The Ultimate Classical Album 2008
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 26 November 2007
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1The Lord of the Rings (The Two Towers)Howard Shore8:27
- 24:33
- 3Any Other Name (American Beauty)Thomas Newman4:17
- 4Adagio for Strings (Platoon)Samuel Barber7:464.0 ★
- 5The Marriage of Figaro - Duettion Sull'Aria (The Shawshank Redemption)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:36
- 6The Balcony Scene (William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet)Craig Armstrong5:384.0 ★
- 7Gnossienne No.1 (Chocolat)Erik Satie3:114.0 ★
- 8Pelagia's Song (Captain Corelli's Mandolin)Stephen Warbeck4:03
- 9Requiem, Lacrimosa Dies Illa (Amadeus)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:21
- 10Out of Africa (Out of Africa)John Barry3:52
- 11Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21: II. Larghetto (The Pianist)Frédéric Chopin8:56
- 12Tara's Theme (Gone With the Wind)Max Steiner4:22
- 13Clair De Lune (Ocean's Eleven)Claude Debussy4:25
- 14The English Patient (The English Patient)Gabriel Yared4:05
- 15Kyrie for the Magdalene (The Da Vinci Code)Richard Allen Harvey3:52
- CD 2
- 1The Thieving Magpie Overture (Sony Bravia TV Ad)Gioachino Rossini5:56
- 2Unchained Melody (Ghost)Alex North3:404.0 ★
- 3Sarabande (Levis TV Advert)Georg Friedrich Händel4:05
- 42:50
- 5Six Feet Under (The TV Series Six Feet Under)Thomas Newman3:05
- 6Chi Mai (The TV Series Chi Mai)Ennio Morricone3:20
- 7Rhapsody in Blue (Rhapsody in Blue)George Gershwin7:09
- 8Coral Wonder (The BBC TV Series the Blue Planet)George Fenton2:25
- 95:07
- 10The Heart Asks Pleasure First (Lloyds TSB Advert)Michael Nyman3:423.0 ★
- 11Adagio in G Minor for Organ and Strings (Rollerball)Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni5:52
- 12Titanic - Main Title Theme (Titanic)James Horner8:16
- 13Carnival of the Animals (The Orange Advert)Camille Saint‐Saëns2:234.0 ★
- 14Pavane (Them From the World Cup France 1998)Gabriel Fauré7:43
- 156:14
- CD 3
- 1Memory (Cats)Andrew Lloyd Webber3:59
- 26:35
- 3O Sole Mio (Walls Cornetto Advert)Eduardo di Capua3:39
- 4Nessun Dorma (As Made Famous by the Three Tenors)Giacomo Puccini2:59
- 5O Mio Babbino Caro (Performed by Lesley Garrett)Giacomo Puccini2:27
- 6Caruso (Performed by Tito Beltran)Lucio Dalla5:03
- 73:39
- 8Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffman)Jacques Offenbach3:194.0 ★
- 9In Paradisum (Requiem)Gabriel Fauré3:17
- 10Pie Jesu (Performed by Angelis)Andrew Lloyd Webber3:19
- 11Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)Giacomo Puccini2:45
- 12Habaera 'l'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle' (Carmen)Georges Bizet4:51
- 13Time to Say Goodbye (Performed by the Opera Divas)Lucio Quarantotto, Francesco Sartori & Oscar Peterson3:252.0 ★
- CD 4
- 1Gymnopedie No.1Erik Satie2:39
- 2Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniСергей Васильевич Рахманинов2:43
- 3Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Symphony No.3Henryk Mikołaj Górecki4:22
- 4CanonJohann Pachelbel2:59
- 5SicilienneGabriel Fauré3:41
- 6Piano Concerto No.2 in F: AndanteДмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович6:39
- 7Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor: Adagio SostenutoСергей Васильевич Рахманинов11:20
- 8BoleroMaurice Ravel7:38
- 9Fur EliseLudwig van Beethoven3:05
- 10Prelude a L'Apres- Midi D'Un FauneClaude Debussy10:28
- 11Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. MorningEdvard Grieg3:524.0 ★
- 12Water Music - Alla HornpipeGeorg Friedrich Händel2:56
- 13Flight of the BumblebeeНиколай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков1:11
- 14The LambJohn Tavener3:45
- 15The Four Seasons: Autumn- Adagio MoltoAntonio Vivaldi2:46
Release credits
- producer [14]
- conductor [2-3]
- performing orchestra [11]
- piano [9]
- piano [2]
- conductor [12]
- performing orchestra [10]
- performing orchestra [4.4, 4.12, 4.15, 1.4]
- conductor [2.12, 1.2, 1.10]
- choir vocals [14]
- conductor [6]
- conductor [14]
- organ [9]
- conductor [13]
- performing orchestra [13]
- producer [9]
- producer [9]
- arranger [12]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [12]
- engineer [9]
- conductor [7]
- associate [12], producer [4.2, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 2.14, 3.8, 3.12]
- engineer [4.1, 1.7]
- engineer [7]
- contralto vocals [9]
- piano [7]
- conductor [9], producer [9]
- conductor [11]
- engineer [10]
- engineer [9]
- producer [9]
- producer [1.7, 4.1]
- conductor [2.14, 3.8]
- conductor [14]
- conductor [8]
- piano [4.1, 1.7]
- conductor [13]
- performing orchestra [13]
- performing orchestra [7]
- piano [13]
- producer [11]
- producer [4.5, 4.12, 2.13-14, 3.7-8]
- conductor [4]
- piano [6]
- performing orchestra [8]
- producer [7]
- performing orchestra [2-3]
- performing orchestra [6]
- arranger [15], conductor [2.2, 2.9, 2.15, 1.12], orchestrator [15]
- conductor [4.5, 2.13]
- choir vocals [9], performing orchestra [9], vocal [9]
- conductor [1.6, 2.10], piano [1.6, 2.10]
- piano [13]
- engineer [9]
- conductor [4]
- conductor [6]
- performing orchestra [1.2, 1.10, 2.12]
- choir vocals [9]
- performing orchestra [9]
- choir vocals [1.9, 3.4, 3.12]
- chorus master [9]
- conductor [15]
- performer [8], performing orchestra [3.4, 3.7-8, 3.12, 4.5, 4.8, 2.13-14]
- producer [3.8, 4.5, 2.14]
- performing orchestra [2.2, 2.9-10, 2.15, 3.6, 1.6, 1.12, 1.14]
- tenor vocals [4]
- tenor vocals [6]
- engineer [14]
- engineer [11]
- organ [9]
- cello [13]
- conductor [9]
- soprano vocals [3]
- conductor [3.7, 3.12, 4.10]
- violin [15]
Issues
T- T26 November 2007