Classics by Starlight

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Golden Melodies for a Romantic Evening
2▶CD: Twilight Reflections
3▼CD: Serenades in the Night
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1Elizabethan Serenade
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Elizabethan Serenade
composer:
Ronald Binge (British composer and arranger of light music) (until 1951)
Ronald Binge2:49
2O Silver Moon from ‘Rusalka’
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)
recording of:
Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka) (Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: Act 1. "Song to the Moon", Song to the Moon)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1900-04-21 until 1900-11-27)
part of:
Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání
recording of:
Rusalka, op. 114: Song to the Moon (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer)
arrangement of:
Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka) (Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: Act 1. "Song to the Moon", Song to the Moon)
Antonin Dvořák4:18
3Serenade
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)
recording of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen (Leise flehen meine Lieder) (for voice and piano)
Franz Schubert2:06
4Dance of the Blessed Spirits from ‘Orfeo and Euridice’
orchestra:
Philharmonic Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” (Italian version)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
part of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto II (Italian version)
part of:
Orpheus und Eurydike: Akt II (German version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck2:14
5The Haunted Ballroom
orchestra:
Vienna Promenade Orchestra (possibly a fake artist created by Alfred Scholz)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
partial recording of:
The Haunted Ballroom
composer:
Geoffrey Toye (in 1934)
Geoffrey Toye7:02
6I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
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)
instrumental recording of:
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1854)
Stephen Collins Foster2:25
7The Music of the Night from ‘Phantom of the Opera’
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)
recording of:
The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
additional lyricist:
Richard Stilgoe
lyricist:
Charles Hart (British lyricist)
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
The Really Useful Group Ltd (not for release label use!) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film soundtrack)
Andrew Lloyd Webber5:52
8Vocalise
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (catch-all for unknown arrangements)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1912)
arrangement of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
Sergei Rachmaninov4:24
9Dedication
piano:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
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 1966)
recording of:
Myrthen, op. 25: Nr. 1. Widmung (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
arrangement of:
Myrthen, op. 25: Nr. 1. Widmung
Robert Schumann2:31
10Forgotten Dreams
orchestra:
Nick Ingman and His Orchestra
recording of:
Forgotten Dreams
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1954-06-02)
Leroy Anderson3:34
11Serenade from ‘The Student Prince’
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)
instrumental recording of:
The Student Prince: Act I. Serenade (Overhead the Moon is Beaming) (Karl Franz, Detlef, Lucas, Von Asterberg, Students)
lyricist:
Dorothy Donnelly
composer:
Sigmund Romberg
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
part of:
The Student Prince: Act I
Sigmund Romberg, Dorothy Donnelly3:41
12The Dream of Doretta
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)
instrumental recording of:
La rondine: Atto I. “Ch’il bel sogno di Doretta” (Prunier, Magda, Lisette, Suzy, Yvette, Bianca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami
part of:
La rondine: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:35
13Demande et réponse from ‘Petite Suite de Concert’
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1967)
recording of:
Petite Suite de concert, op. 77: II. Demande et réponse
composer:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (composer, conductor) (in 1911)
part of:
Petite Suite de concert, op. 77
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor4:43
14Beautiful Dreamer
orchestra:
Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
conductor:
Hill Bowen
instrumental recording of:
Beautiful Dreamer
orchestrator:
Herbert Spencer (Production music composer)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1864)
Stephen Foster3:26
15Gymnopédie no. 1
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 1983)
recording of:
Première Gymnopédie: Lent et douloureux (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer)
publisher:
Das Maschine GMBH, Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (2001–2017) and Londek Edition
arrangement of:
Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux (Gymnopédie no. 1)
Erik Satie3:22
16Après un rêve
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)
recording of:
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer)
arrangement of:
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (original; for voice and piano)
Gabriel Fauré3:02
17A Trumpeter’s Lullaby
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)
recording of:
A Trumpeter’s Lullaby
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1949-09-22)
Leroy Anderson3:00