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The Only Classical Album You'll Ever Need

Carl Davis · Richard Marlow · Barry Wordsworth · Edward Downes · Leonard Slatkin · Günter Wand · Ivor Bolton · James Galway · José Serebrier · Libor Pešek

BMG Conifer2000Cat. 75605 51332 22h 9m29 tracks
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The Only Classical Album You'll Ever Need (2000), CD, on BMG Conifer. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Gabriel Fauré, George Frideric Handel, Georges Bizet, performed by Carl Davis, Richard Marlow, Barry Wordsworth, Edward Downes; 29 tracks.

Composers

Giacomo Puccini3Gabriel Fauré2George Frideric Handel2Georges Bizet2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2Antonín Dvořák1Antonio Vivaldi1Aram Khachaturian1Carl Orff1Claude Debussy1Edvard Grieg1Edward Elgar1Giuseppe Verdi1Hubert Parry1Johann Pachelbel1Johann Sebastian Bach1Léo Delibes1Ludwig van Beethoven1Pietro Mascagni1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1Samuel Barber1Sergei Prokofiev1Sergei Rachmaninoff1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

O Fortuna (Camina Burana)

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

2:34
02

Flower Duet (Lakmé)

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

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

6:17
03

Largo (New World Symphony)

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

José Serebrier, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

3:57
04

Morning (Peer Gynt)

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46

Tadeusz Wojciechowski

3:30
05

Che Gelida Manina (La Bohème)

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

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Luciano Pavarotti

4:56
06

Variation 18 (Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini)

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

Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:23
07

Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82

Kathryn Stott

5:16
08

Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore)

Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

3:02
09

Canon and Gigue in D

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

City of London Sinfonia

4:22
10

Exsultate, Jubilate

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165

Ivor Bolton, Britten Sinfonia, Lesley Garrett

2:51
11

Pavane

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Libor Pešek, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

5:42
12

Flower Song (Carmen)

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

Plácido Domingo, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sherrill Milnes

4:05
14

Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I, Scene II. No. 13. Dance of the Knights

Barry Wordsworth, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

6:08
16

Finale (1812 Overture)

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

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

4:14

Disc 2

01

March No. 1 (Pomp and Circumstance)

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

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

6:39
02

Au Fond du Temple Saint (The Pearlfishers)

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

Renato Cellini, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Björling

4:38
03

Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

4:00
04

Why Do the Nations (Messiah)

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air “Why do the nations” (Bass)

London Musici, Bryn Terfel

3:00
05

Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)

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

London Musici

3:41
06

Spring (The Four Seasons)

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

James Galway, Zagreb Soloists

3:40
07

Pie Jesu (Requiem)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Richard Marlow, London Musici, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

3:53
08

Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia (Ballet Suite No. 2)

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

Barry Wordsworth, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

4:02
10

Air (On a G String)

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

City of London Sinfonia

3:59
11

O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi)

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

Edward Downes, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Angela Gheorghiu

2:40
12

Shepherd's Hymn (Symphony No. 6)

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

Günter Wand, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

5:00
13

Jerusalem

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem

Richard Marlow, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

2:53
14

Adagio (Clarinet Concerto)

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

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia

7:45
15

Agnus Dei

Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei

Richard Marlow, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

9:32
16

Nessun Dorma (Turandot)

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

Edward Downes, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Johan Botha

3:20