The Best of Classical

Album by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Released 2005

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major
    Sir Edward Elgar
    5:34
  • 2
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco
    Пётр Ильич Чайковский
    7:09
  • 3
    Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 377: I. Canon (instrumental arrangement)
    Johann Pachelbel
    4:39
  • 4
    Carmen Suite no. 1: I. Prelude / II. Aragonaise / III. Les Toreadors (assembled by Ernest Guirard)
    Georges Bizet
    6:01
  • 5
    Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11
    Samuel Barber
    7:45
  • 6
    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
    Pietro Mascagni
    3:17
  • 7
    Turandot: Act III. "Nessun dorma" (Calaf)
    Giacomo Puccini
    2:59
  • 8
    Solomon, HWV 67: "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:11
  • 9
    Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
    Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
    11:29
  • 10
    Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492: Overture
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    4:28
  • 11
    Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera "Sir John In Love")
    Ralph Vaughan Williams
    4:22
  • 12
    O sole mio, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
    Eduardo di Capua
    2:17
  • 13
    Guillaume Tell: Overture
    Gioachino Rossini
    3:29
  • 14
    The Merry Widow Waltz, for orchestra (from "Die lustige Witwe")
    Franz Lehár
    5:49
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Ouverture
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    7:20
  • 2
    Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b - The Ride Of The Valkyries
    Richard Wagner
    5:07
  • 3
    Pavane pour une infante défunte (orchestrated version)
    Maurice Ravel
    7:26
  • 4
    The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
    Пётр Ильич Чайковский
    15:55
  • 5
    Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48 - Agnus Dei
    Gabriel Fauré
    5:51
  • 6
    Motet for Chorus, Strings & Organ in D major, K. 618: "Ave verum corpus"
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    3:40
  • 7
    Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48 - Sanctus
    Gabriel Fauré
    3:15
  • 8
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, Scene 7, no, 44. "Hallelujah" (Chorus)
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:12
  • 9
    Karelia Suite, for orchestra, Op. 11 - March
    Jean Sibelius
    4:56
  • 10
    Suite for Orchestra no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air ("Air on the G String")
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    4:46
  • 11
    Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50 (for orchestra and chorus)
    Gabriel Fauré
    6:28
  • 12
    Salut d'Amour, op. 12
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:55

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