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The Best of the Academy

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

  • Release Date: 3rd Nov 2003
  • Catalogue No: 5856242
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: Classics for Pleasure
  • Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

2 Presto CDs

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Contents

Suppe: Leichte Kavallerie Overture

Work length7:06
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1986-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 Oct to 1 Nov 1986, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

Work length8:57
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1980-02-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 February 1980, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

1. Heart's Wounds

Track length3:58
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2. The Last Spring

Track length4:59
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Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11)

Work length6:17
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1980-02-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 February 1980, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Dvořák: Nocturne in B major for strings, Op.40 (B47)

Work length7:05
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1980-02-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 February 1980, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda)

Work length9:16
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1986-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 Oct to 1 Nov 1986, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Nicolai, C O: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor overture

Work length8:44
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1986-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 Oct to 1 Nov 1986, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50

Work length6:15
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1980-02-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 February 1980, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Boccherini: String Quintet Op. 13 No. 5, G281: Menuet

Work length3:55
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1980-02-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 February 1980, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Work length17:46
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1980-02-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 February 1980, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)

Work length2:50
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Bach, J S: Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV208

Work length4:37
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  • Ian Watson (organ)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Handel: Minuet (Berenice)

Work length3:50
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Bach, J S: Cantata No. 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Marriner)

Work length5:15
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  • Celia Nicklin (oboe), Ian Watson (organ)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Sinfonia 'Hirtenmusik'

Work length6:02
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56: Pastoral Symphony (Larghetto e mezzo piano)

Work length3:12
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, Abbey Road Studios

Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: Prelude

Work length2:47
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Schubert: Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D.797: Entr'acte No. 3 in B Flat

Work length7:01
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Gluck: Orphée et Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Work length6:00
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  • Paul Davies (flute)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D: Nocturne

Work length7:45
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  • Denis Vigay (cello), Kenneth Sillito (violin)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1983-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Excerpt, Shostakovich: The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a

Work length8:45
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1986-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 Oct to 1 Nov 1986, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

V. Barrel-Organ Waltz

Track length2:19
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VIII. Romance

Track length6:26
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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina: Dance of the Persian Slaves (Act IV)

Work length6:20
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1986-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 Oct to 1 Nov 1986, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Rimsky Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee

Work length1:26
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1986-11-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 Oct to 1 Nov 1986, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Rimsky Korsakov: Dance of the Tumblers (from Snegurochka)

Work length3:43
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1986-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 Oct to 1 Nov 1986, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

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