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100 World's Best Loved Melodies

 
Classical Album: 100 World's Best Loved Melodies
  • Time: 220:33
  • Release Date: 2005

Performances

Composer Title Time
Johann Strauss II An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314) ([Excerpt]) 2:08
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a (Waltz of the Flowers) 2:03
Frédéric Chopin Waltz for piano No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18, CT. 207 1:15
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 1:14
Léo Delibes La source, ou Naïla, ballet (collaboration with Léon Minkus) 2:03
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a (Spanish Dance) 1:13
Stephen Foster Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, for voice & piano 1:55
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a (Sugar Plum Fairy) 1:38
Dmitry Kabalevsky The Comedians, suite for small orchestra, Op. 26 1:18
Stephen Foster Camptown Races, for voice & piano 2:27
Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble (Finale) 1:48
Felix Mendelssohn March for orchestra in D major ("Cornelius"), Op. 108 (Dance of the Clown) 1:42
Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts 1:58
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a (Dance of the Swans) 1:35
Charles Gounod Faust, opera 2:14
Johann Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), for orchestra, Op. 214 (RV 214) 2:32
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in F sharp minor, WoO 1/17 (Hungarian Dance) 1:36
Giuseppe Verdi Aida, opera 1:30
Gioachino Rossini Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell) (Overture) 3:00
Georges Bizet Carmen, opera (Toreador Song) 2:11
Georges Bizet Carmen, opera (Overture) 2:18
Camille Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 1:58
Richard Wagner Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b 2:10
Jacques Offenbach Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts (Barcarole) 2:23
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35 2:16
George Frederick Handel Water Music Suite No.2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349 (The Hornpipe) 1:16
Frédéric Chopin Work(s) ([unspecified] Nocturne) 2:06
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525 2:21
Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano No. 1 in C sharp minor, S. 244/1 (LW A132/1) ([Excerpt]) 2:00
Georges Bizet L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music 0:48
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46 (No. 1. Anitra's Dance) 2:03
Franz Liszt Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3) 2:08
Antonin Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5) (Adagio) 2:38
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan) 1:40
Franz Schubert Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6) 1:27
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air on a G String) 1:55
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Danse napolitaine, for piano, 4 hands (arr. Debussy) 2:06
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 1:33
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 4 for orchestra in D major ("Colloredo"), K. 203 (K. 189b) 1:41
Leigh Harline When You Wish Upon a Star (for Disney's Pinocchio) 2:43
Al Stillman Chances Are 2:31
P. Vance / L. Pockriss Calcutta 2:42
Louis Louiguy (Louis Guglielmi) Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, song (for the film Underwater) 2:25
Frederick Loewe Gigi, film score (Gigi (excerpt)) 2:55
Frederick Loewe They Call the Wind Maria, song (from "Paint Your Wagon") 3:18
Terry Gilkyson Memories Are Made of This 3:22
P. Vance / L. Pockriss Catch a Falling Star 2:51
Jerome Kern Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, song (from "Roberta") 2:58
Cole Porter So in love, song (from "Kiss Me Kate") 2:45
Cole Porter Begin the beguine, song (from "Jubilee") 4:07
Erroll Garner Misty, song 2:18
Edith Lindeman / Carl Stutz Little Things Mean a Lot, song 3:04
George Gershwin Embraceable You, song (from Girl Crazy, musical) 2:45
Richard Rodgers It Might as Well Be Spring, song (from film "State Fair") 2:20
Frederick Loewe On the Street Where You Live, song (from "My Fair Lady") 2:40
Al Stillman A Moment to Remember 2:54
Al Jolson Anniversary Song 2:25
Sigmund Romberg The Student Prince, operetta (Golden Days) 2:22
Max Steiner A Summer Place, film score 2:09
Leonard Bernstein West Side Story, film score 2:53
Harry Warren Lullaby of Broadway (for the film Gold Diggers of 1935) 2:22
Irving Berlin Easter Parade, film score 2:28
Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence Tenderly 2:53
James Van Heusen Young at Heart, film score 3:06
Claude Debussy Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3 ([Excerpt]) 1:41
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 2:27
Frédéric Chopin Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212 1:37
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 2:14
Frédéric Chopin Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46 ([Excerpt]) 2:12
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2 (Finale) 1:53
Camille Saint-Saëns The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements 2:09
Frédéric Chopin Polonaise for piano No. 6 in A flat major ("Héroique"), Op. 53, CT. 155 ([Excerpt]) 1:45
Frédéric Chopin Waltz for piano No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213 2:31
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49 2:38
Franz von Suppé Light Cavalry, overture to the operetta (Overture) 1:22
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (Overture) 3:19
Franz Schubert Marches Militaires (3) for piano, 4 hands, D. 733 (Op. 51) 1:39
Richard Wagner Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 (Overture [Excerpt]) 1:55
Johann Strauss I Radetzky-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 228 2:16
Johannes Brahms Tragic Overture, in D minor, Op. 81 ([Excerpt]) 1:52
Giuseppe Verdi Aida, opera 2:04
Johann Strauss II Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), waltz for orchestra, Op. 325 (RV 325) 2:07
Johann Strauss II Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437) 1:33
Johann Strauss II Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 333 (RV 333) 3:52
Johann Strauss II Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 410 (RV 410) 1:17
Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus (The Bat), overture to the operetta (RV 503-1) (Overture) 2:10
Emile Waldteufel Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183 2:12
Johann Strauss II Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), waltz for orchestra, Op. 388 (RV 388) ([Excerpt]) 2:10
Anton Rubinstein Romance for piano in E flat major, Op. 44/1 2:47
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 2:15
Claude Debussy La Mer, symphonic sketches (3) for orchestra, L. 109 1:09
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 ([Excerpt]) 2:16
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol (Kaprichchio na ispankskiye temï), for orchestra, Op. 34 ([Excerpt]) 2:21
Richard Wagner Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 2:51
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48 (Op. 14) 1:47
Alfred Reed Greensleeves 2:18
Frantisek Drdla Souvenir 2:08
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky None but the lonely heart, song for voice & piano, Op. 6/6 2:39
Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 1:28
Alexander Borodin Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) 2:17
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