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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 81h 45m26 tracks

Classical Heartbreakers (2004), CD, on EMI. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Edward Elgar, Frédéric Chopin, Giuseppe Verdi, performed by André Previn, Georges Prêtre, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Simon Rattle; 26 tracks.

Composers

Giacomo Puccini3 Edward Elgar2 Frédéric Chopin2 Giuseppe Verdi2 Johann Sebastian Bach2 Sergei Rachmaninoff2 Christoph Willibald von Gluck1 Dmitri Shostakovich1 Franz Schubert1 Gabriel Fauré1 George Gershwin1 Gustav Mahler1 Jacques Offenbach1 Max Bruch1 Michael Nyman1 Pietro Mascagni1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 Richard Strauss1 Samuel Barber1

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

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

3:01

04

O mio babbino caro

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

Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra

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

6:21

09

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

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:09

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

3:02

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

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

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

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

3:03

10

String Quintet in C

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

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

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

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