100 Best Romantic Classics [6 CD special price]

Tracks:

CD 1: FROM RUSSIA WITH ROMANCE
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
1.I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
Horacio Gutierrez piano
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1976/1994*

PROKOFIEV
2.Balcony Scene (Romeo & Juliet) (extract)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1981

SHOSTAKOVICH
3.Romance (The Gadfly)
Tasmin Little violin ∙ Piers Lane piano
(P) 1992

TCHAIKOVSKY
4.Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) (extract)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1987

RACHMANINOV
5.Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Variation 18
Cécile Ousset piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984

KHACHATURIAN
6.Masquerade - Waltz
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1964/1993

RACHMANINOV
7.Vocalise
Natalie Clein cello · Charles Owen piano
(P) 2006

TCHAIKOVSKY
8.Grand Pas de Deux (The Nutcracker)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998

SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102

9.II. Andante
Dmitri Alexeev piano
English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1983

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op.35
10.II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince (opening)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983

KHACHATURIAN
11.Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) (extract)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1986

TCHAIKOVSKY
12.Swan Lake Scene (Act II No.10)
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1976/1988

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18

13.II: Adagio sostenuto (opening)
Cécile Ousset piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984

BORODIN
14.Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) (opening)
Beecham Choral Society Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /
Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1974/1999*

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27

15.III. Adagio (opening)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1994

TCHAIKOVSKY
16.Waltz (The Sleeping Beauty)
Philharmonia Orchestra / John Lanchbery (P) 1982

STRAVINSKY
17.Le Oiseau de feu (conclusion)
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984/1995

CD 2: AN AUSTRO-GERMAN ROMANCE
MOZART
Piano Concerto No.21 in C 'Elvira Madigan' K467
1.II. Andante (extract)
Stephen Hough piano
Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987

MOZART
Serenade in G 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' K525
2.II. Romanze (Andante)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
(P) 1977/1997*

BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight' Op.27/2

3.I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1991

BEETHOVEN
4.'Emperor' Concerto Op.73 - II. Adagio (trans. Craig Leon)
Julia Thornton harp
National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah (P) 2003

MOZART
Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495
5.II. Romanza (Andante cantabile)
Radovan Vlatkovic horn
English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1987

MOZART
6.Un'aura amorosa (Così fan tutte)
John Aler tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1987

BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor 'Pathétique' Op.31
7.II. Adagio cantabile
Stephen Kovacevich piano (P) 1998

MENDELSSOHN
8.Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 - II. Andante (extract)
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1959/1997*

MOZART
9.
Clarinet Concerto - II. Adagio
Sabine Meyer clarinet
Dresden Staatskapelle / Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH

MENDELSSOHN
10.Frühlingslied (Lieder ohne Wörte No.30 in A, Op.62 No.6)
Daniel Adni piano (P) 1973/1996*

BRUCH
11.Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 - II. Adagio (opening)
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind (P) 1959/1997

MENDELSSOHN
12.Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras
(P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

RICHARD STRAUSS
13.Beim Schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder) (conclusion)
Lucia Popp soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1982

J. STRAUSS II
14.An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract)
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1987

KREISLER
15.Liebesleid
Maxim Vengerov violin · Ian Brown piano (P) 2004

MENDELSSOHN
16.Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1991

CD 3: A FRENCH ROMANCE
OFFENBACH
1.Belle nuit (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
Jessye Norman soprano · Ann Murray mezzo-soprano
Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de l'Opéra National du Théatre Royal de la Monnai, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling (P) 1988

SAINT-SAËNS
2.The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Chris Hazell)
Hah-Na Chang cello
Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 2000

BIZET
3.L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen)
Maria Callas soprano
Chœurs René Duclos Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris / Georges Prêtre (P) 1964

DEBUSSY
4.Clair de lune (arr. Stokowski)
Philadelphia Orchstra / Wolfgang Sawallisch (P) 1996

DELIBES
5.Flower Duet (Dôme épais) (Lakmé)
Natalie Dessay soprano · Delphine Haidan mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse /
Michel Plasson (P) 1998 EMI Music France

GOUNOD
6.Les nubiennes (Faust Ballet Music)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988

SAINT-SAËNS
7.Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
Maria Callas soprano
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française / Georges Prêtre (P) 1982/1997

FAURÉ
8.Pavane
Gareth Morris flute
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1968/1997

MARTINI
9.Plaisir d'amour
Barbara Hendricks soprano∙ Michel Dalberto piano
(P) 1996 EMI France

SAINT-SAËNS
10.Romance Op.37
Ulf Hoelscher violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Pierre Dervaux (P) 1977/1993

FAURÉ
11.Berceuse (Dolly Suite Op.56)
Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto pianos (P) 1983 EMI France

BIZET
12.Entr'acte to Act III (Carmen)
French National Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984

FAURÉ
13.Chanson d'amour (arr. Craig Leon)
Natasha Marsh soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Francis (P) 2007

SATIE
14.Gymnopédie No.1 (arr. Debussy)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Louis Frémaux
(P) 1974/1990*

DELIBES
15.Intermezzo & Valse lente (Sylvia)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988*

MESSAGER
16.Pas de deux pigeons (Les deux pigeons)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1958/1988*

MASSENET
17.Méditation (Thais)
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1981

CD 4: ROMANCE IN A COLD CLIMATE
GRIEG
1.Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983

SMETANA
2.The Moldau (Ma Vlast) (extract)
Dresden Staatskapelle / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1995

GRIEG
3.Piano Concerto in A minor - II Adagio
Dmitri Alexeev piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1989

DVORÁK
4.Symphony No.9 'From the New World' - II. Largo (opening)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1989

GRIEG
5.Wedding Dayuat Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Book VIII, Op.65 No.6) Daniel Adni piano (P) 1974/1995

DVORÁK
6.Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Lucia Popp soprano
Münchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11
7.II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening)
Martha Argerich piano
Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999

DVORÁK
8.Humoresque Op.107 No.7
Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

CHOPIN
9.Prelude in A (Les Sylphides)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Irving (P) 1959/1994

LISZT
10.Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat - II. Quasi adagio
Michel Beroff piano
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Mazur (P) 1980/1990

SIBELIUS
11.At the Castle Gate (Pelléas et Mélisande)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1997*

CHOPIN
12.Berceuse in D flat Op. 57
Peter Donohoe piano (P) 1993

GADE
13.Jealousy-Tango
Stig Nilsson violin
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998

CHOPIN
14.Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op.9 No. 2
John Ogdon piano (P) 1969/1992*

LISZT
15.Liebestraum No.3 in A flat
Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006

LEHÁR
16.Vilja (Die lustige Witwe)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus / Lovro von Matacic
(P) 1963/2000*

CD 5: ENGLAND & AMERICA IN LOVE
ELGAR
1.Salut d'amour
Northern Sinfonia of England / Richard Hickox (P) 1986

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
2.Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves)
Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986

ELGAR
3.Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 - I. Adagio-Moderato (opening)
Jacqueline du Pré cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1965/1997*

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
4.The Lark Ascending (opening)
Hugh Bean violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987*

ELGAR
5.Chanson de matin
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1968/1985*

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
6.Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985*

LENNON & McCARTNEY
7.Michelle (arr. Ron Goodwin)
Rostal & Schaefer pianos
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Ron Goodwin
(P) 1979/2000*

HOLST
8.Venus (The Planets) (conclusion)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1979/1987*

McCARTNEY
9.Celebration (Standing Stone)
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P) 1997 MPL Communications Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd

NYMAN
10.The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (from the film The Piano)
Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman
(P) 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd

MYERS
11.Cavatina (from the film The Deer Hunter)
Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse guitars
(P) 2001 Angel Records

NEWMAN
12.Any Other Name (from the film American Beauty)
Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001

HORNER
13.My Heart Will Go On (from the film Titanic)
Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998

VILLA-LOBOS
14.Sentimental Melody (arr. Barbosa-Lima)
Sharon Isbin guitar(P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

GERSHWIN
15.Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Kiri Te Kanawa soprano · The New York Choral Artists
The New Princess Theater Orchestra / John McGlinn (P) 1987

BERNSTEIN
16.West Side Story Symphonic Dances - II. Somewhere
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Järvi
(P) 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

GERSHWIN
17.Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Grofé) (conclusion)
André Previn piano
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1971/1998*

CD 6: MEDITERRANEAN ROMANCE
MASCAGNI

1.Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987*

PUCCINI
2.O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Angela Gheorghiu soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999
Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd

ALBÉNIZ
3.Tango (España Op.165 No.2)
Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006

PUCCINI
4.Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)
Montserrat Caballé soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/2002*

VIVALDI
5.Spring (The Four Seasons) - I. Allegro
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P)1981

MONTEVERDI
6.Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea) (arr. Craig Leon)
Natasha Marsh soprano ∙ Fernando Lima countertenor
David Parsons lute
London Symphony Orchestra / Craig Leon (P) 2007

BOCCHERINI
7.Minuet (arr. Woodhouse)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
(P) 1980/1997*

MASCAGNI
8.O amore, o bella luce del core (L'amico Fritz)
Luciano Pavarotti tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (P) 1969/2000*

TÁRREGA
9.Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Christopher Parkening guitar (P) 1976/2005* Angel Records

ROTA
10.Ai Giochi Addio (love theme from the Zeffirelli film Romeo & Juliet)
Natasha Marsh soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (P) 2007

RODRIGO
11.Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio (opening)
Julian Bream guitar
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993

PUCCINI
12.Vogliatemi bene (Love Duet) (Madama Butterfly)
Renata Scotto soprano · Carlo Bergonzi tenor
Orchestra del Teatro dell' Opera di Roma / Sir John Barbirolli
(P) 1966/2002

VIVALDI
13.Guitar Concerto in D (arr. Emilio Pujol; ed. Isbin) - II. Largo
Sharon Isbin guitar
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
(P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

SARASATE
14.Zigeunerweisen Op.20
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1985

QUARANTOTTO
15.Time to Say Goodbye (adapt. F. Peterson)
Amy Nuttall soprano
Orchestra conducted by Julian Kershaw (P) 2005

ALBÉNIZ
16.Sevilla (arr. Byzantine)
Julian Byzantine guitar (P) 1993

PUCCINI
17.Nessun dorma (Turandot)
José Carreras tenor · Rhine Opera Chorus
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990