The Best Classics...Ever ! – Various Artists

1

Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 Lent et douloureux

Anne Queffélec & Erik Satie

3:33

2

Canon in D (1974 Remastered Version)

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner & Johann Pachelbel

4:58

3

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

Hallé Orchestra & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:48

4

Requiem in D minor K626, Sequenz: Lacrimosa dies illa

London Philharmonic Orchestra/London Philharmonic Choir/Franz Welser-Möst & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:59

5

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Sergei Rachmaninov

4:33

6

The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E (La primavera/ Spring) RV269 (Op. 8 No. 1): II. Largo

Yehudi Menuhin/Camerata Lysy Gstaad/Alberto Lysy & Antonio Vivaldi

2:39

7

Giazzotto: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor, "Albinoni's Adagio" (Excerpt)

Sir Neville Marriner & Tomaso Albinoni

5:53

8

Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 (1997 Remastered Version)

Sir John Barbirolli

3:24

9

Swan Lake Op. 20 (1988 Remastered Version)

London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:53

10

Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto (Excerpt)

New Philharmonia Orchestra & Gustav Mahler

3:08

11

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)

Dame Moura Lympany & Ludwig van Beethoven

3:58

12

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a

Eugene Ormandy & Samuel Barber

6:22

13

Jenkins: The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace): X. Agnus Dei

Karl Jenkins

3:39

14

Allegri, G.: Miserere (Excerpt, Opening)

Stephen Cleobury & Gregorio Allegri

5:49

15

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

Dame Moura Lympany & Johannes Brahms

1:40

16

Allegro

Sir Neville Marriner

5:51

17

An der schönen, blauen Donau - Walzer Op. 314 (1985 Remastered Version)

Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan & Johann Strauss II

3:47

18

Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 3 Scene 2: "La donna è mobile" (Duca)

Julius Rudel & Giuseppe Verdi

2:18

19

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315, "L'estate" (from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione", Op. 8, No. 2): III. Presto

Giulio Franzetti & Antonio Vivaldi

2:57

20

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Prélude (Allegro giocoso)

Georges Prêtre/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Georges Bizet

2:16

21

Ravel: Boléro, M. 81: Tempo di Bolero. Moderato assai (Excerpt, Conclusion)

André Previn & Maurice Ravel

5:19

22

Puccini: Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma!" (Calaf, Chorus)

Alain Lombard & Giacomo Puccini

4:12

23

Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 2, Duetto, "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika) (feat. Delphine Haidan & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse)

Michel Plasson

4:48

24

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Excerpt)

Horacio Gutiérrez & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:24

25

Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version)

Sir Simon Rattle

4:39

26

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII (Andante cantabile)

Cécile Ousset & Sergei Rachmaninov

3:01

27

Norma (1987 - Remaster): Casta diva

Maria Callas/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Tullio Serafin & Vincenzo Bellini

5:36

28

Duettino:Canzonetta sull`aria

Ivo Vinco & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:43

29

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)

Victoria de los Angeles/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gabriele Santini & Giacomo Puccini

2:06

30

Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839, "Ellens Gesang III": "Ave Maria, Jungfrau mild!" (Sehr langsam)

Barbara Hendricks/Stockholm Chamber Orchestra/Eric Ericson & Franz Schubert

6:15

31

Williams, J.: Schindler's List: No. 1, Main Theme

Tasmin Little & John Williams

5:07

32

Mazurka in F Sharp Minor, Op.59 No. 3

Piotr Anderszewski & Frédéric Chopin

3:30

33

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3: Flight of the Bumblebee

André Cluytens/Philharmonia Orchestra & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1:17

34

Swan Lake, Op.20 Act II: No.13 Danse des cygnes - IV. Allegro moderato (1988 Remastered Version)

London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1:33

35

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 "La primavera" (No. 1 from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione", Op. 8): I. Allegro

Nigel Kennedy & Antonio Vivaldi

3:08

36

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048 (1997 Digital Remaster): I. [Allegro]

Zbigniew Czapczynaki/Polish Chamber Orchestra/Philip Pickett/Jerzy Maksymiuk/Rachel Beckett & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:19

37

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture

Sir Neville Marriner & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4:14

38

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: No. 13 "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus)

Sylvain Cambreling & Jacques Offenbach

4:24

39

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act 1: No. 2, Duo, "Au fond du temple saint" (Nadir, Zurga)

Pierre Dervaux & Georges Bizet

5:26

40

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Excerpt)

Sir Simon Rattle & Gustav Holst

4:49

41

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1 Scene 1: "Summertime" (Clara, Chorus)

John McGlinn

2:42

42

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato (Excerpt)

London Symphony Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

4:28

43

Verdi: Nabucco, Act 3 Scene 4: No. 11a, Coro, "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Chorus)

Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Riccardo Muti & Giuseppe Verdi

4:59

44

Handel: Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

Sir Andrew Davis & George Frideric Handel

6:05

45

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 5, Havanaise, "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chorus)

Maria Callas & Georges Bizet

4:23

46

Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

Maria Tipo & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:06

47

Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Opening)

Klaus Tennstedt

1:47

48

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: I. The Montagues and Capulets (Excerpt)

Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti & Sergei Prokofiev

1:54

49

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

Philharmonia Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:36

50

Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act 3: Walkürenritt (Lebhaft)

Mariss Jansons & Richard Wagner

4:48

51

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna (Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi)

London Philharmonic Choir/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Franz Welser-Möst

2:31

52

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, "L'inverno" (from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione", Op. 8, No. 4): I. Allegro non molto

Giulio Franzetti & Antonio Vivaldi

3:30

53

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Ballet), Op. 71, TH 14, Act 2 Tableau 3: No. 13, Valse des fleurs (Tempo di Valse)

André Previn & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6:56

54

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 4, Cavatina, "La ran le lerea … Largo al factotum della città" (Figaro)

Gianluigi Gelmetti/Thomas Hampson/Orchestra della Toscana & Gioachino Rossini

4:21

55

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, Act 1: "Ah! Je veux vivre dans le rêve" (Juliette) (feat. Michel Plasson & Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse)

Natalie Dessay & Charles Gounod

3:36

56

Madama Butterfly (1995 Digital Remaster), ACT 2: Un bel dì vedremo

Montserrat Caballé/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras & Giacomo Puccini

5:22

57

Verdi: La traviata, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 2b, Brindisi, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Alfredo, Violetta, Chorus)

Roberto Alagna & Giuseppe Verdi

2:58

58

Tchaikovsky: Overture for Orchestra with Military Band, Op. 49 "1812 Overture": Largo - Allegro giusto (Excerpt)

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6:04

59

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: 'Ode to Joy'

James Morris & Ludwig Van Beethoven

6:15

60

handel: Messiah, HWV 56: No. 44 Hallelujah

English Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

4:01

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