THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES - Invitation To The Dance

Volume 11 of the 'The World's Most Beautiful Melodies' series which was to run for 15 volumes.

3CD Set
Released April 1996
Cat No.: RDCD1391-3  RDC93061-3
RD Code: ITDA 011
Series Code 062
Compilation by M Moritz, Production by P Marchant

CD1  FAVOURITES FOREVER!

1 - Invitation To The Dance - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Alexander Gibson - Weber, orch. Berlioz

2 - Waltz (Act I) from 'The Sleeping Beauty' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley - Tchaikovsky

3 - Ballet Suite from 'Coppélia' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari - Delibes

4 - La Valse - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Ravel

5 - Dance Of The Hours  'La Gioconda' - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma conducted by Massimo Freccia - Ponchielli

6 - Polovtsian Dances from 'Prince Igor' - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Borodin, arr. Glazunov, Rimsky - Korsakov

7 - Norwegian Dance No. 1 - London Promenade Orchestra conducted by Eric Hammerstein - Grieg

8 - Montagues And Capulets, Suite No. 2, No. 1 from 'Romeo And Juliet' - Czechoslovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Mogrelia - Prokofiev

CD2  ROMANTIC MAGIC

1 - Ballet Music from 'Faust' - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts Symphoniques de Paris conducted by René Leibowitz - Gounod

2 - Dance Of The Little Swans (Act II) from 'Swan Lake' - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult - Tchaikovsky

3 - Pas D'Action (Act I) from 'Swan Lake' - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult - Tchaikovsky

4 - Slavonic Dance In D, Op.46, No.6 - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zdenek Kosler - Dvorák

5 - Slavonic Dance In E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2 - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zdenek Kosler - Dvorák

6 - Dance Of The Sugar - Plum Fairy from 'The Nutcracker' Suite - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult - Tchaikovsky

7 - Dance Of The Flutes from 'The Nutcracker' Suite - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult - Tchaikovsky

8 - Pas De Deux (Act II) from 'The Nutcracker' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Mandell - Tchaikovsky

9 - Christmas Tree Scene from 'The Nutcracker' - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Tchaikovsky

10 - Round Of The Princesses from 'The Firebird' - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma conducted by Massimo Freccia - Stravinsky

11 - Balcony Scene, Suite No. 1, No. 6 from 'Romeo and Juliet' - Czechoslovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Mogrelia - Prokofiev

12 - Daphnis And Chloé, Suite No. 2 - Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Jean - Ravel

CD3  EXHILARATING MOMENTS

1 - Slavonic Dance In G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8 - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley - Dvorák

2 - Polonaise from 'Eugene Onegin' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra condcuted by Oscar Danon - Tchaikovsky

3 - Hungarian Dance No. 5 - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson - Brahms

4 - Bacchanale from 'Samson And Delilah' - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin - Saint - Saëns

5 - Castillane from 'Le Cid' - London Promenade Orchestra conducted by Eric Hammerstein - Massenet

6 - Spanish Dance from 'Le Cid' - London Promenade Orchestra conducted by Eric Hammerstein - Massenet

7 - Thunder And Lightning Polka - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Alexander Gibson - J. Strauss II

8 - Scarf Dance from 'La Source' - Philharmonic 'Pops' Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari - Delibes

9 - Norwegian Dance No. 3 - London Promenade Orchestra conducted by Eric Hammerstein - Grieg

10 - Dances from 'The Three - Cornered Hat' - London Promenade Orchestra conducted by Eric Hammerstein - de Falla

11 - Slavonic Dance In C, Op. 72, No. 7 - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley - Dvorák

12 - Minuet, Suite No. 1, No. 4 From 'Romeo And Juliet' - Czechoslovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Mogrelia - Prokofiev

13 - Death Of Tybalt, Suite No. 1, No. 7 from 'Romeo and Juliet' - Czechoslovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Mogrelia - Prokofiev

14 - Lezghinka from 'Gayaneh' - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt - Khachaturian

15 - Infernal Dance Of King Kastchei from 'The Firebird' - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma conducted by Massimo Freccia - Stravinsky