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Classical Heartbreakers

André Previn · Georges Prêtre · Jerzy Maksymiuk · Simon Rattle · Yehudi Menuhin · Adrian Boult · André Cluytens · Bernard Haitink · Charles Mackerras · Eugene Ormandy

EMI2004Cat. 7243 5 85345 2 82h 5m31 tracks

Classical Heartbreakers (2004), CD, on EMI. Music by Frédéric Chopin, Giacomo Puccini, Johann Sebastian Bach, Edward Elgar, performed by André Previn, Georges Prêtre, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Simon Rattle; 31 tracks.

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

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

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra, Horacio Gutiérrez

3:24

02

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:44

03

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

3:01

04

O mio babbino caro

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

Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé

2:45

05

Viola da Gamba Sonata in G minor

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate für Viola da Gamba und Cembalo g-Moll, BWV 1029

Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman

2:33

06

Beim schlafengehen

Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150

Klaus Tennstedt, Lucia Popp

6:21

08

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

4:58

09

Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:09

11

Moonlight Sonata

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

3:58

12

Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: II. Adagio

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

Walter Susskind, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:26

13

E lucevan le stelle

Giacomo Puccini - Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Carlo Bergonzi

3:02

14

Nocturne in C-sharp minor

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 20 in C‐sharp minor “Reminiscence”, op. posth. 1 no. 16, B. 49, KKIVa/16

4:24

15

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

6:24

16

Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

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

Norman Del Mar, Robert Cohen

3:48

17

Piano concerto no. 2 in F

Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102

Jerzy Maksymiuk, English Chamber Orchestra, Dimitri Alexeev

6:08

18

Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)

Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

5:30

Disc 2

02

The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

3:12

04

Goldberg Variations

Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

3:05

05

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. Entracte (Orchestre) - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (une voix, Giulietta, Chœur)

André Cluytens, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

3:52

06

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

4:32

07

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

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

3:57

08

Giacomo Puccini - Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca)

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Maria Meneghini Callas

3:03

09

Stanley Myers - Cavatina

Manuel Barrueco, Steve Morse

3:18

10

String Quintet in C

Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C major, D. 956

Laszlo Varga, Hungarian Quartet

4:39

11

J’ai perdu mon Eurydice

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41 : Acte III, N° 43. Air “J’ai perdu mon Eurydice” (Orphée)

John Eliot Gardiner, Anne Sofie von Otter

3:28

12

Etude in E “Tristesse”

Frédéric Chopin - Étude in E major, op. 10 no. 3: Lento ma non troppo

4:16

13

Addio del passato

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto III. “Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti” (Violetta)

Myung-whun Chung, London Symphony Orchestra, Kiri Te Kanawa

3:51

14

Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

2:36

16

Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor: II. Romance

Frédéric Chopin - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11

Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Garrick Ohlsson

4:09

17

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

José Luis García Asensio, Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra

3:30

19

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

5:36