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The Classic Experience II

Adrian Boult · John Barbirolli · Neville Marriner · Riccardo Muti · Alain Lombard · Charles Mackerras · George Weldon · Georges Prêtre · Alceo Galliera · André Previn

EMI1990Cat. CDS 7 94431 22h 1m31 tracks

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

O Fortuna from 'Carmina Burana'

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Norbert Balatsch, Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:43

02

Scene from 'Swan Lake'

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20

George Weldon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2:55

03

Flower Duet from 'Lakme'

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

4:20

04

In the Hall of the Mountain King from 'Peer Gynt'

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall

John Barbirolli, The Hallé

2:26

05

Overture from 'Carmen'

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Prélude

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

2:16

06

Chanson Boheme from 'Carmen'

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte II. No. 12 Chanson bohème « Les tringles des sistres tintaient » (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

4:21

07

Rondo from 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

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

3:04

08

Largo Al Factorum from 'The Barber of Seville'

Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro)

Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:43

09

Rondo from 'Horn Concerto No 4'

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

3:36

11

Waltz of the Flowers from 'The Nutcracker'

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

George Weldon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

5:04

13

Cello Concerto First Movement

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra

3:25

14

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, op. 50

Thomas Beecham, Orchestre National de France

5:07

15

Pizzicati From 'Sylvia'

Léo Delibes - Sylvia: Ballet Suite

Charles Mackerras, Philharmonia Orchestra

1:50

16

Gymnopodie No 3

Erik Satie - Gymnopédies

Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:52

17

Nessun Dorma from 'Turandot'

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

5:06

18

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

6:24

19

O Mio Babbino from 'Gianni Schicchi'

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

Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra

2:45

Disc 2

02

Summer from 'The Four Seasons'

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

Nigel Kennedy, English Chamber Orchestra

2:53

03

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

Wolfgang Gönnenwein

3:29

04

Shepherd's Hymn from 'The Pastoral Symphony'

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

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:42

06

Badinerie from 'Suite No. 2'

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Denis Vigay

1:26

07

La Donna e Mobile from 'Rigoletto'

Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

2:20

08

Rondo from 'A Musical Joke'

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento for 2 Horns & Strings in F major, K. 522 "Ein musikalischer Spaß"

Guido Cantelli, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:08

10

Symphony No. 6: I. Allegro

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony no. 6 in E minor

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra

1:49

11

Sunrise from 'Also sprach Zarathustra'

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Klaus Tennstedt

1:47

12

Prelude to Act III of 'Lohengrin'

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III. Vorspiel

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:24

13

Jupiter from 'The Planets'

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra

7:58

14

Romeo and Juliet

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

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

5:20

15

The Thieving Magpie

Gioachino Rossini - La gazza ladra: Ouverture

Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:11

16

Excerpts from the Pathetique and Manfred Symphonies

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:37

17

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, op. 26

John Barbirolli, The Hallé

8:28