Readers Digest Presents A Gay Festival Of Light Classical Music - All Composers, Top Orchestras 12 LP Vinyl Remaster

Remastered from 12 LPs from the 50's, in genuine Mono. The album title is probably not quite correct in this day and age.

Some minor faults may be present. Many hours to prepare - do ENJOY.



Tracklist from prepared files.



Capriccio Italien, Op. 45  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Minute Of The Will-O'-The Wisps (From "The Damnation Of Faust")  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Ballet Of The Sylphs (From "The Damnation Of Faust")  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Rakoczy March (From "The Damnation Of Faust")  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Thunder and Lightning Polka  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

The Moldau (No. 2 from "My Country")  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Andante Cantabile (from Quartet in D, Op. 11)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Hansel and Gretel: Overture  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Rosamunde: Entr'acte No. 2 in B-Flat  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Gold and Silver Waltz  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Semiramide Overture  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Sleeping Beauty Ballet - Waltz  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Marche Slave Op. 31  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Zampa Overture  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Aida: Act II: Grand March  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Largo from "Xerxes"  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Dance of The Hours from "La Gioconda"  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Carmen Suite  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Bolero  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Faust: Ballet Music  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Poet and Peasant Overture  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Moto Perpetuo, Op. 11  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Norwegian Dance No. 2  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

1812 Overture  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

The Marriage of Figaro: Overture  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Prince Igor: Overture  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

The Sorcerer's Apprentice  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Petite Suite: En Bateau  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Orpheus in Hades: Overture  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Fingal's Cave Overture (The Hebrides)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Pomp and Circumstance March, in D, Op. 39  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Night on the Bare Mountain  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Overture di Ballo  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Alexander Gibson  

Light Cavalry Overture  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Josef Leo Gruber  

Tales from the Vienna Woods - Waltz  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Josef Leo Gruber  

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Josef Leo Gruber  

Radetzky March  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Josef Leo Gruber  

Martha: Overture  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Josef Leo Gruber  

Artist's Life Waltz  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Josef Leo Gruber  

Marche Militaire No. 1  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Josef Leo Gruber  

Estudiantina Waltz  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Josef Leo Gruber  

Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Kamennoi-Ostrow  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

William Tell: Overture  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

La Traviata: Prelude to Act I  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

La Traviata: Prelude to Act III  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

Die Gotterdammerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey  -  Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma/ Massimo Freccia  

First Movement: allegro (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525)  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Second Movement: Romanza: Andante (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525)  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Third Movement: Menuetto: Allegretto; Trio (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525)  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Fourth Movement: Rondo: Allegro (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525)  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

On the Beautiful Blue Danube  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Academic Festival Overture  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 ("Carnival of Pesth")  -  Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Victor Desarzens  

Crown Diamonds Overture  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Funeral March of a Marionette  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

March of the Little Lead Soldiers  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Danse Macabre, Op. 40  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

La Valse  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Prince Igor: Polovetzian Dances  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris/ Rene Lebowitz  

Overture Miniature (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  

Marche (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  

Trepak (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  

Arabian Dance (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  

Chinese Dance (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  

Dance of the Reed Flutes (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  

Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  

Swan Lake - Ballet Suite  -  New Symphony Orchestra Of London/ Sir Adrian Boult  





Tracklist From Discogs



A1 Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

A2 Minute Of The Will-O'-The Wisps (From "The Damnation Of Faust")

   Composed By – Hector Berlioz

A3 Ballet Of The Sylphs (From "The Damnation Of Faust")

   Composed By – Hector Berlioz

A4 Rakoczy March (From "The Damnation Of Faust")

   Composed By – Hector Berlioz

B1 Thunder and Lightning Polka

   Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr.

B2 The Moldau (No. 2 from "My Country")

   Composed By – Bedřich Smetana

B3 Andante Cantabile (from Quartet in D, Op. 11)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

B4 Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries

   Composed By – Richard Wagner

C1 Hansel and Gretel: Overture

   Composed By – Engelbert Humperdinck (2)

C2 Rosamunde: Entr'acte No. 2 in B-Flat

   Composed By – Franz Schubert

C3 Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

   Composed By – Pablo de Sarasate

D1 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

   Composed By – Franz Liszt

D2 Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

   Composed By – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

D3 Gold and Silver Waltz

   Composed By – Franz Lehár

E1 Semiramide Overture

   Composed By – Gioacchino Rossini

E2 Sleeping Beauty Ballet - Waltz

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

E3 Marche Slave Op. 31

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

F1 Zampa Overture

   Composed By – Ferdinand Hérold

F2 Aida: Act II: Grand March

   Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi

F3 Largo from "Xerxes"

   Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel

F4 Dance of The Hours from "La Gioconda"

   Composed By – Amilcare Ponchielli

G1 Carmen Suite

   Composed By – Georges Bizet

G2 The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

   Composed By – Jacques Offenbach

H1 Bolero

   Composed By – Maurice Ravel

H2 Faust: Ballet Music

   Composed By – Charles Gounod

I1 Poet and Peasant Overture

   Composed By – Franz von Suppé

I2 Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

   Composed By – Carl Maria von Weber

I3 Moto Perpetuo, Op. 11

   Composed By – Niccolò Paganini

I4 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214

   Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr.

J1 Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

   Composed By – Richard Wagner

J2 Norwegian Dance No. 2

   Composed By – Edvard Grieg

J3 1812 Overture

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

K1 The Marriage of Figaro: Overture

   Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

K2 Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo

   Composed By – Giacomo Puccini

K3 Prince Igor: Overture

   Composed By – Alexander Borodin

L1 The Sorcerer's Apprentice

   Composed By – Paul Dukas

L2 Petite Suite: En Bateau

   Composed By – Claude Debussy

L3 Orpheus in Hades: Overture

   Composed By – Jacques Offenbach

M1 Fingal's Cave Overture (The Hebrides)

   Composed By – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

M2 Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem)

   Composed By – Franz Liszt

N1 Pomp and Circumstance March, in D, Op. 39

   Composed By – Sir Edward Elgar

N2 Night on the Bare Mountain

   Composed By – Modest Mussorgsky

N3 Overture di Ballo

   Composed By – Sir Arthur Sullivan

O1 Light Cavalry Overture

   Composed By – Franz von Suppé

O2 Tales from the Vienna Woods - Waltz

   Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr.

O3 Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat

   Composed By – Franz Liszt

O4 Radetzky March

   Composed By – Johann Strauss Sr.

P1 Martha: Overture

   Composed By – Friedrich von Flotow

P2 Artist's Life Waltz

   Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr.

P3 Marche Militaire No. 1

   Composed By – Franz Schubert

P4 Estudiantina Waltz

   Composed By – Emil Waldteufel

Q1 Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture

   Composed By – Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Q2 Kamennoi-Ostrow

   Composed By – Anton Rubinstein

Q3 William Tell: Overture

   Composed By – Gioacchino Rossini

R1 La Traviata: Prelude to Act I

   Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi

R2 La Traviata: Prelude to Act III

   Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi

R3 Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

   Composed By – Pietro Mascagni

R4 Die Gotterdammerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

   Composed By – Richard Wagner

S1 First Movement: allegro (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525)

   Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

S2 Second Movement: Romanza: Andante (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525)

   Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

S3 Third Movement: Menuetto: Allegretto; Trio (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525)

   Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

S4 Fourth Movement: Rondo: Allegro (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525)

   Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

S5 On the Beautiful Blue Danube

   Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr.

T1 Academic Festival Overture

   Composed By – Johannes Brahms

T2 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 ("Carnival of Pesth")

   Composed By – Franz Liszt

U1 Crown Diamonds Overture

   Composed By – Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber

U2 Funeral March of a Marionette

   Composed By – Charles Gounod

U3 March of the Little Lead Soldiers

   Composed By – Gabriel Pierné

U4 Danse Macabre, Op. 40

   Composed By – Camille Saint-Saëns

V1 La Valse

   Composed By – Maurice Ravel

V2 Prince Igor: Polovetzian Dances

   Composed By – Alexander Borodin

W1 Overture Miniature (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

W2 Marche (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

W3 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

W4 Trepak (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

W5 Arabian Dance (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

W6 Chinese Dance (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

W7 Dance of the Reed Flutes (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

W8 Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a)

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

X1 Swan Lake - Ballet Suite

   Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky