The Best Classics … Ever!
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 15 November 2005
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Gymnopedie no. 1Erik Satie3:32
- 2Canon in DJohann Pachelbel4:57
- 3Air on the G StringJohann Sebastian Bach4:46
- 4Requiem in D minor, K. 626: “Lacrimosa”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:55
- 5Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor: II. “Opening” Adagio sostenutoSergei Rachmaninov4:30
- 6Winter (“The Four Seasons”)Antonio Vivaldi2:05
- 73:12
- 8Adagio in G minor (extract)Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni5:50
- 9PavaneGabriel Fauré4:22
- 103:23
- 11Swan Lake: II. No. 10 “Swan Theme”Pyotr Tchaikovsky2:52
- 123:07
- 13Moonlight Sonata, op. 27 no. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)Ludwig van Beethoven3:56
- 14Adagio for StringsSamuel Barber6:223.0 ★
- 15“Agnus Dei” (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace)Karl Jenkins3:423.0 ★
- 16Miserere mei, Deus: VV. 1–4 & 17–20Gregorio Allegri5:44
- 17Waltz no. 15 in A‐flat majorJohannes Brahms1:36
- CD 2
- 1Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. AllegroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:50
- 2On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz, op. 314 (extract)Johann Strauss II3:47
- 3La donna e mobile (Rigoletto)Giuseppe Verdi2:15
- 4Concerto ”L’estate”, RV 315: III: PrestoAntonio Vivaldi2:48
- 5Prelude (Carmen)Georges Bizet2:15
- 6Boléro (conclusion)Maurice Ravel5:16
- 7Nessun dorma (Turandot)Giacomo Puccini4:11
- 8Dôme épais (Flower Duet) (Lakme)Léo Delibes4:48
- 9Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)Pyotr Tchaikovsky3:23
- 10Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version – opening)George Gershwin4:38
- 11Lascia ch’io pianga (Rinaldo)Georg Friedrich Händel4:34
- 12Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganani (op. 43 – Variation 18)Sergei Rachmaninov2:59
- 13Casta diva (Norma)Vincenzo Bellini5:34
- 14Canzonetta sull’aria (Le nozze di Figaro)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:42
- 15O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)Giacomo Puccini2:05
- 16Ave MariaFranz Schubert6:15
- 17Schindler’s List ThemeJohn Williams5:01
- CD 3
- 1Mazurkas op. 59: No. 3 in F‐sharp minorFrédéric Chopin3:26
- 2The Flight of the Bumble‐BeeNikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov1:17
- 3Allegro moderato (Swan Lake)Pyotr Tchaikovsky1:28
- 4Spring (The Four Seasons): I. AllegroAntonio Vivaldi3:04
- 5Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. AllegroJohann Sebastian Bach5:13
- 6Le nozze di Figaro (Overture)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:10
- 7Belle nuit, o nuit d’amour (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)Jacques Offenbach4:21
- 85:23
- 9Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)Gustav Holst4:47
- 10Summertime (Porgy and Bess)George Gershwin2:40
- 114:25
- 12Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco)Giuseppe Verdi4:54
- 13Suo GânIzzy3:57
- 14Zadok the Priest – Coronation AnthemGeorg Friedrich Haendel5:59
- 15L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen)Georges Bizet4:20
- 16Goldberg Variations AriaJohann Sebastian Bach3:05
- CD 4
- 1Also sprach ZarathustraRichard Strauss1:47
- 2Montagues and Capulets (Romeo & Juliet)Sergei Prokofiev1:51
- 3Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67Ludwig van Beethoven6:33
- 4The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)Richard Wagner4:45
- 5O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)Carl Orff2:28
- 6Concerto “L’inverno”, RV 297Antonio Vivaldi3:23
- 7Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:564.0 ★
- 8Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia)Gioachino Rossini4:20
- 9La forza del destino (Overture)Giuseppe Verdi7:05
- 10Valse de Juliette (Romeo & Juliet)Charles Gounod3:32
- 11Un bel dì, vedremo (Madama Butterfly)Giacomo Puccini5:22
- 12Libiamo ne’lieti calici (Brindisi) (La traviata)Giuseppe Verdi2:54
- 131812 Festival Overture, op. 49Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:03
- 14Ode to Joy (Choral Symphony)Ludwig van Beethoven6:15
- 15Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)Georg Friedrich Haendel3:59
Release credits
- performing orchestra [3.6, 2.1, 1.2, 1.8]
- piano [17]
- producer [16]
- conductor [7]
- conductor [6]
- tenor vocals [3]
- choir vocals [15]
- producer [1.3-4, 3.4]
- conductor [3.3, 1.11, 2.6, 2.9, 4.7]
- soprano vocals [12]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [7]
- piano [1]
- cello [4.6, 2.4]
- soprano vocals [16]
- arranger [15]
- performing orchestra [11]
- performing orchestra [4.12, 2.2]
- performing orchestra [6]
- conductor [15]
- choir vocals [7]
- choir vocals [16]
- producer [2.1, 1.2, 1.11, 4.7, 4.15]
- balance [4.7, 2.1, 1.11], engineer [2]
- choir vocals [7]
- choir vocals [15]
- performing orchestra [1.5, 2.12, 3.9]
- conductor [12]
- choir vocals [3.12, 2.13]
- arranger [1.9, 2.11]
- piano [2.12, 3.11, 1.5], solo [11]
- solo [15]
- piano [13, 17]
- recording [2.8, 3.16]
- organ [1.4, 4.1]
- producer [2.4, 4.6, 4.12]
- producer [3.7, 4.1]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [8]
- engineer [15]
- concertmaster [15]
- solo [15], soprano vocals [15]
- performing orchestra [3.4, 4.15]
- conductor [16]
- pipe organ [16]
- baritone vocals [8]
- conductor [11]
- conductor [14]
- arranger [4]
- conductor [1.4, 4.5]
- guitar [11]
- conductor [15]
- orchestrator [10]
- conductor [3.15, 2.5]
- baritone vocals [16], bass vocals [16], bass-baritone vocals [16], other vocals [16], vocal [16]
- conductor [8]
- solo [2.4, 4.6], violin [2.4, 4.6]
- chorus master [7]
- performing orchestra [3]
- conductor [2]
- piano [9]
- performing orchestra [2.4, 4.6]
- conductor [17]
- violin [2]
- arranger [11]
- soprano vocals [11]
- cello [10]
- assistant [15]
- bass vocals [14]
- additional [7]
- editor [3.15, 2.13]
- conductor [5]
- soprano vocals [7]
- producer [3.6, 3.10, 4.4-5, 2.12]
- balance [3.10, 4.5]
- conductor [10]
- tenor vocals [7]
- harp [11]
- conductor [3]
- editor [12]
- conductor [15], producer [15]
- soprano vocals [10]
- conductor [1]
- conductor [3]
- choir vocals [4.5, 1.4]
- performing orchestra [4.1, 4.5, 1.4, 1.15, 3.14]
- performer [3], performing orchestra [2.6, 2.9, 3.11, 4.7, 1.1, 1.10-11, 1.11]
- choir vocals [12]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [15], soprano vocals [2.13, 3.15], vocal [15]
- piano [16]
- conductor [4, 13]
- balance [4]
- assistant [15]
- editor [5]
- chorus master [15], conductor [15]
- balance [7]
- engineer [7]
- arranger [7], conductor [7], creative direction [7], piano [7], producer [7]
- balance [2.4, 2.12, 4.6]
- producer [3.15, 2.5]
- conductor [2.8, 4.10]
- balance [4], engineer [1], recording [3-4]
- balance [4]
- soprano vocals [2.8, 4.10]
- choir vocals [15]
- balance [15]
- performing orchestra [10]
- choir vocals [10]
- tenor vocals [8]
- conductor [4], violin [4]
- chorus master [13]
- performing orchestra [3.12, 2.13]
- performing orchestra [15]
- performing orchestra [8]
- performing orchestra [7]
- performing orchestra [3.15, 2.5]
- performing orchestra [8]
- performing orchestra [4.10, 2.8]
- performing orchestra [7]
- performing orchestra [4, 13]
- conductor [3]
- trumpet [15]
- harpsichord [6]
- solo [15]
- balance [3.15, 2.5]
- performing orchestra [1.12, 2.3, 3.9, 4.3]
- performer [5]
- conductor [8]
- piano [1]
- performing orchestra [5]
- performer [5]
- performing orchestra [11]
- solo [15]
- producer [8]
- conductor [2.4, 4.2, 4.6, 4.14, 3.12]
- chorus master [5]
- assistant [15]
- balance [13]
- harpsichord [2.4, 4.6]
- solo [15]
- tenor vocals [12]
- choir vocals [14]
- conductor [3.9, 1.5, 2.12]
- engineer [1, 12]
- conductor [14]
- conductor [10, 12]
- conductor [3.6, 3.11, 1.2, 1.8, 2.1]
- chorus master [16], conductor [16]
- performing orchestra [16]
- balance [1.2, 3.6]
- conductor [7]
- violin [17]
- chorus master [12]
- performing orchestra [17]
- performing orchestra [4.2, 4.14, 1.14]
- baritone vocals [8]
- treble vocals [16]
- conductor [13]
- soprano vocals [15]
- producer [13]
- producer [13]
- engineer [8]
- choir vocals [14]
- conductor [3]
- violin [6]
- performer [5]
Issues
T15 November 2005