The Classic 100: Love – the Top 10 and Selected Highlights

1

Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act I: Au fond du temple saint

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Thomas Woods, Sinfonia Australis & David Hobson

5:50

2

Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Milton & Sally-Anne Russell

4:36

3

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act III: Liebestod "Mild und leise wie er lächelt"

Muhai Tang, Queensland Symphony Orchestra & Elizabeth Connell

6:46

4

Rusalka, Op.114, B. 203, Act I: Song to the Moon: Mesicku na nebi hlubokém

Andrea Molino, Opera Australia Orchestra, Nicole Car & Antonín Dvořák

6:38

5

Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel dì vedremo

Stephen Mould, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Antoinette Halloran & Giacomo Puccini

4:21

6

Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: 4. Im Abendrot (Live At Hamer Hall, Melbourne, 2014)

Sir Andrew Davis, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Erin Wall & Richard Strauss

8:01

7

Spartacus, Act II: Adagio Of Spartacus And Phrygia

Patrick Thomas & Queensland Symphony Orchestra

5:53

8

Adagio for Strings

Jorge Mester, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Samuel Barber

8:16

9

Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act III: Che farò senza Euridice?

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Milton & Sally-Anne Russell

4:22

10

Lakmé, Act I: Sous le dôme épais (Flower Duet)

Andrew Greene, Victoria Lambourn, Milica Ilic & Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

5:19

11

Madama Butterfly, Act I: Viene la sera

Stephen Mould, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Antoinette Halloran & Rosario La Spina

13:21

12

Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation 9. Nimrod. Adagio

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope & Edward Elgar

4:32

13

Symphony No. 5 in C sharp Minor, Pt. 3: 4. Adagietto

Antony Walker, Sinfonia Australis & Gustav Mahler

10:04

14

Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Soave sia il vento

Bass: David Brennan, Carlo Rizzi, Opera Australia Orchestra & Amanda Thane

2:46

15

Thaïs, Act II: Méditation

David Stanhope, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Jane Gilby & Jules Massenet

5:42

16

L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act III: Pur ti miro

Antony Walker, Sally-Anne Russell, Orchestra of the Antipodes & Sara Macliver

4:38

17

Carmen, WD 31, Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Vocal Project, Nicholas Milton & Sally-Anne Russell

4:40

18

Suite bergamasque, L.75: 3. Clair de lune

John Chen & Claude Debussy

4:53

19

Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis: 6. Balcony Scene

Christopher Nicholls, Sydney Symphony Orchestra & Sergei Prokofiev

8:42

20

Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: 2. Largo ma non tanto

Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti, Helena Rathbone & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:36

21

Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 148, D. 897

Seraphim Trio & Franz Schubert

8:58

22

Trois Gymnopédies: 1. Lent et douloureux

Lyle Chan

3:16

23

Eugene Onegin, Op.24 TH.5, Act I, Scene 2: "Puskai pogibnu ya, no pryezhde"

Andrea Molino, Nicole Car, The Australian Opera And Ballet Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

12:47