Classical Moods
André Previn · Neville Marriner · Mariss Jansons · Riccardo Muti · John McCarthy · Simon Rattle · Adrian Boult · Charles Groves · Francesco Molinari-Pradelli · Iona Brown
Classical Moods (1998), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Frédéric Chopin, Gustav Holst, performed by André Previn, Neville Marriner, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti; 72 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Moderato (Mvmt I from Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18)
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50
Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Atarah Ben-Tovim
Che gelida manina (from La bóheme)
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
Adagio sostenuto (Mvmt I from Piano Sonata no. 14 In C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight")
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Song to the Moon (from Rusalka)
Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka)
Stefan Soltész, Munich Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
Disc 2
Air on the G String (from Suite no. 3)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Largo (from Keyboard Concerto no. 5 BWV 1056)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto no. 5 for Keyboard and Orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Andrei Gavrilov
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo ed Euridice)
Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”
Disc 3
Allegro molto vivace (extract from Mvmt III from Symphony no. 6 in minor "Pathétique")
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”
Rondo: Allegro vivace (Mvmt III from Horn Concerto no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495
(Piave): La donna é mobile (from Rigoletto, Act 3)
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
Coronation March (from Crown Imperial)
William Walton - Crown Imperial
Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Noel Rawsthorne
Military Polonaise in A major, op. 40 no. 1
Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise in A major, op. 40 no. 1 “Military”
Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toredor's Song from Carmen, Act 2)
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)
Georges Prêtre, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (Mvmt III beginning from Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77)
Johannes Brahms - Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur, op. 77
Allegro assai (Mvmt III from Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047
The Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition)
Disc 4
The Sea And Sindbad's Ship (opening from Scheherazade, op. 35)
Scherzo (from A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
In The Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt)
Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall
John McCarthy, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Assez Vif (Mvmt II beginning from String Quartet in F major)
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (from Pictures at an Exhibition)
Disc 5
Adagio (from Spartacus & Phrygia)
Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus, op. 82: Act 1. 8. Aegina's variation and Bacchanalia
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening) (from Piano Concerto no. 1)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23
Rudolf Barshai, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe
Allegro moderato (excerpt) (from Violin Concerto)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35