Complete Decca Recordings - Phase 4 Stereo

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Tracklist

1▼CD: Inspiration – Great Music For Chorus And Orchestra
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1The Heavens Are Telling, op. 48/4
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Geistliche Lieder, S. 467: No. 6. Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur (for solo piano, Liszt)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
piano arranger:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
arrangement of:
Song for Voice and Piano, op. 48 no. 4 in C major: Majestätisch und erhaben "Die Ehre Gottes in der Natur: Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre"
part of:
Geistliche Lieder, S. 467 (for solo piano, Liszt)
4:21
2Deep River
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Deep River (arr. Luboff)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Norman Luboff
arrangement of:
Deep River
4:27
3Largo (From “Ombra Mai Fu”, Serse, HWV 40)
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (“largo”; catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
3:12
4Evening Prayer (Hänsel Und Gretel)
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Evening Prayer (english setting of "Abends, will ich schlafen gehn" (Abendsegen) from "Hänsel und Gretel")
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer)
is based on:
Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Hänsel, Gretel) (Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet / Evening Prayer / Prière du soir)
5:01
5Cantata: “Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring” BWV 147
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (orch. Stokowski)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
lyricist:
Robert Bridges (poet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translated version of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
3:43
6Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14
choir vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir (in 1961)
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra) (in 1961)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (in 1961)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (catch-all for unknown arrangements) (in 1961)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1912)
arrangement of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
8:06
7Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Old Hundredth (Psalm 100; arr. Vaughan Williams)
lyricist:
William Kethe
composer:
Loys Bourgeois (French renaissance composer)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1953)
is based on:
Old 100th (original tune)
3:00
8Pilgrims' Chorus (Tannhäuser, WWV 70)
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
partial recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III, Scene III. "Ich hörte Harfenschlag, wie klang er traurig!"
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III
4:07
9Cantata: “Sheep May Safely Graze” BWV 208
choir vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata 208) (Stokowski orchestration)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
orchestration of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. Aria (Sopran II) “Schafe können sicher weiden”
6:29
10Pater Noster (9 Sacred Pieces, Th 78/6)
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
partial recording of:
Nine Church Pieces: no. 6. Our Father
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1885-04 until 1885-08)
part of:
Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 84)
part of:
Nine Church Pieces, TH 78, ČW 79-87 (for mixed choir)
5:20
11O Saviour, Hear Me (From “Dance Of The Blessed Sprits”, Orfeo Ed Euridice
vocals:
The Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
O Saviour, Hear Me!
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
arranger:
Dudley Buck (composer, organist)
4:38
2▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
3▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Debussy: La Cathédrale Engloutie
4▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Selections From “Swan Lake”, “The Sleeping Beauty”
5▶CD: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
6▶CD: Orchestral Music From The Ring
7▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
8▶CD: Handel: Messiah Highlights
9▶CD: Stravinsky: Firebird Suite / Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave / Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain
10▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 “Choral”
11▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
12▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet – Fantasy Overture / Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Symphonic Synthesis
13▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Ouverture solennelle “1812” / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Stravinsky: Pastorale
14▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 / Schubert: Symphony no. 8
15▶CD: Debussy: La Mer / Ravel: Daphnis & Chloë - Suite no. 2 / Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust / Ives: Orchestral Set no. 2 / Messiaen: L'Ascension
16▶CD: Ravel: Fanfare from "L'Eventail de Jeanne" / Franck: Symphony in D minor
17▶CD: Anniversary Concert
18▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 1
19▶CD: Elgar: Enigma Variations
20▶CD: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions By Leopold Stokowski
21▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol / Scriabin: Le Poème de l'Extase
22▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 / Egmont Overture
23▶CD: Leopold Stokowski - A Memoir