Best Encores 100

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1▶CD: Violin Encores
2▶CD: Piano Encores
3▶CD: Instrumental Encores
4▶CD: Orchestral Encores
5▼CD: Song Encores
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1Les filles de Cadiz
piano:
Michel Dalberto (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
recording of:
Les Filles de Cadix (Chanson espagnole)
lyricist:
Alfred de Musset
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
Léo Delibes3:07
2Danny Boy "Londonderry Air"
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano)
recording of:
Londonderry Air
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Pell (classical guitar)
arrangement of:
Londonderry Air (for Harp, arr. Carlos Salzedo)
[traditional]3:47
3Earth and Air and Rain, op. 15: No. 6. Rollicum-rorum
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist)
bass-baritone vocals:
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
recording of:
Earth and Air and Rain, op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum
lyricist:
Thomas Hardy (poet)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer)
part of:
Earth and Air and Rain, op. 15
Gerald Finzi1:59
4Clavelitos
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (Spanish soprano)
recording of:
Clavelitos
lyricist:
José Juan Cadenas
composer:
Joaquín “Quinito” Valverde Sanjuán (the son, composed "Clavelitos")
Joaquín "Quinito" Valverde1:43
5Danse macabre in G minor, op. 40
producer:
Étienne Collard
piano:
Jean‐Philippe Collard (French classical pianist) (from 1992-11-23 until 1992-11-25)
bass-baritone vocals:
José van Dam (Belgian operatic bass-baritone) (from 1992-11-23 until 1992-11-25)
balance engineer:
Daniel Michel (recording engineer)
recorded at:
Chartreuse de Villeneuve-les-Avignon (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon) in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard, Occitanie (Occitania), France (from 1992-11-23 until 1992-11-25)
recording of:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano) (from 1992-11-23 until 1992-11-25)
lyricist:
Henri Cazalis (a.k.a. Jean Caselli/Lahor)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
Camille Saint‐Saëns2:10
6Folksongs, Volume 3: No. 3. Sweet Polly Oliver
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Sarah Brightman
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: Sweet Polly Oliver (Britten arrangement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
arrangement of:
Sweet Polly Oliver
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: British Isles, for voice & piano
Benjamin Britten2:47
7Duetto buffo di due gatti
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Ann Murray (Irish mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Felicity Lott (soprano)
recording of:
Duetto buffo di due gatti
composer:
G. Berthold
previously attributed to:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
is based on:
Otello: Atto II
Gioachino Rossini3:17
8Jeannie with the light brown hair
flute:
Michael Parloff (US flautist)
guitar:
Molly Mason
piano:
David Alpher
violin:
Jay Ungar
baritone vocals:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
recording of:
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1854)
Stephen Foster4:20
9Swing low, sweet chariot
piano:
Dmitri Alexeev (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
[traditional]3:03
10Les Soirées musicales: No. 8. La danza
piano:
Martin Katz (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Lawrence Brownlee (tenor)
recording of:
Soirées musicales: No. 8. La danza “Già la luna è in mezzo al mare”
lyricist:
Carlo Pepoli (Italian librettist, 19th c.)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Soirées musicales
Gioachino Rossini2:55
11L'Invitation au voyage
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
recording of:
L’Invitation au voyage (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Charles Baudelaire
composer:
Henri Duparc (French composer)
Henri Duparc4:31
12La Barque légère
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
recording of:
La Barque légère
lyricist:
Joseph Naudet
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
Giacomo Meyerbeer4:30
13An die Musik, D 547
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
An die Musik, D. 547 (original, for solo voice and piano)
lyricist:
Franz von Schober (Austrian poet, librettist, lithographer, actor)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1817-03)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 547)
Franz Schubert2:54
14Ständchen, D 889
piano:
Leif Ove Andsnes (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ständchen ("Horch, horch, die Lerche"), D. 889
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1826)
translator:
August Wilhelm Schlegel
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 889)
Franz Schubert3:45
15Russian Folksongs, op. 104: No. 4. White snowflakes
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
soprano vocals:
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
recording of:
Снежки белые, op. 104 no. 5
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1944)
part of:
12 Russian Folksongs, op. 104
part of:
12 Russian Folksongs, op. 104
Sergei Prokofiev3:18
16Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: No. 3. O Lieb, so lang
piano:
James Lockhart (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst” (Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum in A flat major “Dream of Love”, for piano)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (in 1850)
piano arranger:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
arrangement of:
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S. 298/2 (second version)
part of:
Liebesträume, S. 541
Franz Liszt6:25
17Les Soirées musicales: No. 9. La regata veneziana
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano)
recording of:
Soirées musicales: No. 9. La regata veneziana "Voga o Tonio benedetto" (duet)
lyricist:
Carlo Pepoli (Italian librettist, 19th c.)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Soirées musicales
Gioachino Rossini4:50
18Schwanengesang, D 957: no. 7, Abschied
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone)
recording of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: VII. Abschied
lyricist:
Ludwig Rellstab
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1828)
part of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957
Franz Schubert3:05
19La tempranica: Zapateado "La tarántula é un bicho mú malo"
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (Spanish soprano)
recording of:
La tempranica: Zapateado "La tarántula é un bicho mú malo"
composer:
Gerónimo Giménez
librettist:
Julián Romea Parra
part of:
La tempranica
Gerónimo Giménez1:32
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