The Best Proms Album in the World... Ever!
Adrian Boult · Mariss Jansons · Andrew Davis · Charles Mackerras · John Barbirolli · Louis Frémaux · Simon Rattle · André Previn · Andrew Litton · Bernard Haitink
The Best Proms Album in the World... Ever! (2000), CD, on Virgin. Music by Edward Elgar, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aaron Copland, performed by Adrian Boult, Mariss Jansons, Andrew Davis, Charles Mackerras; 29 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena VIII. (no. 10) Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (Figaro)
Pomp and Circumstance March no. 4 in G
Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 4 in G major
Johann Sebastian Bach - Magnificat Es-Dur, BWV 243a
László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Piano Concerto no. 2 in F, op. 102: II. Andante
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102
Carnival of the Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, op. 50
David Willcocks, Philharmonia Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Cello Concerto in E minor: I. Adagio moderato (opening)
Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré
Disc 2
Symphony no. 6 'Pastoral': V. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, London Symphony Orchestra, Steven Isserlis
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, Cécile Ousset