Gift Of Music > Orchestral

Great Organ Classics / Souter

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-01-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; George Frederick Handel: Royal Fireworks Music; Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Enigma ...
Performers: Souter, Martin

Recording information: Winchester Cathedral, London, England....continue...

Gentle Classics for an Indulgent Moment

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite,...
Performers: Campbell, James [Clarinet]; Chase, Stephanie; Pendrill, Christine
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey; Goodman, Roy

Calm, elegant music to help you while away an afternoon or evening, come rain or shine; so put the kettle on, open a large box...continue...

Time & Tide - Calming Classics

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Nocturnes; La mer; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Felix Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, i...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey; Springer, Alois

A day by the sea; but there's not a kiss-me-quick hat or stick of rock in sight! Instead, imagine sitting on the cliff top or...continue...

A Musical Moment

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Ludwig Senfl: Vita in ligno moritur; Peter Philips: Pavana Dolorosa; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C min...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Ioff, Ilia; Piha, Sam; Sayce, Lynda; Souter, Martin; Vishnik, Martin
Conductors: Nanut, Anton; Wagner, Richard

Quiet music crossing four centuries, from the calm lute of the sixteenth century to the rich harmonies of the nineteenth, in a programme of some...continue...

Bandstand - A Musical Walk in the Park

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Lionel Monckton: Soldiers in the Park, march; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Franz Schubert: Marc...
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Ensemble: Corps of Royal Engineers Fanfare Trumpeters

A musical walk in the park. Strolling along on a Sunday afternoon, we can hear the band in the bandstand, playing favourite melodies and musical...continue...

Music for a Great House

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-09-01

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 3 no 2; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in ...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Goodman, Roy; ; Popv, Papel
Ensemble: ; Camerata Instrumentale

The splendours of a great house, its vistas and grand entrances, are captured in this programme of music from the Baroque to the Romantic, from...continue...

Gainsborough: Portraits in Music

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 76 no 3/H 3 no 77 "Emperor"; Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Symphony no 4...
Performers: Gabuniya, Nodar
Conductors: Titov, Alexander; Jackson, Don; Kakhidze, Djansug; Scholz, Alfred

Great musical portraits of people and places mainly from the time of Gainsborough. Schubert's 'Rosamunde' and Beethoven's 'Emperor' rub shoulders with Haydn's London and Mendelssohn's...continue...

Constable: Great Music from the Age of English Landscape

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Ignace Joseph Pleyel: Sonatina for piano no 5 in G major; Sonatina for piano no 10 in B flat major; Sonata for flute & harpsichord i...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik; Jackson, Don

Beautiful music evoking the lost idyll of Constable's pastoral landscapes. Music byBeethoven and Mozart rpovides the period feel alongside gentle flute and piano pieces by...continue...

Music for a Goddess - Great Opera & Orchestral Classics for an Indulgent Moment

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs, opera in 3 acts; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Giacomo Puccini: Madama...
Performers: Morozova, Elena; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin; Tachmanov, Alexander
Conductors: Shipway, Frank; Jackson, Don; Kakhidze, Djansug; Kuntsch, Matthias; Bubelnikov, Pavel

Soothing and uplifting music for a goddess (domestic or otherwise). An album of music to help get away from it all, bathed in orchestral bliss...continue...

Renoir - Romantic Dance Classics from the Age of Impressionism

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Concerto for Piano in G major; Ottorino R...
Performers: Lee, Mi-Joo; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Walther, Hans-Jürgen; Sporri, Andreas; Kakhidze, Djansug; Jackson, Don; Peters, Reinhard; Chang, Yun-Sung; Kakgidze, Vakhtang; Munih, Marko

The magic of the dance in music, with an emphasis on Paris towards the end of the nineteenth century. Orchestral works by Ravel ('La Valse'),...continue...

A Feast of Music

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-09-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 3 no 2; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Oboes in D minor, RV 535; Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estro ...
Performers: Mazzoleni, Nicolas; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Goodman, Roy; Mazzoleni, Nicolas

Classical favourites for dining and entertaining. Handel, Vivaldi, Bach and Rameau: baroque orchestral works from some of the greatest composers of the eighteenth century make...continue...

Reflections

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13...
Performers: Korner, Gunther; Lang, Peter [Piano]; Lester, Richard [Cello]; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Duvier, Eugen; Pitamic, Alexander von; ; Kuntsch, Matthias; Rezucha, Bystrik; Peters, Reinhard
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Piano Quintet

Adagios, Largos and Andante - composers of the past poured out their deepest thoughts in these slow movements of this orchestral, chamber and piano album....continue...

Classics for Cats

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151 "Alla rustica"; Concerto for 2 Oboes in D minor, RV 535; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Symphony no 100 ...
Performers: Gabuniya, Nodar; Martin-Smith, Penelope; Souter, Martin; Spring, Martin; Stowe, Sara
Conductors: Sieghart, Martin; Titov, Alexander; Goodman, Roy; Sporri, Andreas; Gorkovenko, Stanislav; ; Kakhidze, Djansug; Rezucha, Bystrik
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Piano Quintet

A selection of classical music, including Rossini's incomparable 'Cat Duet', created with cats in mind, and capturing in music the differing personalities of our feline...continue...

Angelic Voices - Heavenly Music from a Medieval Abbey / Oxford Girls' Choir

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-02-01

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O vos angeli, response for the Angels; Studium divinitatis; O successores fortissimi leonis; Kyrie eleison; O quam mirabilis, antiphon; O viridissima virga; O orzchis ecclesia; ...
Performers: Beavan, David; Couper, Victoria; Levy, Emily; Martin-Smith, Penelope; O'Keefe, Ciaran; Rowlands-Pritchard, John; Taylor, Hannah; Taylor, Zachary

Heavenly music from a medieval abbey. Beautifully sung by the children of the Oxford Girls Choir in the chapel of All Saints Convent, Oxford, the...continue...

Georgian Splendour

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2001-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 3 no 2; John Stanley: Solo for flute or v...
Performers: Amherst, Gabriel; Cave, Philip; Coe, Jane; Hanson, Peter; Souter, Martin; Thomas, Jenny [Flute]; Williams, Guy
Conductors: Goodman, Roy

Music for elegant living; Includes Handel's Water Music...continue...