40 MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL ANTHEMS

 

Great Stirring Classical Anthems of Joy, Freedom, Hope And Brotherhood

Great Music For All Occasions And All Eras

 

CD 1

 

Orff                  O Fortuna from Carmina Burana 

Wagner            The Ride of the Valkyries

Verdi                Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

Elgar                Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 (Land of Hope and Glory)

J.S. Bach          Toccata in D Minor (excerpt)

Beethoven        First Movement from Symphony No 5

Handel             Zadok the Priest (excerpt - adapted for ITV Champions League)

Puccini             Nessun Dorma from Turandot (1990 World Cup)

R. Strauss        Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 – A Space Odyssey theme)

Prokofiev         Dance of the Knights from Romeo & Juliet

Tchaikovsky     1812 Overture – Finale

Vivaldi              Allegro from Spring (The Four Seasons)

Handel             Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

Parry                Jerusalem

Holst                Mars from The Planets

Beethoven        Ode to Joy from Symphony No 9

Mussorgsky     Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition

Saint-Saëns      Finale from Organ Symphony (from the film Babe)

Verdi                Grand March from Aida

Vivaldi              Presto from Summer (The Four Seasons)

 

CD 2

 

Trad                 UK Theme Tune (also known as BBC Radio 4 UK Theme)*

Holst                Jupiter from The Planets (excerpt - I vow to Thee my country)

Elgar                Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Vaughan-Williams   Fantasia on Greensleeves

Coates              The Dam Busters March

Binge               Sailing By (BBC Radio 4 closing down theme)*

Coates              By the Sleepy Lagoon (Desert Island Discs theme)*

Arthur Wood    Barwick Green (The Archers theme)*

Henry Wood     Hornpipe*

Fučik                Entry of the Gladiators

Barber              Adagio (excerpt)

Wagner            Tannhäuser overture (excerpt from film – Meeting Venus)

Sibelius            Finlandia

Sibelius            Intermezzo from Karelia Suite (theme to This Week)

Charpentier      Prelude  from Te Deum

Bizet                Overture from Carmen

Ravel                Bolero (excerpt)

Verdi                Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore

Khachaturian   Sabre Dance from Gayaneh

Arne                 Rule Britannia

 

* New Recording, first released on this double album – played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra

 

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