BBC Radio Classics

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Annotation

There is no catalog number on this release, and the title is unclear.
The spine has "Beethoven, Borodin, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Purcell, Strauss"
The CD Matrix ring has CLASSICPICK . MASTERED BY MAYKING
A quote from a Classic CD review on the rear cover suggests the title could be "Radio Classics" released by IMP.

Annotation last modified on 2021-06-27 11:28 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
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1Abdelazar Suite
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1969-08-16)
conductor:
Malcolm Arnold (composer) (on 1969-08-16)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1969-08-16)
recording of:
Abdelazer Suite (on 1969-08-16)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
is based on:
Incidental Music for Abdelazer, or, the Moor's Revenge, Z 570
Henry Purcell10:35
2Egmont Overture
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1972-08-01)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (on 1972-08-01)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1972-08-01)
recording of:
Egmont, op. 84: Ouvertüre. Sostenuto, ma non troppo – Allegro (on 1972-08-01)
premiered in:
Wien, Austria (on 1810-06-15)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1809-10 until 1810-06)
part of:
Egmont, op. 84
Ludwig van Beethoven8:35
3A Midsummer Night's Dream
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1965-08-13)
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) (on 1965-08-13)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1965-08-13)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21 (op. 61 no. 1): Ouvertüre (on 1965-08-13)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1826)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 21) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 3)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61
Felix Mendelssohn11:00
4Slavonic Dance No. 2
producer:
C. B. Samuelson (BBC producer)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1975-06-16)
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor) (on 1975-06-16)
recorded at:
Budokan Hall, Tokyo in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan (on 1975-06-16)
recording of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 2 in E minor: Allegretto grazioso (for orchestra) (on 1975-06-16)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1886-11 until 1887-01-05)
premiered at:
[concert] (1887-01-06)
part of:
Slawische Tänze, op. 72, B. 147 (for orchestra)
Antonín Dvořák5:29
5Emperor Waltz
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1971-08-14)
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor) (on 1971-08-14)
recorded at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1971-08-14)
recording of:
Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437 (on 1971-08-14)
premiered in:
Berlin, Germany (on 1889-10-21)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1889)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 437)
Johann Strauss II10:20
6Polovtsian Dances
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus (on 1978-01-14)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (on 1978-01-14)
conductor:
Sergiu Comissiona (conductor and violinist) (on 1978-07-14)
recorded at:
Birmingham Town Hall in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-14)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890) (on 1978-07-14)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov)
Alexander Borodin11:53