Classical Dreams: Music to Inspire

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1Apollon musagète
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
performer:
Jukka‐Pekka Saraste (conductor)
recording of:
Apollon musagète (Apollo, 1928 original)
composer:
Igor Stravinsky (Russian composer) (from 1927-07-16 until 1928-01-09)
premiered at:
Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., United States (on 1928-04-27)
part of:
K Catalog (number: K048)
Igor Stravinsky4:57
2Adagio for Strings
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
Richard Hickox (conductor)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings
orchestrator:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05) and Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)
premiered at:
[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and G. Schirmer Inc.
arrangement of:
String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
Samuel Barber6:58
3The Swan of Tuonela
orchestra:
Kungliga Filharmonikerna (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Paavo Järvi (conductor)
recording of:
Lemminkäis-sarja (Neljä legendaa), op. 22: II. Tuonelan joutsen (Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1895)
part of:
Lemminkäis-sarja (Neljä legendaa), op. 22 (Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22)
Jean Sibelius9:44
4Enigma Variations - Nimrod
executive producer:
Simon Foster (executive producer)
producer:
Andrew Keener (engineer/editor/producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1987-12)
conductor:
Andrew Litton (conductor) (in 1987-12)
performer:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
balance engineer:
Mark Vigars (engineer) (in 1987-12)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1987-12)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio) (in 1987-12)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Augustus J. Jaeger
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Sir Edward Elgar3:46
5Petite Suite
orchestra:
Northern Sinfonia (Royal Northern Sinfonia)
conductor:
Jean‐Bernard Pommier (pianist and conductor)
recording of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71b : I. En bateau (for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Henri Büsser (French composer, organist, conductor) (in 1907)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1888 until 1889)
orchestration of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71a : I. En bateau (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71b (for orchestra)
recording of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71b : II. Cortège (for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Henri Büsser (French composer, organist, conductor) (in 1907)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1888 until 1889)
orchestration of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71a : II. Cortège (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71b (for orchestra)
Claude Debussy3:42
6Holberg Suite - Air
orchestra:
Scottish Ensemble
conductor:
Jonathan Rees
recording of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: IV. Air (Andante religioso) (for string orchestra)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1884)
part of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40 (Holberg Suite, op. 40, for string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg5:47
7Fantasia on Greensleeves
orchestra:
London Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Christopher Warren‐Green (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:09
8Gymnopedie No.3
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Tortelier (cellist)
recording of:
Gymnopédies: I. Lent et grave (Satie’s Gymnopédie no. 3 orchestrated by Debussy)
orchestrator:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1897)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (in 1888)
orchestration of:
Troisième Gymnopédie : Lent et grave (Gymnopédie no. 3)
part of:
Gymnopédies (orchestrated by Debussy)
Erik Satie2:15
9Pavane pour une infante defunte
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Jukka‐Pekka Saraste (conductor)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (orchestrated version)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1910)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1899)
publisher:
Editions Max Eschig
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19a)
orchestration of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
Maurice Ravel6:04
10The Last Spring
strings:
Scottish Ensemble
orchestra:
Scottish Ensemble
conductor:
Jonathan Rees
recording of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34: No. 2. The Last Spring, for strings)
orchestrator and composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (for piano)
part of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34 (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34, for strings)
Edvard Grieg3:25
11Meditation from Thais
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Tortelier (cellist)
recording of:
Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 14)
part of:
Thaïs: Acte II
Jules Massenet5:22
12Vocalise
orchestra:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Andrew Litton (conductor)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. by composer for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1919)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1912)
orchestration of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
Sergei Rachmaninoff6:35
13Mother Goose - The Fairy Garden
orchestra:
Bergen filharmoniske orkester (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Дмитрий Китаенко (Dmitri Kitayenko, Soviet, Russian conductor b. 1940)
recording of:
Ma mère l’Oye: V. Le Jardin féerique (pour orchestre)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1911)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1908 until 1910)
orchestration of:
Ma mère l’Oye: V. Le Jardin féerique (pour piano à quatre mains)
part of:
Ma mère l’Oye (suite pour orchestre)
Maurice Ravel3:54
14Ecce Annuntio Vobis
[traditional]1:19

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