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1Suite from The Water Music: Allegro
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RPO Records (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1986)
recording of:
Water Music Suite: I. Allegro (arr. Hamilton Harty)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
arranger:
Sir Hamilton Harty (Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist; knighted in 1925)
part of:
Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
George Frideric Handel2:46
2Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 ‘Moonlight’ 1st movement: Adagio sostenuto
piano:
John Ogdon (pianist and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1986)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
included in:
end of starchild (video game soundtrack)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Ludwig van Beethoven5:58
3Symphony no. 41 in C, K 551 ‘Jupiter’ 3rd movement: Menuetto/Trio-Allegretto
orchestra:
Orchestra of St. John’s Smith Square
conductor:
Oliver Gilmour
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1989)
recording of:
Symphony no. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”: III. Minuetto. Allegretto – Trio
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1788 until 1788-08-10)
part of:
Symphony no. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:16
4Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in E minor, op. 64 2nd movement: Andante
engineer:
Antony Howell (engineer)
producer:
John Boyden Associates (Producer Group)
violin:
Jaime Laredo (violinist & conductor)
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Jaime Laredo (violinist & conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1986)
recording of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64: II. Andante (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1838 until 1844-09-16)
revised by:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64 (Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64)
Felix Mendelssohn8:10
5Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Wilfried Böttcher (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1989)
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 Williams4:15
6Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68 ‘Pastoral’ 3rd movement: Countryfolk Merrymaking, Allegro
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Wyn Morris (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1988)
recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”: III. Allegro “Happy gathering of country folk”
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Ludwig van Beethoven5:10
7Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’, op. 36 ‘Nimrod’
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Barry Tuckwell (hornist / conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1987)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Augustus J. Jaeger
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar4:32
8Air on a G String from Third Orchestral Suite in D
recording engineer:
Tony Faulkner (recording engineer)
producer:
John Boyden (producer)
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Jaime Laredo (violinist & conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pickwick International (early UK imprint of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.) (in 1983) and Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1985)
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 Bach4:59
9Piano Concerto no. 21 in C, K 467 2nd movement: Andante
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1986)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1785 until 1785-03-09)
part of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart7:30
10Nessun dorma from Turandot
tenor vocals:
Edmund Barham (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Robin Stapleton (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RPO Records (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1990)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini3:10
11Etude, op. 10 no. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary’
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
piano:
Cristina Ortiz (Brazilian pianist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1987)
recording of:
Étude in C minor, op. 10 no. 12 “Revolutionary”: Allegro con fuoco
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1831)
part of:
Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 25) and Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 67)
part of:
Études, op. 10
Fryderyk Chopin2:38
121812 Overture
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Yuri Ahronovitch (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Innovative Music Productions Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1985)
recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky15:13

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manufactured in:the UK
phonographic copyright (℗) by:IMP Ltd.
licensed to:WH Smith Ltd (not release label)
part of:WH Smith Classics Range (order: 1)