5CD Set
Released March 1996
Cat No.: RDCD1161-5 (RDC92831-5)
RD Code: CLAC 344
Compilation by J K Hall - Booklet Text by S Barnard & J K Hall
I had been employed by the RD music department for three whole years before I saw my second compilation released, and this was it! I had to prove that I wasn't just there for the 'youth' market, but could cut it with the 'traditional' Digest collections too. My concept was a classical collection based on music used in TV and Film. The main problem I encountered was finding performances similar to those actually used on screen. Most pieces owned by RD were very 'soft' versions which meant that I ended up licensing many of the tracks from other record companies. The expense proved worthwhile as this became the biggest seller they had had for many years, selling over 120.000 copies.
CD1 The Romantic Collection
1
- Moonlight Sonata
– 1st Movement - Beethoven - Earl Wild
2
- The Blue Danube - J. Strauss II - Vienna Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Anton Paulik
3
- Sleepers, Awake!
(Wachet Auf!) from Cantata No. 140
- Bach - Consortium Musicum with the South German
Madrigal Choir conducted by Wolfgang Gönnenwein
4
- Adagio For
Strings - Barber - Morton Gould and his Orchestra
5
- Für Elise
- Beethoven - Staffan Scheja
6
- Clair De Lune
- Debussy - Earl Wild
7
- Romantic
Symphony – 2nd Movement - Hanson - RCA Victor Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
8
- 11 - Eine
Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart - Vienna State Opera
Orchestra conducted by Victor Desarzens
CD2 Joyous Moments
'The
Nutcracker' Suite - Tchaikovsky - New Symphony Orchestra
of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
1
- Miniature
Overture
2
- March
3
- Dance Of The
Sugar Plum Fairy
4
- Russian Dance
5
- Arabian Dance
6
- Chinese Dance
7
- Dance Of The
Flutes
8
- Waltz Of The
Flowers
9
- A Musical Joke –
4th Movement - Mozart - Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli
10
- Grasshopper's
Dance - Bucalossi - Palm Court
Theatre Orchestra
11
- Fossils from 'The Carnival of the Animals'
- Saint - Saëns - Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra conducted
by James Walker
12
- Sorcerer's
Apprentice - Dukas - Orchestre de la Société
des Concerts Symphoniques de Paris conducted by René Leibowitz
13
- Overture To 'The
Thieving Magpie' - Rossini - Beecham Promenade
Orchestra conducted by Gilbert Vinter
14
- English Dance
No. 1 (from the second set) - Arnold - Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Bryden Thomson
15
- 'The Trout'
Quintet – Finale - Schubert - Amadeus String Quartet
with Hephzibah Menuhin, Piano
CD3 Spectacular Sounds
1
- Boléro - Ravel - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles
Gerhardt
2
- Ride Of The
Valkyries from 'Die Walküre' -
Wagner - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Alexander
Gibson
3
- Night On The
Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky, arr. Rimsky -
Korsakov - Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eduardo Mata
4
- O Fortuna from 'Carmina Burana' - Orff - Hallé Orchestra and Choir conducted by Maurice Handford
Excerpts
From 'The Planets' Suite - Holst - Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by William Boughton
5
- Mars
6
- Mercury
7
- Jupiter
8
- Toccata And
Fugue In D Minor - Bach - Virgil Fox at the Royal
Albert Hall Organ
CD4 Moods And Memories
1
- Morning from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Grieg - London Festival Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
2
- Symphony No. 9
In E Minor – 2nd Movement from 'The New World'
- Dvorák - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by
Rudolf Kempe
3
- Air On The G
String - Bach - Bath Festival Chamber
Orchestra conducted by Yehudi Menuhin
Excerpts
From Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Grieg - London Promenade
Orchestra conducted by Eric Hammerstein
4
- Death Of Åse
5
- Anitra's Dance
6
- In The Hall Of
The Mountain King
7
- Adagio From
'Spartacus' - Khachaturian - London Promenade
Orchestra conducted by Eric Hammerstein
8
- Canon In D
- Pachelbel - Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir
Neville Marriner
9
– 11 Excerpts From The 'Pastoral' Symphony - Beethoven - Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by René Leibowitz
CD5 Beautiful Moments
1
- Nessun Dorma
(None Shall Sleep) - Puccini - Charles Craig, Tenor,
with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes
2
- Flower Duet from 'Lakmé' - Delibes - Mady Mesplé, Soprano, and Danielle Millet, Mezzo - soprano,
with the National Opera Orchestra conducted by Alain Lombard
3
- Ebben? Ne Andrò
Lontana from 'La Wally' - Catalani - Miriam Gauci, Soprano, with the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra
of Brussels conducted by Alexander Rahbari
4
- One Fine Day
- Puccini - Patricia Clark, Soprano, with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Mandell
5
- Bell Song from 'Lakmé' - Delibes, Gondinet, Gille - Anna Moffo, Soprano, with the Rome Opera
House Orchestra conducted by Tullio Serafin
6
- Barcarolle From
'The Tales Of Hoffmann' - Offenbach - Montserrat Caballé,
Soprano, Shirley Verrett, Mezzo - soprano, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Anton Guadagno
7
- Largo Al
Factotum from 'The Barber of Seville' - Rossini - Robert Merrill, Baritone, with the Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
8 - 14 Excerpts From 'The Four Seasons' - Vivaldi - José - Luis Garcia,
Violin, with The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin
15
- Caprice No. 24
- Paganini, arr. Gerhardt - National Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
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