The Quiet Hour: Great Classics in the Tranquil Mood

~ Release by Robert Irving, Sinfonia of London (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1Londonderry Air
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
recording of:
Londonderry Air (Grainger arrangement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
arrangement of:
Londonderry Air
[traditional]4:23
A2Forest Murmurs (“Siegfried”)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
recording of:
Siegfried: Waldweben (Forest Murmurs)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1856 until 1871)
part of:
Siegfried, WWV 86C: Akt II, Scene II "Wir sind zur Stelle; bleib’ hier steh’n!"
Richard Wagner7:25
A3The Last Spring
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
recording of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34: No. 2. The Last Spring, for strings)
orchestrator and composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (for piano)
part of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34 (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34, for strings)
Edvard Grieg5:42
A4Santa Lucia
piano:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
recording of:
Santa Lucia (Gamley arrangement)
composer:
Teodoro Cottrau (composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arrangement of:
Santa Lucia (original traditional Neapolitan song)
Teodoro Cottrau3:53
A5To a Wild Rose
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
recording of:
To a Wild Rose (Banks arrangement)
composer:
Edward MacDowell (American composer, pianist)
arranger:
Don Banks (composer)
arrangement of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose (original for solo piano)
Edward MacDowell3:51
B1Air on the G String
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (arr. Gamley)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arrangement of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:48
B2Waltz in A-flat major
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
recording of:
16 Waltzes, op. 39: No. 15 in A-flat major (Gamley arrangement)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arrangement of:
16 Waltzes, op. 39: No. 15 in A-flat major (for piano four hands)
Johannes Brahms2:32
B3On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet 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 Delius6:12
B4Intermezzo (“Cavalleria rusticana”)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1888)
publisher:
Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana (German lyrics)
Pietro Mascagni3:26
B5Clair de lune
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
recording of:
Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque (orch. Caplet)
orchestrator:
André Caplet (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
orchestration of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
Claude Debussy4:27
B6Etude de Concert no. 3 in D‐flat major
piano:
Abbey Simon (pianist)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Robert Irving (ballet conductor)
recording of:
Trois études de concert, S. 144: III. "Un sospiro" in D-flat major (Gamley arrangement)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arrangement of:
Trois études de concert, S. 144: III. "Un sospiro" in D-flat major
Franz Liszt5:48

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manufactured by:Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
pressed at:Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/15819175 [info]