10 E lucevan Le Stelle (The Stars Were Shining)

11 E Non Giungono (Conclusion Of Opera)

 

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca)

Mario del Monaco (Cavaradossi)

George London (Scarpia)

Fernando Corena (Sacristan)

With the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Chorus-Master: Bonaventura Somma) conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

 

3 Highlights from Aida (Verdi)


12 Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi...Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida)

13 Gloria all'Egitto

14 O Patria Mia (O My Country)

15 La Fatal Pietra... O terra Addio (Final Duet)

 

Renata Tebaldi (Aida)

Giulietta Simionato (Amneris)

Carlo Bergonzi (Radames)

Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro)

Arnold van Mill (Ramphis)

Fernando Corena (King Of Egypt)

With the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and the Vienna Philharmonnic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

 

4 Highlights from Rigoletto (Verdi)


16 Questa O Quella

17 Gualtier Malde...Caro Nome (Dear Name)

18 Tutte Le Feste .....Ah! Solo Per Me

19 La Donna E Mobile (Woman Is Fickle)

20 Bella Figlia Dell'amore (Quartet)

21 Lassu In Cielo (Farewell Duet Death Of Gilda)

 

Joan Sutherland (Gilda)

Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto)

Renato Cioni (Duke of Mantua)

Stefania Malagu (Maddalena)

With the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome conducted by Nino Sanzogno

 

5 Highlights from La Traviata (Verdi)


22 Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici (Brindisi)

23 E' Strano (How Strange)... Ah, Fors' E Lui....

24 Sempre Libera

25 Di Provenza Il Mar (From Fair Provence)

26 Tenesta La Promessa....

27 Addio Del Passato

28 Ah, Violetta (Death Of Violetta)

 

Joan Sutherland (Violetta Valery)

Carlo Bergonzi (Alfredo Germont)

Robert Merrill (Giorgio Germont)

Dora Carral (Annina)

Giovanni Foiani (Doctor di Grenvil)

With the Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by John Pritchard

 

6 Highlights from Il Trovatore (Verdi)


29 Tacea la Notte (The Peaceful Night)

30 Di Tale Amor (Cabaletta)

31 Vedi! Le Fosche (Anvil Chorus)

32 Stride La Vampa (The Flames Are Roaring)

33 Il Balen (The Light Of Her Smile)

34 Or Co' Dadi...Squilli Echeggi (Soldiers' Chorus)

35 Di Quella Pira

36 Miserere

 

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora)

Mario del Monaco (Manrico)

Giulietta Simionato (Azucena)

Giorgio Tozzi (Ferrando)

Ugo Savarese (Count di Luna)

With the Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and L’Orchestre du Grand Theatre de Geneve conducted by Alberto Erede

 

7 Highlights from Carmen (Bizet)


37 La Cloche A Sonne....L Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle

38 Votre Toast...Toreador (Toreador's Song)

39 Au Quartier....La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee (Flower Song)

40 C'est Toi! C'est Moi! (Death Of Carmen)

 

Regina Resnik (Carmen)

Mario del Monaco (Don Jose)

Tom Krause (Escamillo)

With the Chorus of the Grand Theatre de Geneve and L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Thomas Schippers

 

8 Highlights from Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)


41 Prologue…Si Puo? Si Puo?

42 Un Tal Gioco (Canio's Warning To Tonio)

43 Stridone Lassu.....Sei La?

44 Recitar!......Vesti La Giubba (On With The Motley)

45 Intermezzo

46 No! Pagliacci Non Son.....La Commedia e Finita (The Comedy Is Over)

 

Cornell MacNeil (Tonio)

Mario del Monaco (Canio)

Gabriella Tucci (Nedda)

Renato Capecchi (Silvio)

Piero de Palma (Beppe)

With the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

 

9 Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)


47 Voi Lo Sapet

48 No, No, Turiddu.....Ah! Il Signore Vi Manda Compar Alfio

49 Intermezzo

50 Viva Il Vino Spumeggiante

51 Mamma, Quel Vino E Generoso (Mother, How This Wine Burns)

 

Giulietta Simionato (Santuzza)

Anna di Stasio (Lucia)

Mario del Monaco (Turiddu)

Cornell MacNeil (Alfio)

With the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome conducted by Tullio Serafin

 

10 Highlights from The Barber Of Seville (Rossini)


53 Largo Al Factotum (Make Way For The Factotum)

54 Una Voce Poco Fa

55 La Calunnia (Slander Song)

56 Dunque Io Son

57 Insomma, Io Ho Tutti I Torti (Conclusion Of Opera)

 

Manuel Ausensi (Figaro)

Ugo Benelli (Count Almaviva)

Teresa Berganza (Rosina)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Basilio)

Fernando Corena (Dr Bartolo)

With the Orchestra e Coro Rossini di Napoli conducted by Silvio Varviso

 

11 Highlights from Faust (Gounod)


58 Vin ou biere (Carnival Scene).....O Sainte Medaille

59 Vin ou biere (Carnival Scene).....Avant De Quitter Ces Lieux

60 Vin ou biere (Carnival Scene).....Allons, Amis

61 Vin ou biere (Carnival Scene).....Le Veau D'or (The Golden Calf)

62 Quel Trouble Inconnu Me Penetre....Salut! Demere Chaste Et Pure

63 Que Viois Je La?.....Ah! Je Ris De Me Voir (Jewel Song)

64 Alerte! Alerte!.....Anges Purs (Final Trio)...Christ Est Ressuscite

 

Franco Corelli (Dr Faust)

Joan Sutherland (Maruerite)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Mephistopheles)

Robert Massard (Valentine)

Margreta Elkins (Siebel)

Raymond Myers (Wagner)

With the Ambrosian Opera Chorus (Chorus Master: John McCarthy) and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

 

12 Highlights from The Magic Flute (Mozart)


65 Der Vogelfanger Bin Ich Ja (I'm The Birdcatcher)

66 Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schon (Oh Loveliness Beyond Compare)

67 Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen

68 Wie Stark Ist Nicht Dein Zauberton!....

69 Schnelle Fusse.....

70 Das Klinget So Herrlich....Konnte Jeder Brave Mann...Wenn Tugend

71 March Of The Priests

72 Der Holle Rache

73 In Diesen Heil'gen Hallen (Within These Hallowed Walls)

74 Klinget, Glockchen, Klinget!....

75 Pa Pa Pa Papagena!

 

Hilde Gueden (Pamina)

Leopold Simoneau (Tamino)

Wilma Lipp (Queen Of The Night)

Walter Berry (Papageno)

Emmy Loose (Papagena)

Kurt Bohme (Sarastro)

August Jaresch (Monostatos)

With supporting artists and the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Bohm

 

13 Highlights from Madame Butterfly (Puccini)


76 Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni Di Malia (Love Duet)

77 Un Bel Di, Vedremo (One Fine Day)

78 Humming Chorus

79 Con Onor Muore.....Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio! (Death Of Butterfly)

 

Renata Tebaldi (Butterfly)

Carlo Bergonzi (Pinkerton)

With the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Chorus-Master: Bonaventura Somma) conducted by Tullio Serafin

 

14 Highlights from The Marriage Of Figaro (Mozart)


80 Cinque, Dieci

81 Non Piu Andrain (Now Your Days Of Philandering Are Over)

82 Porgi Amor

83 Voii The Sapete

84 Riconosci In Questo Amplesso (Sextet)

85 Sull' Aria (Letter Duet)

86 Deh Vieni, Non Tardar

87 Contessa, Perdono, Perdono....(To End Of Opera)

 

 

Hilde Gueden (Susanna)

Cesare Siepi (Figaro)

Lisa Della Casa (Countess Almaviva)

Alfred Poell (Count Almaviva)

Suzanne Danco (Cherubino)

Fernando Corena (Doctor Bartolo)

Hilde Rossl-Majdan (Marcellina)

Hugo Meyer-Welfing (Don Curzio)

With supporting artists and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Erich Kleiber

 

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