Man Myth & Music

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1▶CD: Myth & Legend
2▶CD: The Realm of Nature
3▶CD: Drama & Passion
4▼CD: The Witching Hour
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1Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King
orchestra:
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
recording of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Henrik Ibsen (in 1867)
part of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23
Edvard Grieg2:27
2A Night on the Bare Mountain
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
dedicated to:
Wladimir Stassoff (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
publisher:
W. Bessel & Cie (in 1886)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Modest Mussorgsky9:04
3Danse Macabre, op. 40
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
recording of:
Danse macabre, op. 40 (symphonic poem for orchestra)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 16) and Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
quotes music from:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:04
4Lyric Suite op. 54: March of The Dwarfs
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Lyric Suite, op. 54: IV. March of the Dwarfs. Allegro marcato (orch. Seidl, revised Grieg)
orchestrator:
Anton Seidl
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1905)
orchestration of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte V, op. 54: No. 3: Troldtog (Lyric Pieces, Book V, op. 54 no. 3: March of the Dwarfs)
part of:
Lyric Suite, op. 54 (pt 1 orch. Grieg; pts 2-4 orch. Seidl, revised Grieg)
Edvard Grieg3:39
5Mephisto Waltz no. 1
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
arranger:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Deux épisodes d’après le Faust de Lenau, S. 110: II. Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Erster Mephisto-Walzer) (for orchestra)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
orchestration of:
Mephisto Waltz no. 1, S. 514 "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke" (for piano solo)
part of:
Deux épisodes d’après le Faust de Lenau, S. 110 (for orchestra)
Franz Liszt11:00
6Pictures at an Exhibition: The Gnome
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: I. Gnomus (Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus, orchestrated by Ravel)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 1 “Gnomus” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky2:42
7The Planets, op. 32: Uranus, the Magician
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
William Boughton (conductor)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst5:40
8The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
orchestra:
RCA Symphony Orchestra (London-based orchestra associated with Charles Gerhardt)
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
recording of:
Le Chasseur maudit, CFF 128 (in 1968)
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer) (in 1882)
part of:
Franck Werke Verzeichnis (number: 44) and Catalogue of the works of César Franck by Joël-Marie Fauquet (CFF) (number: CFF 128)
César Franck14:19
9Symphonie fantastique op. 14: The Witches’ Sabbath
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Massimo Freccia (conductor)
recording of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: V. Songe d’une nuit du sabbat
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) (in 1830)
quotes music from:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)
part of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 : Épisode de la vie d’un artiste … en cinq parties
Hector Berlioz8:58
5▶CD: Fate & Destiny