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Tracklist

1▶CD: Glorious Moments
2▼CD: Treasured Melodies
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1Ave Maria
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert; catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
arrangement of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Franz Schubert2:59
2Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1967)
instrumental recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:52
3Canon in D
orchestra:
The London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1985)
recording of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337: I. Canon
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
part of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Johann Pachelbel5:19
4Sheep May Safely Graze
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1964)
instrumental recording of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. “Schafe können sicher weiden” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. Aria (Sopran II) “Schafe können sicher weiden”
Johann Sebastian Bach4:12
5Evening Prayer from ‘Hansel and Gretel’
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
instrumental recording of:
Hänsel und Gretel: “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) (from 1891 until 1892)
librettist:
Adelheid Wette (German lyricist)
arrangement of:
Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Hänsel, Gretel) (Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet / Evening Prayer / Prière du soir)
Engelbert Humperdinck3:39
6Berceuse (Angels Guard Thee) from ‘Jocelyn’
orchestra:
The Romantic Strings and Orchestra
conductor:
Hill Bowen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
instrumental recording of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II. Berceuse (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Benjamin Godard (French violinist and composer, 1849-1895)
arrangement of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II. Berceuse “Cachés dans cet asile” (Jocelyn, Op. 100: Act II. Lullaby “Angels Guard Thee”)
Benjamin Godard4:24
7Adagio
organ:
William Davies (pianist, organist, composer)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1984)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
composer:
Remo Giazotto
previously attributed to:
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Italian Baroque composer)
publisher:
Ricordi London (Casa Ricordi sublabel for Classical music) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Remo Giazotto8:37
8Meditation from ‘Thaïs’
orchestra:
RCA Italian Symphony Orchestra (established early 1960s, from the former disbanded RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Meditation from Thaïs (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
arrangement of:
Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)
Jules Massenet4:25
9Ave Maria
orchestra:
The National Symphony Orchestra of London (of London, predominantly in musical theatre recordings)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1961)
instrumental recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles‐François Gounod5:21
10Panis angelicus (O Lord Most Holy)
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
recording of:
Panis Angelicus (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer)
arrangement of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
César Franck4:10
11Sanctus from Fauré’s Requiem
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
instrumental recording of:
Messe basse: II. Sanctus
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer)
part of:
Messe basse
Gabriel Fauré3:15
12O Divine Redeemer
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
instrumental recording of:
Repentir (“O Divine Redeemer”)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
Charles‐François Gounod3:24
13To a Wild Rose
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
recording of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose (original for solo piano)
composer:
Edward MacDowell (American composer, pianist) (in 1896)
part of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51
Edward MacDowell3:15
14The Lost Chord
orchestra:
The Sunset Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1981)
instrumental recording of:
The Lost Chord
lyricist:
Adelaide Anne Procter (until 1860)
composer:
Sir Arthur Sullivan (composer) (until 1877-01-13)
Arthur Sullivan3:39
15Poéme
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1987)
recording of:
Poème (orchestral excerpt of the Lento from symphonic poem “At Twilight”)
composer:
Zdeněk Fibich (Czech composer)
arranger:
Ruud Bos (Dutch composer, arranger, pianist and conductor)
part of:
V podvečer, op. 39 (At Twilight, op. 39)
Zdeněk Fibich5:17
3▶CD: Immortal Favourites

Credits

Release

manufactured in:EEC (Europe)
copyrighted (©) by:The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1993)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8690375 [info]
ASIN:UK: B07BWKNBGR [info]

Release group

part of:The World’s Most Beautiful Melodies (Reader’s Digest UK) (number: 1) (order: 2)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1258109 [info]