FAVOURITES FROM THE CLASSICS - Liszt

Sixteenth issue in the “Favourites From The Classics” series, which was to run for 25 editions.

3CD Set
Released 1995
Cat No.: RDCD1021-3 (RDC92691-3)
RD Code: LISZ 016

1        ROMANTIC MEMORIES

1 - Liebestraum No. 3 In A Flat, Op. 62 - Roberto Szidon, Piano

2 - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 In C Sharp Minor - Earl Wild, Piano

3 - Forgotten Waltz No. 1 In F Sharp~The - Ralph Votapek, Piano

4 - Fountains Of The Villa D'Este~The - Moura Lympany, Piano

5 - Cypresses Of The Villa D#Este - Bernard Lemmens, Piano

6 - Concert Study No. 3 In D Flat - Earl Wild, Piano with the Philharmonic Orchestra

7 - La Lugubre Gondola No. 1 - Bernard Lemmens, Piano

8 - Consolation No. 3 in D Flat - Roberto Szidon, Piano

9 - La Campanella In G Sharp Minor - Earl Wild, Piano

10 - Grand Galop Chromatique, Op. 12 - Earl Wild, Piano

11 - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 In D - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt

2        CHARM AND DIGNITY

12 - Allegro Maestoso (Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat) - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

13 - Quasi Adagio (Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat) - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

14 - Allegretto Vivace (Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat) - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

15 - Allegro Marziale Animato (Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat) - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

16 - Hungarian Fantasy - Earl Wild, Piano with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Russell Stanger

17 - Piano Concerto No. 2 In A - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

18 - Les Preludes - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

3        ENCHANTMENT AND PASSION

19 - Mephisto Waltz No. 1 - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt

20 - La Lugubre Gondola No. 2 - Bernard Lemmens, Piano

21 - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 - Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Victor Desarzens

22 - Piano Sonata In B Minor - Bernard Lemmens, Piano

Christmas Through The Years

6LP Set
Released 1985
Cat No.: RDS10341-6  (RDC91461-4)
RD Code: XTY 169

A UK adaption of a US collection released on CD a year previously.

1        ALL-TIME CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES

1 - Sleigh Ride - Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra

2 - Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Nat King Cole

3 - Happy Holiday - Andy Williams

4 - Carol of the Bells - Johnny Mathis

5 - Here We Come a Caroling - Ray Conniff Singers

6 - Rudolph the Red - Nosed - Johnny Mathis

7 - Jingle Bells - Barbra Streisand

8 - Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale

9 - White Christmas - Barbra Streisand

10 - Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte

11 - I Saw Three Ships - Nat King Cole

12 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Doris Day

13 - Go Tell It on a Mountain - Ray Conniff Singers

2        CHRISTMAS IN THE 50S

1 - Little Donkey - Beverley Sisters

2 - Santo Natale - David Whitfield

3 - First Noel - Connie Francis

4 - Santa Clause Is Coming to Town - Pat Boone

5 - (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como

6 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Beverley Sisters

7 - Where Did My Snowman Go? - Pattie Page

8 - Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis

9 - Jingle Bell rock - Max Bygraves

10 - Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine

11 - Here Comes Santa Claus - Ray Conniff Singers

12 - A Marshmallow World - Bing Crosby

13 - Christmas in Killarney - Ruby Murray

14 - That Christmas Feeling - Perry Como

3        CHRISTMAS IN THE 60S

1 - Deck the Halls - Nat King Cole

2 - O Tannernbaum - Ray Conniff Singers

3 - O Little Town of Bethlehem - Barbra Streisand

4 - Very First Christmas Of All - Ronnie Hilton

5 - Snowfall - Doris Day

6 - An Old Christmas Card - Jim Reeves

7 - That's What I'd Like for Christmas (form 'Pickwick') - Harry Secombe

8 - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams

9 - Christmas Waltz - Doris Day

10 - Toyland - Perry Como

11 - Real Meaning of Christmas - Ray Conniff Singers

12 - Must Be Santa - Alma Cogan

13 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree -  Brenda Lee

14 - Bambino - Springfields

4        CHRISTMAS IN THE 70S AND 80S

1 - Twelve Days of Christmas - Roger Whittaker

2 - Silver Bells - Richard Clayderman

3 - Secret of Christmas - Julie Andrews

4 - Christmas Present - Andy Williams

5 - A Christmas Wish (From Me to You) -  Vera Lynn

6 - Christmas Is - Jack Jones

7 - What Child Is This? - Johnny Mathis

8 - Joy to the World - Andy Williams

9 - Do You Hear What I Hear? -  Vera Lynn

10 - Past Three O'Clock - Roger Whittaker

11 - When a Child is Born - Johnny Mathis

12 - Rocking - Julie Andrews

13 - On Christmas Night the Lights Are Burning - Richard Clayderman

14 - A Chistmas Dream - Perry Como

5        CHRISTMAS SOUVENIRS

1 - Silent Night - Bing Crosby

3 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (from 'Meet Me in St Louis') - Judy Garland

3 - Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot -  Vera Lynn

4 - It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters

5 - Christmas Island - Andrews Sisters

6 – C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S. - Perry Como

7 - Jolly Old St Nicholas - Ames Brothers

8 - Blue Christmas - Russ Morgan, his Chorus and Orchestra

9 - You're All I Want For Christmas - Frankie Laine

10 - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Ames Brothers

11 - I'll be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby

12 - Merry Christmas Polka - Andrews Sisters

13 - Frosty the Snowman - Nat King Cole

14 - Toy Drum - Beverley Sisters

6        THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS

1 - Joy (Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring) - Henry Mancini and his Orchestra

2 - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - Harry Secombe

3 - Ave Maria - Richard Clayderman

4 - O Holy Night - Placido Domingo

5 - Holly and the Ivy - Mantovani with the Mike Sammes Chorus and Singers

6 - Away in a Manger - Roger Whittaker

7 - See Amid the Winter Snow - Julie Andrews

8 - Once in Royal David's City - Mantovani with the Mike Sammes Chorus and Singers

9 - O Come, All Ye Faithful - Julie Andrews

10 - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Placido Domingo

11 - Christmas Concerto - Richard Clayderman

12 – Christ-Child's Lullaby - Moira Anderson

13 - Good King Wenceslas - Harry Secombe

14 - Hark! The Hearald Angles Sing - Roger Whittaker

FAVOURITES FROM THE CLASSICS - Bach

Fifteenth issue in the “Favourites From The Classics” series, which was to run for 25 editions.

3CD Set
Released 1995
Cat No.: RDCD951-3 (RDC92621-3)
RD Code: BACH 015

1        DIGNITY AND JOY

1 - Toccata And Fugue In D Minor - Franz Lehrndorfer at the Munich Cathedral Organ

2 - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - New Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Eric Robinson

2 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major, 1st Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

4 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major, 2nd Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

5 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major, 3rd Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

6 - Little Suite From The 'Little Music Book For Anna Magdalena Bach' - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eric Hammerstein

7 - Erbarm' Dich Mein, O Herre Gott - Franz Lehrndorfer at the Baroque Organ of Basilica Benediktbeuern

8 - Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, 1st Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

9 - Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, 2nd Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

10 - Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, 3rd Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

11 - Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, 4th Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

12 - Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, 5th Movement - National Philharmonic baroque Ensemble conducted by Charles Gerhardt

13 - Passacaglia And Fugue In C Minor - Royal Philharmonica Orchestra conducted by René Leibowitz

2        GRACE AND BEAUTY

14 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major, 1st Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

15 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major, 2nd Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

16 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major, 3rd Movement - Württemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Faerber

17 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major, 1st Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

18 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major, 2nd Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

19 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major, 3rd Movement - Württemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Faerber

20 - Chorale From St Matthew Passion - National Philharmonic Orchestra with the Ambrosian Singers conducted by Charles Gerhardt

21 - Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light from the Christmas Oratorio - William Davis, Organ, with the Westminster Brass Ensemble

22 - Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor, 1st Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

23 - Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor, 2nd Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

24 - Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor, 3rd Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

25 - Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor, 4th Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

26 - Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor, 5th Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

27 - Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor, 6th Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble Conducted By Charles Gerhardt

28 - Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor, 7th Movement - National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble conducted by Charles Gerhardt

29 - Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott Lässt Walten From The 'Schübler Chorales' - Franz Lehrndorfer at the St Quirin Organ, Tegernsee

30 - Kommst Du Nun, Jesu, Von Himmel Herunter from the 'Schübler Chorales' - Franz Lehrndorfer at the St Quirin Organ, Tegernsee

31 - Wachet Auf! Ruft Uns Die Stimme from the 'Schübler Chorales' - Franz Lehrndorfer at the St Quirin Organ, Tegernsee

3        ELEGANCE AND MAJESTY

32 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F Major, 1st Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

33 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F Major, 2nd Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

34 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F Major, 3rd Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

35 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F Major, 4th Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conduted By Jorg Faerber

36 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F Major, 5th Movement - Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jörg Faerber

37 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major, 1st Movement - Wurrtemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

38 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major, 2nd Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

39 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major, 3rd Movement - Württenberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Faerber

40 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, 1st Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

41 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, 2nd Movement - Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jorg Faerber

42 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, 3rd Movement - Württenberg Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Jörg Faerber

43 - Fugue In C Minor - Franz Lehrndorfer at the Baroque Organ of Basilica Benediktbeuern

The Best Of Neil Diamond

3CD Set
Released July 1995
Cat No.: RDCD931-3 (RDC92601-3)
RD Code: DIA 292

CD1

1 - Sweet Caroline

2 - Hurtin' You Don't Come Easy

3 - Husbands And Wives

4 - Done Too Soon

5 - And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind

6 - Sunday Sun

7 - Coldwater Morning

8 - Both Sides Now

9 - Shilo

10 - Susanne

11 - Brooklyn Roads

12 - If You Go Away

13 - Lordy (Live)

14 - Crunchy Granola Suite

15 - High Rolling Man

16 - Play Me

17 - Practically Newborn

18 – Honey-Drippin' Times

19 - Red Red Wine (Live)

CD2

20 - And The Singer Sings His Song

21 - Prelude In E Major / Morningside

22 - Soolaimon

23 - Glory Road

24 – Two-Bit Manchild

25 - Solitary Man (Live)

26 - A Modern Day Version Of Love

27 – Merry-Go-Round

28 - Stones

29 - Holly Holy

30 - Chelsea Morning

31 - If I Never Knew Your Name

32 - Long Gone

33 - I Am ... I Said

34 - Cherry, Cherry (Live)

35 - Madrigal

36 - Cracklin' Rosie

37 - New York Boy

CD3

38 - Everybody's Talkin'

39 - I Am The Lion

40 - Thank The Lord For The Night Time (Live)

41 - Gitchy Goomy

42 - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon (Live)

43 - I Thiink It's Gonna Rain Today

44 - Brother Love's Travelling Salavation Show

45 - Last Thing On My Mind

46 - Free Life

47 - Canta Libre

48 - You're So Sweet Horseflies Keep Hangin' Round Your Face

49 - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

50 - Song Sung Blue

51 - Walk On Water

52 - Until It's Time For Your To Go

53 - Captain Sunshine

54 - Mr. Bojangles

55 - Kentucky Woman (Live)

56 - Smokey Lady

57 - Theme

Treasury Of Great British Music

 

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5CD Set
Released July 1998 (Re-issued in 2000 with different cover)
Cat No.: RDCD1941-5 (RDC93611-4)
RD Code: GBM 427
Compiled by A Humphries - Booklet Notes by John Kehoe

CD1      THE SPIRIT OF BRITAIN

1 - Spitfire Prelude And Fugue - English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford - Walton

2 - Pomp And Circumstance March In A Minor, Op. 39, No. 2 - English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton - Elgar

3 - Excerpts From 'Henry V' Suite (Charge And Battle, Touch Her Soft Lips And Part, Agincourt Song) - Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Walton

4 - March Of The Bowmen #from 'Robin Hood' Suite - East of England Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Nabarro - Curzon

5 - Dam Busters March~The - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson - Coates

6 - Toccata Marziale - London Wind Orchestra conducted by Denis Wick - Vaughan Williams

7 - London Suite (Covent Garden, Westminster, Knightsbridge) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Walker - Coates

8 - Overture To 'The Yeomen Of The Guard' - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley - Sullivan

9 - Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 - New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss - Elgar

CD2      GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND

1 - Shropshire Lad~A - English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton - Butterworth

2 - Lark Ascending~The - Carney, Violin, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christopher Seaman~Jonathan - Vaughan Williams

3 - Fantasia On Greensleeves - New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss - Vaughan Williams, arr. Greaves

4 - On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by William Jackson - Delius

5 - Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christopher Seaman - Vaughan Williams

6 - Nimrod #from 'Enigma Variations', Op. 36 - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Elgar

7 - Over The Hills And Far Away - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christopher Seaman - Delius, arr. Beecham

CD3      THE HEART OF OUR COUNTRY

1 - Capriol Suite (Basse - Danse, Pavanne, Tordion, Bransles, Pieds - En - L'Air, Mattachins (Sword Dance)) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth - Warlock

2 - Excerpts From 'An English Suite' (Prelude, Pastoral and Frolic) - English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton - Parry

3 - English Idyll No. 1 - English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton - Butterworth

4 - English Idyll No. 2 - English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton - Butterworth

5 - Molly On The Shore - London Wind Orchestra conducted by Denis Wick - Grainger

6 - English Folk Song Suite (Seventeen Come Sunday (March), My Bonny Boy (Intermezzo), Folk Songs From Somerset (March)) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christopher Seaman - Vaughan Williams

7 - Suite No. 2 In F Major, Op. 28b - London Wind Orchestra conducted by Denis Wick - Holst

8 - Shepherd's Hey - London Wind Orchestra conducted by Denis Wick - Grainger

9 - Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 (Pesante, Vivace, Allegretto, Con Brio) - Philharmonic 'Pops' Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Arnold

CD4      BY RIVER, LAKE AND SEA

1 - Four Sea Interludes #from 'Peter Grimes' (Dawn, Sunday Morning, Moonlight, Storm), Op. 33a - London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford - Britten

2 - Storm And Love Scene #from 'Troilus and Cressida' - Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Walton

3 - Watermill~The - Sinfonia of London conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Binge

4 - By The River #from 'Florida Suite' - English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton - Delius

5 - Summer Night On The River - New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Jackson - Delius

6 - Tintagel - London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli - Bax

7 - Excerpts From 'The Water Music' (Allegro, Andante Con Molto, Allegro and Hornpipe) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yehudi Menuhin - Handel, arr. Baines, Mackerras

CD5      PRIDE AND PATRIOTISM

1 - Music For The Royal Fireworks, No. 4 (La Réjouissance) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yehudi Menuhin - Handel, arr. Baines, Mackerras

2 - Trumpet Tune And Air - Farley, Trumpet, with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley~Bob - Purcell

3 - Orb And Sceptre - New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Mandell - Walton

4 - Halcyon Days #from 'The Three Elizabeths' Suite - East of England Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Nabarro - Coates

5 - Crown Imperial - New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Mandell - Walton

6 - Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity #from 'The Planets', Op. 32 - Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Boughton - Holst

7 - Imperial March, Op. 32 - London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras - Elgar

8 - Pomp And Circumstance March In G Major, Op. 39, No. 4 - English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton - Elgar

9 - Pomp And Circumstance March In D Major, Op. 39, No. 1 (Land Of Hope And Glory) - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson - Elgar

10 - Jerusalem - Royal Choral Society with the New Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss - Parry, arr. Sargent

11 - Rule Britannia - Elizabeth Bainbridge, Mezzo - soprano, with the Royal Choral Society and the New Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss - Arne, arr. Sargent