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The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever!

André Previn · Herbert von Karajan · Neville Marriner · Alain Lombard · Nigel Kennedy · Simon Rattle · Adrian Boult · Arthur Oldham · David Willcocks · Georges Prêtre

EMI19951h 59m31 tracks

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

The Four Seasons

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

Nigel Kennedy, English Chamber Orchestra

3:05

03

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

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

3:43

05

Fifth Symphony (I)

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

Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:36

08

Cello Concerto (I)

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra

3:25

09

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

3:10

10

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

Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra

4:28

11

La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier )

Umberto Giordano - Andrea Chénier: Atto III. “La mamma morta” (Maddalena, Gérard)

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:53

12

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

2:04

14

Habanera (from Carmen)

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

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de France

4:04

15

Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495: Rondo

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

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain

3:37

16

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

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

5:01

18

New World Symphony

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

Klaus Tennstedt, Berlin Philharmonic

3:15

19

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)

Plácido Domingo

3:14

20

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

André Previn, Arthur Oldham, London Symphony Orchestra

2:45

Disc 2

01

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

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

Peter Donohoe, Rudolf Barshai, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

3:37

02

Henryk Górecki - Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

Jacek Kaspszyk, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra

4:34

03

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

04

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

2:36

05

The Four Seasons (Winter: 1)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”

Nigel Kennedy, English Chamber Orchestra

3:27

06

Porgy and Bess (Summertime)

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

2:42

07

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

5:10

10

Montagues and Capulets

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

2:00

11

Paganini Rhapsody (Var. 18)

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

3:23

12

Walking in the Air

Howard Blake - Walking in the Air

Howard Blake, Sinfonia of London

3:30

14

Hallelujah Chorus

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

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:26

15

Eine kleine Nachtmusik (I)

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:53

16

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

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

3:57

17

Swan Lake (Act I Finale)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20

John Lanchbery, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:27

18

Air on the G String

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

4:22

19

Jupiter (The Planets)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:49

20

1812 Overture, Op. 49

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

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:52