The Last Night of the Proms 1969, 1971, 1972 – Highlights

~ Release by Jessye Norman, Elizabeth Bainbridge, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

A compilation and remaster of the vinyl albums The Last Night of the Proms (Philips SFM 23033 / 6502 001) and Colin Davis at the Last Night of the Proms (Philips 6588 011). The recording dates are correct, so please don’t change them. For reference, see the review of Colin Davis at the Last Night of the Proms in High Fidelity Magazine, August 1973 at https://drive.google.com/file/d/19_8kuqz_3zLdkuH1xVq_C1ryDd3W3nNy/view?usp=drivesdk.

Annotation last modified on 2022-03-18 08:26 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Les Troyens: Hail, all Hail to the Queen
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) (on 1972-09-16) and BBC Chorus (BBC Singers, professional chamber choir of the BBC) (on 1972-09-16)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1972-09-16)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1972-09-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1972-09-16)
live recording of:
The Trojans: Act III, no. 18. “Hail, all hail to the Queen” (on 1972-09-16)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
translator:
Edward J. Dent
translated version of:
Les Troyens : Acte III, no. 18. Chant national « Gloire à Didon, notre reine chérie ! » (Chœur)
Hector Berlioz3:26
2Wesendonck Lieder: Schmerzen
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (on 1972-09-16)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1972-09-16)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1972-09-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1972-09-16)
live recording of:
Wesendonck-Lieder: IV. Schmerzen (for voice and large orchestra, Mottl) (on 1972-09-16)
orchestrator:
Felix Mottl
lyricist:
Mathilde Wesendonck
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
version of:
Wesendonck-Lieder: IV. Schmerzen (for voice and piano)
part of:
Wesendonck-Lieder (for voice and large orchestra, Mottl)
Richard Wagner2:13
3Wesendonck Lieder: Träume
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (on 1972-09-16)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1972-09-16)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1972-09-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1972-09-16)
live recording of:
Wesendonck-Lieder: V. Träume (for voice and large orchestra, Wagner) (on 1972-09-16)
orchestrator and composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
lyricist:
Mathilde Wesendonck
arrangement of:
Wesendonck-Lieder: V. Träume (for voice and piano)
is based on:
Träume, WWV 91b (for violin and orchestra)
part of:
Wesendonck-Lieder (for voice and large orchestra, Mottl)
Richard Wagner5:12
4Octet in E‐flat major, op. 20: Scherzo
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1972-09-16)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1972-09-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1972-09-16)
live recording of:
Octet in E-flat major, op. 20: Scherzo (orchestral version) (on 1972-09-16)
orchestrator:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1825)
orchestration of:
Octet in E-flat major, op. 20: III. Scherzo: Allegro leggerissimo
Felix Mendelssohn4:50
5A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table: The Contrast
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano, contralto) (on 1972-09-16)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1972-09-16)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1972-09-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1972-09-16)
live recording of:
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: 5. The Contrast (on 1972-09-16)
lyricist:
Charles Morris (1745-1838)
composer:
William Walton (British composer and conductor)
part of:
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
William Walton2:46
6A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table: Rhyme
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano, contralto) (on 1972-09-16)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1972-09-16)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1972-09-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1972-09-16)
live recording of:
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: 6. Rhyme (on 1972-09-16)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William Walton (British composer and conductor)
part of:
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table
William Walton2:27
7Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1969-09-13)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1969-09-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-09-13)
live recording of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major (on 1969-09-13)
premiered in:
Liverpool (on 1901-10-19)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1901)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. Ltd. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes)
part of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39
Edward Elgar5:57
8The Stone Wall
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) (on 1971-09-18) and BBC Chorus (BBC Singers, professional chamber choir of the BBC) (on 1971-09-18)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1971-09-18)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1971-09-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1971-09-18)
live recording of:
The Stone Wall (Cassation for Audience and Orchestra) (on 1971-09-18)
composer:
Malcolm Williamson (Australian composer active in Britain) (in 1971)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1971-09-18)
Malcolm Williamson8:44
9Rule Britannia
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) (on 1971-09-18) and BBC Chorus (BBC Singers, professional chamber choir of the BBC) (on 1971-09-18)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano, contralto) (on 1971-09-18)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1971-09-18)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1971-09-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1971-09-18)
live recording of:
Rule, Britannia! (orchestrated by Sargent) (on 1971-09-18)
orchestrator:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
lyricist:
James Thomson (Scottish poet, 1700-1748)
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer) (in 1740)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
orchestration of:
Rule, Britannia!
Thomas Arne, arr. Sir Malcolm Sargent4:44
10Jerusalem
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) (on 1969-09-13) and BBC Chorus (BBC Singers, professional chamber choir of the BBC) (on 1969-09-13)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1969-09-13)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1969-09-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-09-13)
live recording of:
Jerusalem (orchestrated by Elgar) (on 1969-09-13)
orchestrator:
Edward Elgar (composer)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer)
orchestration of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
Hubert Parry, arr. Edward Elgar2:50
11Colin’s Speech
spoken vocals:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1972-09-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1972)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1972-09-16)
Sir Colin Davis1:54
12God Save the Queen
choir vocals:
BBC Choral Society (BBC Symphony Chorus, amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) (on 1969-09-13) and BBC Chorus (BBC Singers, professional chamber choir of the BBC) (on 1969-09-13)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1969-09-13)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (on 1969-09-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea (on 1969-09-13)
live recording of:
God Save the King (national anthem of several countries in the British Commonwealth) (on 1969-09-13)
anthem of:
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Jersey, Montserrat, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Tokelau, Turks and Caicos Islands, Lesotho (until 1966-10-04), United Kingdom (from 1745-09 to present), South Africa (from 1901 until 1957) and New Zealand (from 1977-11-17 to present)
lyricist and composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
previously attributed to:
John Bull (16th century composer) and Henry Carey
[traditional]1:14

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