Greatest Classics
Andrew Davis · Carlo Maria Giulini · Georges Prêtre · John Barbirolli · John McCarthy · Neville Marriner · Riccardo Muti · Adrian Boult · Alberto Lysy · Alceo Galliera
Greatest Classics (2003), CD, 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.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major
Zadok The Priest (Coronation Anthem)
George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
Die Walküre from Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
Piano Concerto No. 21 'Elvira Madigan' (II Andante)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
'Emperor' Piano Concerto No. 5 (I Allegro)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1
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