VA - A Merry Feast with Music (2025)

Tracklist:

1. London Philharmonic Orchestra - The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 12a, Divertissement. Chocolate, Spanish Dance (1:10)
2. Jean-Pierre Armengaud - 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108: No. 1, Music, Love and Wine (1:31)
3. Alexandre Tharaud - Le champagne (Extrait de "Pousse l'amour") (0:40)
4. Xaver Meyer - Canon for 3 Voices, K. 234 "Essen, trinken" (1:39)
5. La Simphonie Du Marais - Le mariage de la grosse Cathos: Air des ivrognes (1:37)
6. Concentus Musicus Wien - Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212 "Peasant Cantata": No. 22, Aria. "Und daß ihr's alle wißt" (0:43)
7. Ensemble Gilles Binchois - Et c'est assez pour m'esjouir (Instrumental Version) (1:36)
8. The King's Singers - Mellange d'Orlande: No. 8, O vin en vigne (0:49)
9. Paavo Järvi - Divertimento for Orchestra: V. Turkey Trot (1:59)
10. Marc Minkowski - Orphée aux enfers, Act 2: Chœur infernal. "Vive le vin ! Vive Pluton !" (Chœur) (2:07)
11. John Ogdon - 4 Preludes, Op. 48: No. 4, Festivamente (0:55)
12. The King's Singers - Lustgarten neuer teutscher Gesäng: No. 20, Tanzen und springen (1:14)
13. New Philharmonia Orchestra - Lady Caroline Lamb: The Banquet (1:14)
14. Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Mensa sonora: Pars No. 3 in A Minor: I. Gagliarda. Allegro (1:15)
15. The King's Singers - So trinken wir (1:18)
16. Mariam Batsashvili - 6 Polish Songs, S. 480: No. 4, Bacchanal (After Chopin, Op. 74 No. 4) (1:51)
17. José Van Dam - Odes anacréontiques, Op. 31: No. 2, Qu'il faut boire (1:18)
18. Yehudi Menuhin - 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98: No. 31, New Year's Greeting IV (0:43)
19. Georges Prêtre - La jolie fille de Perth, WD 15, Act 2: Chanson à boire. "Tout boit, amis, dans ce monde" (Duc, Choeur) (1:26)
20. Maurice André - Divertissement, Op. 7 No. 1: Ouverture (2:06)
21. Michel Plasson - Faust, Act 5: "Doux nectar dans ton ivresse" (Chœur, Mephistophélès, Faust) (1:27)
22. Nina Walker - Captain Stratton's Fancy (1:37)
23. London Classical Players - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La réjouissance (2:08)
24. Joël Cohen - Airs de différents auteurs mis en tablature de luth, Livre sixième: No. 55, Qui veut chasser une migraine (1:41)
25. Les Arts Florissants - Ayant bu du vin clairet, H. 447 (1:12)
26. Manuel Barrueco - Sonatina meridional: III. Fiesta. Allegro con brio (2:15)
27. The King's Singers - Balletts to Five Voyces, Book 1: No. 4, Sing We and Chaunt It (1:43)
28. Jean-François Paillard - Symphonies pour les soupers du roi: Suite No. 6 "Premier caprice dit de Villers-Cotterêts": IV. Suitte de l'ancien - Doucement - Vivement (2:12)
29. José Carreras - The Student Prince, Act 1: Drinking Song. "Drink to Eyes That Are Bright as Stars" (Karl Franz, Chorus) (1:46)
30. Hespèrion XX - Banchetto musicale, Suite No. 6 in A Minor: III. Courente à 5 (2:21)
31. Les Arts Florissants - Psyché, LWV 56: Chœur. "Chantons les plaisirs charmants" (Chœur) (1:47)
32. Ingrid Fliter - Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 70 No. 1 (2:28)
33. Kent Nagano - Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: No. 3, Chanson à boire (1:53)
34. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - Tafelmusik, Pt. 3: Ouverture-Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B1: III. Allégresse. Vite - Meno mosso (2:27)
35. Michael Collins - Wild Violets, Act 2: "Wine in Our Glasses" (Paul, Chorus) (2:08)
36. Olivier Baumont - Livre de pièces de clavecin: XII. Les festes de Passy (2:31)
37. Marcello Viotti - L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Cantiamo, facciam brindisi" (Belcore, Dulcamara, Giannetta, Adina, Coro) (2:15)
38. John Eliot Gardiner - Suite d'orchestre No. 6 "Scènes de féerie": IV. Bacchanale (2:57)
39. Baccholian Singers of London - 6 Choruses, Op. 53: No. 3, Drinking Song (2:11)
40. André Previn - Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60bis: IV. Troika (2:53)
41. Jonathan Lemalu - Love Blows As the Wind Blows: III. Fill a Glass With Golden Wine (2:20)
42. Lucienne Renaudin Vary - Soirées musicales: No. 8, La danza (Version for Trumpet & Orchestra) (3:12)
43. Arnold Schönberg Chor - Trinklied vor der Schlacht, D. 169 (2:22)
44. La Simphonie Du Marais - Symphonies pour le festin royal du comte d'Artois, Suite en sol mineur: VII. Contredanse (3:13)
45. Willy Mattes - Im weißen Rössl, Act 3: "Laßt uns Champus trinken" - "Im weißen Rössl am Wolfgangsee" (Josepha, Leopold, Ottilie, Siedler, Chor) (2:27)
46. Armin Jordan - Feurefest, Op. 269 (3:14)
47. Riccardo Muti - I puritani, Act 1: "A festa!" (Coro) (2:29)
48. Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Homage to the Noble Grape: III. Chianti (3:24)
49. Sir Simon Rattle - Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 26: No. 7, Drinking Song (2:34)
50. Jean-François Paillard - Divertimento for String Quartet in D Major, P. 93: III. Menuetto. Allegretto (Orch. Paillard) (3:23)
51. The Swingle Singers - The Drunken Sailor (2:38)
52. Vernon Handley - The Wasps, an Aristophanic Suite: III. March-Past of the Kitchen Utensils (3:25)
53. Franck Pourcel - La chauve-souris, Act 2: Couplets. "Versez-nous le champagne" (Orlofsky, Arlette, Gaillardin, Chœur) (2:38)
54. Il Seminario Musicale - Cantates françaises et italiennes, Livre IV: No. 5, Les festes bolonnoises: Prélude (3:36)
55. Wolfgang Sawallisch - Abu Hassan, J. 106: "Liebes Weibchen, reiche Wein" (Fatime, Abu Hassan) (2:45)
56. Alexander Lazarev - Suite No. 1 from Spartacus: III. Variation of Aegina - Bacchanalia (3:31)
57. John McGlinn - Show Boat, Act 2: "Let's Make the New Year Far from a Blue Year" (Chorus) (2:47)
58. Anneleen Lenaerts - Sonata for Flute and Harp: III. Allegro festoso (3:45)
59. Riccardo Muti - Cavalleria rusticana: "Viva il vino spumeggiante" (Turiddu, Coro, Lola) (2:52)
60. Olivier Baumont - Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Septième ordre: V. Les amusemens (3:49)
61. Johnny Douglas - Bitter Sweet, Act 2: "When We're Thoroughly Wined and Dined" (Captain Lutte, Officers) (2:52)
62. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Fireworks, Op. 4 (3:50)
63. Kurt Graunke - Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act 2: Trinklied. "Als Büblein klein an der Mutter Brust" (Falstaff) (2:57)
64. Jeanne Loriod - Fête des belles eaux: VIII. Feux d'artifice final (3:52)
65. Antonino Votto - La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act 1: "Feste e pane!" (Coro, Barnaba) (2:57)
66. Kent Nagano - Coppélia, Act 2: No. 13, Chanson à boire et scène (3:56)
67. Maria Callas - La traviata, Act 1: Brindisi. "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Alfredo, Violetta, Coro) (3:12)
68. José Serebrier - The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 4 "Autumn": No. 14, Bacchanal (4:09)
69. Patricia Petibon - Les Indes galantes, Quatrième entrée "Les sauvages": Air. "Régnez, plaisirs et jeux !" (Zima) (3:20)
70. Aurélien Pontier - Polka de W. R. (After Behr’s La rieuse, Op. 303) (4:17)
71. New World Show Orchestra - The Vagabond King, Act 1: Drinking Song. "A Flagon of Wine" (Tabarie, Chorus) (3:27)
72. Paavo Järvi - Holberg Suite, Op. 40: V. Rigaudon (4:30)
73. Issay Dobrowen - Boris Godunov, Act 1: Drinking Song. "Kak vo gorode bylo vo Kazani" (Varlaam, Grigoriy, Misail) (3:35)
74. Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Andante festivo (Orchestral Version) (4:29)
75. Joël Cohen - Carmina burana: No. 200, Bacche, bene venies (After British Library MS Egerton 2615 "Manuscrit de Beauvais") (4:09)
76. Alicia de Larrocha - Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22: III. Orgía (4:46)
77. John Nelson - Béatrice et Bénédict, H 138, Act 2: "Le vin de Syracuse" (Somarone, Chœur) (4:38)
78. Riccardo Muti - Feste romane, P. 157: IV. La Befana (4:59)
79. Thomas Hampson - Seven Lively Arts: "Drink" (5:00)
80. Cristina Ortiz - Ciclo brasileiro, W374: No. 3, Festa no sertão (5:13)
81. Rudolf Kempe - Die verkaufte Braut, Act 2: Chor. "Wie schäumst du in den Gläsern" (Hans, Kezal, Chor) (5:17)
82. Andrew Litton - Festive Overture, Op. 96 (5:54)
83. Cyril Diederich - Les Huguenots, Acte 1: L'orgie. "Bonheur de la table" (Chœur) (3:29)
84. London Philharmonic Orchestra - Nocturnes, CD 98, L. 91: No. 2, Fêtes (6:37)
85. Nikolaus Harnoncourt - The Seasons, Hob. XXI:3, Autumn: No. 31, Chor des Landvolks. "Juhe, juhe! der Wein ist da" (Chor) (6:25)
86. Bertrand Chamayou - Bacchanale (6:56)
87. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 1: Scene of the Drunken Poet. "Fill up the Bowl" (6:51)
88. Georges Prêtre - Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 3: Bacchanale (6:58)
89. Aldo Ciccolini - Cerdaña "5 Études pittoresques": No. 2, Les fêtes "Souvenir de Puigcerdà" (7:22)
90. Yvon Leenart - La veuve joyeuse, Act 1: Finale. "Cotillon, c'est l'heure du cotillon" - "C'est la valse, écoutez" (9:28)
91. Michel Plasson - Le roi malgré lui, Act 2: Fête polonaise (7:38)
92. Quatuor Cherubini - Notturno, Op. 47: V. Ach, wer möchte einsam trinken - O Einsamkeit! Wie trink' ich gerne - Heerwagen, mächtig Sternbild der Germanen (9:35)
93. Marie-Claire Alain - 3 Danses, Op. 6: No. 1, Divertissement (7:47)
94. Philip Brunelle - Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2: The Christmas Party. "Another Slice of Turkey" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, Tiny, Slim, Hel, Shears, Western Union Boy) (9:39)
95. Theodor Guschlbauer - Servizio di tavola (7:45)
96. Klaus Tennstedt - Das Lied von der Erde: I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (9:49)
97. City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Bacchanale (8:22)
98. Carlo Maria Giulini - Carnival Overture, Op. 92, B. 169 (9:39)
99. Giuseppe Sinopoli - Der Wein (11:02)
100. Sir Mark Elder - Tannhäuser: Venusberg Music (12:31)
101. Pierre Dervaux - Divertissement sur des chansons russes, Op. 2 (12:41)
102. Liverpool Philharmonic Choir - The Black Knight, Op. 25: Scene 4, To the Sumptuous Banquet (14:47)
103. André Previn - Rhapsody in Blue (Orch. Grofé) (14:51)
104. The Sixteen - Chanson à boire, FP 31 (3:46)
105. Claudio Scimone - Concerto for Two Horns in F Major, RV 539: I. Allegro (2:59)
106. Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment - Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 "Italian": I. Allegro vivace (10:28)
107. Christoph von Dohnányi - Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (9:32)
108. Sir Neville Marriner - The Snow Maiden, Act 3: Dance of the Tumblers (3:43)
109. Rudolf Kempe - Walzerfolgen aus "Der Rosenkavalier" (Arr. Kempe) (17:45)
110. Accentus - Laurence Equilbey - 4 Gesänge, Op. 59: No. 2, Am Bodensee (3:56)