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Simply the Best Classical Anthems

Andrew Davis · Alain Lombard · Alexander Lazarev · Claudio Scimone · Daniel Barenboim · Raymond Leppard · Theodor Guschlbauer · Zubin Mehta · Armin Jordan · György Lehel

EratoCat. 39842638821h 0m36 tracks

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Dies Irae - Requiem

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

2:16

02

O Fortuna - Carmina Burnana

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

2:29

03

The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

6:44

04

The Ride of the Valkyries - Die Walküre

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

Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

5:23

07

Pomp and Circumstance March - No. 1

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

4:25

08

Grand March - Aida

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Gran Finale II “Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside” (Popolo, Sacerdoti)

Norbert Balatsch, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

1:44

09

Presto - Summer - Four Seasons

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”

Claudio Scimone

2:46

10

Prelude - Te Deum

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Te Deum, H. 146: Prélude

Michel Corboz, Gulbenkian Orchestra

2:03

11

The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra

Benjamin Britten - The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:03

12

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

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

Marie-Claire Alain

2:28

13

Symphony No. 5, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67

Joseph Keilberth, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

8:45

14

Adagio - Spartacus

Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus, op. 82: Act 1. 8. Aegina's variation and Bacchanalia

Alexander Lazarev, Symphonic Orchestra of State Academic Bolshoi Theater

2:44

15

Saber Dance - Gayaneh

Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh

Alexander Lazarev, Symphonic Orchestra of State Academic Bolshoi Theater

2:20

16

Symphony No. 40, K. 550: I. Allegro molto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great”

7:46

17

Zadok the Priest

George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258

John Eliot Gardiner

3:03

18

Nessun Dorma - Turandot

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

Plácido Domingo

3:24

Disc 2

01

Also sprach Zarathustra

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

1:36

02

Dance of the Knights From Romeo and Juliet

Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I, Scene II. No. 13. Dance of the Knights

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

1:49

03

Dies Irae From Requiem

Joseph Leopold Eybler - Requiem

Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester

1:55

04

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49

Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

3:46

05

Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16

Theodor Guschlbauer, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

2:18

06

Allegro from Spring Four Seasons

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

Claudio Scimone

3:30

07

Hallelujah Chorus From Messiah

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra

4:04

08

La Réjouissance From Music From the Royal Fireworks

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Jean-François Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra

2:28

09

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumble-Bee

Raymond Leppard, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

1:32

10

March to the Scaffold From Symphonie Fantastique

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

2:59

11

Overture From Carmen

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Prélude

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

3:31

12

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“

Theodor Guschlbauer, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

5:55

13

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:23

14

Jupiter from The Planets

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1:53

15

Symphony No 9, "Ode to Joy"

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”

Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Staatskapelle

0:54

16

Scene from Swan Lake

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

Alexander Lazarev, Symphonic Orchestra of State Academic Bolshoi Theater

3:01

17

Nimrod from Enigma Variations

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

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

4:14

18

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini [Variation 18]

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

2:32

19

Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade

James Conlon, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

1:42

20

Finale, Symphony for Organ No 3

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

Jean Martinon, Orchestre National de France, Marie-Claire Alain

7:42