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100 Best Classics

by Various Artists
100 SONGS
Feb 2004
Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: No. 42. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Sir Neville Marriner
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, "La primavera": I. Allegro (from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione", Op. 8, No. 1)
Yehudi Menuhin/Jeffrey Gillam Side/Camerata Lysy Gstaad/Alberto Lysy
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata
Wayne Marshall
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
Barry Tuckwell
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Philharmonia Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling
Tchaikovsky: Overture with Military Band, Op. 49, "1812 Overture"
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Mariss Jansons
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": IV. Presto (Excerpt)
Riccardo Muti
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato (Excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset & Sir Neville Marriner
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11: III. Alla marcia (Moderato)
Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Excerpt)
Sir Simon Rattle
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Excerpt)
Horacio Gutierrez
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli
Verdi: Aïda, Act 2 Scene 2: Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside (Chorus) - Triumphal March
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: I. The Montagues and Capulets (Excerpt)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Strauss Sr., J: Radetzky March, Op. 228
Willi Boskovsky
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: I. March in D Major (Sung Version)
Sir Andrew Davis
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto (Excerpt)
Mariss Jansons
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ Symphony": II. (b) Maestoso - Allegro
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson
Bach, JS: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II, Scene 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Riccardo Muti/Philharmonia Orchestra/José Carreras
Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D Major for 3 Violins and Continuo, P. 37: I. Canon (Orchestral Version)
Sir Neville Marriner
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Sabine Meyer
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria (feat. Craig Leon, Erno Olah, Fabio Zanon, National Radio Orchestra of The Netherlands & Rolf Bremmer)
Julia Thornton
Giazzotto: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor, "Albinoni's Adagio" (Excerpt)
Sir Neville Marriner
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)
Dame Moura Lympany
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299/297c: II. Andantino
Herbert von Karajan/James Galway/Fritz Helmis/Berliner Philharmoniker
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante (Excerpt)
Yehudi Menuhin
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, 'Elvira Madigan': II. Andante
Stephen Hough
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Mariss Jansons
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio
Philharmonia Orchestra
Elgar: Variations on a Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
Sir Adrian Boult, Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth McKellar, Ralph Downes, David Ward, George Malcolm and London Symphony Chorus
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio (Excerpt, Opening)
Julian Bream, Sir Simon Rattle & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
The Lark Ascending (conclusion)
Nigel Kennedy/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto (Excerpt)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII (Andante cantabile)
Cécile Ousset
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles, Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint" (Nadir, Zurga)
Pierre Dervaux
Dvorák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka)
Stefan Soltesz
Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs... Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)
Mady Mesplé
Carmen (1985 - Remaster), Act II (Conclusion): Air de Fleur: "La fleur que tu ma'avais jetee"
Maria Callas/Nicolai Gedda/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act 3 Scene 1: No. 22, Aria, "Che farò senza Euridice?" (Orfeo)
Riccardo Muti
Bellini: Norma, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 4b, Aria, "Casta diva" (Norma, Chorus)
Tullio Serafin
La Bohème, 'Bohemian Life': Che gelida manina
Roberto Alagna/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Richard Armstrong
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)
Angela Gheorghiu
Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1: No. 2, Baïlèro
Victoria De Los Angeles
Madama Butterfly (2002 Digital Remaster): Vogliatemi bene (Love Duet)...Vieni, vieni
Sir John Barbirolli/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Renata Scotto/Carlo Bergonzi/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
Verdi: Nabucco, Act 3: "Va pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Bernard Haitink
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (2000 Digital Remaster): Nun laßt uns aber wie dahein...Es lebt' eine Vilja (Viljalied)...Tanz: Mi velimo dase dase Veslimo! (Hanna/Chor)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Philharmonia Orchestra/Philharmonia Chorus/Lovro von Matacic
Suite from 'Xerxes' (arr. Hoffman) (1991 Digital Remaster): II. Aria:Ombra mai fù
Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli/Richard Lewis
Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria) D839 (1996 Remastered Version)
Dame Janet Baker/Gerald Moore
Minuit, Chrétiens (O Holy Night) (arr.Alain Kremski)
Roberto Alagna