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100 Best Classics

 
Classical Album: 100 Best Classics
  • Booklet languages: English
  • Time: 454:47
  • Release Date: 2006

Performances

Composer Title Time
George Frederick Handel Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67 (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) 2:50
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 (I. Allegro) 3:42
Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37) (Toccata) 3:23
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495 (III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)) 3:37
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 (I. Allegro con brio) 6:35
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49 (Conclusion) 3:35
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125 (Ode to Joy) 3:22
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (I. Allegro molto moderato (opening)) 4:27
Jean Sibelius Karelia Suite, for orchestra, Op. 11 (No. 3. Alla marcia) 4:41
Gustav Holst The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 (Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (conclusion)) 4:50
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso) 3:24
Jean Sibelius Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 26 8:28
Giuseppe Verdi Aida, opera (Gloria All'Egitto (Triumphal Scene & Grand March)) 4:35
Sergey Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64 (Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights)) 1:53
Johann Strauss I Radetzky-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 228 2:54
Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1 (Land of Hope and Glory (conclusion)) 2:37
Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (I. Allegro ma non tanto (opening)) 2:54
Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78 (Maestoso - Allegro (conclusion)) 8:08
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air on the G string) 3:35
Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) 2:15
Johann Pachelbel Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement 5:01
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (II. Adagio) 6:39
Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9) (Aria) 2:10
Tomaso Albinoni Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni) (Extract) 5:52
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 (I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)) 3:58
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c) (II. Andantino (extract)) 4:01
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (II. Andante (extract)) 4:30
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467 (II. Andante) 6:48
Antonin Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5) (II. Largo (opening)) 4:46
Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26 (II. Adagio (opening)) 4:25
Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36 (Nimrod) 3:58
Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra (II. Adagio (opening)) 4:47
Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra ((conclusion)) 6:54
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (IV. Adagietto (conclusion)) 3:08
Sergey Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), for piano & orchestra in A minor, Op. 43 (Variation 18) 2:57
Georges Bizet Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts (Au Fond du Temple Saint (Temple Duet)) 5:26
Antonin Dvorák Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114) (Song to the Moon) 5:55
Léo Delibes Lakmé, opera (Dôme Épais (Flower Duet)) 3:31
Georges Bizet Carmen, opera (La Fleur que tu m'Avais Jetée) 3:52
Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 (Che Farò Senza Euridice?) 5:30
Vincenzo Bellini Norma, opera (Casta diva) 5:36
Giacomo Puccini La bohème, opera (Che Gelida Manina) 4:53
Giacomo Puccini Gianni Schicchi, opera (O Mio Babbino Caro) 2:08
Joseph Canteloube Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 2) 4:52
Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera (Vogliatemi Bene) 7:56
Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor) (Va, Pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves)) 5:29
Franz Lehár Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta (Es Libt' Eine Vilja) 4:55
George Frederick Handel Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 (Ombra mai fu) 3:18
Franz Schubert Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6) 6:44
Adolphe Adam Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night" 5:00
Giacomo Puccini Turandot, opera (Nessun Dorma) 4:10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 (Overture) 4:21
Wilhelm Kempff Jesu bleibet meine Freude, transcription for piano (after J.S. Bach, BWV 147) 5:15
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major ("Emperor"), Op. 73 (I. Allegro (extract)) 6:42
Jeremiah Clarke The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) for brass, winds & percussion (or keyboard or trumpet & organ) in D major 2:54
Charles Gounod Mors et vita, trilogy of oratorios for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Judex) 4:42
Gioachino Rossini La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder), opera (Overture) 5:23
George Frederick Handel Air (Sarabande) in E major, HWV 425 3:26
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (Waltz of the Flowers) 6:53
Sergey Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60 (Troika) 2:54
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera "Sir John In Love") 4:41
Claude Debussy Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3 4:58
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20 (Act II. No. 10) 2:50
Stanley Myers The Deer Hunter, film score (Cavatina) 3:16
Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, CT. 47 (II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening)) 4:07
James Horner Titanic, film score (My Heart Will Go On) 4:21
Francesco Sartori Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song 4:01
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]) 3:45
Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act (Intermezzo) 3:44
Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)) 4:32
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt, incidental music, Op. 23 (Morning) 4:17
Dmitry Shostakovich The Gadfly, film score, Op. 97 (Romance) 3:15
Samuel Barber Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11 6:23
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35 (The Story of the Kalender Prince (opening)) 3:53
Jules Massenet Thaïs, opera in 3 acts (Méditation) 6:47
Alexander Borodin Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) (Polovtsian Dances (beginning)) 3:52
Aram Khachaturian Spartacus, ballet (Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (extract)) 4:46
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture for orchestra in B minor (3 versions) ((excerpt)) 5:04
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (II. Allegretto (extract)) 3:57
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 (II. Largo ma non tanto) 7:43
John Williams Schindler's List, film score (Theme) 5:04
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (Dance of the Reed Flutes) 2:21
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 (V. Allegretto (Shepherd's Hymn after the Storm)) 6:41
George Frederick Handel Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258 6:05
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166) (Zion Hört die Wächter) 4:49
Gregorio Allegri Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus ((w 1-4, 17-20)) 5:48
Franz Schubert Deutsche Messe (German Mass), for mixed chorus, wind ensemble & organ, D. 872 (Sanctus) 3:47
César Franck Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass 4:58
Hector Berlioz L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra ("trilogie sacrée") H. 130 (Op. 25) (L'Adieu des Bergers) 3:50
Charles Gounod Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in G major (Sanctus) 5:20
Gabriel Fauré Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48 (In Paradisum) 3:29
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339 (Laudate Dominum) 5:09
Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 11 5:12
Giuseppe Verdi Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem) (Ingemisco) 3:43
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618 3:05
George Frederick Handel Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (I Know That My Redeemer Liveth) 6:42
Franz Joseph Haydn Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2 (The Heavens Are Telling) 4:47
Gabriel Fauré Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48 (Pie Jesu) 3:20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 (Lacrimosa) 2:58
George Frederick Handel Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Hallelujah Chorus) 4:03
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