The Best of Leonard Slatkin

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Tracklist

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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, 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 (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
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 SoldierErnst 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, 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 (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 (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
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, 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, 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, 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 (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, 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, 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, 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 (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, 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:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “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 (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 (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, 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
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 (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