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Your Hundred Best Tunes

Georg Solti · David Willcocks · Neville Marriner · Peter Maag · Robert Thurston Dart · Vladimir Ashkenazy · Willi Boskovsky · Zubin Mehta · Adrian Boult · Anton Guadagno

London ClassicsCat. 436 743-2L3h 24m35 tracks

Your Hundred Best Tunes, CD, on London Classics. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Gioachino Rossini, performed by Georg Solti, David Willcocks, Neville Marriner, Peter Maag; 35 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 5

01

Le nozze di Figaro — Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia

3:57

02

George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)

George Szell, London Symphony Orchestra

5:32

03

Ave verum corpus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

George Guest, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

3:54

04

Judex (Mors et vita)

Charles Gounod - Mors et Vita: Pars secunda "Judicium": Judex: 4. Sedenti in Throno

4:35

05

Silent Worship (“Did You Not Hear My Lady”) (Ptolemy)

George Frideric Handel - Silent Worship

Adrian Boult, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kenneth McKellar

2:43

06

Romance No. 2 in F Major

Ludwig van Beethoven - Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 2 in F major, op. 50

Willi Boskovsky

9:35

08

Scheherazade — The Young Prince and the Young Princess

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, op. 35

Leopold Stokowski, London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Gruenberg

11:53

09

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23

Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra

9:09

10

Lullaby (Wiegenlied)

Johannes Brahms - 5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied

Anton Guadagno, Philharmonia Orchestra, Renata Tebaldi

2:19

11

Abide With Me (Eventide)

William Henry Monk - Abide With Me

Richard Farnes, Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

4:24

12

Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495

Barry Tuckwell, Peter Maag, London Symphony Orchestra

4:02

13

Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:41

Disc 6

01

The Thieving Magpie (La gazza ladra) — Overture

Gioachino Rossini - La gazza ladra: Ouverture

Riccardo Chailly, National Philharmonic Orchestra

9:04

02

Don’t Be Cross (Sei nicht bos) (Der Obsersteiger)

Carl Zeller - Der Obersteiger: Akt II. "Sei nicht bös" (Martin)

Robert Stolz, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Hilde Güden

3:57

03

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K467

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467

Uri Segal, English Chamber Orchestra, Radu Lupu

7:18

04

Ethelbert Nevin - The Rosary

2:20

05

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565

9:21

06

Zadok the Priest

George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258

David Willcocks, Robert Thurston Dart, English Chamber Orchestra

5:56

07

The Blue Danube

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

Willi Boskovsky, Vienna Philharmonic

9:12

08

Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia)

Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro)

Silvio Varviso, Sherrill Milnes

4:57

09

Air From Suite No. 3 in D

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068

Neville Marriner, Robert Thurston Dart, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:13

10

Serenade (La jolie fille de Perth)

Georges Bizet - La Jolie Fille de Perth : Sérénade “Elle est la ... à la voix d'un amant fidele”

Robert Sharples, Kenneth McKellar

3:56

11

Nimrod (Variation 9)

Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36

Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

3:15

12

Tannhauser — Overture (excerpt)

Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Ouvertüre

Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

5:27

13

Nessun dorma (None Shall Sleep) (Turandot)

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)

Zubin Mehta, John Alldis Choir, Luciano Pavarotti

2:49

Disc 7

02

O Silver Moon (Mesicku na nebi hlubokem) (Rusalka)

Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka)

Giuseppe Patanè, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Pilar Lorengar

6:12

03

Lohengrin — Prelude, Act 3

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III. Vorspiel

Horst Stein, Vienna Philharmonic

3:44

06

William Arms Fisher - Goin’ Home

Martin Neary, Wyn Morris, Ambrosian Singers

6:31

07

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, op. 26

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra

8:07

08

Lebestraum No. 3

Franz Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

5:02

09

None but the Lonely Heart (Niet, tolko, tot, kto znal)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 6 Romances, op. 6, no. 6: None but the Lonely Heart (Нет, только тот, кто знал)

Nicolai Ghiaurov

3:35

10

Miserere (abridged)

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

David Willcocks, Roy Goodman, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

7:24

11

Clarinet Concerto in A Major — 2nd Movement

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622

Gervase de Peyer, Peter Maag, London Symphony Orchestra

8:04

12

1812 Overture — Finale

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49

Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic

3:49

Disc 8

09

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor: 2nd Movement: Adagio

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26

Rudolf Kempe, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyung-wha Chung

8:42