The Four Seasons, Vol. 3: Summer

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

No barcode, may be part of a set but I only have the one disc.

Additional info for Vocalists on track 11:

Stephen Terry (Puck)
Richard Dakin, John Pryer, Ian Wodehouse, Gordon Clark (Fairies)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Summer is i-cumin in[anonymous]4:02
2Der Sommer: Wilkommen jetzt, o dunkler Hain - Wleche Labung für die Sinne!Joseph Haydn8:28
3Silent NoonRalph Vaughan Williams3:42
4Les Nuits d'été: Spectre de la RoseHector Berlioz7:15
5These Summer Nights, op. 14 no. 5
producer:
Richard Beswick
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (from 1975-08-18 until 1975-08-19, on 1976-02-10)
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Söderström (from 1975-08-18 until 1975-08-19, on 1976-02-10)
balance engineer:
John Dunkerley and Kenneth Wilkinson
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1975-08-18 until 1975-08-19, on 1976-02-10)
recording of:
12 Romances, op. 14: no. 5 "These Summer Nights" (from 1975-08-18 until 1976-02-10)
lyricist:
Даниил Ратгауз
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (in 1896)
part of:
12 Romances, op. 14
Sergei Rachmaninoff2:05
6To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water - two wordless partsongsFrederick Delius3:47
7Porgy and Bess: SummertimeGeorge Gershwin2:58
8Prelude à l'après d'un Faune
producer:
Ray Minshull
flute:
Timothy Hutchins (in 1989-10)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (in 1989-10)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (in 1989-10)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada (in 1989-10)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra) (in 1989-10)
composer:
Claude Debussy (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur
premiered at:
[concert]
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy10:48
9Aus Italien: IV. Neopolitan Folk Life
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra (in 1990)
conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (in 1990)
recorded at:
TempleLive Cleveland Masonic in Cleveland, Ohio, United States (in 1990)
recording of:
Aus Italien, op. 16: IV. Finale: Allegro molto. Neapolitanisches Volksleben (in 1990)
composer:
Richard Strauss (in 1886)
is based on:
Funiculì, funiculà
part of:
Aus Italien (op. 16; TrV 147)
Richard Strauss8:18
10A Midsummer Night's Dream: ScherzoFelix Mendelssohn4:35
11A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II - Conclusion
baritone vocals [Demetrius]:
Thomas Hemsley
mezzo-soprano vocals [Hermia]:
Josephine Veasey
tenor vocals [Lysander]:
Peter Pears
vocals:
Gordon Clark, Richard Dakin, John Pryer, Stephen Terry and Ian Wodehouse
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten
partial recording of:
A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act II
composer:
Benjamin Britten (in 1960)
librettist:
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears
part of:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 64
Benjamin Britten9:14
12The Last Rose of Summer
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Bonynge
recording of:
The Last Rose of Summer (by Flotow, in English)
composer:
Friedrich von Flotow
translated version of:
Martha: Akt II. „Letzte Rose“ (The Last Rose of Summer)
Friedrich von Flotow3:22
13Four Last Songs: September
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1953-06)
producer:
Victor Olof
soprano vocals:
Lisa della Casa (in 1953-06)
orchestra:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1953-06)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (in 1953-06)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien, Austria (in 1953-06)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: II. „September“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 2. “September”) (in 1953-06)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse
composer:
Richard Strauss (on 1948-09-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss4:02