Tuesday 3rd March 2026

CD 196

Title : Essential Dinner Party Classics

Label : Classic FM [2005]

Performer(s) : Various composers / performers

Tracks 1 : George Gershwin: Three preludes for piano – No.1
Performers : Leon Bates, piano
Composer(s):  George Gershwin
Performer(s):  Leon Bates

Tracks 2 : Robert Schumann: Piano quintet in E flat Op.44 – Scherzo
Performers : Jeno Jandó, Kodály Quartet
Composer(s):  Robert Schumann
Performer(s):  Jeno Jandó
Ensemble(s):  Kodály Quartet

Tracks 3 : Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffman – Barcarolle
Performers : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra: Keith Clark
Composer(s):  Jacques Offenbach
Performer(s):  Keith Clark
Ensemble(s):  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tracks 4 : P I Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C Op.48 – Waltz
Performers : Vienna Chamber Orchestra: Philippe Entremont
Composer(s):  P I Tchaikovsky
Performer(s):  Philippe Entremont
Ensemble(s):  Wiener Kammerorchester

Tracks 5 : W A Mozart: String quartet no.17 in B flat K458 'Hunt' – Menuetto
Performers : Eder Quartet
Composer(s):  W A Mozart
Ensemble(s):  Eder Quartet

Tracks 6 : Franz Schubert: String quintet in C, D956 – Allegro ma non troppo
Performers : Ensemble Villa Musica
Composer(s):  Franz Schubert
Ensemble(s):  Ensemble Villa Musica

Tracks 7 : J S Bach: Suite no.3 In D, BWV1068 – Air
Performers : Capella Istropolitana: Jaroslav Dvořák
Composer(s):  J S Bach
Performer(s):  Jaroslav Dvorák
Ensemble(s):  Capella Istropolitana

Tracks 8 : Erik Satie: Trois gymnopédies – No.1 (orch. Debusy)
Composer(s):  Erik Satie, Claude Debussy
Performer(s):  Jérome Kaltenbach
Ensemble(s):  Nancy Symphony Orchestra

Tracks 9 : Heitor Villa-Lobos: Preludes – No.1
Performers : Craig Ogden, guitar
Composer(s):  Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer(s):  Craig Ogden

Tracks 10 : Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paginini – Variation XVIII
Performers : Stephen Hough, piano, Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Andrew Litton
Composer(s):  Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer(s):  Stephen Hough,  Andrew Litton
Ensemble(s):  Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Tracks 11 : Georges Bizet: Carmen suite no.1 – Intermezzo
Performers : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra: Anthony Bramall
Composer(s):  Georges Bizet
Performer(s):  Anthony Bramall
Ensemble(s):  Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Tracks 12 : Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words Op.19 – No.6 'Venetian gondola song'
Performers : Péter Nagy, piano
Composer(s):  Felix Mendelssohn
Performer(s):  Péter Nagy

Tracks 13 : Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano sonata no.8 in C minor Op.13 'Pathétique' – Adagio cantabile
Performers : Jeno Jandó, piano
Composer(s):  Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer(s):  Jeno Jandó

Tracks 14 : Franz Liszt: Liebestraum 'Dream of Love'
Performers : Balázs Szokolay, piano
Composer(s):  Franz Liszt
Performer(s):  Balázs Szokolay

Tracks 15 : Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness (arr. Timothy Walker)
Performers : Graham Anthony Devine, guitar
Composer(s):  Peter Maxwell Davies, Timothy Walker
Performer(s):  Graham Anthony Devine

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