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Released 2019
Cat No.: FNIMN001
First in a new series of sets that use Reader's Digest recordings that have never been compiled before in this configuration. The series includes music from the world of classical, opera, easy listening and everything recorded or owned by Reader's Digest over the last century (and a little into this!). Each volume will be themed to make for a pleasurable listening experience in the old style of Digest products, building up into an amazing selection of music for you to enjoy without having to lift all those heavy vinyl boxes from shelf to player.
Track Listing
01 Oh, What A
Beautiful Morning from ‘Oklahoma!’
(Rodgers, Hammerstein II) - The Romantic Strings & Orchestra cond by Eric
Hammerstein (1990) Taken from the collection “Romantic Magic”
02 Jupiter, The
Bringer Of Jollity from 'The Planets' Op 32 (Holst) - The Philharmonia
Orchestra cond by William Boughton (1988) Taken from the collection “Treasury
Of Great British Music”
03 Laughing Song
from 'Die Fledermaus' (Strauss II) - Anna Moffo with Orchestra And Chorus cond
by Lehman Engel (1962) Taken from the collection “Glorious Songs, Great Voices”
04 Humoresque in G Flat,
No 7 Op 101 (Dvorak) - National Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Eric Robinson
(1971) Taken from the collection “150 Best Loved Melodies”
05 Blue Skies
from ‘Betsy’ (Berlin)
- Ken Thorne & his Orchestra (1964) Taken from the collection “Romantic
Magic”
06 Golliwog’s Cake
Walk from ‘Children’s Corner Suite’ (Debussy) - The Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra cond by Peter Knight (1964) Taken from the collection “Melodies That
Will Live Forever”
07 Elephants from
‘Carnival Of The Animals’ (Saint Saens) - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
cond by Vernon Handley (1993) Taken from the collection “Light-hearted Classics
(DTC)”
08 Fossils from
‘Carnival Of The Animals’ (Saint Saens) - The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
cond by James Walker (1962) Taken from the collection “Music For You”
09 Celebration Dance
from ‘Billy The Kid’ (Copland) - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond by
Charles Gerhardt (1962) Taken from the collection “Light-hearted Classics
(DTC)”
10 Makin’ Whoopee
from ‘Whoopee’ (Donaldson, Kahn) - The David Lindup Orchestra (1988) Taken from
the collection “Soft Lights Sweet Music”
11 Health And
Happiness from ‘Die Fledermaus’ (Strauss II) - Anna Moffo, Jeanette
Scovotti, Cast and Orchestra cond. by Lehman Engel (1962) Taken from the
collection “Treasury Of Great Operettas”
12 Tritsch Tratsch
Polka (Strauss II) - The National Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Eric
Robinson (1971) Taken from the collection “Great Music’s Greatest Hits
13 Toreador’s March
from ‘Carmen (Bizet) - Orchestre De La Societe Des Concerts Symphoniques De
Paris cond by Rene Leibowitz (1960) Taken from the collection “150 Best Loved
Melodies”
14 Dance Of The
Comedians from 'The Bartered Bride' (Smetana) - National Philharmonic
Orchestra cond by Douglas Gamley (1972) Taken from the collection “Eric
Robinson’s World Of Music”
15 La Réjouissance from
'Music for the Royal Fireworks’ (Handel) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond by
Yehudi Menuhin (1986) Taken from the collection “Pride And Patriotism (DTC)”
16 Do Re Mi from
'The Sound Of Music’ (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – James Walker Orchestra (1962)
Taken from the collection “Some Enchanted Evening”
17 Humoresque in E
Minor from 'Two Morceaux' (Tchaikovsky) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond
by Sir Malcolm Sargent (1963) Taken from the collection “Mood Music For
Listening And Relaxation”
18 Elizabethan
Serenade (Binge) – National Philharmonic Orchestra cond by Charles Gerhardt
(1963) Taken from the collection “Candlelight Classics”
19 A Walk In The Black Forest (Jankowski) – Douglas Gamley Orchestra
(1965) Taken from the collection “Instruments In Gold”
20 I Could Have
Danced All Night from 'My Fair Lady' (Lerner, Loewe) – Doreen Hume with the
Hill Bowen Orchestra (1961) Taken from the collection “The Magical World Of
Operetta”
21 Marche Joyeuse (Chabrier) - RCA Italiana
Symphony Orchestra cond by Rene Leibowitz (1962) Taken from the collection
“Melodies That Will Live Forever”
22 Hallelujah Chorus
from 'Messiah' (Handel) - London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus cond by John
Pritchard (1963) Taken from the collection “Classics For Eternity (DTC)”