The Classical Experience II

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

Overture from 'Carmen'

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Prélude

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

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

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

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

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

Waltz of the Flowers from 'The Nutcracker'

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

George Weldon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Cello Concerto First Movement

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra

Pavane

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, op. 50

Thomas Beecham, Orchestre National de France

Pizzicati From 'Sylvia'

Léo Delibes - Sylvia: Ballet Suite

Charles Mackerras, Philharmonia Orchestra

Gymnopodie No 3

Erik Satie - Gymnopédies

Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Nessun Dorma from 'Turandot'

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

O Mio Babbino from 'Gianni Schicchi'

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

Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra