First volume in the “Discovering The Classics” series, which was to run for 20 editions.
3CD Set
Released August 1996
Cat No.: RDCD1621-3 (RDC93291-3)
RD Code: YGM-001
Series Code: 520
Compilation by M Moritz - Mastered by P Marchant
(Re Issued as a 2CD series in 2002)
RD Code: YGM-001
Series Code: 520
Compilation by M Moritz - Mastered by P Marchant
(Re Issued as a 2CD series in 2002)
1 The Age of
Elegance
1
Toccata And Fugue
In D Minor, BWV 565 (Bach) Franz Lehrndorfer at the
Munich
Cathedral Organ
2
Winter from 'The
Four Seasons' (Vivaldi) José Luis Garcia,
Violin, with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin
3
Minuet (Boccherini) National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
4
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G,
BWV 1048 (Bach) Württemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Faerber
5
Excerpts from 'The
Water Music' (Handel,
arr. Baines) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by
Yehudi Menuhin
6
Symphony No. 94 In
G (Surprise) (Haydn) Capella Istropolitana conducted by Barry Wordsworth
7
Symphony No. 40 In
G Minor, K550 – 1st Movement (Mozart) Netherlands Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Hartmut Haenchen
8
Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik – 1st Movement (Mozart) London Promenade
Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
2 The Age of
Romance
1
Symphony No. 6 In
F, Op. 68 (Pastoral) – 1st Movement (Beethoven)
Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by René Leibowitz
2
Entr'Acte No. 1 from
'Rosamunde' (Schubert) London Promenade Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
3
Polonaise No. 6 In
A Flat, Op. 53 ('Heroic') (Chopin) Earl Wild, Piano
4
Symphony No. 1 In
C Minor – 2nd Movement (Brahms) London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Jascha Horenstein
5
Scherzo from 'A
Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn) National Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
6
Grand Waltz from 'Swan Lake',
Op. 20 (Tchaikovsky) London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Massimo Freccia
7
Piano Concerto In
A Minor, Op. 16 – 1st Movement (Grieg) Earl Wild, Piano, with
the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by René Leibowitz
8
Emperor Waltz, Op.
437 (Strauss
II) Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Jascha
Horenstein
3 The Age of
Inspiration
1
Mars – The Bringer
Of War (Holst) Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Boughton
2
Fêtes from
'Nocturnes' (Debussy) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georges Pretre
3
Cello Concerto In
E Minor, Op. 85 – 1st Movement (Elgar) Maria Kliegel, Cello,
with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Halasz
4
Symphony No. 2 In
E Minor, Op. 27 – 2nd Movement (Rachmaninov) BBC Welsh Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Tadaaki Otaka
5
Cuban Overture
(Gershwin) National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
6
Polka from 'The
Age Of Gold' (Shostakovich) National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
7
Popular Song from
'Façade' (Walton) Sinfonia of London conducted by Charles Gerhardt
8
Three Dances from
'Fancy Free' (Bernstein) National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
9
Simple Gifts from
'Appalachian Spring' (Copland) National Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
10
The Little Train
Of The Brazilian Countryman (Villa Lobos) Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
11
Finale from 'The
Firebird' (Stravinsky) Orchestra Filarmonica Di Roma conducted by Massimo Freccia