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The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever!

André Previn · Herbert von Karajan · Neville Marriner · Alain Lombard · Nigel Kennedy · Simon Rattle · Adrian Boult · Arthur Oldham · David Willcocks · Georges Prêtre

EMI1995Cat. 7243 5 65690 2 72h 18m36 tracks

The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever! (1995), CD, on EMI. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Vivaldi, Edward Elgar, performed by André Previn, Herbert von Karajan, Neville Marriner, Alain Lombard; 36 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

The Four Seasons

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

Nigel Kennedy, English Chamber Orchestra

3:05

03

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)

Giulio Bertola, Riccardo Muti, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

3:43

05

Fifth Symphony (I)

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

Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:36

06

The Deer Hunter Cavatina

Stanley Myers - Cavatina

3:41

08

Cello Concerto (I)

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré

3:25

09

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, José Carreras

3:10

10

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

Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

4:28

11

La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier )

Umberto Giordano - Andrea Chénier: Atto III. “La mamma morta” (Maddalena, Gérard)

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Meneghini Callas

4:53

12

Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 6 in D‐flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz”

2:04

14

Habanera (from Carmen)

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de France, Maria Meneghini Callas

4:04

15

Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495: Rondo

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

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain

3:37

16

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

17

O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)

Amanda Roocroft

2:14

18

New World Symphony

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

Klaus Tennstedt, Berlin Philharmonic

3:15

19

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)

Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer

3:14

20

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

André Previn, Arthur Oldham, London Symphony Orchestra

2:45

Disc 2

01

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23

Rudolf Barshai, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe

3:37

02

Henryk Górecki - Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

Jacek Kaspszyk, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Zofia Kilanowicz

4:34

03

Flute and Harp Concerto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299

Herbert von Karajan, James Galway, Berlin Philharmonic

4:01

04

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

Alain Lombard, Mady Mesplé

2:36

05

The Four Seasons (Winter: 1)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”

Nigel Kennedy, English Chamber Orchestra

3:27

06

Porgy and Bess (Summertime)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)

John McGlinn, Kiri Te Kanawa

2:42

07

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

5:10

08

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

4:18

09

Gymnopedie No. 1

Erik Satie - Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux

3:09

10

Montagues and Capulets

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

2:00

11

Paganini Rhapsody (Var. 18)

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

Simon Rattle, Cécile Ousset

3:23

12

Walking in the Air

Howard Blake - Walking in the Air

Howard Blake, Sinfonia of London, Peter Auty

3:30

13

Moonlight Sonata (I)

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

5:49

14

Hallelujah Chorus

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

4:26

15

Eine kleine Nachtmusik (I)

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

16

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

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

3:57

17

Swan Lake (Act I Finale)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20

John Lanchbery, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:27

18

Air on the G String

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

4:22

19

Jupiter (The Planets)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:50

20

1812 Overture, Op. 49

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

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:52