The Joys of Light Music

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Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Immortal Melodies
2▶12" Vinyl: The Magic of the Ballet (1)
3▶12" Vinyl: The Magic of the Ballet (2)
4▼12" Vinyl: Romantic Stories and Legends
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32Romeo and Juliet
orchestra:
NDR Sinfonieorchester (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, 1945–2016: NDR Sinfonieorchester)
conductor:
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39 (1880 version, commonly performed)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1869)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1870, in 1880)
dedicated to:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (Mily Balakirev, composer, pianist, conductor)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 42) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 39)
revision of:
Romeo and Juliet (1870, rarely performed)
Tchaikovsky19:44
33In the Steppes of Central Asia
orchestra:
Amsterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, do not use for recordings after 1985)
conductor:
Pierre Dervaux (French conductor and composer)
recording of:
В Средней Азии (In the Steppes of Central Asia)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer) (in 1880)
dedicated to:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
premiered at:
[concert] (1880-04-20) (premiere concert for Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia)
publisher:
[unknown] (special purpose label - DO NOT USE!) (in 1882)
Borodin7:35
34A Night on the Bare Mountain
orchestra:
NDR Sinfonieorchester (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, 1945–2016: NDR Sinfonieorchester)
conductor:
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
recording of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
dedicated to:
Wladimir Stassoff (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
publisher:
W. Bessel & Cie (in 1886)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Mussorgsky10:11
35The Moldau
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Walter Goehr (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Má vlast: II. Vltava, JB 1:112/2 (Die Moldau)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer) (from 1874-11-20 until 1874-12-08)
part of:
B. number catalogue by František Bartoš (number: B. 111)
is based on:
La Mantovana
part of:
Má vlast, JB 1:112 (My Country / My Fatherland)
Bedřich Smetana12:33
36Scheherazade: Lento: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
orchestra:
Wiener Festspiele Orchester (Vienna Festival Orchestra)
conductor:
Willem van Otterloo (conductor)
recording of:
Scheherazade, op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Andantino quasi allegretto)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1888)
part of:
Scheherazade, op. 35
Rimsky-Korsakoff3:14
5▶12" Vinyl: Piano Favourites
6▶12" Vinyl: Operatic Highlights
7▶12" Vinyl: Symphonic Dances and Rhapsodies
8▶12" Vinyl: Celebrated Overtures
9▶12" Vinyl: A Strauss Evening in Vienna
10▶12" Vinyl: Music Around the World