The Best of Leonard Slatkin

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1Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade II
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Moderato comodo e con delicatezza, orchestrated by Ravel, 2nd promenade)
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: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 1st) (original piano version, often called Promenade 2)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Модест Петрович Мусоргский orch. Maurice Ravel0:55
2Billy the Kid: VIII. The Open Prairie Again
orchestra:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 2014-10-23 until 2014-10-25)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2014-10-23 until 2014-10-25)
recorded at:
Max M. Fisher Music Center: Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 2014-10-23 until 2014-10-25)
recording of:
Billy the Kid: VIII. The Open Prairie Again (from 2014-10-23 until 2014-10-25)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1940)
part of:
Billy the Kid (ballet suite)
Aaron Copland2:18
3Vocalise‐étude en forme de Habanera, M. 51
engineer:
Tim Handley (engineer/editor/producer) (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
producer:
Tim Handley (engineer/editor/producer)
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
recorded at:
Auditorium Maurice‐Ravel in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
recording of:
Pièce en forme de habañera (catch-all for arrangements) (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
arrangement of:
Pièce en forme de habañera (original version for bass vocals and piano)
Maurice Ravel arr. Arthur Hoérée3:14
4Sleigh Ride
engineer:
Neil Pemberton (BBC Recording Engineer)
producer:
Neil Varley (BBC producer)
orchestra:
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
The Colosseum, Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Sleigh Ride
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1950)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!) and Woodbury Music (aka Woodbury Music Company)
version of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
Leroy Anderson2:45
5Ford’s Theater: II. Walt Whitman and the Dying Soldier
orchestra:
Nashville Symphony
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Ford's Theatre: A Few Glimpses of Easter Week, 1865: II. Walt Whitman and the Dying Soldier
composer:
Ernst Bacon (American composer) (in 1943)
part of:
Ford's Theatre: A Few Glimpses of Easter Week, 1865
Ernst Bacon2:42
6Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: II. Un bal
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon (from 2011-08-31 until 2011-09-01)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2011-08-31 until 2011-09-01)
recording of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: II. Un bal (from 2011-08-31 until 2011-09-01)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 : Épisode de la vie d’un artiste … en cinq parties
Hector Berlioz46:36
7Fisher’s Hornpipe
engineer and editor:
Dan Rorke
producer:
Henry Valoris (Dean of Performance and Production at Manhattan School of Music)
orchestra:
Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
recorded at:
Manhattan School of Music: Neidorff-Karpati Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
recording of:
Fisher’s Hornpipe (for orchestra, Slatkin / McTee) (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
arranger:
Cindy McTee (American composer) and Felix Slatkin
arrangement of:
Fisher’s Hornpipe
traditional arr. C. McTee & F. Slatkin1:41
8Boléro, M. 81
engineer:
Tim Handley (engineer/editor/producer) (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
producer:
Tim Handley (engineer/editor/producer)
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
recorded at:
Auditorium Maurice‐Ravel in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
recording of:
Boléro (from 2011-09-02 until 2011-09-03)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel15:05
9The Typewriter
engineer:
Neil Pemberton (BBC Recording Engineer)
producer:
Neil Varley (BBC producer)
orchestra:
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
The Colosseum, Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Typewriter
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1950-10-09)
Leroy Anderson1:41
10Songs, op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise
engineer:
David Lau (engineer) (from 2009-09-24 until 2009-09-27)
producer:
Blanton Alspaugh (Producer)
editor:
David Lau (engineer)
orchestra:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 2009-09-24 until 2009-09-27)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2009-09-24 until 2009-09-27)
concertmaster:
Emmanuelle Boisvert (violinist) (from 2009-09-24 until 2009-09-27)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights International Ltd. (for copyrights/licensing use only!) (in 2010)
recorded at:
Max M. Fisher Music Center: Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 2009-09-24 until 2009-09-27)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. by composer for orchestra) (from 2009-09-24 until 2009-09-27)
orchestrator:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1919)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1912)
orchestration of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов6:36
11Wistful Haven (After Dvořák’s B. 178)
engineer and editor:
Dan Rorke
producer:
Henry Valoris (Dean of Performance and Production at Manhattan School of Music)
orchestra:
Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
recorded at:
Manhattan School of Music: Neidorff-Karpati Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
recording of:
Wistful Haven (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer)
arranger:
Cindy McTee (American composer) and Felix Slatkin
arrangement of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“: II. Largo (Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo)
Cindy McTee3:19
12Antar: No. 7. Allegretto
spoken vocals [narration]:
André Dussollier
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
partial recording of:
Antar
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1909)
is based on:
Mlada (opera-ballet)
is based on:
Symphony no. 2 "Antar", op. 9
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков1:06
13Rodeo: II. Corral Nocturne
engineer:
Matt Pons
producer:
Blanton Alspaugh (Producer)
mixer:
Mark Donahue (engineer)
orchestra:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 2012-11-09 until 2012-11-11)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2012-11-09 until 2012-11-11)
recorded at:
Max M. Fisher Music Center: Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 2012-11-09 until 2012-11-11)
recording of:
Rodeo: II. Corral Nocturne (from 2012-11-09 until 2012-11-11)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo (version for orchestra)
Aaron Copland3:47
14Harold en Italie, op. 16: III. Sérénade d’un montagnard des Abruzzes à sa maîtresse. Allegro assai
viola:
Lise Berthaud (violist)
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Harold en Italie, op. 16: III. Sérénade d’un montagnard des Abruzzes à sa maîtresse. Allegro assai — Allegretto
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) (in 1834)
part of:
Harold en Italie, op. 16 (Symphonie en 4 parties avec un alto principal)
Hector Berlioz6:01
15Shenandoah
solo flute:
James Galway (flautist) and Jeanne Galway (flautist)
orchestra:
Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Shenandoah (for flute, second flute or violin and orchestra, McTee)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Cindy McTee (American composer)
arrangement of:
Shenandoah
traditional arr. C. McTee3:55
16Le Tombeau de Couperin: III. Menuet
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon (from 2012-11-27 until 2012-11-28)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2012-11-27 until 2012-11-28)
recorded at:
Auditorium Maurice‐Ravel in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (from 2012-11-27 until 2012-11-28)
recording of:
Le Tombeau de Couperin: III. Menuet (for orchestra) (from 2012-11-27 until 2012-11-28)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1919)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1914 until 1917)
orchestration of:
Le tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet (for solo piano)
part of:
Le Tombeau de Couperin (for orchestra)
Maurice Ravel4:25
17Songs for Lada: I. Ladu‐Ladu‐Ladki
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak) (from 2009-01-15 until 2009-01-18)
contralto vocals [folk contralto]:
Valentina Kozak (folk contralto) (from 2009-01-15 until 2009-01-18)
soprano vocals:
Valentina Fleer (soprano) (from 2009-01-15 until 2009-01-18)
orchestra:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 2009-01-15 until 2009-01-18)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2009-01-15 until 2009-01-18)
recorded at:
Max M. Fisher Music Center: Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 2009-01-15 until 2009-01-18)
live recording of:
Songs for Lada: I. Ladu - Ladu - Ladki (from 2009-01-15 until 2009-01-18)
composer:
Alla Borzova (Belarusian-American composer) (from 1986 until 1991)
part of:
Songs for Lada
recording of:
Songs for Lada: I. Ladu - Ladu - Ladki
composer:
Alla Borzova (Belarusian-American composer) (from 1986 until 1991)
part of:
Songs for Lada
Alla Borzova5:33
18Lincoln Portrait
solo spoken vocals:
Barry Scott (American actor)
orchestra:
Nashville Symphony
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Lincoln Portrait
premiered in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1942-05-14)
lyricist:
Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
was commissioned by:
André Kostelanetz (conductor)
premiered by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (on 1942-05-14) and André Kostelanetz (conductor) (on 1942-05-14)
Aaron Copland14:23
19Carmen’s Hoedown (After Bizet’s WD 31)
engineer and editor:
Dan Rorke
producer:
Henry Valoris (Dean of Performance and Production at Manhattan School of Music)
orchestra:
Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
recorded at:
Manhattan School of Music: Neidorff-Karpati Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
recording of:
Carmen’s Hoedown (from 2019-10-18 until 2019-10-20)
composer:
Amerigo Marino and Felix Slatkin
is based on:
Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)
Felix Slatkin2:37
20Gaspard de la nuit: I. Ondine
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon (from 2012-11-28 until 2012-11-29)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2012-11-28 until 2012-11-29)
recorded at:
Auditorium Maurice‐Ravel in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (from 2012-11-28 until 2012-11-29)
recording of:
Gaspard de la nuit: I. Ondine (orch. Marius Constant) (from 2012-11-28 until 2012-11-29)
orchestrator:
Marius Constant (Romanian-born French composer and conductor) (in 1990)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1908)
orchestration of:
Gaspard de la nuit (Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand): I. Ondine
part of:
Gaspard de la nuit (orch. Marius Constant)
Maurice Ravel arr. Marius Constant6:17
21Symphonic Dances, op. 45: III. Lento assai – Allegro vivace
engineer:
Matthew Pons (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
producer:
Blanton Alspaugh (Producer)
mixer:
Mark Donahue (engineer)
orchestra:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights US, Inc. (in 2013)
recorded at:
Max M. Fisher Music Center: Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
recording of:
Symphonic Dances, op. 45: III. Lento assai — Allegro vivace (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1940)
quotes music from:
Dies Irae (plainchant)
quotes music from:
Всенощное бдение, op. 37: 9. Благословен еси Господи (All-Night Vigil, op. 37: IX. Blessed Art Thou, O Lord)
part of:
Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов13:07
22Flute Concerto: IV. Taran‐Tulla
solo flute:
Marina Piccinini (flutist)
orchestra:
Peabody Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Flute Concerto: IV. Taran‐Tulla
composer:
Aaron Jay Kernis (American composer) (in 2015)
part of:
Flute Concerto
Aaron Jay Kernis5:58
23Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 “Organ Symphony”: II. Maestoso – Allegro
engineer:
Christian Lahondes
producer:
Etienne Pipard
editor:
Dimitri Scapolan
pipe organ [organ]:
Vincent Warnier (organist) (from 2013-11-18 until 2013-11-19)
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon (from 2013-11-18 until 2013-11-19)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2013-11-18 until 2013-11-19)
recorded at:
Auditorium Maurice‐Ravel in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (from 2013-11-18 until 2013-11-19)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in C minor “avec orgue”, op. 78: II. Allegro moderato — Presto — Maestoso — Allegro (from 2013-11-18 until 2013-11-19)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1886)
publisher:
Éditions Durand (1947–present)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in C minor “avec orgue”, op. 78
Camille Saint‐Saëns8:12
24Miroirs, M. 43: No. 3. Une barque sur l’océan
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon (on 2011-09-06)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (on 2011-09-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights US, Inc. (in 2016)
recorded at:
Auditorium Maurice‐Ravel in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (on 2011-09-06)
recording of:
Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan (for orchestra) (on 2011-09-06)
orchestrator and composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
orchestration of:
Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l’océan (for piano)
Maurice Ravel7:28
25Circuits
orchestra:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
recorded at:
Max M. Fisher Music Center: Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
live recording of:
Circuits (from 2012-02-09 until 2012-02-11)
composer:
Cindy McTee (American composer) (in 1990)
recording of:
Circuits
composer:
Cindy McTee (American composer) (in 1990)
Cindy McTee5:30
26The Waltzing Cat
engineer:
Neil Pemberton (BBC Recording Engineer) and Marvin Ware (engineer)
producer:
Neil Varley (BBC producer)
orchestra:
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
The Colosseum, Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Waltzing Cat
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1950-02-21)
Leroy Anderson2:36
27Roméo et Juliette, op. 17, H 79, Pt. 1: Ic. Premiers transports que nul n’oublie!
assistant engineer:
Gérard Cognet (engineer) and Chantal Nouvelot (engineer)
engineer:
Yves Baudry
producer:
Vincent Villetard
editor:
Jean-Baptiste Etchepareborde and Dimitri Scapolan
choir vocals:
Chœurs et solistes de Lyon-Bernard Tétu (from 2014-02-07 until 2014-02-08) and Spirito (French choir) (from 2014-02-07 until 2014-02-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marion Lebègue (mezzo-soprano) (from 2014-02-07 until 2014-02-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon (from 2014-02-07 until 2014-02-08)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (from 2014-02-07 until 2014-02-08)
recorded at:
Auditorium de Lyon in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (from 2014-02-07 until 2014-02-08)
partial recording of:
Roméo et Juliette, op. 17 : Première partie: Nº 1. Prologue : Récitatif Chorale « D’anciennes haines endormies » / Strophes « Premiers transports que nul n’oublie ! » / Récitatif et Scherzetto « Bientôt de Roméo » (from 2014-02-07 until 2014-02-08)
lyricist:
Émile Deschamps (poet)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
part of:
Roméo et Juliette, symphonie dramatique pour alto, ténor, basse, chœur et orchestre, op. 17, H. 79 (Romeo and Juliet, op. 17)
Hector Berlioz6:30
28Don Quichotte à Dulcinée: No. 1. Chanson romanesque
baritone vocals:
François Le Roux (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lyon
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée : No. 1. Chanson romanesque
lyricist:
Paul Morand
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1932 until 1933)
part of:
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (Chant pour baryton avec orchestre)
Maurice Ravel2:06