Essential Summer Classics

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1Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune
sound engineer:
Pierre Lavoix (engineer)
flute:
Philippe Jolivet
orchestra:
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
conductor:
Alain Lombard (conductor)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy10:30
2Nocturne no. 5 in F‐sharp, op.15/2
piano:
İdil Biret (pianist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 5 in F-sharp major, op. 15 no. 2: Larghetto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (from 1830 until 1832)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 15
Fryderyk Chopin3:48
3Concerto in C for Flute and Harp, K 299: Andantino
recording of:
Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299: II. Andantino
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1778-04)
part of:
Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart7:56
4To be sung on a summer night on the water: Mo. 1
choir vocals:
RIAS Kammerchor (German chamber choir)
conductor:
Marcus Creed (conductor)
recording of:
To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water, RT iv/5: I. Slow, but not dragging
composer:
Frederick Delius (composer) (in 1917)
part of:
To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water, RT iv/5
Frederick Delius2:26
5String Quartet no. 2: Notturno
recording of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Notturno. Andante
composer:
Alexander Borodin (Russian composer) (in 1881)
part of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major
Alexander Borodin8:09
6The Marriage of Figaro: “Deh, vieni, non tardar”
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto IV, Scena X. (no. 28) Aria “Deh vieni non tardar” (Susanna)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto IV
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:37
7Préludes, Book 1: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Claude Debussy (composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
arranger:
Colin Matthews (composer)
arrangement of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif
Claude Debussy2:16
8Deux Chansons, op. 68: Les fleurs et les arbres
recording of:
Les Fleurs et les arbres, op. 68 no. 2
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
part of:
2 chœurs, op. 68
Camille Saint‐Saëns1:54
9Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morgenstemning
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg4:13
10Serenade in C minor, K 388: Andante
recording of:
Serenade no. 12 for Winds in C minor, K. 384a/388 "Nacht musique": II. Andante
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1782-07)
part of:
Serenade no. 12 for Winds in C minor, K. 384a/388 "Nacht musique"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:10
11Summer Night on the River
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Summer Night on the River, RT vi/19/2
composer:
Frederick Delius (composer) (in 1911)
Frederick Delius6:02
12The Blue Bird
engineer:
John Taylor (classical producer/engineer, often associated with Naxos recordings)
producer:
Judy Lieber (producer)
choir vocals:
Oxford Camerata (English chamber choir) (from 1994-03-21 until 1994-03-22)
soprano vocals:
Carys-Anne Lane (soprano) (from 1994-03-21 until 1994-03-22)
conductor:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor) (from 1994-03-21 until 1994-03-22)
recorded at:
Chapel of Hertford College, Oxford in Oxford (from 1994-03-21 until 1994-03-22)
recording of:
Eight partsongs, op. 119: No. 3. The blue bird (from 1994-03-21 until 1994-03-22)
lyricist:
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
composer:
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer)
publisher:
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
part of:
Eight partsongs, op. 119
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford3:47