The Ultimate Classical Box

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1▶CD: Classical Favourites
2▼CD: Classical Chillout
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1Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
arranger:
Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
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 Bach3:20
2Oboe Concerto
oboe:
Chris Hooker (oboe) and Christopher Hooker (oboist)
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Oboe in D minor, op. 9 no. 2: II. Adagio
composer:
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Italian Baroque composer)
part of:
Concerto for Oboe in D minor, op. 9 no. 2
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni4:40
3Canon in D
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
arranger:
Helmut May
recording of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337: I. Canon (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
arrangement of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337: I. Canon
Johann Pachelbel4:22
4Ave Verum Corpus
assistant engineer:
Mike Cox (engineer)
engineer:
Andrew Hallifax
executive producer:
John Kehoe
producer:
Morten Winding
organ:
Silas Standage (composer/harpsichordist/organist (né Silas Standage))
choir vocals:
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (from 1993-03-15 until 1993-03-17)
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist) (from 1993-03-15 until 1993-03-17)
chorus master:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Conifer Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-03-15 until 1993-03-17)
recording of:
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (for chorus, string and organ) (from 1993-03-15 until 1993-03-17)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (until 1791-06-18)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, first edition, 1862, K¹) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, third edition, 1937, K³) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 618) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 618)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:54
5Clarinet Concerto
recording engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor) (from 1997-06-30 until 1997-07-02)
executive producer:
Simon Foster (executive producer)
producer:
Robert Suff
basset clarinet:
Joy Farrall (clarinetist) (from 1997-06-30 until 1997-07-02)
clarinet:
Joy Farrall (clarinetist)
orchestra:
Britten Sinfonia (from 1997-06-30 until 1997-07-02)
conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor) (from 1997-06-30 until 1997-07-02)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1997-06-30 until 1997-07-02)
recording of:
Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio (Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio) (from 1997-06-30 until 1997-07-02)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1791-09-28 until 1791-10-07)
part of:
Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart7:45
6Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero
cello:
Julian Lloyd Webber (cellist)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
Joseph Canteloube5:21
7Requiem: Pie Jesu
organ:
Richard Pearce (organist)
solo violin:
Briony Shaw
baritone vocals:
Mark Griffiths (baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
soprano vocals:
Camilla Otaki
orchestra:
London Musici
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
included in:
CHAPTER IV PIE JESU (REST)
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré3:53
8Gymnopedie 1
piano:
John Lenehan (classical pianist)
recording of:
Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux (Gymnopédie no. 1)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (from 1888-02 until 1888-04)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 4)
part of:
Gymnopédies
Erik Satie3:09
9Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople)
conductor:
Ross Pople (New Zealand-born British conductor and cellist)
recording of:
Le Carnaval des animaux : VII. Aquarium (The Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium, string quartet (violins, viola, cello), two pianos, flute, and glass harmonica)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1886-02)
part of:
Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals, Grande fantaisie zoologique, R 125)
Camille Saint‐Saëns2:14
10Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune
engineer:
Tony Faulkner (recording engineer)
producer:
Howard Devon
piano:
Kathryn Stott (pianist) (, from 1987-01-08 until 1987-01-09)
recorded at:
West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1987-01-08 until 1987-01-09)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano) (from 1987-01-08 until 1987-01-09)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3)
included in:
Granblue Fantasy (video game soundtrack)
part of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)
Claude Debussy5:15
11Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
producer:
John H. West (classical engineer/producer)
mixer:
Tom Lazarus
editor:
Steven Deur
cello:
Steven Isserlis (cellist) (on 1992-09-08)
piano:
Dudley Moore (on 1992-09-08) and Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor and pianist) (on 1992-09-08)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1992-09-08)
recording of:
Le Carnaval des animaux : XIII. Le Cygne (The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan, two pianos and cello) (on 1992-09-08)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1886-02)
arranger:
Pege Aladár
part of:
Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals, Grande fantaisie zoologique, R 125)
Camille Saint‐Saëns3:21
12Thais: Meditation
violin:
Anne Akiko Meyers (violinist)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Andrew Litton (conductor)
recording of:
Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 14)
part of:
Thaïs: Acte II
Jules Massenet5:25
13Peer Gynt: Morning
orchestra:
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio Symphony Orchestra of Cracow)
conductor:
Tadeusz Wojciechowski (conductor)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morgenstemning (Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morning Mood)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg3:28
14Fantasia on Greensleeves
orchestra:
Britten Sinfonia
conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
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 Williams4:09
15Air on the G String
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
recording 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)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:59
16The Lark Ascending
violin:
Pauline Lowbury
orchestra:
Britten Sinfonia
conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
recording of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and orchestra)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1914)
premiered at:
[concert] (1921-06-14)
premiered at:
Queen’s Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1921-06-14)
arrangement of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams13:52
3▶CD: Opera Favourites
4▶CD: Romantic Classics
5▶CD: Music from the Movies

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