Cat. No.: 442 8933
Barcode: 0028944289336
Label: Philips CD
Release Date: 2 June

SIR COLIN DAVIS | TCHAIKOVSKY: Ballet at the Opera

ARTISTS

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

TRACK LISTING

TCHAIKOVSKY:

Eugene Onegin

Polonaise

Valse

Écossaise

The Maid of Orléans

Entr'acte

Danse des bohémiens

Danse de polichinelles et des histrions

Oprichnik

Danses

The Sorceress

Introduction

Danse des histrions et scène

Cherevichki (Oxana's Caprices)

Introduction

Danse russe
Danse des cosaques

Well known for his three great ballet masterpieces, Tchaikovsky also inserted some of the most colourful orchestral balletic numbers into his operas. Sir Colin Davis and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, recorded a selection of these in 1977 and both, for its vibrancy of colour as well as for its stunning (analogue) sound, this has been a priceless Tchaikovsky recording, long sought out by collectors

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Cat. No.: 442 8414
Barcode: 0028944284140
Label: Decca CD
Release Date: 2 June

SIR NEVILLE MARRINER | RUDOLF BARSHAI
MUSIC FOR STRINGS - HINDEMITH: Funf Stücke
PROKOFIEV (orch. Barshai): Visions fugitives
BARTOK: Divertimento
VIVALDI: 2 Concertos

HINDEMITH: Fünf Stücke, Op. 44 No. 4 *                                                                    

PROKOFIEV: Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. Rudolf Barshai for string orchestra)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Neville Marriner

BARTÓK: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113 *                                                         

VIVALDI: Concerto in B minor for four violins & cello, Op. 3 No. 10 (from L'estro armonico)* · Concerto in D major for four violins, Op. 3 No. 1 (from L'estro armonico)*                              
Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Rudolf Barshai

* FIRST RELEASE ON CD

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Cat. No.: 442 8283
Barcode: 0028944282832
Label: Decca 2CD
Release Date: 2 June

ZUBIN MEHTA | SIR GEORG SOLTI | EDO DE WAART
WAGNER: Overtures & Preludes | Symphony in C | Kinderkatechismus

WAGNER:

CD 1

Rienzi: Overture

Lohengrin

Prelude to Act I

Prelude to Act III

Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra · Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta

Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I

Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti

Eine Faust-Ouverture

Die Feen: Overture

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra · Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam / Edo de Waart

Kinderkatechismus

Wiener Sängerknaben · Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti

CD 2                                                                                                                    

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I          

Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta

Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music  

Der fliegende Holländer : Overture          

Symphony in C major          

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam · San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart

A stunning Wagner collection including all the major overtures and preludes (including the very rare and very beautiful Die Feen [The Fairies]), this collection is also noteworthy for other reasons. For a start, it brings together in a single collection the complete Decca Wagner recordings of Zubin Mehta and the complete Philips Wagner recordings of Edo de Waart. It also features two rarities - Wagner's early Symphony (with the San Francisco Symphony and Edo de Waart) and a tiny choral piece - Kinderkatechismus - an absolute Decca rarity and much sought-after by collectors.

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Cat. No.: 442 8341
Barcode: 0028944283419
Label: Decca 2CD
Release Date: 2 June

SIR NEVILLE MARRINER

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Tallis Fantasia | In the Fen Country
Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 | Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Variations for Orchestra |The Wasps Overture | Fantasia on Greensleeves
Concerto Grosso | English Folk Song Suite | The Lark Ascending

CD 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:

The Wasps: Overture                                                                                                                

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression    

Variations for Orchestra     

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor

Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'        

Romance for strings, piano and harmonica

CD 2                                                                                                         

The Lark Ascending                                                                                               

Fantasia on Greensleeves                                                                                          

Concerto Grosso   

English Folk Song Suite   

British Folk Song Arrangements                                                                                         
arr. Leslie Pearson, Chris Hazell
Sumer is i-cumen in arr. Chris Hazell   
The Turtle Dove arr. Chris Hazell     
The Keeper arr. Leslie Pearson  
The Oak and the Ash arr. Leslie Pearson
Early One Morning arr. Leslie Pearson
John Peel arr. Chris Hazell    
The Jolly Miller arr. Leslie Pearson
I will give my love an Apple arr. Leslie Pearson
The British Grenadiers arr. Leslie Pearson  

Tommy Reilly, harmonica [Romance]

Iona Brown, violin [The Lark Ascending]

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Sir Neville Marriner

Sir Neville Marriner and his Academy made some of the most priceless recordings of Vaughan Williams for Decca and Philips, and this collection restores to circulation his Philips traversal of music by this composer, with the addition of five pieces made for Decca - the Romance for harmonica (with Tommy Reilly), possibly the best version of The Lark Ascending ever recorded (with the late Iona Brown), his second recording of Fantasia on Greensleeves, the Concerto Grosso and the English Folk Song Suite. The collection is filled out with the nine perky folk song arrangements he recorded, receiving their first international release on CD.

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Cat. No.: 442 8415
Barcode: 0028944284157
Label: Philips 2CD
Release Date: 2 June

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER | SIR NEVILLE MARRINER
ENGLISH IDYLLS - Delius, Bax, Bridge, Elgar,
Dyson, Holst, Ireland, Vaughan Williams, Grainger

ARTISTS

Julian Lloyd Webber, cello [CD 1]

John Lenehan, piano [CD 2 [13]] · John Birch, organ [CD2 [3] [9]]

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

TRACK LISTING

CD 1                                                                                                         

1 DELIUS : On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring  

2 BRIDGE : Enter Spring  

3 FOULDS : 'April - England'                                                                                                    

4 BRIDGE : Summer (Tone poem for orchestra)
5 GRAINGER : Harvest Hymn                                                                                          

6 BAX : November Woods

7 BRIDGE : Christmas Dance 'Sir Roger de Coverley'                                                                                                  

CD 2                                                                                                         

1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS : Romanza (from Tuba Concerto)
2 ELGAR : Romance, Op. 62

3 ELGAR : Une Idylle, Op. 4 No. 1                                                                                               

4-5 DELIUS : Two Pieces for Cello and Chamber Orchestra
6 GRAINGER : Youthful Rapture
7 DYSON : Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra
8 IRELAND : The Holy Boy (arr. Palmer)             

9 WALFORD DAVIES : Solemn Melody        

10 GRAINGER : Brigg Fair (arr. Palmer)   

11 HOLST : Invocation for Cello and Orchestra   

Simply idyllic, this 2CD set couples a traversal of English seasons (CD1) with evocative music for cello and orchestra by English composers, all rapturously performed by the Academy and Marriner.

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