The Best Classical Album in the World ...Ever!
Adrian Boult · Stephen Cleobury · Andrew Davis · Herbert von Karajan · John Barbirolli · Riccardo Muti · André Previn · Franz Welser-Möst · Mariss Jansons · Neville Marriner
The Best Classical Album in the World ...Ever! (2004), CD, on Virgin. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Edward Elgar, Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Adrian Boult, Stephen Cleobury, Andrew Davis, Herbert von Karajan; 49 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset
Dôme épais (Flower Duet - Lakmé)
Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, K. 299: II. Andantino
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio
Winter - The Four Seasons - II Largo
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”
Disc 2
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
On The Beautiful Blue Danube - Waltz Op.314 extract
Disc 3
Miserere mei, Deus vv.1-4 & 17-20
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley
Zadok the Priest - Coronation Anthem
George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
Lacrimosa - Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626: IIIf. Sequenz: “Lacrimosa”
Agnus Dei - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato (opening)
Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré
Disc 4
Spring (The Four Seasons) I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat K. 495 - III. Rondo Allegro vivace
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato (opening)
Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16
Au Fond du Temple Saint (Temple Duet) From the Pearl Fishers
Georges Bizet - Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)
The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (conclusion)
Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, 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
The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (Land of Hope and Glory) conclusion
Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major