Late Romantic Era Higlights – Various Artists

1

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Prelude (Morning)

Paavo Berglund & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

4:15

2

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo

Riccardo Muti & New Philharmonia Orchestra & Antonín Dvořák

11:11

3

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

Norman del Mar, Robert Cohen & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Edward Elgar

8:14

4

Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava (The Moldau)

Sir Malcolm Sargent & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Bedrich Smetana

11:59

5

Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries

Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Wagner

4:53

6

16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-Flat Major

Alexandre Rabinovitch & Martha Argerich & Johannes Brahms

1:59

7

Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act I: No. 8, Danse des coupes (Tempo di Polacca)

André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

5:05

8

Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: No. 13, Dances of the Swans, IV. Allegro moderato

André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1:27

9

Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: No. 14, Scène (Moderato)

André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:01

10

Carmen: No. 1, Prélude

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos & Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & George Bizet

3:37

11

Carmen, Act I: No. 5, Habanera, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Georges Prêtre, Maria Callas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Choeurs Rene Duclos & George Bizet

4:23

12

Parsifal, WWV 111: Prelude

Sir Reginald Goodall & Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Richard Wagner

9:22

13

Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium

Alexandre Debrus, Alfred Rutz, Andrey Baranov, Corrado Giuffredi, Enrico Fagone, Gregorio Di Trapani, Lilya Zilberstein, Lyda Chen, Martha Argerich & Michael Guttman & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:41

14

Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan)

Jacqueline du Pré & Osian Ellis & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:55

15

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act I: Prelude

Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Wagner

10:15

16

Finlandia, Op. 26

Jean Sibelius

8:29

17

The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee

Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1:26

18

The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Ouverture

André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:27

19

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act III: No. 13, Valse des fleurs

André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6:56

20

Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella

Julius Rudel, Alfredo Kraus & Philharmonia Orchestra & Giuseppe Verdi

1:52

21

Rigoletto, Act III: La donna è mobile

Michel Plasson, Maurice André & Orchestre National Du Capitole De Toulouse & Giuseppe Verdi

2:18

22

Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture

Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Wagner

13:53

23

21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5, Allegro in F-Flat Minor

Piers Lane & Tasmin Little & Johannes Brahms

2:32

24

Les Pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act I: Au fond du temple saint (Nadir, Zurga)

Pierre Dervaux, Ernest Blanc, Nicolai Gedda & Orchestre Du Theatre National De L'opera-comique & George Bizet

5:27

25

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109: II. Scherzo (Bewegt, lebhaft) (Excerpt)

Eugen Jochum & Staatskapelle Dresden

1:18

26

1812 Overture, Op. 49

Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

14:34

27

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Wolfgang Sawallisch & Philadelphia Orchestra & Richard Strauss

1:24

28

Cello Concerto in B Minor, B. 191: I. Allegro

Zdenek Macal, Robert Cohen & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Antonín Dvořák

15:26

29

Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III: Treulich geführt (Bridal Chorus)

Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Richard Wagner

5:22

30

La Traviata, Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici

Tullio Serafin, Carlo Del Monte, Victoria de los Ángeles, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma & Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Giuseppe Verdi

3:02

31

La Traviata, Act II: Lunge da lai

Tullio Serafin, Carlo Del Monte & Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Giuseppe Verdi

1:53

32

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato

Sir Neville Marriner, Cécile Ousset & London Symphony Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

12:57

33

Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: Song to the Moon

Antonín Dvořák

5:56

34

Aïda, Act II: Triumphal March

Zubin Mehta & Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Giuseppe Verdi

6:06

35

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Modest Mussorgsky

10:44

36

Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: March No. 1 in D Major

Vernon Handley, David Bell & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Edward Elgar

6:06

37

Walzerfolge No. 2 aus "Der Rosenkavalier", TrV 227a

Willi Boskovsky & Wiener Symphoniker & Richard Strauss

7:59

38

Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum

David Hill, Nancy Argenta, Richard Studt, Stephen Farr, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Winchester Cathedral Choir & Gabriel Fauré

3:32

39

Te Deum, WAB 45: I. Te Deum

Martin Stephani, Adalbert Kraus, Christoph Grohmann, Heidrun Ankersen, Kurt Moll, Uta Spreckelsen, Philharmonia Hungarica & Chor des Musikvereins, Bielefeld

6:28

40

5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied (Orchestral Version)

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Victoria de los Ángeles & Sinfonia Of London & Johannes Brahms

2:23