100 Best Tunes (LP/Vinyl) Vol 8

A1 Accademia di Santa Cecilia*– Aida-Grand March (Gloria All 'Egitto) (No. 59)
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Carlo Franci
Libretto By – Ghislanzoni*
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Carlo Franci
Libretto By – Ghislanzoni*
A2 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*– Rosamunde-Overture (Abridged) (No. 82)
Composed By – Schubert*
Conductor – Pierre Monteux
Composed By – Schubert*
Conductor – Pierre Monteux
A3 Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra*– Madama Butterfly - One Fine Day (Un Bel Di) (No. 75)
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Tullio Serafin
Libretto By – Giacosa*, Illica*
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Tullio Serafin
Libretto By – Giacosa*, Illica*
A4 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Chorus– In A Monastery Garden (No. 92)
Composed By – Ketèlbey*
Conductor – Eric Rogers (2)
Composed By – Ketèlbey*
Conductor – Eric Rogers (2)
A5 Kenneth McKellar– My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose
Arranged By – Sharples*, Burns*
Composed By – Trad.*
Directed By – Robert Sharples*
Arranged By – Sharples*, Burns*
Composed By – Trad.*
Directed By – Robert Sharples*
A6 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra– Bolero (Excerpt) (No. 85)
Composed By – Ravel*
Conductor – Zubin Mehta
Composed By – Ravel*
Conductor – Zubin Mehta
B1 Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra*– Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23 (No. 62) - 1st Mvt., Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso (Excert)
Composed By – Tchaikovsky*
Conductor – Lorin Maazel
Composed By – Tchaikovsky*
Conductor – Lorin Maazel
B2 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra* And State Opera Chorus*– Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (No. 74) - 4th Mvt., Finale (Excerpt)
Composed By – Beethoven*
Conductor – Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Composed By – Beethoven*
Conductor – Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
B3 London Symphony Orchestra*– Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune (No. 98)
Composed By – Debussy*
Conductor – Pierre Monteux
Composed By – Debussy*
Conductor – Pierre Monteux
B4 The Ambrosian Singers– The Holy City (No. 68)
Composed By – Adams*
Directed By – Wyn Morris
Libretto By – Weatherly*
Composed By – Adams*
Directed By – Wyn Morris
Libretto By – Weatherly*

From the Decca Album of 1972 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 title was changed from 14 February 1960 onwards. At this point it ran for half an hour from 10 to 10.30 pm, but from 25 December 1960 it was extended and moved to earlier in the evening, running from 7.35 to 8.30 pm. From 12 March 1961 it adopted the 9 to 10 pm time slot which it would occupy for the rest of its life, on four different networks: it moved from the Light Programme to the Home Service from 5 January 1964, and remained there after it became Radio 4 from 1 October 1967, but returned to what had been the Light Programme, now renamed Radio 2, from 5 April 1970. 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.