WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES - Musical Portraits

Final issue of 'The World's Most Beautiful Melodies' series which ran for 15 volumes.

3CD Set
Released January 1997
Cat No.: RDCD1491-3  RDC93161-3
RD Code: MUPO 015
Series Code 062
Compilation by M Moritz, Production by P Marchant

1             Showpieces for Orchestra

Pictures At An Exhibition(Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel)

1 - Promenade

2 - The Gnome

3 - Promenade

4 - The Old Castle

5 - Promenade

6 - Tuileries

7 - Bydlo (The Ox - Cart)

8 - Promenade

9 - Ballet Of The Unhatched Chickens

10 - Samuel Goldenburg And Schmulye

11 - Market Place At Limoges

12 - Catacombs

13 - Baba - Jaga (The Hut On Fowls' Legs)

14 - The Great Gate At Kiev

National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

Enigma Variations, Op.36(Elgar)

15 - Enigma

16 - I (C.A.E)

17 - II (H.D.S.–P.)

18 - III (R.B.T.)

19 - IV (W.M.B.)

20 - V (R.P.A.)

21 - VI (Ysobel)

22 - VII (Troyte)

23 - VIII (W.N.)

24 - IX (Nimrod)

25 - X (Dorabella)

26 - XI (G.R.S.)

27 - XII (B.G.N.)

28 - XIII (***) Romanza

29 - XIV (E.D.U.) Finale

English Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Boughton

2             Fate and Destiny

1 - Francesca Da Rimini, Op. 32 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch (Tchaikovsky)

2 - Les Préludes - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult (Liszt)

3 - Hamlet, Fantasy Overture, Op. 67 - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) conducted by Adrian Leaper (Tchaikovsky)

4 - The Wild Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit) - RCA Symphony Orchestra conducted by Massimo Freccia (Franck)

3             Sound and Spectacle

Roman Festivals (Fontane Di Roma)(Respighi)

1 - Circus Maximus

2 - The Jubilee

3 - The October Festival

4 - The Epiphany

New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Massimo Freccia

Rapsodie Espagnole(Ravel)

5 - Prélude À La Nuit

6 - Malagueña

7 - Habañera

8 – Fería

Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma conducted by René Leibowitz

Escales (Ports Of Call)(Ibert)

9 - Rome – Palermo

10 - Tunis – Nefta

11 – Valencia

Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma conducted by René Leibowitz

12 - An American In Paris - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Morton Gould (Gershwin)

FAVOURITES FROM THE CLASSICS - Liszt

Sixteenth issue in the “Favourites From The Classics” series, which was to run for 25 editions.

3CD Set
Released 1995
Cat No.: RDCD1021-3 (RDC92691-3)
RD Code: LISZ 016

1        ROMANTIC MEMORIES

1 - Liebestraum No. 3 In A Flat, Op. 62 - Roberto Szidon, Piano

2 - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 In C Sharp Minor - Earl Wild, Piano

3 - Forgotten Waltz No. 1 In F Sharp~The - Ralph Votapek, Piano

4 - Fountains Of The Villa D'Este~The - Moura Lympany, Piano

5 - Cypresses Of The Villa D#Este - Bernard Lemmens, Piano

6 - Concert Study No. 3 In D Flat - Earl Wild, Piano with the Philharmonic Orchestra

7 - La Lugubre Gondola No. 1 - Bernard Lemmens, Piano

8 - Consolation No. 3 in D Flat - Roberto Szidon, Piano

9 - La Campanella In G Sharp Minor - Earl Wild, Piano

10 - Grand Galop Chromatique, Op. 12 - Earl Wild, Piano

11 - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 In D - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt

2        CHARM AND DIGNITY

12 - Allegro Maestoso (Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat) - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

13 - Quasi Adagio (Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat) - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

14 - Allegretto Vivace (Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat) - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

15 - Allegro Marziale Animato (Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat) - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

16 - Hungarian Fantasy - Earl Wild, Piano with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Russell Stanger

17 - Piano Concerto No. 2 In A - Josef Bulva, Piano with the Radio Luxemburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Nazareth

18 - Les Preludes - New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

3        ENCHANTMENT AND PASSION

19 - Mephisto Waltz No. 1 - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt

20 - La Lugubre Gondola No. 2 - Bernard Lemmens, Piano

21 - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 - Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Victor Desarzens

22 - Piano Sonata In B Minor - Bernard Lemmens, Piano