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The Very Best of the Classic Experience

Neville Marriner · Adrian Boult · Mariss Jansons · Riccardo Muti · Simon Rattle · Yehudi Menuhin · Alain Lombard · Alberto Lysy · Barry Tuckwell · Bryden Thomson

Circa Records1999Cat. VTDCD 2522h 23m33 tracks

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:18

02

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan"

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

Bryden Thomson, The Hallé, Stephen Hough

5:21

03

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

6:11

04

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

05

Miserere mei, Deus

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury

4:38

07

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

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

3:57

08

"New World" Symphony

Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

4:47

09

Violin Concerto

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

Walter Susskind, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:26

10

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622

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

Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

4:42

11

Concerto de Aranjuez

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream

4:47

13

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Felix Mendelssohn - Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64

Efrem Kurtz, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:31

14

Piano Concerto No 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

4:32

15

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hugh Bean

6:26

16

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:44

Disc 2

01

The Arrival of the Queen of 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

02

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Alberto Lysy, Yehudi Menuhin

3:43

03

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:53

04

Horn Concerto No 4

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

Barry Tuckwell, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:36

05

"Emperor Concerto"

Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”

George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra

6:42

06

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:49

07

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Franz Welser-Möst

2:31

08

Theme from The Piano

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

3:12

09

Symphony No. 5, Op. 67

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67

Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:36

10

Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16

Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra

4:28

11

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra

3:25

12

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

Giuseppe Patanè

3:07

13

Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)

3:31

14

Piano Concerto No. 3

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30

Mariss Jansons, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

2:54

15

Au Fond Du Temple Saint

Georges Bizet - Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)

5:26

16

Montagues and Capulets

Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet: Suite no. 2, op. 64ter

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

1:54

17

On the Beautiful Blue Danube

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

3:48

18

1812 Overture, Op. 49

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

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

3:34

19

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”

Adrian Boult, Joseph Flummerfelt, Riccardo Muti

3:22