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
5▼12" Vinyl: Piano Favourites
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37Rhapsody in Blue
piano:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
orchestra:
Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Walter Goehr (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration)
orchestrator:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (in 1942)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Ferde Grofé Music Publishing (New York), New World Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Classic 100: Feel Good (2024) (number: 5)
revision of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
George Gershwin15:20
38Piano Concerto No. 2 (1. movement)
piano:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
orchestra:
Amsterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, do not use for recordings after 1985)
conductor:
Walter Goehr (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Rachmaninoff9:26
39in F major, Op. 34. No. 3
piano:
Vlado Perlemuter (pianist)
recording of:
Waltz no. 4 in F major, op. 34 no. 3
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1835 until 1838)
part of:
Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 118) and Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 210)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 34
Fryderyk Chopin2:29
40Warsaw Concerto
piano:
Georges Vincent (pianist)
orchestra:
Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Fred Hendrik (conductor)
recording of:
Warsaw Concerto (Dangerous Moonlight)
orchestrator:
Roy Douglas (British composer, pianist)
composer:
Richard Addinsell (composer)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 45)
part of:
Dangerous Moonlight (film soundtrack)
Richard Addinsell8:43
41Piano Concerto No. 1 (excerpt from 1. movement)
piano:
Sondra Bianca (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre des Concerts de Paris
conductor:
Carl Bamberger (conductor)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1888 version, most often performed)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Tchaikovsky8:16
42Hungarian Fantasy (excerpts)
piano:
Sondra Bianca (pianist)
orchestra:
NDR Sinfonieorchester (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, 1945–2016: NDR Sinfonieorchester)
conductor:
Carl Bamberger (conductor)
Franz Liszt6:06
43Mazurka in C-sharp minor. Op. 50, No. 3
piano:
Vlado Perlemuter (pianist)
recording of:
Mazurka no. 32 in C‐sharp minor, op. 50 no. 3
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer)
part of:
Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 82)
part of:
Mazurkas, op. 50
Fryderyk Chopin3:57
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