Royal Philarmonic Orchestra - (The) Greatest Classics

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Title: Royal Philarmonic Orchestra - (The) Greatest Classics

Composer: Franz (von) Suppé (1819 - 1895); Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934); Johann (Baptist) II Strauss (1825 - 1899); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893); Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706); Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875); Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981); John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932); Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945); Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Date of Release: 04/10/2004

Recomended Retail Price: 14.99 GBP

Label / Distributor: Emi Gold / EMI

Pieces in Set: 5

Genre(s): Stage works, Orchestral, Vocal and choral

Stereo: Stereo

SPAR Code: DDD

EAN: 724386428929

Catalogue Number: 8642892

Work 1

Work Title: Leichte Kavallerie, 'Light Cavalry'

Excerpt(s): 1. Overture

Composer: Franz (von) Suppé (1819 - 1895)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1866

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 2

Work Title: Chanson de matin, Op. 15/2

Excerpt(s): 1. Chanson de matin, Op. 15/2

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1901

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 3

Work Title: Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39

Excerpt(s): 1. No. 1 in D (1901)

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1901-1930

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 4

Work Title: An der schönen, blauen Donau, 'Blue Danube', Op. 314

Excerpt(s): 1. An der schönen, blauen Donau, 'Blue Danube', Op. 314

Composer: Johann (Baptist) II Strauss (1825 - 1899)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1867

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 5

Work Title: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegro con fuoco

Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1875 Revised 1879 and 1889

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 6

Work Title: Canon and Gigue in D

Excerpt(s): 1. Canon

Composer: Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)

Genre: Orchestral

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 7

Work Title: Carmen

Excerpt(s): 1. SUITE NO 1 - Prelude, Act 1 (Les toréadors)

Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Genre: Stage works

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 8

Work Title: Carmen

Excerpt(s): 1. Entr'acte, Act 4 (Aragonaise)

Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Genre: Stage works

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 9

Work Title: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Composer: Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1938

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 10

Work Title: (The) Liberty Bell

Excerpt(s): 1. (The) Liberty Bell

Composer: John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1893

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 11

Work Title: Cavalleria rusticana

Excerpt(s): 1. Intermezzo

Composer: Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1890

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 12

Work Title: Turandot

Excerpt(s): 1. Nessun dorma!

Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1926

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 13

Work Title: Orphée aux enfers, 'Orpheus in the Underworld'

Excerpt(s): 1. Can-can

Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1858 Revised 1874

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 14

Work Title: Boléro

Excerpt(s): 1. Boléro

Composer: (Joseph) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1928

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 15

Work Title: (The) Wasps

Excerpt(s): 1. Overture

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1909

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 16

Work Title: Gayaneh

Excerpt(s): 1. Sabre Dance

Composer: Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1942 rev 1952 new version 1957

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 17

Work Title: Finlandia, Op. 26

Excerpt(s): 1. Finlandia, Op. 26

Composer: Jean (Julius Christian) Sibelius (1865 - 1957)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1899 Revised 1900

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 18

Work Title: Solomon, HWV67

Excerpt(s): 1. Sinfonia (Arrival of Queen of Sheba)

Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1749

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 19

Work Title: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Excerpt(s): 1. Moderato

Composer: Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1900-01

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 20

Work Title: London Suite

Excerpt(s): 1. Knightsbridge: march

Composer: Eric Coates (1886 - 1957)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1932

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 21

Work Title: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

Excerpt(s): 1. Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1934

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 22

Work Title: Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World' in E minor, B178 (Op. 95)

Excerpt(s): 1. Largo

Composer: Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1893

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 23

Work Title: (Le) nozze di Figaro, '(The) Marriage of Figaro', K492

Excerpt(s): 1. Overture

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1786

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 24

Work Title: (Die) Lustige Witwe, '(The) Merry Widow'

Composer: Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1905

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 25

Work Title: Elizabethan Serenade

Excerpt(s): 1. Elizabethan Serenade

Composer: Ronald Binge (1910 - 1979)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1951

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 26

Work Title: Ruslan and Lyudmila

Excerpt(s): 1. Overture

Composer: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1842

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 27

Work Title: (4) Orchestral Suites, BWV1066-9

Excerpt(s): 1. Air ('Air on a G String')

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: c1717-23

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 28

Work Title: Pavane, Op. 50

Excerpt(s): 1. Pavane, Op. 50

Composer: Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1887

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 29

Work Title: (16) Slavonic Dances, B83 & B147 (Opp. 46 & 72)

Excerpt(s): 1. No. 8 in G minor

Composer: Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1878, 1886

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 30

Work Title: In a Persian Market

Excerpt(s): 1. In a Persian Market

Composer: Albert W(illiam) Ketèlbey (1875 - 1959)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1920

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 31

Work Title: (Les) Patineurs, '(The) Skaters Waltz', (Op. 183)

Excerpt(s): 1. (Les) Patineurs, '(The) Skaters Waltz', (Op. 183)

Composer: (Charles) Emile Waldteufel (1837 - 1915)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1882

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 32

Work Title: Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40

Excerpt(s): 1. Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40

Composer: (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1874

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 33

Work Title: Hungarian Rhapsodies, S359

Excerpt(s): 1. No. 2 in D minor (piano No. 2 in C sharp minor)

Composer: Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)

Genre: Orchestral

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 34

Work Title: Carmina Burana

Excerpt(s): 1. Fortuna imperatrix mundi - O Fortuna

Composer: Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1936

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 35

Work Title: Requiem, Op. 48

Excerpt(s): 1. Agnus Dei

Composer: Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1888 Revised 1893,1900

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 36

Work Title: Coronation Anthems, HWV258-61

Excerpt(s): 1. Zadok the Priest, HWV258

Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1727

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 37

Work Title: Ave verum corpus in D, K618

Excerpt(s): 1. Ave verum corpus in D, K618

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1791

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 38

Work Title: Prince Igor

Excerpt(s): 1. Polovtsian Dances

Composer: Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1890

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 39

Work Title: Requiem, Op. 48

Excerpt(s): 1. Sanctus

Composer: Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1888 Revised 1893,1900

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 40

Work Title: (The) Old Hundredth Psalm Tune - 'All People that on Earth do Dwell'

Excerpt(s): 1. (The) Old Hundredth Psalm Tune - 'All People that on Earth do Dwell'

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1953

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 41

Work Title: (Ein) Deutsches Requiem, 'German Requiem', Op. 45

Excerpt(s): 1. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely are thy dwelli

Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1857-68

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 42

Work Title: Requiem in D minor, K626

Excerpt(s): 1. Dies irae

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1791

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 43

Work Title: I was glad

Excerpt(s): 1. I was glad

Composer: (Charles) Hubert (Hastings) Parry (1848 - 1918)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1902

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 44

Work Title: Messa da Requiem

Excerpt(s): 1. Sanctus

Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1874

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 45

Work Title: Messiah, HWV56

Excerpt(s): 1. Hallelujah

Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1742

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 46

Work Title: Requiem in D minor, K626

Excerpt(s): 1. Lacrimosa

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1791

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 47

Work Title: Jerusalem

Excerpt(s): 1. Jerusalem

Composer: (Charles) Hubert (Hastings) Parry (1848 - 1918)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1916

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 48

Work Title: 'O sole mio

Excerpt(s): 1. 'O sole mio

Composer: Eduardo Di Capua (1865 - 1917)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1898

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 49

Work Title: (A) Night on the Bare Mountain

Excerpt(s): 1. (A) Night on the Bare Mountain

Composer: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1867 arr & re-orch 1886

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 50

Work Title: Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma', Op. 36

Excerpt(s): 1. Nimrod

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1898-99

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 51

Work Title: Guillaume Tell

Excerpt(s): 1. Overture

Composer: Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1829

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 52

Work Title: (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', K620

Excerpt(s): 1. Overture

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1791

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 53

Work Title: Rhapsody in Blue

Excerpt(s): 1. Opening

Composer: George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1924

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 54

Work Title: Salut d'amour, 'Liebesgrüss', Op. 12

Excerpt(s): 1. Salut d'amour, 'Liebesgrüss', Op. 12

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1889

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 55

Work Title: (Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre'

Composer: (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1850

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 56

Work Title: (The) Lark ascending

Excerpt(s): 1. (The) Lark ascending

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1914, rev 1920

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 57

Work Title: Peer Gynt, Opp. 46 & 55

Excerpt(s): 1. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Composer: Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Genre: Stage works

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 58

Work Title: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Excerpt(s): 1. Pavane pour une infante défunte

Composer: (Joseph) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1905

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 59

Work Title: 1812, Op. 49

Excerpt(s): 1. 1812, Op. 49

Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1880

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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