100 airs classiques de legende

Arrivee de la Reine de Saba

George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Les quatres saisons: I. Allegro

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

Alberto Lysy, Yehudi Menuhin

Toccata en Re mineur BWV565i

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

Wayne Marshall

Concerto pour Cor no. 4 en mi bemol majeur K495: III. Rondo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495

Barry Tuckwell, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Symphonie No. 5 en Ut mineur, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

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

Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra

Ouverture 1812 (Fin)

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

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Ode a la joie - Symphony No. 9 en Re mineur "avec choeur", Op. 125

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

Adrian Boult, Joseph Flummerfelt, Riccardo Muti

Concerto pour Piano en La mineur, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato (Debut)

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

Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

Alla Marcia - Karelia Suite Op. 11 No. 3

Jean Sibelius - Karelia-sarja, op. 11

John Barbirolli, The Hallé

Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Fin) (Les Planetes, Op. 32)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra

Concerto pour Piano No. 1 en Si bemol mineur, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra, Horacio Gutiérrez

Finlandia, poeme symphonique Op. 26

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, op. 26

John Barbirolli, The Hallé

Gloria All'Egitto - Scene du triomphe et grande marche

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Marcia trionfale (orchestra)

Douglas Robinson, Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Capulets et Montaigus - Danse des chevaliers (Romeo and Juliet)

Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet: Suite no. 2, op. 64ter

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

Marche de Radetzky

Johann Strauss I - Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 - Land of Hope and Glory (Fin)

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

Andrew Davis, Royal Choral Society

Concerto pour Piano No. 3 en Re mineur: I. Allegro ma non tanto (Debut)

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

Mariss Jansons, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Rudy

Symphonie No. 3 en Ut mineur "avec orgue" Op. 78: Maestoso-Allegro (Fin)

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

Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Matthias Eisenberg

Air "Sur la corde de Sol", Suite No. 3 en Re majeur, BWV 1068

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

Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Ballet des ombres heureuses, Orfeo ed Erudice

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Canon en Re majeur

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

Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Concerto pour Clarinette en La majeur , K. 622: II. Adagio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622

Hans Vonk, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Sabine Meyer

Variations Goldberg, BWV 988: Aria

Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Julia Thornton

Sonate pour Piano No. 14 en Ut diese mineur, "Clair de lune" Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto

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

Moura Lympany

Concerto pour Flute & Harpe en Ut majeur K 299: II. Andantino

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, James Galway

Concerto pour Violon in Mi mineur, Op. 64: II. Andante

Felix Mendelssohn - Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64

Efrem Kurtz, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

Concerto pour Piano No. 21 en Ut majeur, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante

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

Bryden Thomson, The Hallé, Stephen Hough

Symphonie No. 9 "Du nouveau monde": II. Largo

Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Concerto pour Violon No. 1 en Sol mineur, Op. 26: II. Adagio

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

Walter Susskind, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

Nimrod (Variations "Enigma" Op. 36)

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

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

Concierto d'Aranjuez: II. Adagio (Debut)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream

The Lark Ascending (Fin)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy

Symphonie No. 5 in Ut diese mineur: IV. Adagietto (Fin)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra

Rhapsodie sur un theme of Paganini, Variation 18

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

Au Fond Du Temple Saint (Duo du temple), Opera Les Pêcheurs de perles

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

Pierre Dervaux, Ernest Blanc, Nicolai Gedda

Invocation a la Lune, Opera Rusalka

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

Stefan Soltész, Munich Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

"Dôme Épais" (Duo des fleurs), Opera Lakmé

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

Alain Lombard, Mady Mesplé

La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Air de la Fleur), Opera Carmen

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte II. No. 17 Duo : « La Fleur que tu m’avais jetée » (Carmen, Don José)

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

Che Farò senza Euridice?, Opera Orfeo ed Euridice

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III. Aria “Che farò senza Euridice?” (Orfeo)

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Agnes Baltsa

Casta Diva, Opera Norma

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

Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Che Gelida Manina, Opera La bohème

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

Richard Armstrong, Roberto Alagna

O Mio Babbino Caro, Opera Gianni Schicchi

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

Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu

Vogliatemi Bene, Opera Madama Butterfly

Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino” … “Un pò'di vero c'è” … “Oh quanti occhi fisi” (Butterfly, Pinkerton)

John Barbirolli, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Scotto

Va, Pensiero (Chant des esclaves hebreux), Opera Nabucco

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

Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Es Lebt' Eine Vilja, Operette La veuve joyeuse

Franz Lehár - Die lustige Witwe: Akt II. N°7. Introduktion, Tanz und Vilja-Lied: “Ich bitte, hier jetzt zu verweilen” … “Nun laßt uns aber wie daheim” … “Es lebt’ eine Vilja” (Hanna, Chor)

Lovro von Matačić, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus

Ombra Mai Fu, Opera Serse

George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù”

John Barbirolli, The Hallé, Richard Lewis

Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III), D. 839

Franz Schubert - Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”

Gerald Moore, Janet Baker

Minuit Chretiens

Adolphe Adam - Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens”

Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Roberto Alagna

Nessun Dorma, Opera Turandot

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, José Carreras

Irish Tune From County Derry (Londonderry Air) (Arr. Grainger)

Percy Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry

Robert Irving, Sinfonia of London

The Watermill

Ronald Binge - The Watermill

Vivian Dunn

Bells Across the Meadow

Albert Ketèlbey - Bells Across the Meadows

John Lanchbery, Philharmonia Orchestra

Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (Sir John in Love) (Arr. Greaves)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

John Barbirolli, Sinfonia of London

Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré

Jerusalem

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem

Andrew Davis, Royal Choral Society

The Nuns Chorus (Casanova)

Johann Strauss II - Casanova: Nuns’ Chorus & Laura’s Song

Otto Ackermann, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus

The Holy City

Michael Maybrick - The Holy City

Charles Craig, Michael Collins

Don’t Be Cross (Der Obersteiger) (Arr. Naylor)

Carl Zeller - Der Obersteiger: “Don't Be Cross” (Sei nicht bös')

BBC Concert Orchestra, Lesley Garrett

On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, op. 314 (Extract)

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Warsaw Concerto From "Dangerous Moonlight" (Opening)

Richard Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto

Kenneth Alwyn, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Adni

The Marriage of Figaro: Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia

Colin Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata no. 147) (Arr.Hess)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, from BWV 147

Myra Hess

Judex (Mors Et Vita)

Charles Gounod - Mors et Vita: Pars secunda "Judicium": Judex: 4. Sedenti in Throno

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

Where Corals Lie (Sea Pictures)

Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E‐flat “Emperor”, op. 73b: I. Allegro (extract)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”

George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra, Emil Gilels

Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Concerto pour Piano No.2 en Ut mineur, Op.18: II - Adagio sostenuto (debut)

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

Au matin (Peer Gynt, Musique de scene, Op.23)

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Romance (Le Taon)

Dmitri Shostakovich - The Gadfly Suite, op. 97a

Piers Lane, Tasmin Little

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherezade) (Debut)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, op. 35

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

Meditation de Thais

Jules Massenet - Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation”

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Anne-Sophie Mutter

Danses Polovtsiennes du Prince Igor (Debut)

Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances

Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Adagio de Spartacus et Phrygie (Spartacus)

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

Yuri Temirkanov, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Romeo & Juliet: Ouverture-Fantaisie

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Symphonie No. 7 en La majeur, Op. 92: II. Allegretto

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92

Kurt Sanderling, Philharmonia Orchestra

Concerto pour 2 violons en re mineur, BWV 1043: II Largo Ma Non Tanto

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

Danse des Mirlitons (Casse-Noisette)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 12e. Дивертисмент (д) Танец пастушков

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Symphonie No. 6 en Fa majeur "Pastorale", Op. 68: V. Allegretto (Chant des bergers apres l'orage)

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

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

Zadok the Priest

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

Andrew Davis, Royal Choral Society

Choral du Veilleur (Cantata BWV 140)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Theo Altmeyer

Miserere Mei, Deus (W 1-4, 17-20)

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley

Messe allemande (DB72 - Sanctus)

Franz Schubert - Deutsche Messe, D. 872

Karl Forster, Berliner Symphoniker, St. Hedwig's Cathedral Choir

Panis Angelicus

César Franck - Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

L'Adieu des bergers (L'enfance du Christ)

Hector Berlioz - L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25 : Deuxième partie no. 8. Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille « Il s'en va loin de la terre » (Les bergers)

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

Messe de Sainte-Cécile (Sanctus)

Charles Gounod - Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile, CG 56

Jean-Claude Hartemann, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Franz Crass

In Paradisum (Requiem Op 48)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

José Luis García Asensio, Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra

Laudate Dominum (Vepres solennelles K339)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339

Eugen Jochum, Gerhard Wilhelm, Wolfgang Isenhardt

Ingesmico (Requiem)

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

Giulio Bertola, Riccardo Muti, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Ave verum corpus (K. 618)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave verum corpus, K. 618

Paul Hillier, Roy Goodman, Stephen Cleobury

I know that my Redeemer Liveth (Le Messie)

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)

Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers

The heavens are telling (La Creation)

Joseph Haydn - Die Schöpfung, Hob XXI:2: Part II: XXVIa. Chor: Vollendet ist das große Werk

David Willcocks, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Pie Jesu (Requiem)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

André Cluytens, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur

Lacrimosa (Requiem en Re mineur, K. 626)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626: IIIf. Sequenz: “Lacrimosa”

Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Choir

Alleluia (Le Messie)

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

Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers