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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 27m34 tracks

The Very Best of the Classic Experience (1999), CD, on Circa Records. Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, performed by Neville Marriner, Adrian Boult, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti; 34 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, Gerald Finley

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, Jack Brymer

4:42

11

Concerto de Aranjuez

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream

4:47

12

Moonlight Sonata

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”

3:58

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, Cécile Ousset

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, Emil Gilels

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, London Philharmonic Choir

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, Cécile Ousset

4:28

11

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré

3:25

12

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

Giuseppe Patanè, Nicolai Gedda

3:07

13

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

Alain Lombard, Mady Mesplé

3:31

14

Piano Concerto No. 3

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

Mariss Jansons, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Rudy

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)

Pierre Dervaux, Ernest Blanc, Nicolai Gedda

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