40 BEST CLASSICAL LOVE THEMES

 

CD1

Mozart             Piano Concerto No. 21: Andante – excerpt

Tchaikovsky      Overture to Romeo & Juliet: Love theme

Saint-Saens       Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

Rachmaninov     Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: Moderato – excerpt

Khachaturian     Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia – excerpt

Shostakovich     Piano Concerto No. 2: slow movement – excerpt

Elgar                 Cello Concerto: Adagio moderato – excerpt

Verdi                 La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1

Vaughn-Williams            Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis – excerpt

Debussy            Prélude a l’après midi d’un faune – excerpt

Schubert           String Quintet in C Major: Adagio – excerpt

Bruch                Violin Concerto No. 1: Adagio – excerpt

Tchaikovsky      Swan Lake: scene

Chopin              Piano Concerto No. 2: Larghetto – excerpt

Mahler               Symphony no5: Adagietto – excerpt

Puccini              Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo to Act 3

Mozart               Clarinet Concerto in A K622: Adagio – excerpt

Beethoven         Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb ‘Emperor’: Adagio

Vivaldi               Mandolin Concerto in D, RV93: Adagio

Ravel                Bolero – conclusion

 

 

CD2

Rachmaninov     Piano Concerto No. 2: Adagio sostenuto – excerpt

Elgar                 Enigma Variations: Nimrod

Borodin String Quartet no2 – Notturno – excerpt

Schumann         Kinderszenen – Traumerei

Wagner             Tristan & Isolde: Liebstod – orchestral version: excerpt

Bizet                 Carmen, Act 3: Entracte

Tchaikovsky      Violin Concerto: Canzonetta – excerpt

Chopin              Prelude no4 in E Minor

Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D Minor op 9 No. 2 – Adagio

Tchaikovsky      Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique’: Adagio-Allegro non troppo – excerpt

Brahms             Piano Concerto no2 in Bb: Andante – excerpt

Villa Lobos         Bachianas Brasilerias no 5: Aria – excerpt

Bach arr. Tureck            Keyboard Concerto in F minor BWV1056: Adagio

Liszt                  Liebestraum No. 3

Shostakovich     The Gadfly: Romance – excerpt

Massenet           Méditation from Thaïs

Strauss             The Blue Danube – excerpt

Satie                 Gymnopédie No. 1 (orch Debussy)

Bach / Marcello  Concerto in D minor (after Marcello): Adagio

Rachmaninov     Symphony No. 2 Adagio – conclusion

 

 

From the tender romance of Mozart's Elvira Madigan Piano Concerto to the passionate longing of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and the orgasmic eruption of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, 40 Best Classical Love Themes has it all. The songs will be very familiar to a mainstream audience, having been featured in movies, advertising, musicals and the most popular crossover operas.

 

Warner Classics 2564699870