The Sunday Times Music Collection: The Orchestra, Volume 1: Great Orchestral Works

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1St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain
recording engineer:
John Timperley
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jacek Kaspszyk (Polish conductor)
recorded at:
Henry Wood Hall (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
composer:
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
publisher:
Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski
Modest Mussorgsky12:13
2Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1991-05)
conductor:
Yuri Simonov (Soviet and Russian conductor) (in 1991-05)
recorded at:
Henry Wood Hall (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-05)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre (The Flying Dutchman: Overture) (in 1991-05)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (The Flying Dutchman)
Richard Wagner10:42
3By the Beautiful Blue Danube: Waltz
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Jacek Kaspszyk (Polish conductor)
recording of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314)
premiered in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1867-02-15)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1866)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 314)
Johann Strauss II10:17
4On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
recording of:
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer) (in 1912)
dedicated to:
Balfour Gardiner
part of:
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra, RT VI/19
Frederick Delius7:26
5Fantasia on Greensleeves
orchestra:
Consort of London
conductor:
Robert Haydon Clark
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:11
6Petrushka (1947): Opening
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau Ia. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (1947 version)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer)
part of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau I. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (1946 revised version)
revision of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau Ia. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (1911 version)
Igor Stravinsky5:30
7The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Евгений Фёдорович Светланов (Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst8:44