Matthias Bamert HALLOWEEN CLASSICS COMPACT DISC ONE Sortilege and Spook Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881) 1 A Night on the Bare Mountain 10:15 Arranged by Leopold Stokowski (1882 – 1977) BBC Philharmonic Matthias Bamert Recording venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester Recording date: June 1995 Sound engineer: Don Hartridge (CHAN 9445 – track 1) 3 Paul Dukas (1865 – 1935) 2 L’Apprenti sorcier 11:32 Symphonic Scherzo after Goethe Ulster Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier Recording venue: Ulster Hall, Belfast Recording date: 1989 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 8852 – track 3) Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) 3 Introduction – 3:16 4 Le Jardin enchanté de Kastchei 2:24 Two movements from L’Oiseau de feu Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Dmitri Kitajenko Recording venue: Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark Recording date: January 1991 Sound engineer: Lars S. Christensen (CHAN 8967 – tracks 2 and 3) 4 Courtesy of Iceland Symphony Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier Marco Borggreve Vassily Sinaisky Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921) 5 Danse macabre, Op. 40 6:38 Poème symphonique Royal Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Järvi Recording venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Recording date: September 2011 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHSA 5104 – track 4) Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855 – 1914) 6 The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 7:40 Fairy-tale Picture BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky Recording venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester Recording date: April 2000 Sound engineer: Stephen Rinker (CHAN 9911 – track 4) 7 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) 7 The Ghost of Hamlet’s Father 3:21 No. 1 from incidental music to Hamlet, Op. 77 Russian State Symphony Orchestra Valeri Polyansky Recording venue: Grand Hall, Moscow Conservatory, Russia Recording date: April 2002 Sound engineer: Igor Verprintsev (CHAN 10056 – track 3) Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921 – 2006) 8 Tam o’ Shanter, Op. 51 8:17 Overture after the Poem of Robert Burns BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba Recording venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester Recording date: January 2004 Sound engineer: Stephen Rinker (CHAN 10293 – track 4) 8 Andreas Nilsson Rumon Gamba Nigel Luckhurst Nigel Valeri Polyansky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky 9 The Hut on Fowl’s Legs 3:54 No. 9 from Pictures at an Exhibition Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) Russian State Symphony Orchestra Valeri Polyansky Recording venue: Moscow Conservatory, Russia Recording date: 1994 Sound engineers: Elena Buneeva and Vladimir Kisselev (CHAN 9497 – track 18) Bohuslav Martinů (1890 – 1959) 10 Dance of the Shadows 2:19 Excerpt from No. III, ‘In the Magician’s Palace’, from Suite No. 1 from the Opera-ballet Špalíček, H 214 Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi Recording venue: Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn Recording date: September / October 2014 Sound engineer: Maido Maadik (CHAN 10885 – track 3) 11 Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869) 11 Songe d’une Nuit du Sabbat 10:41 Fifth movement from Symphonie fantastique Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky Recording venue: Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden Recording date: November 1991 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 9052 – track 6) TT 71:15 12 Gennady Rozhdestvensky Jon Super Jon BBC Philharmonic, with its Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena COMPACT DISC TWO Horrors, Vampires, etc. The evil always plays organ... Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963) 1 Andante – Allegro giocoso 5:38 Opening of Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani Ian Tracey organ BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier Recording venue: Liverpool Cathedral Recording date: October 1993 Sound engineer: Don Hartridge (CHAN 9271 – track 9) 15 Stanley Black (1913 – 2002) 2 Blood of the Vampire 11:02 Music from the Film by Henry Cass BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Recording venue: Watford Colosseum Recording date: November 2004 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 10306 – track 12) Music from the film ‘Jack the Ripper’ 13:52 3 Movement I 2:26 4 Movement II 5:12 5 Movement III 6:14 A Film by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Recording venue: Watford Colosseum Recording date: November 2004 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 10306 – tracks 13 – 15) 16 Barry Wordsworth Kaupo Kikkas Kaupo Neeme Järvi Is there anyone...? Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) 6 The Night’s Music 4:38 Fourth movement from Out of Doors, BB 89 Geoffrey Tozer piano Recording venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh Recording date: March 1997 Sound engineer: Jonathan Cooper (CHAN 9761 – track 29) Dance of the Vampires Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev 7 Happiness 3:19 Sixth movement from Waltz Suite, Op. 110 Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Järvi Recording venue: City Hall, Glasgow Recording date: August 1984 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 10077 X – track 6) 19 House of the Devil Luigi Boccherini (1743 – 1805) 8 Allegro con moto 8:45 Third movement from Symphony in D minor, Op. 12 No. 4, G 506 Nella casa del diavolo Cantilena Adrian Shepherd Recording venue: SNO Centre, Glasgow Recording date: April 1985 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 8414(2) – CD 1, track 12) Labyrinth Scene from ‘The Shining’ Béla Bartók 9 Adagio 7:46 Third movement from Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, BB 114 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner Recording venue: Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Recording date: March 2013 Sound engineer: Alex Stinson (CHSA 5130 – track 9) 20 © Lucas Dawson Photography© Edward Gardner and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) 10 Allegretto 2:53 First movement from Suite from Katerina Ismailova, Op. 114 Royal Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Järvi Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Recording date: April 1987 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 7000(2) – CD 2, track 12) Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky 11 Catacombs – 2:35 12 Con mortuis in lingua mortua 2:01 No. 8 from Pictures at an Exhibition Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) Russian State Symphony Orchestra Valeri Polyansky Recording venue: Moscow Conservatory, Russia Recording date: 1994 Sound engineers: Elena Buneeva and Vladimir Kisselev (CHAN 9497 – tracks 16 – 17) 22 Evil small critters Béla Bartók 13 Prestissimo, con sordino 2:54 Second movement from String Quartet No. 4, BB 95 Chilingirian Quartet Recording venue: Church of St Bartholomew, Orford, Suffolk Recording date: June / July 1988 Sound engineer: Trygg Tryggvason (CHAN 8634 – track 6) Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev 14 In the Palace 5:31 Second movement from Waltz Suite, Op. 110 Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Järvi Recording venue: City Hall, Glasgow Recording date: August 1984 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 10077 X – track 2) 23 Vernon Handley Vernon Mark Harrison Bad Dwarfs Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907) 15 March of the Dwarfs 3:25 Fourth movement from Lyric Suite, Op. 54 Arranged by the Composer for Harp and Strings Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley Recording venue: Ulster Hall, Belfast Recording date: August 1986 Sound engineer: Ralph Couzens (CHAN 8723 – track 11) TT 75:19 25 Also available Explosive Classics CHAN 10989 X 26 You can now purchase Chandos CDs or download MP3s online at our website: www.chandos.net For requests to license tracks from this CD or any other Chandos discs please find application forms on the Chandos website or contact the Royalties Director, Chandos Records Ltd, direct at the address below or via e-mail at [email protected]. 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Gundersen p 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, and 2016 Chandos Records Ltd This compilation p 2018 Chandos Records Ltd Digital remastering p 2018 Chandos Records Ltd © 2018 Chandos Records Ltd Chandos Records Ltd, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HX, England Country of origin UK 27 HALLOWEEN CLASSICS – Various Artists HALLOWEEN CLASSICS – Various Artists CHANDOS DIGITAL 2-disc set CHAN 20039(2) Halloween Classics COMPACT DISC ONE 1 Modest Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain 10:15 2 Paul Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier 11:32 3-4 Igor Stravinsky: Two movements from L’Oiseau de feu 5:40 5 Camille Saint-Saëns: DanSe macabre, Op. 40 6:38 6 Anatol Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 7:40 7 Sergey Prokofiev: The Ghost of Hamlet’s Father 3:21 Ian Tracey organ 8 Sir Malcolm Arnold: Tam o’ Shanter, Op. 51 8:17 Geoffrey Tozer piano 9 Modest Mussorgsky: The Hut on Fowl’s Legs 3:54 BBC Concert Orchestra 10 Bohuslav Martinů: Dance of the Shadows 2:19 BBC Philharmonic 11 Hector Berlioz: Songe d’une Nuit du Sabbat 10:41 Cantilena TT 71:15 Chilingirian Quartet COMPACT DISC TWO Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra 1 Francis Poulenc: Opening of Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani 5:38 Estonian National Symphony Orchestra 2 Stanley Black: Blood of the Vampire 11:02 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 3-5 Stanley Black: Music from the Film Jack the Ripper 13:52 Royal Scottish National Orchestra 6 Béla Bartók: The Night’s Music 4:38 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 7 Sergey Prokofiev: Happiness 3:19 Russian State Symphony Orchestra 8 Luigi Boccherini: MOVEMENT FROM SYMPHONY NELLA CASA DEL DIAVOLO 8:45 Ulster Orchestra 9 Béla Bartók: MOVEMENT FROM MUSIC FOR STRINGS, PERCUSSION, AND CELESTA 7:46 Matthias Bamert 10 Dmitri Shostakovich: Allegretto from Katerina Ismailova, Op. 114 2:53 Rumon Gamba 11 Modest Mussorgsky: Catacombs 2:35 Edward Gardner 12 Modest Mussorgsky: Con mortuis in lingua mortua 2:01 Vernon Handley 13 Béla Bartók: MOVEMENT FROM STRING QUARTET NO.