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Classical Legends

Simon Rattle · John Barbirolli · Nigel Kennedy · Plácido Domingo · Adrian Boult · Alain Lombard · Alexander Briger · André Previn · Antonio Pappano · Eugene Ormandy

EMICat. 5 45538 21h 48m29 tracks

Classical Legends, CD, on EMI. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Gabriel Fauré, Giuseppe Verdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Simon Rattle, John Barbirolli, Nigel Kennedy, Plácido Domingo; 29 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Spring (The Four Seasons)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

3:09

02

Theme from 'The Piano'

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

3:12

03

Lakmé: Flower Duet

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

Philharmonia Orchestra, Lesley Garrett

3:51

04

Flute and Harp Concerto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299

Herbert von Karajan, James Galway, Berlin Philharmonic

4:01

05

Carmen: Habanera

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Maria Meneghini Callas

4:23

06

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré

3:25

07

'Moonlight' Sonata

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

3:58

09

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

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

Walter Susskind, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:26

10

Swan Theme (Swan Lake)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

2:51

11

O Mio Babbino Caro

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

Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu

2:09

12

Rigoletto: La donna è mobile

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

Richard Armstrong

2:11

13

Jupiter (The Planets)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:50

14

La Tosca: E lucevan le stelle

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

James Levine, Plácido Domingo, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:11

15

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Richard Hickox, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aled Jones

3:16

17

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)

John McGlinn, Kiri Te Kanawa

2:42

18

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

6:24

19

Franz Schubert - Ave Maria

Sarah Brightman

3:02

20

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

2:00

21

Ride of the Valkryies

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

5:26

Disc 2

05

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068

Plácido Domingo, Berlin Philharmonic, Sarah Chang

4:45

06

Waltz No. 15 in A-flat major

Johannes Brahms - Walzer, op. 39: Nr. 15 As-dur

1:41

07

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, op. 50

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Isobel Cooper, Julia Thornton

4:26

08

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Nigel Kennedy, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

6:54

09

George Frideric Handel - Suite de pièce in D minor, Vol. 2 no. 4, HWV 437

Alexander Briger, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:26

13

Piano Concerto No 2

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

4:32

14

Ingemisco (Requiem)

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)

Riccardo Muti, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Luciano Pavarotti

3:43

15

Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:11

17

Nessun dorma (Turandot)

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, José Carreras

4:11

18

Toccata & Fugue in D minor

Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565

3:39