40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems

• Time: 140:58
• Release Date: 2007

Performances

Composer	Title	Time
Carl Orff	Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra (O Fortuna)	2:30
Richard Wagner	Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b (Ride of the Valkyries)	5:22
Giuseppe Verdi	Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)	3:38
Edward Elgar	Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1	6:22
Johann Sebastian Bach	Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37) ([Excerpt])	2:27
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 (1st movement)	8:45
George Frederick Handel	Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258 ([Excerpt])	3:02
Giacomo Puccini	Turandot, opera (Nessun dorma)	3:23
Richard Strauss	Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176) (Opening)	1:36
Sergey Prokofiev	Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64 (Dance of the Knights)	4:04
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49 (Finale)	3:42
Antonio Vivaldi	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269 (Allegro)	3:30
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Hallelujah Chorus)	4:04
Hubert Parry	Jerusalem ("And did those feet in ancient time"), for chorus & organ (or orchestra)	2:23
Gustav Holst	The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 (Mars)	6:43
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125 (Ode to Joy)	0:53
Modest Mussorgsky	Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel (Promenade)	1:41
Camille Saint-Saëns	Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78 (Finale (excerpt))	2:29
Giuseppe Verdi	Aida, opera (Grand March)	1:43
Antonio Vivaldi	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315 (Presto)	2:47
Fritz Spiegl	Radio 4 UK, television theme for orchestra	5:28
Gustav Holst	The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 (Jupiter (excerpt))	1:53
Edward Elgar	Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36 (Nimrod)	4:13
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera "Sir John in Love")	4:32
Eric Coates	The Dam Busters, march for the film score	4:08
Ronald Binge	Sailing by (BBC Radio 4's Shipping Forecast theme)	2:31
Eric Coates	By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra	3:57
Arthur Wood	My Native Heath, suite for orchestra (Barwick Green (Maypole Dance))	3:16
Henry J. Wood	Fantasia on British Sea Songs, for orchestra (Sailor's Hornpipe (Jack's the Lad))	2:11
Julius Fucik	Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68	2:44
Samuel Barber	Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11 ([Excerpt])	3:39
Richard Wagner	Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 (Overture (excerpt))	3:04
Jean Sibelius	Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 26	7:43
Jean Sibelius	Karelia Suite, for orchestra, Op. 11 (Intermezzo)	3:09
Marc-Antoine Charpentier	Prélude pour le Te Deum à 8, for strings, H. 145a	2:03
Georges Bizet	Carmen, opera (Overture)	3:30
Maurice Ravel	Boléro, ballet for orchestra ([Excerpt])	2:21
Giuseppe Verdi	Il Trovatore, opera (Anvil Chorus)	2:48
Aram Khachaturian	Gayane, ballet in 4 acts (Sabre Dance)	2:19
Thomas Arne	Rule, Britannia, for orchestra/band (with voice and/or chorus ad lib)	4:25

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