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Dinner Classics - Romance


Release Date: 04/07/1992 
Label:  Sony Classical Masterworks Catalog #: 48260   Spars Code: AAD 
Composer:  Giacomo Puccini,  Georges Bizet,  Antonín Dvorák,  Robert Schumann,   ... 
Performer:  Rafael Druian,  Pinchas Zukerman,  Philippe Entremont
Conductor:  Andre Kostelanetz,  Eugene Ormandy,  Louis Lane,  Zubin Mehta,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra,  Philadelphia Orchestra,  Cleveland Sinfonietta,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 6 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Crisantemi "Elegy" by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor:  Andre Kostelanetz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1890; Italy 
 Length: 5 Minutes 5 Secs. 
2.
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante "Micaëla's Aria" by Georges Bizet
Conductor:  Andre Kostelanetz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
 Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs. 
3.
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22: 2nd movement, Tempo di Valse by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:  Andre Kostelanetz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875; Bohemia 
 Length: 5 Minutes 39 Secs. 
4.
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Germany 
 Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs. 
5.
Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34: no 2, Last spring by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Norway 
 Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs. 
6.
Hassan: Serenade by Frederick Delius
Performer:  Rafael Druian (Violin)
Conductor:  Louis Lane
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Sinfonietta
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1920-1923; France 
 Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Beecham 
7.
Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1934; England 
 Length: 4 Minutes 55 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Ralph Greaves 
8.
Danny Boy "Londonderry Air" by Traditional
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Written: Ireland 
 Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Arthur Harris 
9.
Elégie by Jules Massenet
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1869; France 
 Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Thomas Frost 
10.
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: no 3, Mélodie by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Conductor:  Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Russia 
 Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 
11.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
 Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Notes: Composition written: Italy (1888).
Composition revised: Italy (1889). 
12.
Heart's melodies, Op. 5: no 3, I love thee by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:  Andre Kostelanetz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863-1864; Norway 
 Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Arthur Harris 
13.
Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: no 1, To a Wild Rose by Edward MacDowell
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; USA 
 Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs. 
Notes: Orchestrated: Thomas Frost 
14.
Pavane pour une infante défunte by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Rafael Druian (Violin)
Conductor:  Louis Lane
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Sinfonietta
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1899; France 
 Length: 5 Minutes 42 Secs. 
15.
Irmelin: Prelude by Frederick Delius
Conductor:  George Szell
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1890-1892; Paris, France 
 Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs. 
Notes: mono recording 
16.
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Philippe Entremont (Piano)
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1934; USA 
 Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs. 
17.
Henry V: Orchestral Suite - no 4, Touch her soft lips and part by Sir William Walton
Conductor:  Louis Lane
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1943-1944; England 
 Length: 1 Minutes 41 Secs. 

Sound Samples

I Crisantemi from Tosca
Micaela's Aria from Act III of Carmen
II. Tempo di valse from Serenade For Strings In E Major, Op. 22
Träumerei, No. 7 from Kinderszenen, Op. 15
II. The Last Spring from Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
Serenade from Hassan for Violin, Harp and Strings
Fantasia on Greensleeves for String Orchestra, Harp and Flute
Londonderry Air
Élégie
Mélodie in E-flat Major, Op. 42, No. 3 from Souvenir d'un lieu cher
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Ich Liebe Dich (Dig elsker jeg! (Thee, I Love!))
To A Wild Rose, Op. 51, No. 1 from Woodland Sketches
Touch Her Soft Lips And Part, No. 2 of 2 Pieces for String Orchestra from the film score Henry V
Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte/Pavane For A Dead Princess
Prelude To Irmelin
Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile from Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, Op. 43

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