The Best of Classic FM
Checking favorite status…The Best of Classic FM (2001), Format unverified, on EMI Music Netherlands. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, George Frideric Handel, performed by Riccardo Muti, Neville Marriner, Carlo Maria Giulini, Charles Mackerras; 41 tracks.
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Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Vier Jaargetijden: Lente: Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Gabriel Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte IV. No. 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités)
Die Zauberflöte: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte: Akt I. No. 2 Arie „Was hör’ ich?” … „Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja” (Papageno)
Disc 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
David Zinman, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christian Zacharias
Lakmé: Bloemenduet: Viens, Mallika
Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
Solomon: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
Tullio Serafin, Vittore Veneziani, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Disc 3
Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka)
Stefan Soltész, Munich Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41 : Acte II, N° 29. Ballet des ombres heureuses, I. Lent, très doux – Même mouvement
Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro"
Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé
Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream
L'Amico Fritz: "O amore, o bella luce del core"
Pietro Mascagni - L’amico Fritz: Atto III: “O amore, o bella luce del core” (Fritz)
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Luciano Pavarotti