The Essential Classics Collection
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 1991
Tracklist
- CD 1: Meditation
- 1Peer Gynt - Morning MoodEdvard Grieg4:20
- 2Canon in D majorJohann Pachelbel6:27
- 3Carnival of the Animals - The SwanCamille Saint‐Saëns2:56
- 4Pavane Op.50Gabriel Fauré6:51
- 5Concierto de Aranjuez - AdagioJoaquín Rodrigo10:56
- 6Suite No.3 - AirJohann Sebastian Bach4:445.0 ★
- 7Symphony No.5 - AdagiettoGustav Mahler9:51
- 8Cello Concerto - Adagio / ModeratoSir Edward Elgar7:07
- 9Adagio in G minorTomaso Giovanni Albinoni6:57
- 10Symphony No.9 - New World - LargoAntonín Dvořák5:14
- 11The Tales of Hoffmann - BarcaroleJacques Offenbach4:41
- CD 2: Orchestral Fireworks
- 1Carmen - Les ToréadorsGeorges Bizet2:08
- 2Carmina Burana - O FortunaCarl Orff2:39
- 3Peer Gynt - In the Hall of the Mountain KingEdvard Grieg3:03
- 4The Four Seasons - WinterAntonio Vivaldi7:56
- 5Pictures at an Exhibition - PromenadeМодест Петрович Мусоргский1:54
- 6‘1812’ Overture - ExcerptПётр Ильич Чайковский4:145.0 ★
- 7Romeo and Juliet - The Knights’ DanceСергей Сергеевич Прокофьев5:27
- 8Requiem - Dies IraeGiuseppe Verdi2:49
- 9Die Walküre - Ride of the ValkyriesRichard Wagner4:59
- 10Also sprach Zarathustra - IntroductionRichard Strauss2:02
- 11Rhapsody in BlueGeorge Gershwin15:58
- 12BoleroMaurice Ravel15:00
- CD 3: Invitation to the Dance
- 1Invitation to the DanceCarl Maria von Weber10:30
- 28:25
- 3The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy / Waltz of the FlowersПётр Ильич Чайковский8:55
- 4Gaite Parisienne - CancanJacques Offenbach1:43
- 5Water Music - Alla HornpipeGeorg Friedrich Händel4:19
- 6Horn Concerto No.4 - RondoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:44
- 7The Blue Danube WaltzJohann Strauss II9:47
- 813:16
- 9Prince Igor - Polovtsian DancesАлександр Порфирьевич Бородин11:30
- 10Radetzky MarchJohann Strauss I2:19
- CD 4: Nocturne
- 1Piano Concerto No.21 - AndanteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart7:22
- 2Nocturne in F sharp majorFryderyk Chopin3:56
- 3Scenes from Childhood - DreamingRobert Schumann3:01
- 4Fur EliseLudwig van Beethoven4:01
- 5Clair de LuneClaude Debussy5:09
- 6Piano Sonata No.14 - Moonlight - AdagioLudwig van Beethoven6:05
- 7Prelude - Op.32 No.10 in B minorСергей Васильевич Рахманинов5:05
- 8BalladeFranz Liszt5:55
- 9Raindrop Prelude in D flat majorFryderyk Chopin5:40
- 10The Girl with the Flaxen HairClaude Debussy2:35
- 11Prelude No.12 in G sharp minorСергей Васильевич Рахманинов2:29
- 12Moment Musicaux No.2 in A flat major - AndantinoFranz Schubert5:47
- 13Piano Concerto No.23 - AdagioWolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:59
- CD 5: Pomp and Circumstance
- 1Messiah - Hallelujah ChorusGeorg Friedrich Händel4:05
- 2Fantasia on GreensleevesRalph Vaughan Williams4:32
- 3Ma Vlast - VltavaBedřich Smetana12:02
- 4Toccata and Fugue in D minorJohann Sebastian Bach8:28
- 5FinlandiaJean Sibelius9:07
- 6The Planets - JupiterGustav Holst8:06
- 7West Side Story - Prologue / Mambo / FinaleLeonard Bernstein9:40
- 8Hebrides - OvertureFelix Mendelssohn10:28
- 9Pomp and Circumstance March No.1Sir Edward Elgar5:54
- CD 6: Grand Opera
- 1Turandot - Nessun DormaGiacomo Puccini3:24
- 2L'Elisir d'amore - Una Furtiva LagrimaGaetano Donizetti4:39
- 3Il Trovatore - Di Quella PiraGiuseppe Verdi2:04
- 4Nabucco - Chorus of the Hebrew SlavesGiuseppe Verdi4:56
- 5Carmen - La Fleur Que tu m'avais JeteeGeorges Bizet4:00
- 6Carmen - HavanaiseGeorges Bizet4:03
- 7La Boheme - Che Gelida ManinaGeorges Bizet5:03
- 8Il Trovatore - Anvil ChorusGiuseppe Verdi3:01
- 9Tristan und Isolde - LiebestodRichard Wagner7:27
- 10Madama Butterfly - One Fine DayGiacomo Puccini5:00
- 11The Magic Flute - O Isis und OsirisWolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:22
- 12Cavalleria Rusticana - IntermezzoPietro Mascagni4:20
- 13Aida - Celeste AidaGiuseppe Verdi4:34
- 14Aida - Triumphal MarchGiuseppe Verdi5:11
- 15William Tell - OvertureGioachino Rossini11:59
Release credits
- piano [5, 10]
- piano [3]
- conductor [8]
- piano [3]
- conductor [1, 13], piano [1, 13]
- balance [5-6], editor [5]
- soprano vocals [3]
- conductor [7]
- performer [8], performing orchestra [1.8, 1.10, 2.8, 3.3]
- performing orchestra [3.4, 5.3, 5.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12, 1.4]
- performing orchestra [1, 13]
- tenor vocals [3]
- conductor [6.2, 6.5, 2.5, 2.8], performer [8]
- conductor [9]
- executive [3.5, 5.1]
- performing orchestra [5]
- choir vocals [2.2, 6.4, 6.11, 6.14]
- choir vocals [1]
- piano [9]
- conductor [6.13, 5.8, 3.2]
- producer [2]
- choir vocals [3, 8]
- conductor [9], piano [2, 8]
- horn [6]
- performing orchestra [3.1, 3.7, 3.10, 6.6]
- arranger [10]
- executive [3.5, 5.1]
- producer [3.5, 5.1]
- executive [1.5-6, 4.2], producer [2.9, 3.6, 4.2, 4.8]
- organ [9]
- piano [6]
- violin [5]
- executive [1]
- performer [8]
- choir vocals [8], performer [8], vocal [8]
- conductor [2]
- conductor [3]
- conductor [1, 7, 10]
- performing orchestra [2, 9]
- tenor vocals [3]
- concertmaster [13]
- recording [9]
- balance [12]
- piano [11], producer [11]
- performing orchestra [11]
- conductor [4, 10-12, 14]
- instrument [6]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [6]
- guitar [5]
- performer [1], performing orchestra [1.1, 1.11, 3.9, 2.3, 2.6, 5.5]
- choir vocals [3.9, 2.6]
- balance [3.1, 3.7, 3.10, 6.1, 4.1, 4.13, 1.9]
- producer [6.2, 6.5, 2.5]
- executive [3], producer [2.7, 1.4, 4.6]
- executive [9], producer [6.4, 2.2]
- producer [12]
- editor [2, 5], producer [4.1, 4.13, 1.7, 3.1, 3.7, 3.10, 5.3], recording [1]
- audio [2, 5], balance [2.7, 3.5, 1.4], sound [1]
- recording [8]
- balance [5.3, 1.7]
- editor [7]
- conductor [1]
- conductor [8]
- balance [12]
- chorus master [4]
- assistant [9]
- recording [2]
- conductor [3]
- balance [2], engineer [2], recording [9]
- balance [6.4, 6.10, 6.13, 4.5, 4.10]
- balance [1.8, 2.2, 2.5, 2.9, 4.8, 4.12], engineer [3], recording [6]
- conductor [6]
- clarinet [11]
- conductor [11]
- producer [9]
- piano [7, 11]
- performing orchestra [8]
- performing orchestra [2, 5]
- producer [9]
- soprano vocals [9]
- piano [3]
- balance [9]
- producer [1]
- soprano vocals [10]
- conductor [3.9, 5.5, 1.1, 1.11, 2.3, 2.6], performer [1]
- conductor [9]
- performing orchestra [6.4, 6.11, 6.14, 2.2]
- performing orchestra [7]
- performing orchestra [3, 8, 13]
- performing orchestra [15]
- performing orchestra [9]
- performing orchestra [1]
- performing orchestra [1]
- performing orchestra [1.5-6, 5.2, 3.6]
- performing orchestra [10, 12]
- cello [8]
- tenor vocals [1-2, 5, 13]
- conductor [1.7, 1.10, 6.3, 6.8, 5.3]
- executive [13], producer [13]
- arranger [2]
- producer [13]
- performing orchestra [15]
- performing orchestra [9]
- conductor [2, 9]
- performing orchestra [7]
- piano [11], solo [11]
- organ [4]
- violin [2.4, 3.5]
- performing orchestra [9]
- balance [6]
- performing orchestra [7]
- tenor vocals [7]
- choir vocals [4]
- performing orchestra [3.5, 5.1, 2.4]
- choir vocals [1]
- producer [12]
- bass vocals [9]
- conductor [3.5, 2.4, 5.1], harpsichord [5]
- conductor [3, 8, 15]
- editor [1]
- chorus master [2]
- violin [9]
- producer [1.3, 6.9, 2.9, 4.5, 4.8, 4.10], recording [4], task [6]
- performing orchestra [3.2, 3.8, 6.1]
- executive [7], producer [3]
- piano [12]
- conductor [2.10, 5.6]
- producer [1.5-6, 3.6]
- cello [3]
- producer [8]
- recording [3]
- producer [6.4, 6.10, 4.3], task [7]
- recording [8]
- piano [4]
- instrument [6], piano [6]
- conductor [1.4, 3.4, 5.7, 2.7, 2.12]
- conductor [1]
Issues
- T1991
T1991
T1999- T3 July 2000