100 Best Tunes (LP/Vinyl) Vol 5

A1 London Philharmonic Orchestra*– Symphony No. 5 - 1st Movement
Composed By – Beethoven*
Conductor – Leopold Stokowski
Composed By – Beethoven*
Conductor – Leopold Stokowski
A2 Ambrosian Singers*– The Lost Chord
Composed By – Sullivan*
Tenor Vocals – Stuart Burrows
Composed By – Sullivan*
Tenor Vocals – Stuart Burrows
A3 Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra*– The Skaters Waltz
Composed By – Waldteufel*
Composed By – Waldteufel*
A4 Coventry Cathedral Boys Choir– Jerusalem
Composed By – Parry*
Composed By – Parry*
A5 London Symphony Orchestra*– Capriccio Italien
Composed By – Tchaikovsky*
Conductor – Kenneth Alwyn
Composed By – Tchaikovsky*
Conductor – Kenneth Alwyn
B1 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra– Piano Concerto No. 2 - 1st Movement
Composed By – Rachmaninov*
Conductor – Kyril Kondrashin*
Piano – Vladimir Ashkenazy
Composed By – Rachmaninov*
Conductor – Kyril Kondrashin*
Piano – Vladimir Ashkenazy
B2 London Symphony Orchestra*– Messiah - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Composed By – Handel*
Conductor – Boult*
Soprano Vocals – Joan Sutherland
Composed By – Handel*
Conductor – Boult*
Soprano Vocals – Joan Sutherland
B3 Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields*– Suite No. 3 - Air On The G String
Composed By – Bach*
Conductor – Neville Marriner*
Composed By – Bach*
Conductor – Neville Marriner*
B4 Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*– Rusalka - O Silver Moon
Composed By – Dvořák*
Conductor – Giuseppe Patane*
Soprano Vocals [Rusalka] – Pilar Lorengar
Composed By – Dvořák*
Conductor – Giuseppe Patane*
Soprano Vocals [Rusalka] – Pilar Lorengar
B5 Kneller Hall Trumpeters / London Symphony Orchestra*– Trumpet Voluntary
Composed By – Clarke*
Conductor – Kenneth Alwyn
Trumpet – Kneller Hall Trumpeters*

From the Decca Album of 1973 when the LP was produced based on the BBC Radio 2 Programme 'Your One Hundred Best Tunes' presented by Alan Keith and produced latterly by Bridget Apps Your Hundred Best Tunes was a long-running BBC radio music programme, always broadcast on Sunday evenings, which presented popular works which were mostly classical excerpts, choral works, opera and ballads. The hundred tunes which made up the playlist were initially selected by the creator and presenter, Alan Keith. Subsequently, tunes were suggested by requests and polls of listeners, It was first broadcast on 15 November 1959 on the BBC Light Programme under the title The Hundred Best Tunes in the World which it used until 7 February 1960, when Alan Keith's personal list of one hundred had all been played. The last show was transmitted on 21 January 2007 – a run of over 47 years. For most of this time, it was presented by the original creator, Alan Keith,. After his death in 2003,Richard Baker presented the show. Holiday guest presenters included Lady Evelyn Barbirolli, Rosalind Runcie, Earl Spencer and Ursula Vaughan Williams Alan Keith OBE (born Alexander Kossoff; 19 October 1908 – 17 March 2003) was a British actor, disc jockey and radio presenter, noted for being the longest serving and oldest presenter on British radio by the time of his death aged 94. Beginning in the early 1950s, he devoted time to devising and presenting music programmes for the BBC. In 1959, he devised Your Hundred Best Tunes, a programme of famous classical music, operetta and ballads. Keith chose the original 100 pieces himself. Many works were suggested by listeners and played in the programme. Thus a good many more than 100 works were played and the list evolved. Therefore, in subsequent years, a 100 Best were periodically voted for by listeners. In early March 2003, he recorded an announcement that he intended to retire from the programme after 44 years. However, he fell ill almost immediately afterwards, and died soon after; his final programme was broadcast 12 days after his death.