Classic FM: Hall of Fame Gold

Piano Concerto No. 3, 1st movement (Shine)

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30

Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Kissin

Symphony No. 5 in C‐sharp minor: IV. Adagietto (Death in Venice)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Daniele Gatti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Adagio for Strings (Platoon)

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Libor Pešek, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Ride of the Valkyries (Apocalypse Now)

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

Edo de Waart, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Organ Symphony No. 3 in C minor 4th movement (Babe)

Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony no. 3 in C minor “avec orgue”, op. 78

Enrique Bátiz

Flower Duet (Lakme)

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

Philharmonia Orchestra

Largo al Factotum (Barber of Seville)

Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro)

Gianluigi Gelmetti, Orchestra della Toscana

Nessun Dorma (Turandot)

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

Edward Downes, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Song of the Moon (Rusalka)

Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka)

Stefan Soltész, Munich Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

Au Fond Du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers)

Georges Bizet - Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)

Renato Cellini, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Casta Diva (Norma)

Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)

Henry Lewis, Philharmonia Orchestra

Che Gelida Manina (La Boheme)

Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)

Georg Solti, Plácido Domingo

Easter Hymn (Cavelleria Rusticana)

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: “Regina coeli laetare” (Coro)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Toreador’s Song (Carmen)

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes)

Herbert von Karajan, Wilhelm Pitz, Vienna Philharmonic

Brindisi (La Traviata)

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

Georges Prêtre, RCA Italiana Orchestra

Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa

Erich Leinsdorf, RCA Italiana Orchestra

Celeste Aida (Aida)

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni: Atto I. No. 7 Duettino “Là ci darem la mano” (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)

Nicholas McGegan, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)

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

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

O mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi)

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

Celso Valli

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico

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

Vernon Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57: II. Andante con moto

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 “Appassionata”

Mikhail Pletnev

Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a

Mark Ermler, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)

Felix Mendelssohn - Die Hebriden, op. 26

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Ulster Orchestra

Symphony No. 3, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

Johannes Brahms - Sinfonie Nr. 3 F-Dur, op. 90

Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Dance of the Reed Flutes (The Nutcracker)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

Mark Ermler, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Cello Concerto, 1st and 2nd movements

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

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto No.2, 2nd movement

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

Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra