100 BEST CLASSICS

CD 1 – UPLIFTING CLASSICS 76.04

1. HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1984 (2.47)

2. VIVALDI: Le quattro stagioni I. Allegro (Concerto No.1 in E ‘La primavera’) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P) 1981 (3.39)

3. J. S. BACH: Toccata in D minor BWV565i Wayne Marshall (organ) (P) 1990 (3.20)

4. MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat K495 III. Rondo (Allegro vivace) Barry Tuckwell (horn) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1972/1988* (3.34)

5. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 I. Allegro con brio Philharmonia Orchestra / Kurt Sanderling (P) 1981 (6.32)

6. TCHAIKOVSKY: ‘1812’ Overture (conclusion) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons (P) 1987 (3.31)

7. BEETHOVEN: Ode to Joy (Symphony No.9 in D minor ‘Choral’, Op.125) James Morris (bass) · The Westminster Choir The Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1988 (3.19)

8. GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 I. Allegro molto moderato (opening) Cécile Ousset (piano) · London Symphony Orchestra Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1985 (4.24)

9. SIBELIUS: Alla marcia (Karelia Suite, Op.11/3) Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1966/2000* (4.38)

10. HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (conclusion) (The Planets, Op.32) Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1981 (4.46)

11. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso Horacio Gutiérrez (piano) London Symphony Orchestra André Previn (P) 1976/1994* (3.21)

12. SIBELIUS: Finlandia Symphonic Poem, Op.26 Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1966/2000* (8.25)

13. VERDI: Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene & Grand March) (Aida) Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden New Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti (P) 1974/1986* (4.33)

14. PROKOFIEV: Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights) (Romeo and Juliet) The Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1982 (1.49)

15. J. STRAUSS I: Radetzky March Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester Willi Boskovsky (P) 1972/1989* (2.51)

16. ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 (Land of Hope and Glory) (conclusion) Royal Choral Society London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis (P) 1972/1996* (2.34)

17. RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor I. Allegro ma non tanto (opening) Mikhail Rudy (piano) St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons (P) 1993 (2.50)

18. SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No.3 in C minor ‘Organ’ Op.78 (conclusion) (Maestoso – Allegro) Matthias Eisenberg (organ) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse Michel Plasson (P) 1997 EMI Music France (8.08)

CD 2 – RELAXING CLASSICS 75.51

1. J. S. BACH: Air ‘on the G string’ (Suite No.3 in D, BWV1068) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1997* (3.32)

2. GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice) New Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti (P) 1982/1997* (2.12)

3. PACHELBEL: Canon in D Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1997* (4.59)

4. MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in AK622 II. Adagio Sabine Meyer (basset clarinet) Staatskapelle Dresden Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH (6.35)

5. J. S. BACH: Goldberg VariationsBWV988 Aria (trs. Craig Leon) Julia Thornton (harp) (P) 2003 (2.07)

6. ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor (realised Giazotto) (extract) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1986* (5.49)

7. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’ Op.27/2 I. Adagio sostenuto (extract) Dame Moura Lympany (piano) (P) 1991 (3.55)

8. MOZART: Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299 II. Andantino (extract) James Galway (flute) ∙ Fritz Helmis (harp) Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan (P) 1972/1985* (3.58)

9. MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minorOp.64 II. Andante (extract) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1959/1997* (4.27)

10. MOZART: Piano Concerto No.21 in C ‘Elvira Madigan’ K467 – II. Andante Stephen Hough (piano) Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987 (6.45)

11. DVOŘÁK: Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’– II. Largo (opening) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons (P) 1989 (4.43)

12. BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 II. Adagio (opening) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) ∙ Philharmonia Orchestra Walter Susskind (P) 1959/1997* (4.21)

13. ELGAR: Nimrod (‘Enigma’ Variations, Op.36) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1971/1986* (3.55)

14. RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez II. Adagio (opening) Julian Bream (guitar) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993 (4.44)

15. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending (conclusion) Nigel Kennedy (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1997 (6.51)

16. MAHLER: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor IV. Adagietto (conclusion) New Philharmonia Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1969/1988* (3.05)

17. RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Variation 18 Cécile Ousset (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984 (2.57)

CD 3 – VOCAL CLASSICS 79.23

1. BIZET: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet) (Les Pêcheurs de perles) Nicolai Gedda (tenor) ∙ Ernest Blanc (baritone) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique Pierre Dervaux (P) 1961/1989* EMI France (5.22)

2. DVOŘÁK: Song to the Moon (Rusalka) Lucia Popp (soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988 (5.52)

3. DELIBES: Dôme épais (Flower Duet) (Lakmé) Mady Mesplé (soprano) ∙ Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique Alain Lombard (P) 1971/1987* EMI France (3.27)

4. BIZET: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Flower Song) (Carmen) Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris Georges Prêtre (P) 1964/1985* (3.48)

5. GLUCK: Che farò senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice) Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti (P) 1982/1997* (5.26)

6. BELLINI: Casta Diva(Norma) Maria Callas (soprano) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milan Tullio Serafin (P) 1961/1997* (5.33)

7. PUCCINI: Che gelida manina (La Bohème) Roberto Alagna (tenor) London Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Armstrong (P) 1995 (4.50)

8. PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra Antonio Pappano (P) 1999 (2.04)

9. TRAD: Baïlèro(Chants d’Auvergne) (arr. Canteloube) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux Jean-Pierre Jacquillat (P) 1973/1999* (4.49)

10. PUCCINI: Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly) Renata Scotto (soprano) ∙ Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1966/2002* (7.53)

11. VERDI: Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Bernard Haitink (P) 1989 (5.26)

12. LEHÁR: Es lebt’ eine Vilja (Die lustige Witwe) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus Lovro von Matačić (P) 1963/2000* (4.52)

13. HANDEL: Ombra mai fu(Serse) (arr. Hoffman) Richard Lewis (tenor) Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1959/1991* (3.15)

14. SCHUBERT: Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III) D839 Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) Gerald Moore (piano) (P) 1971/1996* (6.41)

15. ADAM: Minuit, Chrétiens (arr. Kremski) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Chœurs & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse Petits Chanteurs à la Croix potencée Michel Plasson (P) 1996 EMI Music France (4.57)

16. PUCCINI: Nessun dorma(Turandot) José Carreras (tenor) Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990* (4.10)

CD 4 – GOLDEN CLASSICS 74.37

1. MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro – Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Colin Davis (P) 1962/1990* (4.18)

2. J. S. BACH: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (arr. Marriner) Celia Nicklin (oboe) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1984 (5.12)

3. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat ‘Emperor’ Op.73 I. Allegro (extract) Emil Gilels (piano) The Cleveland Orchestra George Szell (P) 1968/1987* (6.39)

4. CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary (arr. Defaye) Maurice André (trumpet) Jane Parker-Smith (organ) (P) 1978/1987* (2.52)

5. GOUNOD: Judex (Mors et Vita) Hallé Orchestra / Maurice Handford (P) 1979/1988* (4.39)

6. ROSSINI: La scala di seta – Overture Polish Chamber Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1982 (5.21)

7. HANDEL: Sarabande (arr. Hale) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Alex Briger (P) 2002 (3.24)

8. TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra André Previn (P) 1986 (6.50)

9. PROKOFIEV: Troika (Lieutenant Kijé) London Philharmonic Orchestra Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1984 (2.51)

10. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ (Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves) Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986* (4.37)

11. DEBUSSY: Clair de lune Dame Moura Lympany (piano) (P) 1988 (4.55)

12. TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Scene (Act II, No.10) London Symphony Orchestra André Previn (P) 1976/1988 (2.47)

13. MYERS: Cavatina (The Deer Hunter) Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse (guitars) (P) 2001 Angel Records (3.14)

14. CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Polish National Symphony Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1976/1988* (4.03)

15. HORNER: My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998 (4.19)

16. QUARANTOTTO: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partiro) Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998 (3.57)

17. J. STRAUSS II: An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract) Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1987* (3.45)

CD 5 – FAVOURITE CLASSICS 72.24

1. MASCAGNI: Intermezzo(Cavalleria rusticana) Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987* (3.41)

2. RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minorOp.18 II. Adagio sostenuto (opening) Cécile Ousset (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984 (4.28)

3. GRIEG: Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983 (4.14)

4. SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance (The Gadfly) Tasmin Little (violin) Piers Lane (piano) (P) 1992 (3.12)

5. BARBER: Adagio for Strings Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy (P) 1985* (6.20)

6. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade The Story of the Kalender Prince (opening) Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983 (3.50)

7. MASSENET: Méditation(Thaïs) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1981 (6.44)

8. BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazounov) (beginning) Beecham Choral Society ∙ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1974/1987* (3.49)

9. KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia(Spartacus) (extract) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1986 (4.43)

10. TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (excerpt) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons (P) 1987 (5.01)

11. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.7 in AOp.92 II Allegretto (extract) Philharmonia Orchestra / Kurt Sanderling (P) 1981 (3.54)

12. J. S. BACH: Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043 II Largo ma non tanto Yehudi Menuhin & Christian Ferras (violins) Bath Festival Orchestra Yehudi Menuhin (P) 1960/1994* (7.41)

13. WILLIAMS: Schindler’s List Theme Tasmin Little (violin) New World Philharmonic Iain Sutherland (P) 1994 (5.02)

14. TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Reed Flutes (The Nutcracker) London Symphony Orchestra André Previn (P) 1972/1987* (2.17)

15. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.6 in F ‘Pastoral’Op.68 V. Allegretto (Shepherd’s Hymn after the Storm) The Philadelphia Orchestra Riccardo Muti (P) 1988 (6.41)

CD 6 – SPIRITUAL CLASSICS 77.14

1. HANDEL: Zadok the Priest Royal Choral Society London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis (P) 1972/1996* (6.01)

2. J. S. BACH: Zion hört die Wächter(Cantata No.140) Süddeutscher Madrigalchor Consortium Musicum ∙ Wolfgang Gonnenwein (P) 1969/1998* EMI Electrola GmbH (4.45)

3. ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus(vv 1-4, 17-20) Timothy Bearsley-Murray (treble) · Gerald Finley (cantor) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury (P) 1984 (5.45)

4. SCHUBERT: Deutsche Messe D872 – Sanctus Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin Wolfgang Meyer (organ) Berliner Symphoniker Karl Forster (P) 1959/1988* EMI Electrola GmbH (3.44)

5. FRANCK: Panis angelicus (arr. Sandré) Hallé Choir and Orchestra Maurice Handford (P) 1981/1988* (4.54)

6. BERLIOZ: L’Adieu des bergers (L’Enfance du Christ) Chœurs René Duclos Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire André Cluytens (P) 1966/1994* (3.47)

7. GOUNOD: St Cecilia Mass – Sanctus Heinz Hoppe (tenor) ∙ Chœurs René Duclos Henriette Puig-Roget (organ) Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire Jean-Claude Hartemann (P) 1963/1988* EMI Electrola GmbH (5.16)

8. FAURÉ: In paradisum(Requiem, Op.48) José-Luis Garcia (violin) · Peter Barley (organ) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge English Chamber Orchestra Stephen Cleobury (P) 1989 (3.26)

9. MOZART: Laudate Dominum (Solemn Vespers, K339) Edda Moser (soprano) Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Eugen Jochum (P) 1977/1986* (5.06)

10. FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine Monks and Choirboys of Downside Abbey (P) 1997 Virgin Records Ltd (5.10)

11. VERDI: Ingemisco(Requiem) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano Riccardo Muti (P) 1987 (3.39)

12. MOZART: Ave verum corpus K618 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge Stephen Layton (organ) Cambridge Classical Players Stephen Cleobury (P) 1989 (3.03)

13. HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah) (arr. Lam) Elizabeth Harwood (soprano) English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1967/1997* (6.39)

14. HAYDN: The Heavens are Telling(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 (P) 1974/1988* (4.43)

15. FAURÉ: Pie Jesu(Requiem) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Henriette Puig-Roget (organ) Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire André Cluytens (P) 1963/1998* (3.17)

16. MOZART: Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K626) (ed. Beyer) David Bell (organ) London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst (P) 1990 (2.57)

17. HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) (arr. Lam) Ambrosian Singers English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1967/1997* (4.03)

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