Greats of the Gramophone, Volume 1

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1Jalousie
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
recording of:
Jalousie “Tango Tzigane” (original orchestral version)
premiered in:
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (on 1925-09-14)
composer:
Jacob Gade (in 1925)
Jacob Gade3:56
2Polonaise in A-flat, op. 53 no. 1
piano:
José Iturbi
recording of:
Polonaise in A‐flat major, op. 53 “Heroique”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1842)
dedicated to:
Auguste Léo
part of:
List of numbered polonaises by Fryderyk Chopin (in composition date order) (number: 6) and Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 53)
Frédéric Chopin6:23
3Vesti la giubba from Pagliacci
tenor vocals:
Enrico Caruso (tenor)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I (Pagliacci: Act I)
Ruggero Leoncavallo3:12
4Lo, Here the Gentle Lark
soprano vocals:
Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano)
recording of:
The Comedy of Errors: "Lo! Here the Gentle Lark"
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
part of:
The Comedy of Errors
Henry Rowley Bishop3:23
5Souvenir
violin:
Mischa Elman (Russian-American violinist)
recording of:
Souvenir
composer:
František Drdla (in 1904)
Franz Drdla3:33
6Largo al factotum from Il barbiere di Siviglia
baritone vocals:
Lawrence Tibbett (baritone)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (Arie des Figaro)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini4:17
7Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement)
piano:
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (pianist and composer)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Ludwig van Beethoven5:31
8Heav'n, Heav'n
contralto vocals:
Marian Anderson (classical contralto singer)
recording of:
Heav'n Heav'n
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Henry Thacker Burleigh (American composer and singer)
[traditional]2:53
9Hora staccato
violin:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
recording of:
Hora Staccato (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)
composer:
Grigoraș Dinicu (Romanian violin virtuoso and composer)
piano and violin arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist) (in 1932)
arrangement of:
Hora Staccato (dance for solo violin)
Grigoraș Dinicu / Jascha Heifetz2:06
10Mi chiamano Mimì from La Bohème
soprano vocals:
Lucrezia Bori
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini4:34
11Prelude in C-sharp minor
piano:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer)
recording of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor (The Bells of Moscow)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer)
part of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff3:44
12Hear My Prayer... O for the Wings of a Dove
organ:
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
choir vocals:
The Choir of Temple Church
treble vocals:
Ernest Lough (boy soprano)
recording of:
Hear My Prayer
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (until 1844)
librettist:
William Bartholomew
premiered at:
Crosby Hall (Bishopsgate, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1845-01-08)
translated version of:
Hör mein Bitten (Hymne für Sopranstimme, Chor und Orgel)
Felix Mendelssohn8:16
13'Little' Fugue in G minor
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (from 1927 until 1939)
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (from 1927 until 1939)
recorded at:
Trinity Church Studio no. 1, Camden, New Jersey in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1931-03-17)
recording of:
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 ("Little") (Stokowski orchestration)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
orchestration of:
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 ("Little")
Johann Sebastian Bach / Leopold Stokowski3:42
14Valse from Suite, op. 15
piano:
Harold Bauer (UK-born pianist) and Осип Сoломонович Габрилович (pianist, conductor and composer)
recording of:
Suite no. 1 for Two Pianos, op. 15: II. Valse: Allegro
composer:
Антон Степанович Аренский (Anton Arensky, Russian composer, pianist and conductor)
part of:
Suite no. 1 for Two Pianos, op. 15
Anton Arensky4:45
15Bluebird of Happiness
tenor vocals:
Jan Peerce (operatic tenor)
recording of:
Bluebird of Happiness
additional lyricist:
Harry Parr-Davies (in 1934)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman (in 1934)
composer:
Sandor Harmati (in 1934)
Sandor Harmati, Edward Heyman, Harry Parr-Davies4:54
16Sabre Dance
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
Efrem Kurtz (conductor)
recording of:
Third Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 55: V. Sabre Dance
composer:
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1942)
version of:
Gayaneh: Act III, Scene VII (Expiation). Sabre Dance
part of:
Third Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 55
Aram Khachaturian2:23