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France, Warner Classics/Parlophone, 2016

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Ravel (London Symphony Orchestra ; Kent Nagano, conductor)
(5:29)
Solomon : HWV 67.
Act 3. Sinfonia
Handel (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor)
(3:14)
Le quattro stagioni =
The four seasons.
Violin concerto no. 1 in E, RV 269 : 'Spring'.
Allegro
CD 1:
Vivaldi (Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad ; Alberto Lysy, conductor)
(3:42)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 :
'From the New World'.
Allegro con fuoco
Dvořák (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Maria Giulini, conductor)
(11:20)
Horn concerto no. 4 in E-flat, K. 495.
Rondo-Allego vivace
Mozart (Barry Tuckwell, horn ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
Favourite classics.
(3:36)
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125.
Ode to joy
Beethoven (Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Birgit Remmert, contralto ; Kurt Streit, tenor ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Simon Rattle, conductor)
(3:47)
1812 overture : op. 49
[extract]
Tchaikovsky (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor)
(3:34)
Piano concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30.
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67.
Allegro ma non tanto
(extract)
Rachmaninov (Mikhail Rudy, piano ; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor)
(2:54)
Carmina Burana.
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi.
O Fortuna
Orff (Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(2:43)
Finlandia : op. 26
Allegro con brio
Sibelius (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Berglund, conductor)
(8:07)
The planets : op. 32.
Jupiter, the bringer of jollity
(extract)
Holst (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(4:51)
Romeo and Juliet.
Suite no. 2, op. 64b.
Montagues and Capulets :
Beethoven (Chamber Orchestra of Europe ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor)
(Dance of the knights)
(extract)
Prokofiev (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(1:53)
Pomp and circumstance march : no. 1 in D.
Land of hope and glory
(conclusion)
Elgar (Royal Choral Society ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Andrew David, conductor)
(2:36)
Suite in D.
(7:20)
Trumpet voluntary :
The Prince of Denmark's march
Clarke (Maurice André, trumpet ; Jane Parker-Smith, organ)
(2:54)
Aida.
Triumphal chorus & grand march :
"Gloria all'Egitto"
Verdi (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(4:35)
Radetzky march : op. 228
Bolero
J. Strauss I (Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor)
(2:52)
(extract)
Andantino
Mozart (Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute ; Lili Laskine, harp ; Ensemble instrumental Jean Marie-Leclair ; Jean François Paillard)
(4:39)
Peer Gynt : op. 23.
No. 13 : Morning mood
Grieg (Estonian National Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
(4:11)
Adagio for strings, op. 11
Barber (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
(6:22)
CD 2:
Concierto de Aranjuez.
Adagio
(opening)
Rodrigo (Julian Bream, guitar ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(4:46)
Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68 :
"Pastoral".
Allegro non troppo :
Awakening of happy feelings on arriving in the country
[extract]
Relaxing classics.
Beethoven (Berliner Philharmoniker ; André Cluytens, conductor)
(2:47)
Piano concerto no. 21 in C, K. 467.
Andante
Mozart (Christian Zacharias, piano ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; David Zinman, conductor)
(5:15)
Suite no. 3 in D, BWV 1068.
Air
Bach (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(3:33)
Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 :
Harpsichord suite no. 4 in D minor, HWV 437.
Sarabande
Handel (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Alexander Briger, conductor)
(3:24)
Canon in D
Pachelbel (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(5:00)
Adagio in G minor
(extract)
Albinoni ; arr. Giazotto (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
'Moonlight'.
(5:52)
Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043.
Largo, ma non tanto
Bach (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo, violins ; English Chamber Orchestra)
(7:45)
Clarinet concerto in A, K. 622.
Adagio
Mozart (Sabine Meyer, clarinet ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor)
(6:38)
Symphony no. 7 in A, op. 92.
Adagio sostenuto
Allegretto
(extract)
Beethoven (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Kurt Sanderling, conductor)
(3:56)
Variations on an original theme : op. 36 :
'Enigma'.
Nimrod
Elgar (London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Adrian Boult, conductor)
(3:58)
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor.
Beethoven (Maria-João Pires, piano)
Adagietto
(conclusion)
Mahler (New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor)
(3:07)
(5:31)
Concerto for flute and harp in C, K. 299.
Andante
(extract)
Mendelssohn (Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Efrem Kurtz, conductor)
(4:30)
Piano concerto no. 5 in E-flat, op. 73 :
'Emperor'.
Allegro
(extract)
Beethoven (Emil Gilels, piano ; Cleveland Orchestra ; George Szell, conductor)
(6:42)
CD 3:
Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11.
Romance :
Larghetto
Chopin (Martha Argerich, piano ; Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal ; Charles Dutoit, conductor)
(3:51)
Le carnaval des animaux.
Le cygne =
The swan
Saint-Saens (Gautier Capuçon, cello ; Frank Braley, piano)
(3:07)
Romantic classics.
Méditation de Thaïs
Massenet (Renaud Capuçon, violin ; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen ; Daniel Harding, conductor)
(5:19)
Le quattro stagioni =
The four seasons.
Violin concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 : 'Winter'.
Largo
Vivaldi (Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad ; Alberto Lysy, conductor)
(2:08)
Orfeo ed Euridice : Wq. 41.
The nutcracker : op. 71.
Act 2.
Dance of the blessed spirits
Gluck ; arr. Kreisley (Renaud Capuçon, violin ; Jérôme Ducros, piano)
(3:45)
Sleeping beauty : op. 66.
Act 1 : The spell.
Waltz
Tchaikovsky (Philharmonia Orchestra ; John Lanchbery, conductor)
(4:59)
Scheherazade : op. 35.
Act 2.
The story of the Kalendar prince
(opening)
Rimsky-Korsakov (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(3:51)
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Vaughan Williams (Sinfonia of London ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor)
(4:40)
Theme from Schindler's list
John Williams (New World Philharmonic ; Ian Sutherland, conductor)
(5:04)
No. 13 : Waltz of the flowers
Swan lake : op. 20.
Act II.
No. 10 : Scene (moderato)
Tchaikovsky (London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor)
(2:49)
Wiegenlied =
Lullaby
Brahms (Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Sinfonia of London ; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor)
(2:23)
Waltz no. 9 in A-flat, op. 69 no. 1
Tchaikovsky (London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor)
Chopin (Samson François, piano)
(4:21)
Symphony no. 3 in F, op. 90.
Poco allegretto
Brahms (Berliner Philharmoniker ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(6:47)
An der schönen blauen Donau : op. 314
J. Strauss II (Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor)
(3:14)
(6:57)
Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64.
Act 2.
"Vissi d'arte"
(Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
(3:28)
Gianni Schicchi.
"O mio babbino caro"
(London Symphony Orchestra)
(2:07)
Puccini (Antonio Pappano, conductor)
Nabucco.
CD 4:
Act 3.
Chorus of the Hebrew slaves :
"Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
Verdi (Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(5:14)
Turandot.
Act 3.
"Nessun dorma"
Puccini (José Carreras, tenor ; Chœurs de l'Opéra du Rhin ; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg ; Alain Lombard, conductor)
(4:13)
Vocal classics.
Les contes d'Hoffmann.
Act 4.
Barcarolle :
"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"
Offenbach (Jessye Norman, soprano ; Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano ; Brussels National Opera Chorus ; Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxelles ; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor)
(4:22)
Rusalka : op. 114.
Act 1.
"Song to the moon"
Dvořák (Lucia Popp, soprano ; Münchner Rundfunkorchester ; Stefan Soltesz, conductor)
Norma.
(5:56)
Lakmé.
Act 1.
Flower duet :
"Sous le dôme épais"
Delibes (Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, sopranos ; Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique ; Alain Lombard, conductor)
(3:30)
Don Giovanni : K. 527.
Act 1.
"Là ci darem la mano"
Act 1.
(Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor)
(3:44)
Die Zauberflöte : K. 620.
Act 2.
"Der Hölle Rache"
(Natalie Dessay, soprano ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Louis Langrée, conductor)
(3:00)
Mozart
Die lustige Witwe.
"Lippen schweigen"
"Casta diva"
Lehár (Diana Damrau, soprano ; Rolando Villazón, tenor ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; David Charles Abell, conductor)
(3:09)
Carmen.
Act 1.
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
Bizet (Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Chœurs & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor)
(4:39)
Serse.
Act 1.
"Ombra mai fu"
Bellini (Maria Callas, soprano ; Orchestra Teatro alla Scala di Milano ; Tullio Serafin, conductor)
Handel (Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano ; Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor)
(3:33)
Orfeo ed Euridice : Wq. 30.
Act 3.
"Che farò senza Euridice?"
Gluck (Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(5:29)
Ellens Gesang III : D. 839.
No. 6 : Ave Maria
Schubert (Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Geoffrey Parsons, piano)
(5:37)
(6:19)
Peer Gynt : op. 23.
Act 4.
Solveig's song
Grieg (Camilla Tilling, soprano ; National Male Choir of Estonia ; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
(4:53)
Tosca.
(4:22)
Bagatelle no. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 :
'Für Elise'
Beethoven (François-René Duchâble, piano)
(2:30)
Impromptu in G-flat, D. 899, no. 3
Schubert (Maria-João Pires, piano)
(2:00)
Préludes, book 1, L. 117.
No. 8 : La fille aux cheveux de lin
CD 5:
Debussy (Samson François, piano)
(2:15)
Keyboard concerto in F minor, BWV 1056.
Adagio
Bach (David Fray, piano & conductor ; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
(3:12)
Piano concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466.
Romanze
Mozart (Yuri Egorov, piano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor)
(8:58)
Piano classics.
Piano concerto in G, M. 83.
Adagio assai
Ravel (Hélène Grimaud, piano ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ; David Zinman, conductor)
(10:02)
Prelude in E minor, op. 28 no. 4
Chopin (Nikolai Lugansky, piano)
(2:07)
Goldberg variations : BWV 988.
Aria
Bach (Daniel Barenboim, piano)
Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18.
(4:59)
Piano concerto in A minor, op. 19.
Allegro molto moderato
(extract)
Grieg (Cécile Ousset, piano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(4:29)
Suite bergamasque : L. 75.
Claire de lune
Debussy (Kun Woo Paik, piano)
(5:45)
Moderato
Songs without words.
Book 6, op. 67.
Allegro leggiero
Mendelssohn (Alexandre Tharaud, piano)
(1:59)
Kinderszenen : op. 15.
Träumerei
Schumann (Martha Argerich, piano)
(2:51)
Pictures at an exhibition.
Rachmaninov (Leif Ove Andsnes, piano ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Antonio Pappano, conductor)
No. 10 : The great gate at Kiev
Mussorgsky (Alexis Weissenberg, piano)
(4:59)
The seasons : op. 37b.
June :
(Barcarolle)
Tchaikovsky (Mikhail Pletnev, piano)
(4:39)
Liebesträume : S 541.
No. 3 in A-flat
(10:11)
Liszt (Kun Woo Paik, piano)
(5:35)
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. posth.
Chopin (Mikhail Pletnev, piano)
Handel (Royal Choral Society ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor)
(6:04)
Cantata, BWV 140 :
"Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Bach (Süddeutscher Madrigalchor ; Consortium Classicum ; Wolfgang Gönnenwein, conductor)
(4:48)
Miserere
(extract)
Allegri (King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor)
(5:46)
CD 6:
Deutsche Messe : D. 872.
Zum Sanctus :
Heilig! heilig! heilig!
Schubert (Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor)
(2:28)
Requiem in D minor, op. 48.
Pie Jesu (3:39)
In paradisum
(3:22)
Fauré (Philippe Jaroussky, counter-tenor ; Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris ; Orchestre de Paris ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
Spiritual.
Mass in B minor, BWV 232.
Sanctus
Bach (Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Eugen Jochum, conductor)
(6:08)
Vesperae solennes de confessore : K. 339.
Laudate Dominum
Mozart (Edda Moser, soprano ; Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Eugen Jochum, conductor)
(5:08)
Cantique de Jean Racine : op. 11
Fauré (Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris ; Orchestre de Paris ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
Cantata :
(4:48)
Ave verum corpus : K. 618
Mozart (Hilliard Ensemble ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Cambridge Classical Players ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor)
(3:07)
Messa da Requiem.
Ingemisco
Verdi (Piotr Beczała, tenor ; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass ; Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris ; Philippe Jordan, conductor)
(3:22)
Messiah : BWV 56.
Part 3.
'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' : BWV 147 :
"I know that my Redeemer liveth"
Handel (Lucy Crowe, soprano ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor)
(6:01)
L'enfance du Christ : op. 25.
Part 2.
The shepherds' farewell
Berlioz (Chœurs René Duclos ; Orchestre da la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire ; André Cluytens)
(3:52)
The Creation.
Part 1.
"Jesu, joy of man's desiring"
"The heavens are telling"
Haydn (Heather Harper, soprano ; Robert Tear, tenor ; John-Shirley Quirk, bass-baritone ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor)
(4:46)
Requiem in D minor, K. 626.
Lacrimosa
Mozart (Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra ; Carl Maria Giulini, conductor)
(3:40)
Messiah : HWV 56.
Hallelujah
Handel (Ambrosian Singers ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor)
Bach ; arr. Marriner (Calia Nicklin, oboe ; Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(4:05)
(5:14)
Zadok the priest : HWV 258

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Label: 100 best classics

Title: 100 best classics

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One hundred best classics
Hundred best classics
Best classics 100

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Accompanying matter: other

Cataloging source: BTCTA

Form of composition: multiple forms

Format of music: not applicable

Language note: Vocal selections sung in German, Italian, French, Czech, Latin, and English

Music parts: not applicable

PerformerNote: Various performers

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Symphonies
Orchestral music
Boleros (Music)
Oratorios
Concertos (Violin)
Concertos (Horn)
Overtures
Concertos (Piano)
Symphonic poems
Ballets
Choruses with orchestra
Trumpet and organ music, Arranged
Operas
Marches (Orchestra)
Sonatas (Piano)
Concertos (Flute and harp)
Incidental music
String orchestra music
Concertos (Guitar)
Suites (Orchestra)
Orchestral music, Arranged
Sarabands
Canons, fugues, etc. (Orchestra), Arranged
Concertos (Violins (2))
Concertos (Clarinet)
Variations (Orchestra)
Cello and piano music, Arranged
Violin and piano music, Arranged
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Piano music
Variations (Piano)
Suites (Piano)
Cantatas
Anthems
Masses
Requiems
Orchestre, Musique d'
Boléros (Musique)
Oratorios
Concertos (Cor)
Ouvertures (Orchestre)
Poèmes symphoniques
Ballets
Chœurs acc. d'orchestre
Trompette et orgue, Musique de, arr
Opéras
Marches (Orchestre)
Sonates (Piano)
Concertos (Flûte et harpe)
Orchestre à cordes, Musique d'
Concertos (Guitare)
Orchestre, Musique d', arr
Sarabandes
Canons, fugues, etc. (Orchestre) arr
Concertos (Violons (2))
Concertos (Clarinette)
Variations (Orchestre)
Violoncelle et piano, Musique de, arr
Violon et piano, Musique de, arr
Chansons (Voix aiguë) acc. d'orchestre
Piano, Musique de
Variations (Piano)
Suites (Piano)
Cantates
Anthems
Messes
Anthems
Ballets
Canons, fugues, etc. (Orchestra), Arranged
Cantatas
Cello and piano music, Arranged
Choruses with orchestra
Concertos (Piano)
Concertos (Violin)
Incidental music
Marches (Orchestra)
Masses
Operas
Oratorios
Orchestral music
Orchestral music, Arranged
Piano music
Requiems
Sarabands
Sonatas (Piano)
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
String orchestra music
Suites (Orchestra)
Suites (Piano)
Symphonic poems
Symphonies
Trumpet and organ music, Arranged
Violin and piano music, Arranged

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Label: 100 best classics

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100 best classics

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France, Warner Classics/Parlophone, 2016

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℗2016

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Contents

Ravel (London Symphony Orchestra ; Kent Nagano, conductor)
(5:29)
Solomon : HWV 67.
Act 3. Sinfonia
Handel (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor)
(3:14)
Le quattro stagioni =
The four seasons.
Violin concerto no. 1 in E, RV 269 : 'Spring'.
Allegro
CD 1:
Vivaldi (Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad ; Alberto Lysy, conductor)
(3:42)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 :
'From the New World'.
Allegro con fuoco
Dvořák (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Maria Giulini, conductor)
(11:20)
Horn concerto no. 4 in E-flat, K. 495.
Rondo-Allego vivace
Mozart (Barry Tuckwell, horn ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
Favourite classics.
(3:36)
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125.
Ode to joy
Beethoven (Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Birgit Remmert, contralto ; Kurt Streit, tenor ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Simon Rattle, conductor)
(3:47)
1812 overture : op. 49
[extract]
Tchaikovsky (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor)
(3:34)
Piano concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30.
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67.
Allegro ma non tanto
(extract)
Rachmaninov (Mikhail Rudy, piano ; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor)
(2:54)
Carmina Burana.
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi.
O Fortuna
Orff (Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(2:43)
Finlandia : op. 26
Allegro con brio
Sibelius (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Berglund, conductor)
(8:07)
The planets : op. 32.
Jupiter, the bringer of jollity
(extract)
Holst (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(4:51)
Romeo and Juliet.
Suite no. 2, op. 64b.
Montagues and Capulets :
Beethoven (Chamber Orchestra of Europe ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor)
(Dance of the knights)
(extract)
Prokofiev (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(1:53)
Pomp and circumstance march : no. 1 in D.
Land of hope and glory
(conclusion)
Elgar (Royal Choral Society ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Andrew David, conductor)
(2:36)
Suite in D.
(7:20)
Trumpet voluntary :
The Prince of Denmark's march
Clarke (Maurice André, trumpet ; Jane Parker-Smith, organ)
(2:54)
Aida.
Triumphal chorus & grand march :
"Gloria all'Egitto"
Verdi (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(4:35)
Radetzky march : op. 228
Bolero
J. Strauss I (Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor)
(2:52)
(extract)
Andantino
Mozart (Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute ; Lili Laskine, harp ; Ensemble instrumental Jean Marie-Leclair ; Jean François Paillard)
(4:39)
Peer Gynt : op. 23.
No. 13 : Morning mood
Grieg (Estonian National Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
(4:11)
Adagio for strings, op. 11
Barber (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
(6:22)
CD 2:
Concierto de Aranjuez.
Adagio
(opening)
Rodrigo (Julian Bream, guitar ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(4:46)
Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68 :
"Pastoral".
Allegro non troppo :
Awakening of happy feelings on arriving in the country
[extract]
Relaxing classics.
Beethoven (Berliner Philharmoniker ; André Cluytens, conductor)
(2:47)
Piano concerto no. 21 in C, K. 467.
Andante
Mozart (Christian Zacharias, piano ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; David Zinman, conductor)
(5:15)
Suite no. 3 in D, BWV 1068.
Air
Bach (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(3:33)
Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 :
Harpsichord suite no. 4 in D minor, HWV 437.
Sarabande
Handel (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Alexander Briger, conductor)
(3:24)
Canon in D
Pachelbel (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(5:00)
Adagio in G minor
(extract)
Albinoni ; arr. Giazotto (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
'Moonlight'.
(5:52)
Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043.
Largo, ma non tanto
Bach (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo, violins ; English Chamber Orchestra)
(7:45)
Clarinet concerto in A, K. 622.
Adagio
Mozart (Sabine Meyer, clarinet ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor)
(6:38)
Symphony no. 7 in A, op. 92.
Adagio sostenuto
Allegretto
(extract)
Beethoven (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Kurt Sanderling, conductor)
(3:56)
Variations on an original theme : op. 36 :
'Enigma'.
Nimrod
Elgar (London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Adrian Boult, conductor)
(3:58)
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor.
Beethoven (Maria-João Pires, piano)
Adagietto
(conclusion)
Mahler (New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor)
(3:07)
(5:31)
Concerto for flute and harp in C, K. 299.
Andante
(extract)
Mendelssohn (Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Efrem Kurtz, conductor)
(4:30)
Piano concerto no. 5 in E-flat, op. 73 :
'Emperor'.
Allegro
(extract)
Beethoven (Emil Gilels, piano ; Cleveland Orchestra ; George Szell, conductor)
(6:42)
CD 3:
Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11.
Romance :
Larghetto
Chopin (Martha Argerich, piano ; Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal ; Charles Dutoit, conductor)
(3:51)
Le carnaval des animaux.
Le cygne =
The swan
Saint-Saens (Gautier Capuçon, cello ; Frank Braley, piano)
(3:07)
Romantic classics.
Méditation de Thaïs
Massenet (Renaud Capuçon, violin ; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen ; Daniel Harding, conductor)
(5:19)
Le quattro stagioni =
The four seasons.
Violin concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 : 'Winter'.
Largo
Vivaldi (Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad ; Alberto Lysy, conductor)
(2:08)
Orfeo ed Euridice : Wq. 41.
The nutcracker : op. 71.
Act 2.
Dance of the blessed spirits
Gluck ; arr. Kreisley (Renaud Capuçon, violin ; Jérôme Ducros, piano)
(3:45)
Sleeping beauty : op. 66.
Act 1 : The spell.
Waltz
Tchaikovsky (Philharmonia Orchestra ; John Lanchbery, conductor)
(4:59)
Scheherazade : op. 35.
Act 2.
The story of the Kalendar prince
(opening)
Rimsky-Korsakov (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(3:51)
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Vaughan Williams (Sinfonia of London ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor)
(4:40)
Theme from Schindler's list
John Williams (New World Philharmonic ; Ian Sutherland, conductor)
(5:04)
No. 13 : Waltz of the flowers
Swan lake : op. 20.
Act II.
No. 10 : Scene (moderato)
Tchaikovsky (London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor)
(2:49)
Wiegenlied =
Lullaby
Brahms (Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Sinfonia of London ; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor)
(2:23)
Waltz no. 9 in A-flat, op. 69 no. 1
Tchaikovsky (London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor)
Chopin (Samson François, piano)
(4:21)
Symphony no. 3 in F, op. 90.
Poco allegretto
Brahms (Berliner Philharmoniker ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(6:47)
An der schönen blauen Donau : op. 314
J. Strauss II (Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor)
(3:14)
(6:57)
Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64.
Act 2.
"Vissi d'arte"
(Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
(3:28)
Gianni Schicchi.
"O mio babbino caro"
(London Symphony Orchestra)
(2:07)
Puccini (Antonio Pappano, conductor)
Nabucco.
CD 4:
Act 3.
Chorus of the Hebrew slaves :
"Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
Verdi (Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(5:14)
Turandot.
Act 3.
"Nessun dorma"
Puccini (José Carreras, tenor ; Chœurs de l'Opéra du Rhin ; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg ; Alain Lombard, conductor)
(4:13)
Vocal classics.
Les contes d'Hoffmann.
Act 4.
Barcarolle :
"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"
Offenbach (Jessye Norman, soprano ; Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano ; Brussels National Opera Chorus ; Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxelles ; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor)
(4:22)
Rusalka : op. 114.
Act 1.
"Song to the moon"
Dvořák (Lucia Popp, soprano ; Münchner Rundfunkorchester ; Stefan Soltesz, conductor)
Norma.
(5:56)
Lakmé.
Act 1.
Flower duet :
"Sous le dôme épais"
Delibes (Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, sopranos ; Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique ; Alain Lombard, conductor)
(3:30)
Don Giovanni : K. 527.
Act 1.
"Là ci darem la mano"
Act 1.
(Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor)
(3:44)
Die Zauberflöte : K. 620.
Act 2.
"Der Hölle Rache"
(Natalie Dessay, soprano ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Louis Langrée, conductor)
(3:00)
Mozart
Die lustige Witwe.
"Lippen schweigen"
"Casta diva"
Lehár (Diana Damrau, soprano ; Rolando Villazón, tenor ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; David Charles Abell, conductor)
(3:09)
Carmen.
Act 1.
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
Bizet (Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Chœurs & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor)
(4:39)
Serse.
Act 1.
"Ombra mai fu"
Bellini (Maria Callas, soprano ; Orchestra Teatro alla Scala di Milano ; Tullio Serafin, conductor)
Handel (Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano ; Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor)
(3:33)
Orfeo ed Euridice : Wq. 30.
Act 3.
"Che farò senza Euridice?"
Gluck (Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(5:29)
Ellens Gesang III : D. 839.
No. 6 : Ave Maria
Schubert (Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Geoffrey Parsons, piano)
(5:37)
(6:19)
Peer Gynt : op. 23.
Act 4.
Solveig's song
Grieg (Camilla Tilling, soprano ; National Male Choir of Estonia ; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
(4:53)
Tosca.
(4:22)
Bagatelle no. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 :
'Für Elise'
Beethoven (François-René Duchâble, piano)
(2:30)
Impromptu in G-flat, D. 899, no. 3
Schubert (Maria-João Pires, piano)
(2:00)
Préludes, book 1, L. 117.
No. 8 : La fille aux cheveux de lin
CD 5:
Debussy (Samson François, piano)
(2:15)
Keyboard concerto in F minor, BWV 1056.
Adagio
Bach (David Fray, piano & conductor ; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
(3:12)
Piano concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466.
Romanze
Mozart (Yuri Egorov, piano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor)
(8:58)
Piano classics.
Piano concerto in G, M. 83.
Adagio assai
Ravel (Hélène Grimaud, piano ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ; David Zinman, conductor)
(10:02)
Prelude in E minor, op. 28 no. 4
Chopin (Nikolai Lugansky, piano)
(2:07)
Goldberg variations : BWV 988.
Aria
Bach (Daniel Barenboim, piano)
Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18.
(4:59)
Piano concerto in A minor, op. 19.
Allegro molto moderato
(extract)
Grieg (Cécile Ousset, piano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(4:29)
Suite bergamasque : L. 75.
Claire de lune
Debussy (Kun Woo Paik, piano)
(5:45)
Moderato
Songs without words.
Book 6, op. 67.
Allegro leggiero
Mendelssohn (Alexandre Tharaud, piano)
(1:59)
Kinderszenen : op. 15.
Träumerei
Schumann (Martha Argerich, piano)
(2:51)
Pictures at an exhibition.
Rachmaninov (Leif Ove Andsnes, piano ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Antonio Pappano, conductor)
No. 10 : The great gate at Kiev
Mussorgsky (Alexis Weissenberg, piano)
(4:59)
The seasons : op. 37b.
June :
(Barcarolle)
Tchaikovsky (Mikhail Pletnev, piano)
(4:39)
Liebesträume : S 541.
No. 3 in A-flat
(10:11)
Liszt (Kun Woo Paik, piano)
(5:35)
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. posth.
Chopin (Mikhail Pletnev, piano)
Handel (Royal Choral Society ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor)
(6:04)
Cantata, BWV 140 :
"Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Bach (Süddeutscher Madrigalchor ; Consortium Classicum ; Wolfgang Gönnenwein, conductor)
(4:48)
Miserere
(extract)
Allegri (King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor)
(5:46)
CD 6:
Deutsche Messe : D. 872.
Zum Sanctus :
Heilig! heilig! heilig!
Schubert (Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor)
(2:28)
Requiem in D minor, op. 48.
Pie Jesu (3:39)
In paradisum
(3:22)
Fauré (Philippe Jaroussky, counter-tenor ; Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris ; Orchestre de Paris ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
Spiritual.
Mass in B minor, BWV 232.
Sanctus
Bach (Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Eugen Jochum, conductor)
(6:08)
Vesperae solennes de confessore : K. 339.
Laudate Dominum
Mozart (Edda Moser, soprano ; Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Eugen Jochum, conductor)
(5:08)
Cantique de Jean Racine : op. 11
Fauré (Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris ; Orchestre de Paris ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
Cantata :
(4:48)
Ave verum corpus : K. 618
Mozart (Hilliard Ensemble ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Cambridge Classical Players ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor)
(3:07)
Messa da Requiem.
Ingemisco
Verdi (Piotr Beczała, tenor ; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass ; Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris ; Philippe Jordan, conductor)
(3:22)
Messiah : BWV 56.
Part 3.
'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' : BWV 147 :
"I know that my Redeemer liveth"
Handel (Lucy Crowe, soprano ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor)
(6:01)
L'enfance du Christ : op. 25.
Part 2.
The shepherds' farewell
Berlioz (Chœurs René Duclos ; Orchestre da la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire ; André Cluytens)
(3:52)
The Creation.
Part 1.
"Jesu, joy of man's desiring"
"The heavens are telling"
Haydn (Heather Harper, soprano ; Robert Tear, tenor ; John-Shirley Quirk, bass-baritone ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor)
(4:46)
Requiem in D minor, K. 626.
Lacrimosa
Mozart (Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra ; Carl Maria Giulini, conductor)
(3:40)
Messiah : HWV 56.
Hallelujah
Handel (Ambrosian Singers ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor)
Bach ; arr. Marriner (Calia Nicklin, oboe ; Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(4:05)
(5:14)
Zadok the priest : HWV 258

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Contents

Ravel (London Symphony Orchestra ; Kent Nagano, conductor)
(5:29)
Solomon : HWV 67.
Act 3. Sinfonia
Handel (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor)
(3:14)
Le quattro stagioni =
The four seasons.
Violin concerto no. 1 in E, RV 269 : 'Spring'.
Allegro
CD 1:
Vivaldi (Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad ; Alberto Lysy, conductor)
(3:42)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 :
'From the New World'.
Allegro con fuoco
Dvořák (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Maria Giulini, conductor)
(11:20)
Horn concerto no. 4 in E-flat, K. 495.
Rondo-Allego vivace
Mozart (Barry Tuckwell, horn ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
Favourite classics.
(3:36)
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125.
Ode to joy
Beethoven (Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Birgit Remmert, contralto ; Kurt Streit, tenor ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Simon Rattle, conductor)
(3:47)
1812 overture : op. 49
[extract]
Tchaikovsky (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor)
(3:34)
Piano concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30.
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67.
Allegro ma non tanto
(extract)
Rachmaninov (Mikhail Rudy, piano ; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor)
(2:54)
Carmina Burana.
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi.
O Fortuna
Orff (Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(2:43)
Finlandia : op. 26
Allegro con brio
Sibelius (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Berglund, conductor)
(8:07)
The planets : op. 32.
Jupiter, the bringer of jollity
(extract)
Holst (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(4:51)
Romeo and Juliet.
Suite no. 2, op. 64b.
Montagues and Capulets :
Beethoven (Chamber Orchestra of Europe ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor)
(Dance of the knights)
(extract)
Prokofiev (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(1:53)
Pomp and circumstance march : no. 1 in D.
Land of hope and glory
(conclusion)
Elgar (Royal Choral Society ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Andrew David, conductor)
(2:36)
Suite in D.
(7:20)
Trumpet voluntary :
The Prince of Denmark's march
Clarke (Maurice André, trumpet ; Jane Parker-Smith, organ)
(2:54)
Aida.
Triumphal chorus & grand march :
"Gloria all'Egitto"
Verdi (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(4:35)
Radetzky march : op. 228
Bolero
J. Strauss I (Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor)
(2:52)
(extract)
Andantino
Mozart (Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute ; Lili Laskine, harp ; Ensemble instrumental Jean Marie-Leclair ; Jean François Paillard)
(4:39)
Peer Gynt : op. 23.
No. 13 : Morning mood
Grieg (Estonian National Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
(4:11)
Adagio for strings, op. 11
Barber (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
(6:22)
CD 2:
Concierto de Aranjuez.
Adagio
(opening)
Rodrigo (Julian Bream, guitar ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(4:46)
Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68 :
"Pastoral".
Allegro non troppo :
Awakening of happy feelings on arriving in the country
[extract]
Relaxing classics.
Beethoven (Berliner Philharmoniker ; André Cluytens, conductor)
(2:47)
Piano concerto no. 21 in C, K. 467.
Andante
Mozart (Christian Zacharias, piano ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; David Zinman, conductor)
(5:15)
Suite no. 3 in D, BWV 1068.
Air
Bach (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(3:33)
Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 :
Harpsichord suite no. 4 in D minor, HWV 437.
Sarabande
Handel (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Alexander Briger, conductor)
(3:24)
Canon in D
Pachelbel (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(5:00)
Adagio in G minor
(extract)
Albinoni ; arr. Giazotto (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
'Moonlight'.
(5:52)
Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043.
Largo, ma non tanto
Bach (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo, violins ; English Chamber Orchestra)
(7:45)
Clarinet concerto in A, K. 622.
Adagio
Mozart (Sabine Meyer, clarinet ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor)
(6:38)
Symphony no. 7 in A, op. 92.
Adagio sostenuto
Allegretto
(extract)
Beethoven (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Kurt Sanderling, conductor)
(3:56)
Variations on an original theme : op. 36 :
'Enigma'.
Nimrod
Elgar (London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Adrian Boult, conductor)
(3:58)
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor.
Beethoven (Maria-João Pires, piano)
Adagietto
(conclusion)
Mahler (New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor)
(3:07)
(5:31)
Concerto for flute and harp in C, K. 299.
Andante
(extract)
Mendelssohn (Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Efrem Kurtz, conductor)
(4:30)
Piano concerto no. 5 in E-flat, op. 73 :
'Emperor'.
Allegro
(extract)
Beethoven (Emil Gilels, piano ; Cleveland Orchestra ; George Szell, conductor)
(6:42)
CD 3:
Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11.
Romance :
Larghetto
Chopin (Martha Argerich, piano ; Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal ; Charles Dutoit, conductor)
(3:51)
Le carnaval des animaux.
Le cygne =
The swan
Saint-Saens (Gautier Capuçon, cello ; Frank Braley, piano)
(3:07)
Romantic classics.
Méditation de Thaïs
Massenet (Renaud Capuçon, violin ; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen ; Daniel Harding, conductor)
(5:19)
Le quattro stagioni =
The four seasons.
Violin concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 : 'Winter'.
Largo
Vivaldi (Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad ; Alberto Lysy, conductor)
(2:08)
Orfeo ed Euridice : Wq. 41.
The nutcracker : op. 71.
Act 2.
Dance of the blessed spirits
Gluck ; arr. Kreisley (Renaud Capuçon, violin ; Jérôme Ducros, piano)
(3:45)
Sleeping beauty : op. 66.
Act 1 : The spell.
Waltz
Tchaikovsky (Philharmonia Orchestra ; John Lanchbery, conductor)
(4:59)
Scheherazade : op. 35.
Act 2.
The story of the Kalendar prince
(opening)
Rimsky-Korsakov (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(3:51)
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Vaughan Williams (Sinfonia of London ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor)
(4:40)
Theme from Schindler's list
John Williams (New World Philharmonic ; Ian Sutherland, conductor)
(5:04)
No. 13 : Waltz of the flowers
Swan lake : op. 20.
Act II.
No. 10 : Scene (moderato)
Tchaikovsky (London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor)
(2:49)
Wiegenlied =
Lullaby
Brahms (Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Sinfonia of London ; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor)
(2:23)
Waltz no. 9 in A-flat, op. 69 no. 1
Tchaikovsky (London Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor)
Chopin (Samson François, piano)
(4:21)
Symphony no. 3 in F, op. 90.
Poco allegretto
Brahms (Berliner Philharmoniker ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor)
(6:47)
An der schönen blauen Donau : op. 314
J. Strauss II (Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor)
(3:14)
(6:57)
Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64.
Act 2.
"Vissi d'arte"
(Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
(3:28)
Gianni Schicchi.
"O mio babbino caro"
(London Symphony Orchestra)
(2:07)
Puccini (Antonio Pappano, conductor)
Nabucco.
CD 4:
Act 3.
Chorus of the Hebrew slaves :
"Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
Verdi (Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(5:14)
Turandot.
Act 3.
"Nessun dorma"
Puccini (José Carreras, tenor ; Chœurs de l'Opéra du Rhin ; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg ; Alain Lombard, conductor)
(4:13)
Vocal classics.
Les contes d'Hoffmann.
Act 4.
Barcarolle :
"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"
Offenbach (Jessye Norman, soprano ; Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano ; Brussels National Opera Chorus ; Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxelles ; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor)
(4:22)
Rusalka : op. 114.
Act 1.
"Song to the moon"
Dvořák (Lucia Popp, soprano ; Münchner Rundfunkorchester ; Stefan Soltesz, conductor)
Norma.
(5:56)
Lakmé.
Act 1.
Flower duet :
"Sous le dôme épais"
Delibes (Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, sopranos ; Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique ; Alain Lombard, conductor)
(3:30)
Don Giovanni : K. 527.
Act 1.
"Là ci darem la mano"
Act 1.
(Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor)
(3:44)
Die Zauberflöte : K. 620.
Act 2.
"Der Hölle Rache"
(Natalie Dessay, soprano ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Louis Langrée, conductor)
(3:00)
Mozart
Die lustige Witwe.
"Lippen schweigen"
"Casta diva"
Lehár (Diana Damrau, soprano ; Rolando Villazón, tenor ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; David Charles Abell, conductor)
(3:09)
Carmen.
Act 1.
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
Bizet (Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Chœurs & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor)
(4:39)
Serse.
Act 1.
"Ombra mai fu"
Bellini (Maria Callas, soprano ; Orchestra Teatro alla Scala di Milano ; Tullio Serafin, conductor)
Handel (Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano ; Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor)
(3:33)
Orfeo ed Euridice : Wq. 30.
Act 3.
"Che farò senza Euridice?"
Gluck (Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
(5:29)
Ellens Gesang III : D. 839.
No. 6 : Ave Maria
Schubert (Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Geoffrey Parsons, piano)
(5:37)
(6:19)
Peer Gynt : op. 23.
Act 4.
Solveig's song
Grieg (Camilla Tilling, soprano ; National Male Choir of Estonia ; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
(4:53)
Tosca.
(4:22)
Bagatelle no. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 :
'Für Elise'
Beethoven (François-René Duchâble, piano)
(2:30)
Impromptu in G-flat, D. 899, no. 3
Schubert (Maria-João Pires, piano)
(2:00)
Préludes, book 1, L. 117.
No. 8 : La fille aux cheveux de lin
CD 5:
Debussy (Samson François, piano)
(2:15)
Keyboard concerto in F minor, BWV 1056.
Adagio
Bach (David Fray, piano & conductor ; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
(3:12)
Piano concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466.
Romanze
Mozart (Yuri Egorov, piano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor)
(8:58)
Piano classics.
Piano concerto in G, M. 83.
Adagio assai
Ravel (Hélène Grimaud, piano ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ; David Zinman, conductor)
(10:02)
Prelude in E minor, op. 28 no. 4
Chopin (Nikolai Lugansky, piano)
(2:07)
Goldberg variations : BWV 988.
Aria
Bach (Daniel Barenboim, piano)
Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18.
(4:59)
Piano concerto in A minor, op. 19.
Allegro molto moderato
(extract)
Grieg (Cécile Ousset, piano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(4:29)
Suite bergamasque : L. 75.
Claire de lune
Debussy (Kun Woo Paik, piano)
(5:45)
Moderato
Songs without words.
Book 6, op. 67.
Allegro leggiero
Mendelssohn (Alexandre Tharaud, piano)
(1:59)
Kinderszenen : op. 15.
Träumerei
Schumann (Martha Argerich, piano)
(2:51)
Pictures at an exhibition.
Rachmaninov (Leif Ove Andsnes, piano ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Antonio Pappano, conductor)
No. 10 : The great gate at Kiev
Mussorgsky (Alexis Weissenberg, piano)
(4:59)
The seasons : op. 37b.
June :
(Barcarolle)
Tchaikovsky (Mikhail Pletnev, piano)
(4:39)
Liebesträume : S 541.
No. 3 in A-flat
(10:11)
Liszt (Kun Woo Paik, piano)
(5:35)
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. posth.
Chopin (Mikhail Pletnev, piano)
Handel (Royal Choral Society ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor)
(6:04)
Cantata, BWV 140 :
"Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Bach (Süddeutscher Madrigalchor ; Consortium Classicum ; Wolfgang Gönnenwein, conductor)
(4:48)
Miserere
(extract)
Allegri (King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor)
(5:46)
CD 6:
Deutsche Messe : D. 872.
Zum Sanctus :
Heilig! heilig! heilig!
Schubert (Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor)
(2:28)
Requiem in D minor, op. 48.
Pie Jesu (3:39)
In paradisum
(3:22)
Fauré (Philippe Jaroussky, counter-tenor ; Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris ; Orchestre de Paris ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
Spiritual.
Mass in B minor, BWV 232.
Sanctus
Bach (Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Eugen Jochum, conductor)
(6:08)
Vesperae solennes de confessore : K. 339.
Laudate Dominum
Mozart (Edda Moser, soprano ; Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Eugen Jochum, conductor)
(5:08)
Cantique de Jean Racine : op. 11
Fauré (Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris ; Orchestre de Paris ; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
Cantata :
(4:48)
Ave verum corpus : K. 618
Mozart (Hilliard Ensemble ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Cambridge Classical Players ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor)
(3:07)
Messa da Requiem.
Ingemisco
Verdi (Piotr Beczała, tenor ; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass ; Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris ; Philippe Jordan, conductor)
(3:22)
Messiah : BWV 56.
Part 3.
'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' : BWV 147 :
"I know that my Redeemer liveth"
Handel (Lucy Crowe, soprano ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor)
(6:01)
L'enfance du Christ : op. 25.
Part 2.
The shepherds' farewell
Berlioz (Chœurs René Duclos ; Orchestre da la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire ; André Cluytens)
(3:52)
The Creation.
Part 1.
"Jesu, joy of man's desiring"
"The heavens are telling"
Haydn (Heather Harper, soprano ; Robert Tear, tenor ; John-Shirley Quirk, bass-baritone ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor)
(4:46)
Requiem in D minor, K. 626.
Lacrimosa
Mozart (Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra ; Carl Maria Giulini, conductor)
(3:40)
Messiah : HWV 56.
Hallelujah
Handel (Ambrosian Singers ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor)
Bach ; arr. Marriner (Calia Nicklin, oboe ; Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor)
(4:05)
(5:14)
Zadok the priest : HWV 258

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