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The Number One Classical Album 2004

Riccardo Chailly · Barry Wordsworth · Charles Mackerras · David Hartley · Edoardo Müller · Gavyn Wright · James Judd · Julian Lloyd Webber · Malcolm Sargent · Paul Gemignani

Decca Classics2004Cat. 475 61081h 17m19 tracks

The Number One Classical Album 2004 (2004), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Giacomo Puccini, Alfredo Catalani, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, performed by Riccardo Chailly, Barry Wordsworth, Charles Mackerras, David Hartley; 19 tracks.

Composers

Andrew Lloyd Webber2 Giacomo Puccini2 Alfredo Catalani1 Christoph Willibald von Gluck1 Eduardo Di Capua1 Erik Satie1 Ernesto De Curtis1 Gaetano Donizetti1 George Frideric Handel1 Giuseppe Verdi1 Johann Pachelbel1 John Tavener1 Jules Massenet1 Léo Delibes1 Ludovico Einaudi1 Luigi Denza1 Ralph Vaughan Williams1

Tracklist

Disc 1

03

Rigoletto: La donna è mobile

Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)

Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Joseph Calleja

2:13

04

La Wally: Ne andrò lontana

Alfredo Catalani - La Wally: Atto I. “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” (Wally)

Charles Mackerras, Renée Fleming

5:05

07

Whistle Down the Wind

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Whistle Down the Wind

Sarah Brightman

3:28

08

Torna a Surriento

Ernesto De Curtis - Torna a Surriento

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Russell Watson

4:48

10

Ludovico Einaudi - White Night

Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Ludovico Einaudi

3:14

11

Thaïs: Méditation

Jules Massenet - Meditation from Thaïs

James Judd, Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

4:52

13

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

4:03

15

Gymnopédie No.1

Erik Satie - Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

3:47

16

Funiculì, funiculà

Luigi Denza - Funiculì, funiculà

Edoardo Müller, English Chamber Orchestra, José Carreras

2:33

Disc 2

01

Eduardo Di Capua - ’O sole mio

Zubin Mehta, Stabile Orchestrale Fiorentina, The Three Tenors

2:40

02

Gianni Scicchi: O mio babbino caro

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

Stephen Barlow, London Symphony Orchestra, Kiri Te Kanawa

2:32

03

L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

Gaetano Donizetti - L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)

Riccardo Frizza, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Juan Diego Flórez

4:41

07

La Bohème: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimi

Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì)

Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Angela Gheorghiu

4:58

08

Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Barry Wordsworth

5:15

09

Orfeo ed Euridice: What Is Life

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - What is Life?

Malcolm Sargent, London Symphony Orchestra, Kathleen Ferrier

4:30

11

Phantom of the Opera: All I Ask of You

Andrew Lloyd Webber - All I Ask of You

David Hartley, Paul Gemignani, Welsh National Opera

5:13

14

Lakmé: Sous le dôme épais (Flower duet)

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

Yves Abel, Karine Deshayes, Patricia Petibon

4:37

15

Song for Athene

John Tavener - Song for Athene

5:34

16

Serse: Ombra mai fù (Largo)

George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)

Roger Norrington, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Andreas Scholl

3:01