The Best of the Classical Bits
Neville Marriner · Edo de Waart · Raymond Leppard · Neeme Järvi · Seiji Ozawa · Wolfgang Sawallisch · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra · English Chamber Orchestra · I Musici
The Best of the Classical Bits (1993), CD, on BBC Radio 1. Music by Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi, Carl Orff, performed by Neville Marriner, Edo de Waart, Raymond Leppard, Neeme Järvi; 17 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini: Variation 18 (extract)
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII
Neeme Järvi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bella Davidovich
William Tell Overture (extract) (the famous Lone Ranger theme)
Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace)
Rhapsody in Blue (extract) (as on the ‘Galaxy’ chocolate ads)
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Edo de Waart, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Werner Haas
Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet (extract)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39
The Four Seasons: Spring. I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
Air on a G String (the ‘Hamlet’ cigars theme)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
Canon (basis for The Farm’s single ‘Altogether Now’)
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Waltz of the Flowers (as used in TV ads for ‘Flash Liquid’)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
The Enigma Variations: “Nimrod” (as on the ‘Malvern’ water ads)
Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36