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Super Classix: 18 Popular Classics From the Last 300 Years

Neville Marriner · André Previn · George Weldon · Alain Lombard · Herbert von Karajan · Iona Brown · Klaus Tennstedt · Riccardo Muti · Simon Rattle · Vilém Tauský

EMICat. 79870421h 1m15 tracks

Composers

George Frideric Handel2 Edvard Grieg1 Giacomo Puccini1 Giuseppe Verdi1 Jacques Offenbach1 Johann Pachelbel1 Johann Sebastian Bach1 Maurice Ravel1 Pietro Mascagni1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 Richard Wagner1 Sergei Prokofiev1 Sergei Rachmaninoff1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

02

Peer Gynt: Morning

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:18

03

Suite no. 3, BWV 1068: Air

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

4:22

04

The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

George Weldon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

5:04

05

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

3:01

07

The Tales of Hofman: Barcarolle

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:06

08

Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

3:29

09

Turandot: Nessun Dorma

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

5:06

10

Lieutenant Kije: Troika

Sergei Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

2:56

11

Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Rondo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

3:22

12

Nabucco: Va, Pensiero

Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:09

14

Solomon: Arrival of the Queen Sheba

George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:50

15

Water Music: Alla hornpipe

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe

George Weldon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:05

16

Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt

Klaus Tennstedt, Berlin Philharmonic

5:12

17

Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337

Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:01

18

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

5:16