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Famous Classics

Charles Mackerras · James Loughran · Maurice Handford · Riccardo Muti · André Cluytens · Andrew Litton · Anthony Halstead · Bryden Thomson · Eric Ericson · Georges Prêtre

Music for PleasureCat. CDTRBOX 1282h 1m23 tracks

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Pomp & Circumstance no. 1

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

6:04

02

Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048

Anthony Halstead, Hanover Band

5:15

04

Champagne Polka, op. 211

Johann Strauss II - Champagner Polka, op. 211

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

2:15

05

Ave verum corpus, K 618

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

Eric Ericson, Riccardo Muti, Berlin Philharmonic

3:27

06

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

8:14

07

Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, Pastoral: I. Allegro ma non troppo

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”

Rudolf Kempe, Munich Philharmonic

10:27

08

Tosca Act 3: E lucevan le stelle

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

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

3:02

09

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo

Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

4:40

10

Dance of the Sylphs

Hector Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust : Deuxième Partie : Scène 7. Ballet des sylphes (Orchestre)

James Loughran, The Hallé

3:10

12

Radetzky March, op. 228

Johann Strauss I - Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228

James Loughran, The Hallé

2:45

13

Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

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

Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra

3:59

14

Symphony no. 5, op. 42: Toccata

Charles-Marie Widor - Symphonie pour orgue n° 5 en fa mineur, op. 42 n° 1

Jane Parker-Smith

5:07

Disc 3

01

Rhapsody in Blue (opening)

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Steuart Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra

5:54

02

Luigi Boccherini - Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:56

03

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

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

5:29

04

Va pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) from “Nabucco” (Solera) Act III

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

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:30

05

English Dance no. 5 (from Set 2)

Malcolm Arnold - English Dances, Set 2, op. 33

Owain Arwel Hughes, The Hallé

3:15

06

Salut d’amour, op. 12

Edward Elgar - Salut d’amour, op. 12

Lawrance Collingwood, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:48

07

Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman Act 3

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. Entracte (Orchestre) - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (une voix, Giulietta, Chœur)

André Cluytens, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

3:52

08

Intermezzo from Karelia Suite

Jean Sibelius - Karelia-sarja, op. 11

John Barbirolli, The Hallé

3:46

09

Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 (Elvira Madigan): II.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467

Bryden Thomson, The Hallé, Stephen Hough

6:48

10

Prelude and Mazurka from Coppélia

Léo Delibes - Coppélia : Tableau I, no. 1a. Prélude et Mazurka

Charles Mackerras, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:37

11

1812 Overture, op. 49

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

Charles Mackerras

16:08