Best of Academy

Best of Academy

On this CD:

1. Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta Overture
Composed by Franz von Suppe
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

2. Elegiac Melodies (2) for orchestra (or piano), Op. 34
Composed by Edvard Grieg
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

3. String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 Andante cantabile
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

4. Nocturne for string orchestra in B major (arr. from Str. Qrt. No. 4 & Str. Qnt. B. 49), B. 47 (Op. 40)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

5. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Dance of the Hours
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

6. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera Overture
Composed by Otto Nicolai
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

7. Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with William Bennett
Conducted by Neville Marriner

8. String Quartet No.2 Minuet
Composed by Alfred Schnittke
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

9. Siegfried Idyll, for small orchestra in E major, WWV 103
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

10. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

11. Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt," ("Hunting Cantata"), BWV 208 Sheep may safely graze
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

12. Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, opera, HWV 38 Minuet
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

13. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 Jesu, joy of man's desiring
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

14. Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Pastoral Symphony
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

15. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 Pastoral Symphony
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

16. Fra Holberg tid (From Holberg's Time), for string orchestra ("Holberg Suite"), Op. 40 Prelude
Composed by Edvard Grieg
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

17. Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music, D. 797 (Op. 26) Entr'acte No 3 in B flat major
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

18. Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Melody) (from "Orfeo ed Euridice"), various arrangements Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

19. String Quartet No. 2 in D major Nocturne
Composed by Alexander Borodin
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

20. The Gadfly, suite from the film score, Op. 97a (assembled by Atovmyan) Barrel-organ Waltz
Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

21. The Gadfly, suite from the film score, Op. 97a (assembled by Atovmyan) Romance
Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

22. Dance of the Persian Slaves, for orchestra (from the opera Khovantschina), edited by Rmsky-Korsakov
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

23. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue Flight of the Bumblebee
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

24. The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) (ii), opera ("springtime tale") in 4 acts with a prologue Dance of the Tumblers
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner