The Ultimate Classical Box
Libor Pešek · Carl Davis · Leonard Slatkin · Nicholas Cleobury · Richard Marlow · Herbert von Karajan · Nello Santi · Nicholas McGegan · Wilhelm Pitz · Andrew Litton
The Ultimate Classical Box (2007), CD, on Sony Music. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Libor Pešek, Carl Davis, Leonard Slatkin, Nicholas Cleobury; 59 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
Anthony Marwood, Nicholas McGegan, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Solomon: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
Disc 2
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”
Disc 3
The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum
Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro)
George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II, Scene IV, no. 22. Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena)
Jean-Claude Malgoire, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, Ileana Cotrubaș
Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)
Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes)
Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)
Skitch Henderson, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Leontyne Price
The Marriage of Figaro: Non piu andrai
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena VIII. (no. 10) Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (Figaro)
Nicholas McGegan, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, François le Roux
Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
Carlo Felice Cillario, Ambrosian Singers, Montserrat Caballé