Holiday Classics

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Annotation

Barcodes:

Disc 1: 028944461022
Disc 2: 028944461121
Disc 3: 028944461220
Disc 4: 028944461329
Disc 5: 028944461428

I have the set but not the original cover (so it is probably a cardboard sleeve with the 5 discs in individual jewel cases).

Tracklist

1CD: Carnival!
2CD: Winter Break
3CD: All Aboard!
4CD: On the Beach
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1Ebb Tide
orchestra:
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra
recording of:
La Nuit bleue (Ebb Tide)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Robert Maxwell
translator:
Philippe Paringaux
translated version of:
Ebb Tide
Robert Maxwell3:48
2Facade Suite no. 2: Popular SongSir William Walton2:12
3Gymnopédies 1 and 3
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
conductor:
Charles Dutoit
recording of:
Gymnopédies: I. Lent et grave (Satie’s Gymnopédie no. 3 orchestrated by Debussy)
orchestrator:
Claude Debussy (in 1897)
composer:
Erik Satie (in 1888)
orchestration of:
Troisième Gymnopédie : Lent et grave (Gymnopédie no. 3)
part of:
Gymnopédies (orchestrated by Debussy)
Erik Satie6:27
4Molly on the Shore
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Steuart Bedford
recording of:
Molly on the Shore (Irish reel)
composer:
Percy Grainger (in 1907)
Percy Grainger3:50
5Jeux de vagues (Play of the Waves)Claude Debussy6:04
6O FortunaCarl Orff2:37
7Overture "The Hebrides"
orchestra:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1978-12)
conductor:
Christoph von Dohnányi (in 1978-12)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1978-12)
recording of:
Die Hebriden, op. 26 (The Hebrides, op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”, Fingal's Cave) (in 1978-12)
premiered in:
London, England, United Kingdom (on 1832-05-14)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1830)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 26) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 7)
Felix Mendelssohn10:10
8DreamingAmy Beach6:26
9O sole mio
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Ltd. (in 1979)
recording of:
’O sole mio
lyricist:
Giovanni Capurro (in 1898)
composer:
Eduardo Di Capua (in 1898) and Alfredo Mazzucchi (in 1898)
publisher:
Bideri CEVEL, Domaine public and Gennarelli Casa Editrice
Eduardo di Capua, Giovanni Capurro3:26
10Concierto de Aranjuez: II. AdagioJoaquín Rodrigo10:57
11Santa Lucia luntana
recording engineer:
James Lock
producer:
Ray Minshull
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (in 1985-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (in 1985-07)
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello (in 1985-07)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
recorded at:
Chiesa di San Giorgio (in 1985-07)
recording of:
Santa Lucia luntana
lyricist and composer:
E.A. Mario (in 1919)
E.A. Mario5:46
12Suite española: Cádiz
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
recording of:
Suite española no. 1, op. 47: IV. Cádiz (Saeta) (orchestrated by Frühbeck de Burgos)
orchestrator:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
composer:
Isaac Albéniz
orchestration of:
Suite española no. 1, op. 47: IV. Cádiz (Saeta) (for solo piano)
part of:
Suite española no. 1, op. 47 (orchestrated by Frühbeck de Burgos)
Isaac Albéniz5:00
13Souvenier de Porto RicoLouis Moreau Gottschalk6:05
14Russian Sailors' Dance (The Red Poppy)Reinhold Glière3:31
5CD: Flying High