UPLIFTING CLASSICS TCHAIKOVSKY
‘1812’ OVERTURE 3:31 (conclusion)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons ® 1987
HANDEL
THE ARRIVAL OF BEETHOVEN
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 2:47 ODE TO JOY 3:19
(Solomon) Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Symphony No.9 in D minor ‘Choral’, Op.125)
Sir Neville Marriner ® 1984 James Morris (bass), The Westminster Choir
The Philadelphia Orchestra
VIVALDI Riccardo Muti ® 1988
LE QUATTRO STAGIONI 3:39
I. Allegro (Concerto No.1 in E ‘La primavera’) GRIEG
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR OP.16 4:24
Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy ® 1981 I. Allegro molto moderato (opening)
Cécile Ousset (piano), London Symphony Orchestra
J.S. BACH Sir Neville Marriner ® 1985
TOCCATA IN D MINOR BWV565 3:20
Wayne Marshall (organ) ® 1990 SIBELIUS
ALLA MARCIA 4:38
MOZART (Karelia Suite, Op.11/3)
HORN CONCERTO NO.4 IN E FLAT K495 3:34 Hallé Orchestra
III. Rondo (Allegro vivace) Sir John Barbirolli ® 1966 / 2000*
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields HOLST
Sir Neville Marriner ® 1972 / 1988* JUPITER, THE BRINGER OF JOLLITY 4:46
(conclusion) (The Planets, Op.32)
BEETHOVEN Philharmonia Orchestra
SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C MINOR OP.67 6:32 Sir Simon Rattle ® 1981
I. Allegro con brio
Philharmonia Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling ® 1981
1
Sir Neville Marriner
Photo: Trevor Leighton
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TCHAIKOVSKY J. STRAUSS I
PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR OP.23 3:21 RADETZKY MARCH 2:51
I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester
Horacio Gutiérrez (piano) Willi Boskovsky ® 1972 / 1989*
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn ® 1976 / 1994* ELGAR
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCH NO.1 2:34
SIBELIUS (Land of Hope and Glory) (conclusion)
FINLANDIA 8:25 Royal Choral Society
(Symphonic Poem, Op.26) London Philharmonic Orchestra
Hallé Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis ® 1972 / 1996*
Sir John Barbirolli ® 1966 / 2000*
RACHMANINOV
VERDI PIANO CONCERTO NO.3 IN D MINOR 2:50
GLORIA ALL’EGITTO 4:33 I. Allegro ma non tanto (opening)
(Triumphal Scene & Grand March) (Aida) Mikhail Rudy (piano)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra Mariss Jansons ®1993
Riccardo Muti ® 1974 / 1986*
SAINT-SAËNS
PROKOFIEV SYMPHONY NO.3 IN C MINOR ‘ORGAN’ OP.78 8:08
MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS 1:49 (conclusion) (Maestoso – Allegro)
(Dance of the Knights) (Romeo and Juliet) Matthias Eisenberg (organ),
The Philadelphia Orchestra Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Riccardo Muti ® 1982 Michel Plasson
® 1997 EMI Music France
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Sir John Barbirolli
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RELAXING CLASSICS J.S. BACH
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
BWV 988 2:07
Aria (trs. Craig Leon)
J.S. BACH Julia Thornton (harp) ® 2003
AIR ‘ON THE G STRING’ 3:32
(Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068) ALBINONI
Academy of St Martin in the Fields ADAGIO IN G MINOR 5:49
Sir Neville Marriner ® 1974 / 1997* (Realised Giazotto) (extract)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
GLUCK Sir Neville Marriner ® 1974 / 1986*
DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS 2:12
(Orfeo ed Euridice) BEETHOVEN
New Philharmonia Orchestra PIANO SONATA NO.14 IN C SHARP MINOR
Riccardo Muti ® 1982 / 1997* ‘MOONLIGHT’ OP.27/2 3:55
I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
PACHELBEL Dame Moura Lympany (piano) ® 1991
CANON IN D 4:59
Academy of St Martin in the Fields MOZART
Sir Neville Marriner ® 1974 / 1997* FLUTE & HARP CONCERTO IN C K299 3:58
II. Andantino (extract)
MOZART James Galway (flute), Fritz Helmis (harp)
CLARINET CONCERTO IN A K622 6:35 Berliner Philharmoniker
II. Adagio Herbert von Karajan ® 1972 / 1985*
Sabine Meyer (basset clarinet)
Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk MENDELSSOHN
® 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR OP.64 4:27
II. Andante (extract)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz
® 1959 / 1997*
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Julia Thornton
Photo: Peter Ashworth
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MOZART RODRIGO
PIANO CONCERTO NO.21 IN C ‘ELVIRA MADIGAN’ K467 CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ 4:44
6:45 II. Adagio (opening)
II. Andante Julian Bream (guitar)
Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson ® 1987 Sir Simon Rattle ® 1993
DVORÁK VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
SYMPHONY NO.9 ‘FROM THE NEW WORLD’ 4:43 THE LARK ASCENDING 6:51
II. Largo (opening) (conclusion)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Mariss Jansons ® 1989 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle ® 1997
BRUCH
VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN G MINOR OP.26 4:21 MAHLER
II. Adagio (opening) SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C SHARP MINOR 3:05
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) IV. Adagietto (conclusion)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind New Philharmonia Orchestra
® 1959 / 1997* Sir John Barbirolli ® 1969 / 1988*
ELGAR RACHMANINOV
NIMROD 3:55 RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI 2:57
(‘Enigma’ Variations, Op.36) Variation 18
London Symphony Orchestra Cécile Ousset (piano)
Sir Adrian Boult ® 1971 / 1986* City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle ® 1984
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Sir Simon Rattle
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VOCAL CLASSICS GLUCK
CHE FARÒ SENZA EURIDICE? 5:26
(Orfeo ed Euridice)
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano)
BIZET Philharmonia Orchestra
AU FOND DU TEMPLE SAINT 5:22 Riccardo Muti ® 1982 / 1997*
(Temple Duet) (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Ernest Blanc (baritone) BELLINI
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique CASTA DIVA 5:33
Pierre Dervaux ® 1961 / 1989* EMI France (Norma)
Maria Callas (soprano)
DVORÁK Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milan
SONG TO THE MOON 5:52 Tullio Serafin ® 1961 / 1997*
(Rusalka)
Lucia Popp (soprano) PUCCINI
Münchner Rundfunkorchester CHE GELIDA MANINA 4:50
Stefan Soltesz ® 1988 (La Bohème)
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
DELIBES London Philharmonic Orchestra
DÔME ÉPAIS 3:27 Richard Armstrong ® 1995
(Flower Duet) (Lakmé)
Mady Mesplé (soprano) Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano) PUCCINI
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique O MIO BABBINO CARO 2:04
Alain Lombard ® 1971 / 1987* EMI France (Gianni Schicchi )
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
BIZET London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano ® 1999
LA FLEUR QUE Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy
TU M’AVAIS JETÉE 3:48 of The Decca Record Company Ltd
(Flower Song) (Carmen)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris
Georges Prêtre ® 1964 / 1985*
9
Lucia Popp
Photo: Christina Burton EMI Music Ltd.
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TRAD. HANDEL
BAÏLÈRO 4:49 OMBRA MAI FU 3:15
(Chants d’Auvergne) (arr. Canteloube) (Serse) (arr. Hoffman)
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Richard Lewis (tenor)
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli
Jean-Pierre Jacquillat ® 1959 / 1991*
® 1973 / 1999*
SCHUBERT
PUCCINI AVE MARIA 6:41
VOGLIATEMI BENE 7:53 (Ellens Gesang III) D839
(Madama Butterfly) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Renata Scotto (soprano) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) Gerald Moore (piano) ® 1971 / 1996*
Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma
Sir John Barbirolli ® 1966 / 2002* ADAM
MINUIT, CHRÉTIENS 4:57
VERDI (arr. Kremski)
VA, PENSIERO 5:26 Roberto Alagna (tenor)
(Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco) Chœurs & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Chorus and Orchestra of the Petits Chanteurs à la Croix potencée
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Michel Plasson ® 1996 EMI Music France
Bernard Haitink ® 1989
PUCCINI
LEHÁR NESSUN DORMA 4:10
ES LEBT’ EINE VILJA 4:52 (Turandot)
(Die Lustige Witwe) José Carreras (tenor)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin
Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Lovro von Matacic ® 1963 / 2000* Alain Lombard ® 1978 / 1990*
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Roberto Alagna
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GOLDEN CLASSICS GOUNOD
JUDEX 4:39
(Mors et Vita)
Hallé Orchestra / Maurice Handford
MOZART ® 1979 / 1988*
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO 4:18
Overture ROSSINI
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra LA SCALA DI SETA 5:21
Sir Colin Davis ® 1962 / 1990* Overture
Polish Chamber Orchestra
J.S. BACH Jerzy Maksymiuk ® 1982
JESUS BLEIBET MEINE FREUDE 5:12
(arr. Marriner) HANDEL
Celia Nicklin (oboe) SARABANDE 3:24
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (arr. Hale)
Sir Neville Marriner ® 1984 Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Alex Briger ® 2002
BEETHOVEN
PIANO CONCERTO NO.5 TCHAIKOVSKY
IN E FLAT ‘EMPEROR’ OP.73B 6:39 WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS 6:50
I. Allegro (extract) (The Nutcracker)
Emil Gilels (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra André Previn ® 1986
George Szell ® 1968 / 1987*
PROKOFIEV
CLARKE TROIKA 2:51
TRUMPET VOLUNTARY 2:52 (Lieutenant Kijé)
(arr. Defaye) London Philharmonic Orchestra
Maurice André (trumpet) Klaus Tennstedt ® 1984
Jane Parker-Smith (organ) ® 1978 / 1987*
13
Yehudi Menuhin
Photo: Angus McBean
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS QUARANTOTTO
FANTASIA ON ‘GREENSLEEVES’ 4:37 TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 3:57
(Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves) (Con te partiro)
Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra / David Abel ® 1998
® 1963 / 1986*
J. STRAUSS II
DEBUSSY AN DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU 3:45
CLAIR DE LUNE 4:55 Walzer, Op.314 (extract)
Dame Moura Lympany (piano) ® 1988 Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan ® 1976 / 1987*
TCHAIKOVSKY
SWAN LAKE 2:47
Scene (Act II, No.10) FAVOURITE CLASSICS
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn ® 1976 / 1988
MYERS MASCAGNI
CAVATINA 3:14 INTERMEZZO 3:41
(The Deer Hunter) (Cavalleria rusticana)
Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse (guitars) Philharmonia Orchestra
® 2001 Angel Records Riccardo Muti ® 1980 / 1987*
CHOPIN RACHMANINOV
PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN E MINOR 4:03 PIANO CONCERTO NO.2 IN C MINOR OP.18 4:28
II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening) II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Cécile Ousset (piano)
Polish National Symphony Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk ® 1976 / 1988* Sir Simon Rattle ® 1984
HORNER
MY HEART WILL GO ON 4:19
(Titanic)
Orchestra / David Abel ® 1998
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Herbert von Karajan
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GRIEG BORODIN
MORNING 4:14 POLOVTSIAN DANCES 3:49
(Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23) (Prince Igor)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) (beginning)
Sir Neville Marriner ® 1983 Beecham Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH Sir Thomas Beecham
ROMANCE 3:12 ® 1974 / 1987*
(The Gadfly)
Tasmin Little (violin) KHACHATURIAN
Piers Lane (piano) ® 1992 ADAGIO OF SPARTACUS AND PHRYGIA 4:43
(Spartacus) (extract)
BARBER Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ADAGIO FOR STRINGS 6:20 Yuri Temirkanov ® 1986
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy ® 1985* TCHAIKOVSKY
ROMEO AND JULIET 5:01
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Fantasy Overture (excerpt)
SCHEHERAZADE 3:50 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
The Story of the Kalender Prince (opening) Mariss Jansons ® 1987
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti ® 1983 BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY NO.7 IN A OP.92 3:54
MASSENET II. Allegretto (extract)
MÉDITATION 6:44 Philharmonia Orchestra
(Thaïs) Kurt Sanderling ® 1981
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan ® 1981
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Riccardo Muti
Photo: Alistair Morton
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J.S. BACH SPIRITUAL CLASSICS
CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLINS IN D MINOR 7:41
II. Largo ma non tanto
Yehudi Menuhin & Christian Ferras (violins)
Bath Festival Orchestra HANDEL
Yehudi Menuhin ® 1960 / 1994* ZADOK THE PRIEST 6:01
Royal Choral Society
WILLIAMS London Philharmonic Orchestra
SCHINDLER’S LIST THEME 5:02 Sir Andrew Davis ® 1972 / 1996*
Tasmin Little (violin)
New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland J.S. BACH
® 1994 ZION HÖRT DIE WÄCHTER 4:45
(Cantata No.140)
TCHAIKOVSKY Süddeutscher Madrigalchor Consortium Musicum
DANCE OF THE REED FLUTES 2:17 Wolfgang Gonnenwein ® 1969 / 1998* EMI Electrola GmbH
(The Nutcracker)
London Symphony Orchestra ALLEGRI
André Previn ® 1972 / 1987* MISERERE MEI, DEUS 5:45
(vv 1-4, 17-20)
BEETHOVEN Timothy Beasley-Murray (treble) Gerald Finley (cantor)
SYMPHONY NO.6 IN F ‘PASTORAL’ OP.68 6:41 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
V. Allegretto Stephen Cleobury ® 1984
(Shepherd’s Hymn after the Storm)
The Philadelphia Orchestra SCHUBERT
Riccardo Muti ® 1988 DEUTSCHE MESSE D872 3:44
Sanctus
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin
Wolfgang Meyer (organ)
Berliner Symphoniker / Karl Forster
® 1959 / 1988* EMI Electrola GmbH
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Mariss Jansons
Photo: Sheila Rock licensed to EMI Classics
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FRANCK MOZART
PANIS ANGELICUS 4:54 LAUDATE DOMINUM 5:06
(arr. Sandré) (Solemn Vespers, K339)
Hallé Choir and Orchestra / Maurice Handford ® 1981 / 1988* Edda Moser (soprano)
Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
BERLIOZ Eugen Jochum ® 1977 / 1986*
L’ADIEU DES BERGERS 3:47
(L’Enfance du Christ) FAURÉ
Chœurs René Duclos CANTIQUE DE JEAN RACINE 5:10
Orchestre de la Société des Monks and Choirboys of Downside Abbey
Concerts du Conservatoire ® 1997 Virgin Records Ltd
André Cluytens ® 1966 / 1994*
VERDI
GOUNOD INGEMISCO 3:39
ST CECILIA MASS 5:16 (Requiem)
Sanctus Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Heinz Hoppe (tenor) Choeurs René Duclos Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Henriette Puig-Roget (organ) Riccardo Muti ® 1987
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Jean-Claude Hartemann MOZART
® 1963 / 1988* EMI Electrola GmbH AVE VERUM CORPUS K618 3:03
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
FAURÉ Stephen Layton (organ) Cambridge Classical Players
IN PARADISUM 3:26 Stephen Cleobury ® 1989
(Requiem, Op.48)
José-Luis Garcia (violin) Peter Barley (organ) HANDEL
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge I KNOW THAT MY
English Chamber Orchestra REDEEMER LIVETH 6:39
Stephen Cleobury ® 1989 (Messiah) (arr. Lam)
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras ® 1967 / 1997*
21
Sabine Meyer
Photo: Sheila Rock licensed to EMI Classics
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HAYDN
THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING 4:53
(The Creation)
Heather Harper (soprano) Robert Tear (tenor)
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir David Willcocks ® 1974 / 1988*
FAURÉ
PIE JESU 3:17
(Requiem) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Henriette Puig-Roget (organ)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
André Cluytens
® 1963 / 1998*
MOZART
LACRIMOSA 2:57
(Requiem in D minor, K626) (ed. Beyer)
David Bell (organ)
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra Compilation producer: Tony Locantro As shown in booklet.
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HALLELUJAH CHORUS 4:03
(Messiah) (arr. Lam)
Ambrosian Singers WWW.EMICLASSICS.COM
English Chamber Orchestra WWW.100BESTSERIES.COM
Sir Charles Mackerras ® 1967 / 1997*
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Angela Gheorghiu
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