Greatest Classics
Checking favorite status…Greatest Classics (2003), Format unverified, on EMI. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edward Elgar, Giuseppe Verdi, George Frideric Handel, performed by Andrew Davis, Carlo Maria Giulini, Georges Prêtre, John Barbirolli; 42 tracks.
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Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major
Andrew Davis, Royal Choral Society
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic
Zadok The Priest (Coronation Anthem)
George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
Andrew Davis, Royal Choral Society
Die Walküre from Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
Klaus Tennstedt, Berlin Philharmonic
Piano Concerto No. 21 'Elvira Madigan' (II Andante)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra, Annie Fischer
'Emperor' Piano Concerto No. 5 (I Allegro)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”
George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra, Emil Gilels
Water Music Suite In D 'Alla Hornpipe'
George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe
Hungarian Dance No. 5 In G Major
Johannes Brahms - 21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No. 5 in G minor (Allegro)
Disc 2
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
Julius Rudel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alfredo Kraus
Un bel dì vedremo (Madam Butterfly)
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
Non più andrai (The Marriage of Figaro)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena VIII. (no. 10) Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (Figaro)
Bernard Haitink, Claudio Desderi
Brindisi: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (La Traviata)
Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)
Aldo Ceccato, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
Dunque io son (The Barber of Seville)
Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°7a. Duetto “Dunque io son” (Rosina, Figaro)
Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Meneghini Callas
Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (Roméo et Juliette)
Charles Gounod - Roméo et Juliette : Acte I. No. 3 Ariette « Je veux vivre dans ce rêve » (Juliette)
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de France, Maria Meneghini Callas
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
James Levine, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfredo Kraus
Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
Camille Saint-Saëns - Samson et Dalila : Acte II, scène 3. « Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix » (Dalila)
Giuseppe Patanè, Philharmonia Orchestra, Elena Obraztsova
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen)
Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Maria Meneghini Callas
La mamma morta (Andrea Chenier)
Umberto Giordano - Andrea Chénier: Atto III. “La mamma morta” (Maddalena, Gérard)
Myung-whun Chung, London Symphony Orchestra, Kiri Te Kanawa
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Tales of Hoffman)
Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. Entracte (Orchestre) - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (une voix, Giulietta, Chœur)
André Cluytens, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Che interminable andirivieni (Servants Chorus) (Don Pasquale)
Gaetano Donizetti - Don Pasquale: Atto III. “Che interminabile andirivieni” (Coro di Servi)
Lamberto Gardelli, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Disc 3
'Shepherd's Hymn' from 'Pastoral' Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré
Venus, The Bringer of Peace from The Planets
Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32
John McCarthy, Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299
Herbert von Karajan, James Galway, Berlin Philharmonic
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1
Luigi Boccherini - Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Romance from Piano Concerto No. 1
Frédéric Chopin - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Garrick Ohlsson
César Franck - Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
Charles Mackerras, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus