100 BEST ENCORES

 

CD 1 Violin Encores

BAZZINI

1 La Ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique) Op.25

Maxin Vengerov violin

Virtuosi · Vag Papian piano (P) 2001 Live recording

 

J. S. BACH

2 Violin Sonata in C BWV 1005 – IV. Allegro assai

Nigel Kennedy violin (P) 2002

 

BEETHOVEN

3 Violin Sonata No.5 in F ‘Spring’ Op.24 – III. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)

Yehudi Menuhin violin · Hephzibah Menuhin piano (P) 1959/1992*

 

PAGANINI

4 Caprice No.24 in A minor Op.1 No.24

Michael Rabin violin (P) 1959/1989* Angel Records

 

ROSSINI

5 Andante and Variations for violin and piano

Gidon Kremer violin · Andrei Gavrilov piano (P) 1980/1993*

 

KREISLER

6 La Gitana (Zigeunerlied)

Tasmin Little violin · John Lenehan piano (P) 2003

 

MASSENET

7 Méditation (Thaïs)

Kyung Wha Chung violin · Itamar Golan piano (P) 1999

 

KHACHATURIAN

8 Sabre Dance (Gayaneh)

Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin · Pavel Gililov piano

(P) 1989 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

FAURÉ

9 Berceuse Op.16

Augustin Dumay violin · Jean-Philippe Collard piano

(P) 1979/1993* EMI Music France

 

BRAHMS

10 Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor (arr. Joachim)

Tasmin Little violin · Piers Lane piano (P) 1992

 

WIENIAWSKI

11 Polonaise brillante No.1 in D Op.4

Maxim Vengerov violin · Ian Brown piano (P) 2004

 

TCHAIKOVSKY

12 Valse-Scherzo Op.34

David Oistrakh violin · Vladimir Yampolsky piano (P) 1958/1987*

 

SHOSTAKOVICH

13 Romance (The Gadfly)

Tasmin Little violin · Piers Lane piano (P) 1992

 

SARASATE

14 Introduction and Tarantella Op.43

Maxim Vengerov violin · Ian Brown piano (P) 2004

 

SCHUBERT

15 Ave Maria (arr. Wilhelmj, ed. Heifetz)

Kyung Wha Chung violin · Itamar Golan piano (P) 1999

 

MONTI arr. Kennedy & Kroke

16 Czárdás

Nigel Kennedy violin · Kroke (P) 2002

 

CD 2 Piano Encores

CHOPIN

1 Grand Valse brillante in E flat Op.18

Dmitri Alexeev piano (P) 1985

 

BEETHOVEN

2 Piano Sonata No.14, Op.27 No.2 ‘Moonlight’ – I. Adagio sostenuto

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1991

 

HANDEL

3 Saraband (Improvisation)

Gabriela Montero piano (P) 2007

 

LISZT arr. BUSONI

4 La campanella (No.3 of Six Grand Études after Paganini)

John Ogdon piano (P) 1968/1988*

 

J. S. BACH trans. Hess

5 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata BWV147)

Alexis Weissenberg piano (P) 1976/1994* EMI Music France

 

CHOPIN

6 Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66

Daniel Adni piano (P) 1977/1988*

 

SCHUMANN

7 Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

 

CHOPIN

8 Polonaise in A flat Op.53 ‘Heroique’

Martha Argerich piano (P) 1999/1999*

 

CHOPIN

9 Nocturne in F sharp Op.15 No.2

Maurizio Pollini piano (P) 1970/1997*

 

RACHMANINOV

10 Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2

John Ogdon piano (P) 1972/1988*

 

DEBUSSY

11 Golliwogg’s Cakewalk (Children’s Corner Suite)

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

 

SATIE

12 Gymnopédie No.1 (Lent et douloureux)

Aldo Ciccolini piano (P) 1986/2000* EMI Music France

 

GRIEG

13 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Book VIII) Op.65 No.6

Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

ALBÉNIZ

14 Granada (Suite española)

Alicia de Larrocha piano

(P) 1959/1992* Hispavox, S.A., Madrid, under exclusive licence to

EMI Odéon, S.A., Madrid

 

FALLA

15 Fitual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

 

MUSSORGSKY

16 The Great Gate at Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)

Alexix Weissenberg piano (P) 1972/2000* EMI Music France

 

CD 3 Solo Encores

CLARKE

1 Trumpet Voluntary

Maurice André trumpet · Jane Parker-Smith organ (P) 1978/1999*

 

MESSAGER

2 Solo de concours

Julian Bliss clarinet · Julien Quentin piano (P) 2003

 

SAINT-SAËNS

3 The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

Nash Ensemble

(Christopher van Kempen cello · Ian Brown & Susan Tomes pianos)

(P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

J. S. BACH trans. BALSOM

4 Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No.2 BWV1067)

Alison Balsom trumpet (P) 2005

 

GLIÈRE

5 Tarantella Op.9 No.2

Božo Paradžik double bass · Ulrich Rademacher piano

(P) 2000 EMI Electrola GmbH Live recording

 

GOEDICKE

6 Concert Étude

Ole Edvard Antonsen trumpet · Wolfgang Sawallisch piano (P) 1998

 

STRAVINSKY arr. Crabb & Draugsvoll

7 Tango

James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll classical accordions (P) 1997

 

J. S. BACH trans. Powell

8 Siciliano (Cantata BWV29)

Leon Gossens oboe · Gerald Moore piano (P) 1969/2003*

 

IBERT

9 Scherzetto (Six Harp Pieces)

Markus Klinko harp (P) 1992 EMI Music France

 

CRESTON

10 Sonata for alto saxophone & piano Op.19 – III. Avec gaîté

Jean-Marie alto saxophone · Pierre Pontier piano (P) 1974/1997* EMI Music France

 

VILLA-LOBOS

11 Chôros No.1 in E minor

Manuel Barrueco guitar (P) 1989 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

POULENC

12 Sonata for flute and piano – III. Presto giocoso

Emmanuel Pahud flute · Eric Le Sage piano (P) 1997

 

ABBOTT

13 Alla caccia (1962)

Michael Thompson horn · Philip Fowke piano (P) 1992

 

RAVEL ed. & arr. Savery, Friis & Leth

14 Alborada del gracioso

Colin Currie & Sam Walton marimbas (P) 1998

 

VILLA-LOBOS

15 Chôros No.2 for Flute and Clarinet

Emannuel Pahud flute · Paul Meyer clarinet (P) 2005

 

PRYOR

16 The Blue Bells of Scotland

Ian Bousfield trombone · Alison Proctor piano (P) 1997

 

WIDOR

17 Toccata (Symphony No.5, Op.42)

Wayne Marshall at the organ of Coventry Cathedral (P) 1990

 

CD 4 Orchestral Encores

TCHAIKOVSKY

1 Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi

(P) 2004 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

SHOSTAKOVICH

2 Festival Overture Op.96

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton

(P) 1989 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

BRITTEN

3 Simple Symphony Op.4 – Playful Pizzicato

London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green

(P) 1989 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

SMETANA

4 Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Rudolf Kempe (P) 1962/1996*

 

LUMBYE

5 Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop

Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra / Lavard Friisholm

(P) 1960/2009* EMI Denmark

 

GLINKA

6 Ruslan and Ludmilla – Overture

Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Wolfgang Sawallisch (P) 1988

 

CHABRIER

7 Joyeuse Marche

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1958/1991*

 

DVOŘÁK

8 Slavonic Dance No.15 in C Op.72 No.7

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998

 

BERLIOZ

9 Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)

Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1980/1989*

 

PROKOFIEV

10 Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op.60 – IV. Troika

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1984

 

CHABRIER

11 España

Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1961/2005*

 

JOHANN STRAUSS II

12 Leichtes Blut –Polka Op.319

Weiner Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe (P) 1961/1990*

 

BERNSTEIN

13 Candide – Overture

London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1971/1994*

 

YOUMANS arr. Shostakovich

14 Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi

(P) 2004 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

THEODORAKIS

15 Zorba Suite – Finale

Lakis Karnezis bouzouki

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998

 

KNUSSEN

16 Flourish with Fireworks

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1996

 

CD 5 Song Encores

DELIBES

1 Les Filles de Cadix (de Musset)

Barbara Hendricks soprano

Michel Dalberto piano (P) 1996 EMI Music France

 

TRADITIONAL IRISH

2 Danny Boy (Weatherly)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano · Gerald Moore piano (P) 1966/2006*

 

FINZI

3 Rollicum-rorum (No.6 of Earth and Air and Rain)

Jonathan Lemalu bass baritone · Roger Vignoles piano (P) 2002

 

VALVERDE

4 Clavelitos! (Cadenas)

Victoria de los Angeles soprano

Gerald Moore piano (P) 1961/1998*

 

SAINT-SAËNS

5 Danse macabre (Cazalis)

José Van Dam baritone · Jean-Philippe Collard piano

(P) 1993 EMI Music France

 

TRADITIONAL arr. Britten

6 Sweet Polly Oliver

Sarah Brightman soprano · Geoffrey Parsons piano (P) 1988

 

ROSSINI

7 Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cats’ Duet)

Dame Felicity Lott soprano · Ann Murray mezzo-soprano (P) 1992

 

FOSTER

8 Jeanie with the light brown hair

Thomas Hampson baritone

Jay Ungar violin · Molly Mason guitar · David Alpher piano

Michael Parloff flute (P) 1992 Angel Records

 

TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL

9 Swing low, sweet chariot

Barbara Hendricks soprano · Dmitri Alexeev piano

(P) 1983 EMI Music France

 

ROSSINI

10 La danza

Lawrence Brownlee tenor · Martin Katz piano (P) 2005

 

DUPARC

11 L’Invitation au voyage (Baudelaire)

Christine Rice mezzo-soprano · Roger Vignoles piano (P) 2005

 

MEYERBEER

12 La Barque légère (Naudet)

Thomas Hampson baritone · Geoffrey Parsons piano (P) 1992

 

SCHUBERT

13 An Sylvia D547 (Shakespeare)

Dame Janet Baker mezzo-soprano · Geoffrey Parsons piano (P) 1981/1996*

 

SCHUBERT

14 Horch, horch, die Lerch (Ständchen) D889 (Shakespeare)

Ian Bostridge tenor · Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2008

 

PROKOFIEV

15 Wedding Song (Russian Folksongs Op.104)

Galina Vishnevskaya soprano · Mstislav Rostropovich piano (P) 1979/1995*

 

LISZT

16 O lieb’, so lang du lieben kannst!

Margaret Price soprano · James Lockhart piano (P) 1974/1995*

 

ROSSINI

17 La regata veneziana (Serate musicali, No.9)

Victoria de los Angeles & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sopranos

Gerald Moore piano (P) 1967/2003*

Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London

 

SCHUBERT

18 Abschied (No.7 of Schwanengesang, D957)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone · Gerald Moore piano (P) 1967/2003*

Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London

 

GIMÉNEZ

19 Zapateado (La tarántula é un bicho mú malo) (La tempranica)

Victoria de los Angeles soprano · Alicia de Larrocha piano (P) 1972/1998*

Recorded live at Assembly Hall, Hunter College, New York

 

CD 6 Opera Encores

All tracks recorded live

 

ROSSINI

1 Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I)

Orchestra of St Luke’s / Roger Norrington

(P) 1992 Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts Inc, under exclusive licence

 

to EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

 

VERDI

2 Sempre libera (La traviata, Act I)

June Anderson soprano · Alfredo Kraus tenor

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Michelangelo Veltri

(P) 1988 EMI Music France

 

DONIZETTI

3 Verrano a te (Lucia di Lammermoor, Act I)

June Anderson soprano · Alfredo Kraus tenor

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Michelangelo Veltri

(P) 1988 EMI Music France

 

GOUNOD

4 Salut ! demeure chaste et pure (Faust, Act III)

Alfredo Kraus tenor

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Michelangelo Veltri

(P) 1988 EMI Music France

 

DVOŘÁK

5 Song to the Moon (Rusalka, Act I)

Amanda Roocroft soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (P) 1997

 

HANDEL

6 Where’er you walk (Semele, Act II)

John Mark Ainsley tenor

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (P) 1997

 

MESSAGER

7 J’ai deux amants (L’amour masqué, Act I)

Dame Felicity Lott soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (P) 1997

 

MOZART

8 Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte, Act I)

Ian Bostridge tenor

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (P) 1997

 

MOZART

9 Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (Die Zauberflöte, Act I)

Olaf Bär baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (P) 1997

 

LEHÁR

10 Ich weiß es selber nicht...Meine Lippen, sie küssen, so heiß (Giuditta, Act 4)

Barbara Hendricks soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (P) 1997

 

MORENO TORROBA

11 Noche madrileña (Romanza) (La Chulapona)

Placido Domingo tenor · Juliet Oppenheimer soprano

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker (P) 1989

 

JOHANN STRAUSS II

12 Klänge der Heimat (Die Fledermaus, Act II)

Cheryl Studer soprano

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker (P) 1989

 

BERNSTEIN

13 Glitter and be gay (Candide, Act I)

Natalie Dessay soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (P) 1997

 

DE CURTIS

14 Tu ca nun chiagne

Roberto Alagna tenor

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Asher Fisch (P) 1997

 

GRIGORIU

15 Muszica

Angela Gheorghiu soprano

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Asher Fisch (P) 1997

Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd

 

VERDI

16 Libiamo, ne’lieti calici (Brindisi) (La traviata, Act I)

Placido Domingo tenor · Cheryl Studer soprano

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker (P) 1989

 

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