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100 Best Classics

by Various Artists
100 SONGS
Nov 2015
Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
Sir Thomas Beecham
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
Ton Koopman
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante (Excerpt)
Maria-João Pires
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": III. Allegro molto vivace
Philharmonia Orchestra & Riccardo Muti
Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood
Paavo Järvi
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. (a) Presto - Allegro assai
Sir Simon Rattle
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna (feat. Philharmonia Chorus)
Riccardo Muti
The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto
Leif Ove Andsnes & Antonio Pappano
Finlandia, Op. 26
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Berglund
Die Walküre, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries
Mariss Jansons
Boléro, M. 81
Sir Simon Rattle
5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major
Yehudi Menuhin
Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 (Live)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
Boris Berezovsky
Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 2: Ballet des ombres heureuses. (Arr. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) [feat. Jérôme Ducros]
Renaud Capuçon
Canon and Gigue in D Major: Canon (Arr. Paillard)
Jean-Francois Paillard
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Sabine Meyer & Claudio Abbado
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
Nicholas Angelich
Adagio in G Minor
Jean-Francois Paillard
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
Stephen Kovacevich
Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299: II. Andantino (feat. Jean-Pierre Rampal & Lily Laskine)
Jean-Francois Paillard
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato
Daniel Harding, Renaud Capuçon & Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Allegro vivace
Barry Tuckwell/Sir Neville Marriner
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco
Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64ter: I. The Montagues and Capulets
Paavo Järvi
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo
Renaud Capuçon
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Angel Romero
Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Nimrod
Andrew Davis
Má Vlast, JB 1/112: II. Die Moldau
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek
L'apprenti sorcier
Michel Plasson
Les pêcheurs de perles, Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint" (Nadir, Zurga) [feat. Ernest Blanc & Nicolai Gedda]
Pierre Dervaux
Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka)
Lucia Popp
Lakmé, Act 1: "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)
Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique & Alain Lombard
Carmen, Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" - "Non, tu ne m'aimes pas" (Carmen, José) [feat. Nicolai Gedda]
Georges Prêtre
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: No. 22 "Che farò senza Euridice?" (Orfeo)
Riccardo Muti
Norma, Act 1: "Casta diva" (Norma, Oroveso, Coro) [feat. Nicola Zaccaria & Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano]
Maria Callas
Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca)
Maria Callas
Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)
Montserrat Caballé
Die lustige Witwe, Act 3: "Lippen schweigen"
Diana Damrau
Madama Butterfly, Act 1: "Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino" (Butterfly, Pinkerton) [feat. Angela Gheorghiu & Jonas Kaufmann]
Antonio Pappano
Nabucco, Act 3: "Va pensiero, sull`ali dorate" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) [feat. Ambrosian Opera Chorus]
Riccardo Muti
Rigoletto, Act III Scene 2: La donna è mobile
Rolando Villazón, Marcello Viotti & Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Frondi tenere" - Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse) [feat. Il Complesso Barocco]
Joyce DiDonato
Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839 (feat. Geoffrey Parsons)
Barbara Bonney
Minuit, Chrétiens
Barbara Hendricks