Reader's Digest: 700 Years of Classical Treasures: A Tapestry in Music and Words

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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
2▶CD: The Baroque
3▶CD: Classicism
4▶CD: Romanticism, Part 1
5▶CD: Romanticism, Part 2
6▶CD: Romanticism, Part 3
7▶CD: The Modern Era, Part 1
8▼CD: The Modern Era, Part 2
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1Thus Spake Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
recording of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: I. Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1896)
publisher:
Peters Edition Ltd.
part of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 (TrV 176)
Richard Strauss2:06
2Finlandia
orchestra:
Philharmonic Symphony of London
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Finlandia, op. 26 (for orchestra)
premiered in:
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (on 1900-07-02)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1899)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1900)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1900-07-02)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1905)
part of:
Works of Jean Sibelius by opus number (number: op. 26)
version of:
Sanomalehdistön päivien musiikki, op. 25/26: VII. Tableau 6. Finland Awakes
Jean Sibelius2:18
3Estrellita
recording of:
Estrellita
lyricist and composer:
Manuel María Ponce (Mexican composer) (in 1912)
recording of:
Estrellita (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Manuel María Ponce (Mexican composer) (in 1912)
arrangement of:
Estrellita
Manuel María Ponce3:34
4Serenade
Enrico Toselli2:47
5My Song of Love
Robert Stolz2:58
6Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time
Robert Stolz3:18
7Play, Gypsies, Dance, Gypsies! from Countess Maritza
Emmerich Kálmán2:19
8Elizabethan Serenade
recording of:
Elizabethan Serenade
composer:
Ronald Binge (British composer and arranger of light music) (until 1951)
Ronald Binge2:56
9Caprice Viennois
Fritz Kreisler4:41
10Schon Rosmarin
Fritz Kreisler2:15
11Country Gardens
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 1986)
recording of:
Country Gardens (Morris dance tune)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (from 1918 until 1952)
publisher:
Schott & Co. Ltd. and G. Schirmer Inc. (in 1919)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 73)
is based on:
Air XX. Country Garden
Percy Grainger2:40
12Ritual Fire Dance
Manuel de Falla2:02
13Bolero
Maurice Ravel5:57
14Saber Dance
recording of:
Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh (catch-all for unknown versions)
composer:
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1942)
arrangement of:
Gayaneh: Act III, Scene VII (Expiation). Sabre Dance
recording of:
Third Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 55: V. Sabre Dance
composer:
Արամ Խաչատրյան (Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1942)
version of:
Gayaneh: Act III, Scene VII (Expiation). Sabre Dance
part of:
Third Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 55
Khachaturian2:38
15Peter and the Wolf
partial recording of:
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67
composer and librettist:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1936)
premiered at:
Nezlobin Theatre in Moscow, Russia (on 1936-05-02)
part of:
Works of Sergei Prokofiev by opus number (number: op. 67)
adaptations:
פטר והזאב
Prokofiev2:59
16Summertime from Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin2:44
17Rhapsody in Blue
partial 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 Gershwin4:11