The Essential Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Tracklist

• 1
  Espada Suite: II. Boléro

  Jules Massenet
  2:01
• 2
  3 Small Tone Poems: No. 2, Winter Night, “Sleigh Ride”

  Frederick Delius
  5:41
• 3
  Cantus arcticus, op. 61: III. Joutsenet muuttavat

  Einojuhani Rautavaara
  7:29
• 4
  Adagio for Strings, op. 11

  Samuel Barber
  7:38
• 5
  The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

  Gustav Holst
  7:58
• 6
  Slåtter, op. 72: No. 8, Bruremarsch (etter Myllarguten)

  Edvard Grieg arr. Øistein Sommerfeldt
  2:45
• 7
  Zolotoy vek, op. 22, Act I, Scene 1, the Golden Age of Industry Exhibition: Scandal during the Boxing Match – Entrance of the Police

  Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
  2:17
• 8
  American Suite: II. Danse

  William Grant Still
  1:40
• 9
  100 Folk‐tunes from Hardanger, op. 151, Suite no. 1: No. 1: Velkomne med aera

  Geirr Tveitt
  3:41
• 10
  Visiting Friends: IV. Allegro scherzando, tempo giusto

  Álvaro Cassuto
  5:43
• 11
  Bergakungen, op. 37, R. 99: Vallflickans dans

  Hugo Alfvén
  4:08
• 12
  Alfama Suite: VII. Dance of the boys and girls who fill the square

  Joly Braga Santos arr. Álvaro Cassuto
  2:48
• 13
  Symphony no. 3 in D minor “Wagner Symphony”: III. Scherzo. Ziemlich schnell

  Anton Bruckner
  6:50
• 14
  Concerto no. 2 for Guitar and Strings, op. 394: II. Allegro giusto

  Alan Hovhaness
  4:33
• 15
  Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: No. 2, Voiles

  Claude Debussy orch. Peter Breiner
  3:47
• 16
  Symphony no. 1, op. 10: III. Allegro moderato

  Elisabetta Brusa
  7:36
• 17
  Piano Concerto no. 2: III. Real Fast!

  Ned Rorem
  5:43
• 18
  Suite medieval: IV. Cantar de Amigo

  Frederico de Freitas
  5:26
• 19
  Symphony no. 2 in F major “The Cambridge”: III. Andante

  Hubert Parry
  7:36
• 20
  Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato

  Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
  11:24
• 21
  Baal Shem: II. Nigun

  Ernest Bloch
  6:25
• 22
  Lyric Pieces, Book 5, op. 54: No. 6, Klokkeklang

  Edvard Grieg orch. Edvard Grieg and Anton Seidl
  4:19
• 23
  Violin Concerto, op. 14: II. Andante

  Samuel Barber
  8:41
• 24
  Le marchand de sable qui passe, op. 13, Final Scene

  Albert Roussel
  5:11
• 25
  Piano Concerto no. 4, op. 130, “Aurora Borealis”: III. Fading away in the bright night of spring

  Geirr Tveitt
  9:30

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Return to the Future / Song of Loneliness / To Love and Peace / Visiting Friends 2013

Two Symphonies / Overture to "Rienzi" / Huldigungsmarsch / Kaisermarsch

Two Symphonies / Overture to "Rienzi" / Huldigungsmarsch / Kaisermarsch 2012

Poem of Life and Love / Life's Dance / A Village Romeo and Juliet: Suite / Irmelin: Suite

Poem of Life and Love / Life's Dance / A Village Romeo and Juliet: Suite / Irmelin: Suite 2011

Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 2

Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 2 2008

Symphony no. 7 "Angel of Light"

Symphony no. 7 "Angel of Light" 2002

Jeu de cartes / Orpheus / Suite "The Soldier's Tale"

Jeu de cartes / Orpheus / Suite "The Soldier's Tale" 1999

Release credits

• Andrew Walton
  producer [4, 16, 23]
• Daniele Rustioni
  conductor [16]
• David Lloyd‐Jones
  conductor [5]
• Georg Tintner
  conductor [13]
• Hannu Lintu
  conductor [3]
• James Buswell
  violin [23]
• Jean-Luc Tingaud
  conductor [1]
• Jun Märkl
  conductor [15]
• Marin Alsop
  conductor [4, 23]
• Mike Clements
  engineer [16]
• Niklas Willén
  conductor [11]
• Phil Rowlands
  editor [13], engineer [15], producer [1]
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1, 3-5, 11, 13, 15-16, 23-24]
• Stéphane Denève
  conductor [24]
• Tim Handley
  engineer [3, 11, 13, 24], producer [3, 11, 13, 15, 24]
• Tony Faulkner
  engineer [4, 23]
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