Classical Legends

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1Santa Lucia
recording of:
Santa Lucia (Italian version)
lyricist and composer:
Teodoro Cottrau (composer)
translator:
Enrico Cossovich (Italian poet) (in 1849)
translated version of:
Santa Lucia (original traditional Neapolitan song)
Teodoro Cottrau4:03
2Panis Angelicus
oboe:
Dominic Kelly (Oboist)
baritone vocals:
Aled Jones (British classical vocalist (treble, tenor, bariton))
arranger:
Robert Prizeman
recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
César Franck3:42
3Strange Paradise
programming and producer:
Magnus Fiennes and Stefan Malca
assistant engineer:
Andrew Nicholls, Andy Saunders (mix engineer) and Ron Warshow (UK engineer)
engineer:
Phil Da Costa and Ric Featherstone
mixer:
Andy Bradfield
editor:
Matthew Vaughan (UK producer)
guitar [blues guitar]:
David Peabody
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
vocals:
Eos Chater
additional arranger:
Brian Gascoigne
arranger:
Magnus Fiennes
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Prince Igor: Act II
Alexander Borodin4:31
4O sole mio
producer:
James Mallinson (producer) and Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1979-03)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1979-03)
conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello (in 1979-03)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1979-03)
recording of:
’O sole mio (arr. Chiaramello for tenor and orchestra) (in 1979-03)
lyricist:
Giovanni Capurro
composer:
Eduardo Di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi (Italian composer, known for “’O sole mio”)
arranger:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
arrangement of:
’O sole mio
Eduardo di Capua3:27
5Mattinata
recording of:
Mattinata
lyricist and composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:24
6Nessun dorma
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini3:06
7Danny Boy
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
[traditional]3:48
8Ave Maria
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony
conductor:
Julius Rudel (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics (See annotation to check it's really this label.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles‐François Gounod2:55
9The Blue Bird
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 2000)
recording of:
Eight Partsongs, op. 119: No. 3. The blue bird
lyricist:
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
composer:
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer)
publisher:
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
part of:
Eight Partsongs, op. 119
Charles Villiers Stanford3:23
10The Blue Danube
recording of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314)
premiered in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1867-02-15)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1866)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 314)
Johann Strauss7:59
11Non più andrai
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
instruments and orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (from 1993-06 until 1993-07)
bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Figaro]:
Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer) (from 1993-06 until 1993-07)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (from 1993-06 until 1993-07)
balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer) (from 1993-06 until 1993-07: bass-baritone vocals)
recorded at:
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-06 until 1993-07)
edit of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Act I, Scene VIII. No. 10 Aria "Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso" (Figaro) (w/ applause) by Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer), English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists), Sir John Eliot Gardiner (John Eliot Gardiner)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena VIII. (no. 10) Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (Figaro) (from 1993-06 until 1993-07)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I (The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Act I)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:39
12Vieni fra queste braccia
recording of:
La gazza ladra: Atto primo, Scena 5. Cavatina e Coro "Vieni fra queste braccia..." (Giannetto)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Giovanni Gherardini
part of:
La gazza ladra: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini5:11