Absolute Classics - 500 Years of Hits - Part 1

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2000

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Volume One
  • 1
    Four Seasons: Spring (Chanel No. 19 Ad)
    Antonio Vivaldi
    3:19
  • 2
    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (Theme From 'Raging Bull')
    Pietro Mascagni
    3:30
  • 3
    Piano Concerto No.3: 1st Movement (Theme From 'Shine')
    Sergei Rachmaninov
    2:59
  • 4
    Canon (Pure Wool Ad)
    Johann Pachelbel
    6:26
  • 5
    The Planets: Jupiter (Rugby World Cup Theme)
    Gustav Holst
    8:01
  • 6
    Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro ('Witches of Eastwick')
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    6:12
  • 7
    Air on a G String (Hamlet Cigars Ad)
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    6:54
  • 8
    Lieutenant Kije: Troika (Theme for Greg Lake Hit 'i Believe in Father Christmas')
    Sergei Prokofiev
    2:44
  • 9
    William Tell: Finale (Theme From 'The Lone Ranger')
    Gioachino Rossini
    3:14
  • 10
    Carmina Burana - O Fortuna (Old Spice Ad)
    Carl Orff
    2:37
  • 11
    Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers (Hellman's Mayonnaise Ad)
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    7:03
  • 12
    Military Polonaise
    Fryderyk Chopin
    6:09
  • 13
    Bolero (theme used by Torville and Dean)
    Maurice Ravel
    8:24
  • 14
    Turandot: Nessun Dorma (Football Italia World Cup Theme)
    Giacomo Puccini
    3:24
  • 15
    Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture: Finale (Paxo Ad)
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    4:13
  • CD 2: Volume Two
  • 1
    Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (British Airways ad)
    Giuseppe Verdi
    4:00
  • 2
    Piano Concerto No. 21: Andante (Elvira Madigan)
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    7:14
  • 3
    Pavane (Lux soap ad)
    Gabriel Fauré
    6:50
  • 4
    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle (Bailey's Irish Cream ad)
    Jacques Offenbach
    3:37
  • 5
    Hungarian Dance No.5
    Johannes Brahms
    2:38
  • 6
    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights (Chanel Egoiste ad)
    Sergei Prokofiev
    5:24
  • 7
    Water Music: Allegro
    George Frideric Handel
    7:36
  • 8
    Fantasie Impromptu
    Fryderyk Chopin
    4:52
  • 9
    Guitar Concerto: 2nd Movement
    Joaquín Rodrigo
    9:41
  • 10
    Thäis: Meditation (St Ivel Gold ad)
    Jules Massenet
    6:03
  • 11
    Enigma Variations: Nimrod (Royal Doulton ad)
    Edward Elgar
    4:01
  • 12
    Swan Lake: Waltz
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    6:43
  • 13
    Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries (theme from 'Apocalypse Now')
    Richard Wagner
    4:56
  • CD 3: Volume Three
  • 1
    Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus
    George Frideric Handel
    4:07
  • 2
    Peer Gynt - Morning (AEG ad)
    Edvard Grieg
    4:04
  • 3
    Symphony 5 - Adagietto (theme from 'Death in Venice')
    Gustav Mahler
    9:43
  • 4
    Slavonic Dance
    Antonín Dvořák
    3:35
  • 5
    Peter & The Wolf - Peters' Theme * (theme from 'Zoo-time')
    Sergei Prokofiev
    1:01
  • 6
    A Musical Joke - 4th movement (Horse of the Year show)
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    4:27
  • 7
    Etude ('So dep is the Night' - Estee Lauder ad)
    Fryderyk Chopin
    4:09
  • 8
    Requiem: Pie Jesu
    Gabriel Fauré
    3:28
  • 9
    Pavane pour une infante defunte
    Maurice Ravel
    6:19
  • 10
    Hungarian Dance
    Johannes Brahms
    2:56
  • 11
    Carmen - The Habanera
    Georges Bizet
    4:39
  • 12
    Clarinet Concerto - Slow movement (theme from 'Out of Africa')
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    8:12
  • 13
    Hebrides Overture 'Fingals Cave'
    Felix Mendelssohn
    5:21
  • 14
    The Blue Danube (theme used in '2001')
    Johann Strauss
    8:16
  • CD 4: Volume Four
  • 1
    Prelude from Carmen
    Georges Bizet
    3:34
  • 2
    Symphonie Fantastique: Waltz
    Hector Berlioz
    6:22
  • 3
    The Force of Destiny: Overture (Stella Artois ad)
    Giuseppe Verdi
    7:50
  • 4
    Liebestraum No. 3
    Franz Liszt
    4:47
  • 5
    L'Elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima
    Gaetano Donizetti
    4:40
  • 6
    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    4:37
  • 7
    Cosi Fan Tutte: Trio - "Soave sia il vento" (theme from 'Sunday Bloody Sunday')
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    3:08
  • 8
    Faust: Waltz
    Charles Gounod
    4:26
  • 9
    Xerxes: Largo
    George Frideric Handel
    2:57
  • 10
    Tales from the Vienna Woods
    Johann Strauss
    9:31
  • 11
    Moonlight Sonata: 1st movement (theme used in 'Immortal Beloved')
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    6:07
  • 12
    Ave Maria (theme used in 'Fantasia')
    Franz Schubert
    5:20
  • 13
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: Allegro
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    5:14
  • 14
    Serenade for strings: Waltz
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    3:58
  • 15
    Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter (Audi ad)
    Antonio Vivaldi
    3:29
  • CD 5: Volume Five
  • 1
    1st Movement
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    7:15
  • 2
    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Alton Towers ad)
    Edvard Grieg
    2:07
  • 3
    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens ("Strangers in Paradise")
    Alexander Borodin
    2:19
  • 4
    Pictures at an exhibition: The Old Castle (Royal Bank of Scotland ad)
    Modest Mussorgsky
    4:36
  • 5
    Invitation to the Dance
    Carl Maria von Weber
    7:24
  • 6
    La Gioconda: Dance of the hours ('Hello Mother Hello Father' Jif ad)
    Amilcare Ponchielli
    2:45
  • 7
    Adagio (theme used in 'Butterflies')
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni / Remo Giazotto
    10:07
  • 8
    Tosca: E lucevan le Stelle
    Giacomo Puccini
    4:37
  • 9
    Marriage of Figaro: Letter Duet (theme from 'Shawshank Redemption')
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    3:38
  • 10
    Nutcracker: March
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    2:28
  • 11
    Finlandia (theme used in 'Die Hard')
    Jean Sibelius
    9:27
  • 12
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
    Felix Mendelssohn
    5:36
  • 13
    Gymnopedie No. 1
    Erik Satie
    3:57
  • 14
    Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato (Royal Bank of Scotland ad)
    Benjamin Britten
    3:15
  • 15
    Fantasia on Greensleeves
    Ralph Vaughan Williams
    4:29
  • 16
    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
    Camille Saint‐Saëns
    2:52

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