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COMPOSER: Olivier Messiaen (other
composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Andre Previn - The Great Recordings
TRACKS:
Turangalila-Symphonie (Messiaen). Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Debussy). Images pour orchestre : Gigues / Iberia / Par les rues et par les chemins / Les parfums de la nuit / Le matin d'un jour de fete / Rondes de printemps (Debussy). Trois Nocturnes : Nuages / Fetes / Sirenes (Debussy). Symphony No.2 in E minor op.27 (Rachmaninov). Bolero (Ravel). Symphony No.8 in C minor op.65 (Shostakovich). Symphony No.1 in D op.25 'Classical' (Prokofiev). Romeo and Juliet op.64 : highlights from the ballet : Act 1 Scene 1 Introduction Andante assai / The street awakens Allegretto / Morning Dance Allegro / Act 1 Scene 2 Juliet as a young girl Vivace / Masks Moderato marciale / Dance of the Knights Allegro pesante / Juliet's Variation / Balcony Scene Larghetto / Romeo's Variation Allegretto amoroso / Romeo and Juliet's Love Dance Andante / Act 2 Scene 1 Romeo and Mercutio / Dance with the mandolins Vivace / Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo with Friar Laurence Andante espressivo / Juliet with Friar Laurence / Act 2 Scene 3 / The people continue to make merry Vivo / Tybalt and Mercutio fight Precipitato / Romeo resolves to avenge Mercutio's death Death of Tybalt Andante Animato Presto / Finale Cortege with Tybalt's body Adagio dramatico / Act 3 Scene 1 Introduction Andante / Romeo and Juliet Juliet's bedroom Lento / The last farewell Andante Adagio / Act 3 Scene 3 Morning Serenade Andante giocoso / Dance of the girls with the lilies / Epilogue / Juliet's Funeral and Romeo's death Adagio funebre / Death of Juliet Adagio (Prokofiev). Swan Lake op.20 : highlights from the ballet / Scene Act II / Valse Act I / Danse des cygnes Act II / Allegro moderato / Andante non troppo - Allegro / Danse hongroise Act III / Danse espagnole Act III (Tchaikovsky). The Sleeping Beauty op.66 : highlights from the ballet Pas d'action Act I / Adagio 'a la rose' / Pas de caractere Le chat botte Act III / Panorama Act II / Valse Act I / Pas de deux Act III / Finale et Apotheose Act III (Tchaikovsky). The Nutcracker op.71 : highlights from the ballet Miniatur Ouverture / Marche Act I / Divertissement Act II / Cafe danse arabe / The danse chinoise / Trepak danse russe / Dance of the reed pipes / Pas de deux / Variation I Tarantella / Variation II Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy / Final Waltz and Apotheosis (Tchaikovsky). Belshazzar's Feast : Thus spake Isaiah / If I forget thee O Jerusalem / By the waters of Babylon / Babylon was a great city / Praise ye the God of Gold / Thus in Babylon the mighty city / And in that same hour as they feasted / Then sing aloud to God our strength / The trumpeters and pipers are silent / Then sing aloud to God our strength (Walton). Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' op.36 (Elgar). Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (Vaughan Williams). The Planets : Mars the Bringer of War / Venus the Bringer of Peace / Mercury the Winged Messenger / Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity / Saturn the Bringer of Old Age / Uranus the Magician / Neptune the Mystic (Holst). Peter Grimes - Four Sea Interludes op.33a (Britten). Peter Grimes - Passacaglia op.33b (Britten). Carmina Burana (Orff). Adagio for Strings op.11 (Barber). Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin orch. Ferde Grofe). An American in Paris (Gershwin). Piano Concerto in F (Gershwin). Cuban Overture (Gershwin).
ORCHESTRA:
London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR:
Andre Previn
ARTISTS:
Michel Beroff Jeanne Loriod
Thomas Allen Sheila Armstrong
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