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50 Best Romantic Classics

by Various Artists
50 SONGS
Feb 2010
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: Barcarolle. "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chœur) [feat. Ann Murray, Chœurs de la Monnaie & Jessye Norman]
Sylvain Cambreling
Le carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le cygne (Arr. Hazell for Cello and Orchestra)
Han-Na Chang, Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra & Aline Brewer
Carmen, Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) [Carmen, Chorus]
Maria Callas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Georges Prêtre
Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Orch. Stokowski)
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Lakmé, Act 1: Duo des fleurs. "Viens, Mallika" - "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika) [feat. Delphine Haidan & Natalie Dessay]
Michel Plasson
Faust, Act 5, Ballet "La nuit de Walpurgis": No. 1, Les Nubiennes
Sir Charles Mackerras/New Philharmonia Orchestra
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act II, Scene 3: Air. "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Dalila, Samson)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maria Callas & Georges Prêtre
Pavane, Op. 50
Gareth Morris, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
Plaisir d'amour (feat. Michel Dalberto)
Barbara Hendricks
Romance pour flûte et orchestre, Op. 37 (Version for Violin and Orchestra)
Ulf Hoelscher, Pierre Dervaux & New Philharmonia Orchestra
Dolly, Op. 56: I. Berceuse
Jean-Philippe Collard/Bruno Rigutto
Carmen, WD 31, Act 3: Entr'acte
Orchestre National de France & Seiji Ozawa
Chanson D'Amour Op 27 No 1
Natasha Marsh
Gymnopédie No. 3
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Louis Frémaux
Sylvia, Act 1: No. 4, Intermezzo & Valse lente
Sir Charles Mackerras/New Philharmonia Orchestra
Les deux pigeons, Act 1: Pas de deux pigeons
Sir Charles Mackerras/New Philharmonia Orchestra
Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood
Sir Neville Marriner
Má Vlast, JB 1/112: II. Die Moldau (Excerpt)
Paavo Berglund & Staatskapelle Dresden
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio
Dmitri Alexeev/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yuri Temirkanov
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo
Mariss Jansons
Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Daniel Adni
Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka)
Lucia Popp
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto (Excerpt)
Martha Argerich, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7 in G-Flat Major
Dame Moura Lympany
Les Sylphides: Overture after Prelude in A Major, Op. 28 No. 7 (Orch. Douglas)
Robert Irving/Philharmonia Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: II. Quasi adagio
Michel Béroff/Kurt Masur/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 46: I. At the Castle Gate
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Berglund
Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
Peter Donohoe
Jalousie "Tango tzigane" (feat. Stig Nilsson)
Mariss Jansons
Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
John Ogdon
3 Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 in A-Flat Major
Leif Ove Andsnes
Die lustige Witwe, IFL 12, Act 2: "Nun laßt uns aber wie dahein". "Es lebt' eine Vilja" (Viljalied)... "Mi velimo dase dase Veslimo!" [Hanna, Chor] [feat. Philharmonia Chorus]
Philharmonia Orchestra
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Riccardo Muti
Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta) [feat. Angela Gheorghiu]
Antonio Pappano
España, Op. 165: No. 2, Tango
Leif Ove Andsnes
La rondine, Act 1: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta?" (Magda)
Montserrat Caballé/Sir Charles Mackerras
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
Yehudi Menuhin
Pur Ti Miro
Natasha Marsh & Fernando Lima
String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11 No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuetto - Trio (Arr. Woodhouse for String Orchestra)
Sir Neville Marriner
L'amico Fritz, Act 3 Scene 3: "O amore, o bella luce del core" (Fritz)
Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Christopher Parkening
Ai Giochi Addio
Natasha Marsh
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio (Excerpt)
Julian Bream, Sir Simon Rattle & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Madama Butterfly, Act 1: "Vogliatemi bene" (Love Duet) "Vieni, vieni" [Butterfly, Pinkerton] [feat. Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma]
Sir John Barbirolli
Guitar Concerto in D Major, RV 93: II. Largo
Sharon Isbin
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Anne-Sophie Mutter/Orchestre National de France/Seiji Ozawa
Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)
Amy Nuttall
Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: III. Sevilla (Arr. Byzantine)
Julian Byzantine
Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma!" (Calaf, Chorus) [feat. Choeurs de l'Opéra du Rhin]
Alain Lombard