DISCOVERING THE CLASSICS: 300 Years Of Glorious Music

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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)

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

 

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