The Best Classics … Ever!
André Previn · Riccardo Muti · Neville Marriner · Simon Rattle · Franz Welser-Möst · Georges Prêtre · John Barbirolli · Mariss Jansons · Michel Plasson · Alain Lombard
The Best Classics … Ever! (2005), CD, on Pomaton. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Georges Bizet, performed by André Previn, Riccardo Muti, Neville Marriner, Simon Rattle; 56 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: “Lacrimosa”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626: IIIf. Sequenz: “Lacrimosa”
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor: II. “Opening” Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset
The Hearts Asks Pleasure First / The Promise (“The Piano”)
Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: I. “Opening” Adagio moderato
Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré
Moonlight Sonata, op. 27 no. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
“Agnus Dei” (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace)
Disc 2
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz, op. 314 (extract)
Concerto ”L’estate”, RV 315: III: Presto
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”
Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, José Carreras
Dôme épais (Flower Duet) (Lakme)
Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Delphine Haidan
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23
George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II, Scene IV, no. 22. Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena)
Belgian National Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony, Fábio Zanon
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganani (op. 43 – Variation 18)
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset
Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Disc 3
Mazurkas op. 59: No. 3 in F‐sharp minor
Frédéric Chopin - Mazurkas, op. 59: No. 3 in F‐sharp minor. Vivace
Spring (The Four Seasons): I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048
Belle nuit, o nuit d’amour (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte IV. No. 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités)
Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet) (The Pearl Fisher)
Georges Bizet - Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)
Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato
Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16
Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco)
Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)
Riccardo Muti, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Zadok the Priest – Coronation Anthem
George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
Disc 4
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra
The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов
Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro)
Valse de Juliette (Romeo & Juliet)
Charles Gounod - Roméo et Juliette : Acte I. No. 3 Ariette « Je veux vivre dans ce rêve » (Juliette)
Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Natalie Dessay
Libiamo ne’lieti calici (Brindisi) (La traviata)
Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)
1812 Festival Overture, op. 49
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49