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The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever! (disc 1)

Neville Marriner · Alain Lombard · André Previn · Arthur Oldham · Georges Prêtre · Giulio Bertola · Herbert von Karajan · Iona Brown · John Barbirolli · Klaus Tennstedt

EMI1995Cat. 7243 5 65808 2 455m15 tracks

The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever! (disc 1) (1995), CD, on EMI. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Antonín Dvořák, Antonio Vivaldi, performed by Neville Marriner, Alain Lombard, André Previn, Arthur Oldham; 15 tracks.

Composers

Giacomo Puccini2 Giuseppe Verdi2 Antonín Dvořák1 Antonio Vivaldi1 Carl Orff1 Edvard Grieg1 Edward Elgar1 Frédéric Chopin1 Georges Bizet1 Johann Pachelbel1 Ludwig van Beethoven1 Umberto Giordano1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

01

The Four Seasons

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

Nigel Kennedy, English Chamber Orchestra

3:05

03

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)

Giulio Bertola, Riccardo Muti, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

3:43

05

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67

Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:36

08

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré

3:25

09

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

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, José Carreras

3:10

10

Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16

Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

4:28

11

Umberto Giordano - Andrea Chénier: Atto III. “La mamma morta” (Maddalena, Gérard)

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Meneghini Callas

4:53

12

Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 6 in D‐flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz”

2:04

14

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de France, Maria Meneghini Callas

4:04

15

Horn Concerto No.4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain

3:37

16

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

Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:01

17

O Mio Babbino Caro

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

Amanda Roocroft

2:14

18

New World Symphony

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

Klaus Tennstedt, Berlin Philharmonic

3:15

19

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)

Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer

3:14

20

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

André Previn, Arthur Oldham, London Symphony Orchestra

2:45