Desert Island Discs

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Album Summary

Performers

• Donald Peck (Flute)
• Bernard Greenhouse (Cello)
• Arthur Rubenstein (Piano)
• Robert Merrill
• Alexander Baillie (Cello)
• Pauline Lowbury (Violin)
• Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• Birgid Steinberger (Soprano)
• Kwangchul Youn (Bass)
• Andrew Wilde (Piano)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Kathryn Stott (Piano)
• Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
• Jose-Luis Garcia (Violin)
• Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Lynne Dawson (Soprano)
• Gary Lakes (Tenor)
• Paul Pishka
• Roberta Alexander
• Florence Quivar
• Joy Farrall (Clarinet)
• Todd Levy (Clarinet)
• Michael Boriskin (Piano)
• Johan Botha (Tenor)
• Evelyn Chen (Piano)
• Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
• Lesley Garrett
• James Levine (Harpsichord)
• Samuel Magad (Violin)
• Jussi Björling (Tenor)
• François Le Roux

Conductors

• Cellini, Renato
• Cleobury, Nicholas
• Daniel, Paul
• Davis, Carl
• De Billy, Bertrand
• Downes, Edward
• Foster, Lawrence
• Handley, Vernon
• Levine, James
• Maazel, Lorin
• McGegan, Nicholas
• Ormandy, Eugene
• Parrott, Andrew
• Pesek, Libor
• Previn, Andre
• Pritchard, John
• Reiner, Fritz
• Robinson, Peter
• Sheffer, Jonathan
• Slatkin, Leonard
• Stephenson, Mark
• Szell, George
• Wallenstein, Alfred
• Wand, Günter
• Watkinson, Andrew
• Zinman, David

Ensembles

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• Taverner Players

Composers

• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Eric Coates (Composer) (1886 - 1957)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)

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Works Details

Coates, Eric [Composer] : By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra

• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 7 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 :: Adagio sostenuto

• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 12 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900-1901

Puccini, Giacomo : Madame Butterfly :: Un bel dì

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Pritchard
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Kathryn Stott (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for 2 violins :: Largo ma non tanto

• Performers: Pinchas Zukerman (Violin); Jose-Luis Garcia (Violin)
• Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Romeo & Juliet Ouverture :: Largo ma non tanto

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Nimrod

• Conductor: Paul Daniel
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Nimrod

• Performers: Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano); François Le Roux; Lynne Dawson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Soave sia il vento

• Conductor: George Szell
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 'Choral' :: Wedding March

• Performers: Gary Lakes (Tenor); Paul Pishka; Roberta Alexander; Florence Quivar
• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1824

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: Adagio

• Performer: Joy Farrall (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury
• Running Time: 7 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1791

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Adagio

• Conductor: Lawrence Foster
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Sibelius, Jean : Symphony no 2 :: Va pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1901-1902

Elgar, Edward : Coronation Ode, Op. 44

• Conductor: Carl Davis
• Running Time: 6 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1901

Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue

• Performers: Todd Levy (Clarinet); Michael Boriskin (Piano)
• Conductor: Jonathan Sheffer
• Running Time: 17 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma!

• Performer: Johan Botha (Tenor)
• Conductor: Edward Downes
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sympony no 6 'Pastorale' :: Finale

• Conductor: David Zinman
• Running Time: 9 min. sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Paganini Variations :: Variation no 18

• Performer: Evelyn Chen (Piano)
• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Violin :: Adagio

• Performer: Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
• Conductor: Fritz Reiner
• Running Time: 8 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1878

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

• Performer: Kathryn Stott (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1899

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 9 "New World" :: Largo [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Libor Pesek
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta diva

• Performer: Lesley Garrett
• Conductor: Peter Robinson
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 :: Jesu, joy of man's desiring

• Conductor: Andrew Watkinson
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 5 :: Allegro

• Performers: James Levine (Harpsichord); Samuel Magad (Violin); Donald Peck (Flute)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 10 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 :: Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Günter Wand
• Running Time: 7 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: The Ride of the Valkyries

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1854-1856

Schubert, Franz : Quintet in C :: Adagio [Excerpt]

• Performer: Bernard Greenhouse (Cello)
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1828

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 :: Andante

• Performer: Arthur Rubenstein (Piano)
• Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein
• Running Time: 6 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers :: Au fond du temple saint (Duet)

• Performers: Jussi Björling (Tenor); Robert Merrill
• Conductor: Renato Cellini
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Elgar, Edward : Concerto for Cello :: Adagio

• Performer: Alexander Baillie (Cello)
• Conductor: Edward Downes
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1919

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The lark ascending

• Performer: Pauline Lowbury (Violin)
• Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury
• Running Time: 13 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914

Purcell, Henry : Dido & Aeneas :: When I am laid in earth

• Performer: Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: La ci darem la mano (Duet)

• Performers: Birgid Steinberger (Soprano); Kwangchul Youn (Bass)
• Conductor: Bertrand De Billy
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: Allegro

• Conductor: Andrew Watkinson
• Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Moonlight Sonata :: Adagio sostenuto

• Performer: Andrew Wilde (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Grieg, Edvard : Piano Concerto :: Adagio

• Performer: Arthur Rubenstein (Piano)
• Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein
• Running Time: 6 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1868

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem :: Dies Irae

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Conductor: Mark Stephenson
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741