Melodies That Will Live Forever

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Tracklist

1CD: Popular Music for Listening and Relaxation
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1Overture to 'The Thieving Magpie'
orchestra:
The Beecham Promenade Orchestra
conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
recording of:
La gazza ladra: Ouverture (The Thieving Magpie: Overture)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (in 1817)
librettist:
Giovanni Gherardini
part of:
La gazza ladra
part of:
The Thieving Magpie (English version by Sams)
Gioachino Rossini9:54
2Country Gardens
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (in 1986)
recording of:
Country Gardens (Morris dance tune)
composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Percy Grainger (from 1918 until 1952)
publisher:
Schott & Co. Ltd. and G. Schirmer Inc. (in 1919)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (number: 73)
is based on:
Air XX. Country Garden
Percy Grainger2:39
3Arrival of the Queen of ShebaGeorge Frideric Handel3:18
4MinuetLuigi Boccherini4:01
5Rustle of Spring
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Douglas Gamley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (in 1972)
recording of:
6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen (6 Pieces, op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring, for orchestra)
composer:
Christian Sinding
orchestration of:
6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen (6 Pieces, op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring, for piano)
Christian Sinding2:32
6Espana
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (in 1985)
recording of:
España (rhapsody for orchestra)
composer:
Emmanuel Chabrier (in 1883)
dedicated to:
Charles Lamoureux
Emmanuel Chabrier6:33
7Solveig's Song from 'Peer Gynt'
orchestra:
The RCA Italiana Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
René Leibowitz
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveigs sang (Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveig’s Song, do not use if there is a singer)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (in 1891)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Solveigs sang
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55
Edvard Grieg4:41
8Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (in 1960)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn4:50
9The Grenadiers WaltzÉmile Waldteufel4:45
10Coronation March from 'The Prophet'Giacomo Meyerbeer3:34
11Overture to 'HMS Pinafore'Arthur Sullivan4:11
12London Suite: Covent Garden/Westminster/Knightsbridge March
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker
recording of:
London Suite
composer:
Eric Coates
Eric Coates14:25
13March from 'Things to Come'Sir Arthur Bliss4:12
2CD: Magical Viennese Nights
3CD: Melodies for an Evening Together
4CD: The Magical World of Melody
5CD: In a Sparkling Mood
6CD: Fireside Reflections
7CD: Sound and Spectacle