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Emile Waldteufel, Alexander Borodin, Jules Massenet
Sentimental Favorites (25)
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Les Patineurs Valse ('Skater's Waltz'), Op. 183: Edited for leisure listening
2. String Quartet No. 2 in D major: III: Notturno (edited for leisure listening)
3. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera 'Thaïs')
4. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Waltz (edited for leisure listening)
5. The Red Poppy, ballet, Op. 70: Phoenix (edited for leisure listening)
6. Künstler-Leben (Artists' Life), waltz for orchestra, Op. 316 (RV 316): Edited for leisure listening
7. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ('Elvira Madigan') K. 467: II: Andante (edited for leisure listening)
8. Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109
9. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6): Edited for leisure listening
10. Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), for violin & piano: Edited for leisure listening
11. Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50: Edited for leisure listening
12. Je te veux (I Want You), café-concert song for voice & piano: Edited for leisure listening
13. Greensleeves, folk song: Edited for leisure listening
14. Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: I: Granada (edited for leisure listening)
15. Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c): II: Andantino (edited for leisure listening)
16. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers (edited for leisure listening)
17. The Swan (from 'Carnival of the Animals'), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
18. Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Polovtsian Dance No 08 (edited for leisure listening)
19. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Sull'aria (arranged for winds & edited for leisure listening)
20. Dance Melodies of Old Vienna (3): III: Schön Rosmarin (edited for leisure listening)
21. Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35: Arab Song (edited for leisure listening)
22. Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music and suite for orchestra, Op. 80: Sicilenne (edited for leisure listening)
23. Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/6: Excerpts
24. Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: II:Allegro (edited for leisure listening)
25. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezzo (edited for leisure listening)

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All Artists: Emile Waldteufel, Alexander Borodin, Jules Massenet, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Reinhold Gliere, Johann II [Junior] Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frederic Chopin, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Fritz Kreisler, Gabriel Faure, Erik Satie, English Traditional, Isaac Albeniz, Camille Saint-Saens, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Edvard Grieg, Pietro Mascagni, Philip Gibson, Frank Shipway
Title: Sentimental Favorites (25)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 2
Label: Vox (Classical)
Release Date: 8/20/1996
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Waltzes, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Short Forms, Suites, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910), Instruments, Keyboard, Reeds & Winds, Strings, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 047163882326

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CD Reviews

25 Sentimental Favorites

06/18/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I used to think that classical music is boring, but this CD has changed my mind. The first time I listened to this CD I said, its OK. Later every time I listen to it I discover a new beautiful music. I feel calm and relaxed. I mostly liked the Borodin, Mozart and Faure songs. It is really 25 sentimental favorites. Now, many titles of the 25 "?" Favorites are on my wish list...."

Dissappointing

George R. Stilwell, Jr. | Raleigh, NC USA | 05/22/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The recordings are fair at best. The performances poor to better.I will dispose of this one."

Sentimental classical journey

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 07/10/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"As revealed with SONY MDR-7506 Studio Monitor headphones, transfer quality of the contents of VOX's 25 SENTIMENTAL FAVORITES is generally full-range, distortion-free, and with such clarity for example you can hear one musician's regular inhalations on the second cut (BORODIN String Quartet #2). Occasional tracks do reveal their magnetic tape sources, but this white noise is minimal, except for #24 (perhaps it's a multi-generational dub). Only the very last number ('Cavalleria Rusticana') is monaural.

Musicianship and editing are another matter, however.

Edits:

These all obviously fade out before the movement or piece ends: #2, #3, 11 and 18.

Technique:

The crucial soloist on MASSENET's 'Meditation from Thais' is ever-so slightly sour.

On STRAUSS's 'Artist's Life' the orchestra slurs some faster runs.

Strings on MOZART's 'Elvira Madigan' render a wooden intro.

The anonymous 'My Lady Greensleeves' shows dissonance in left hand chord runs.

BORODIN's 'Polovetsian Dance #8' has a few imperfect moments that make you wince.

Noteworthies:

KREISLER's 'Liebeslied' is positively beautiful as is his 'Schön Rosmarin.'

The MOZART Flute and Harp Concerto couldn't be better.

TCHAIKOVSKY's 'Waltz of the Flowers' is a standout.

Outstandingly captured bass on the MOZART 'Marriage of Figaro' excerpt.

The 'Arab Song' from Rimsky-Korsakov shows wonderful spirit.

Grieg's 'Wedding Day' has a pleasant airiness."