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Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits

Herbert von Karajan · Daniel Barenboim · James Levine · Carlo Maria Giulini · Claudio Abbado · Ion Marin · Leon Spierer · Margaret Hillis · Mikhail Pletnev · Norman Del Mar

UTV RecordsCat. 289 463 240-22h 8m33 tracks

Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits, CD, on UTV Records. Music by Antonín Dvořák, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Orff, performed by Herbert von Karajan, Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Carlo Maria Giulini; 33 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 1

02

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

3:25

03

Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto

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

Elena Gilels, Emil Gilels

6:06

04

March of the Toreadors

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite no. 1

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

2:19

05

Celebrated Minuet

Luigi Boccherini - Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

3:24

07

Johannes Brahms - 5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied “Guten Abend, gute Nacht”

Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

1:53

08

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

Tamás Vásáry

1:37

09

Clair De Lune ('Suite Bergamasque')

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82

Alexis Weissenberg

5:06

10

Largo ('New World' Symphony)

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

2:55

11

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major

Norman Del Mar, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

5:55

13

Morning (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46)

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

4:00

14

Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)

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

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, The English Concert

4:00

15

Franz Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

Daniel Barenboim

4:39

16

Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

3:31

17

Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace

James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

4:30

18

Rondeau (First Symphonic Suite) ('Masterpiece Theater' Theme)

Jean-Joseph Mouret - Suite de Symphonies no. 1

1:57

19

The Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

5:55

Disc 2

01

Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: Allegro

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

5:22

03

Carmina Burana - O Fortuna

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

James Levine, Margaret Hillis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

2:40

04

Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

4:12

05

Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: Troika

Sergei Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60

Claudio Abbado, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Adolph Herseth

2:44

06

Nessun Dorma (Turandot)

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

Herbert von Karajan, Plácido Domingo, Vienna Philharmonic

3:25

07

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - 18th Variation

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

Yuri Ahronovitch, London Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry

3:19

11

Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris, Mischa Maisky

3:54

12

Gymnopédie No. 3

Erik Satie - Gymnopédies

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

3:04

13

Franz Schubert - Ave Maria, D. 839

Ion Marin, London Symphony Orchestra, Cheryl Studer

5:39

14

Blue Danube Waltz

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

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

10:07

15

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Sunrise

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Michel Schwalbé

1:50

16

Firebird Suite - Finale

Igor Stravinsky - Suite du ballet « L’Oiseau de feu »

Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra

3:15

17

1812 Overture - Finale

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

3:47

18

Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

4:30

19

Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore)

Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)

Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

2:55

20

The Four Seasons - Largo From 'Winter'

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

Herbert von Karajan, Leon Spierer, Berlin Philharmonic

2:15

21

Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt

Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris

4:55