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Subject(s)

• Instrumental music [Browse]
• Vocal music [Browse]
• Operas—Excerpts [Browse]

Publisher

• EMI (Firm) [Browse]

Series

Naxos Music Library. [More in this series]

Participant(s)/​Performer(s)

Various performers.

Language note

Vocal selections sung in English, French, German, Italian and Norwegian.

Contents

• Violin concerto in E major, op. 8, no. 1, RV 269, "La primavera." Allegro / Antonio Vivaldi (Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad ; Alberto Lysy, conductor)
• Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67. Allegro con brio / Ludwig van Beethoven (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Kurt Sanderling, conductor)
• 1812 overture, op. 49 / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor)
• Solomon, HWV 67. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / George Frideric Handel (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)
• Horn concerto no. 4 in E flat major, K. 495. Rondo / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Barry Tuckwell, horn ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)
• Canon in D major / Johann Pachelbel (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)
• Goldberg variations, BWV 988. Aria / Johann Sebastian Bach (Fabio Zanon, guitar ; Julia Thornton, harp ; Netherlands National Radio Orchestra)
• Radetzky march, op. 228 / Johann Strauss I (Johann Strauss Orchestra ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor)
• Piano concerto in A minor, op. 16. Allegro molto moderato / Edvard Grieg (Cecile Ousset, piano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)
• Pomp and circumstance no. 1 in D major / Edward Elgar (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royal Choral Society ; Andrew Davis, conductor)
• Toccata in D minor, BWV 565 / Johann Sebastian Bach (Wayne Marshall, organ)
• Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78, "Organ." Maestoso/Allegro / Camille Saint-Saëns (Matthias Eisenberg, organ ; Toulouse Capitol Orchestra ; Michel Plasson, conductor)
• Piano concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30. Allegro ma non tanto / Sergei Rachmaninov (Mikhail Rudy, piano ; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor)
• Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro / Giacomo Puccini (Angela Gheorghiu, soprano ; Roberto Alagna, tenor ; Jose Van Dam, baritone ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Antonio Pappano, conductor)
• Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622. Adagio / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet ; Dresden Staatskapelle ; Hans Vonk, conductor)
• Adagio in G minor / Remo Giazotto (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)
• The planets, op. 32. Jupiter / Gustav Holst (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor)
• Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Horacio Gutierrez, piano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Andre Previn, conductor)
• Overture no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. Air / Johann Sebastian Bach (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)
• Norma. Casta diva / Vincenzo Bellini (Maria Callas, soprano ; Milan La Scala Orchestra ; Milan La Scala Chorus ; Tullio Serafin, conductor)
• Variations on an original theme, op. 36, "Enigma." Nimrod / Edward Elgar (London Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Boult, conductor)
• Piano sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, "Moonlight." Adagio sostenuto / Ludwig van Beethoven (Moura Lympany, piano)
• Fantasia on Greensleeves / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Sinfonia of London ; John Barbirolli, conductor)
• Piano concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan." Andante / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Stephen Hough, piano ; Halle Orchestra ; Bryden Thomson, conductor)
• Turandot. Nessun dorma! / Giacomo Puccini (Jose Carreras, tenor ; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra ; Rhine Opera Chorus ; Alain Lombard, conductor).
• Orfeo ed Euridice. Dance of the blessed spirits / Christoph Willibald Gluck (Edita Gruberova, Margaret Marshall, sopranos ; Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano ; Leslie Pearson, harpsichord ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
• Concerto for flute and harp in C major, K. 299. Andantino / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (James Galway, flute ; Fritz Helmis, harp ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor)
• La Bohème. Che gelida manina / Giacomo Puccini (Roberto Alagna, tenor ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Armstrong, conductor)
• The lark ascending / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Nigel Kennedy, violin ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor)
• Serse. Ombra mai fù / George Frideric Handel (Richard Lewis, tenor ; Halle Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor)
• Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor. Adagietto / Gustav Mahler (New Philharmonia Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor)
• Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43. Variation 18 / Sergei Rachmaninov (Cecile Ousset, piano ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor)
• An der schönen, blauen Donau / Johann Strauss II (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor)
• Lieutenant Kije suite, op. 60. Troika / Sergey Prokofiev (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Klaus Tennstedt, conductor)
• Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune / Claude Debussy (Moura Lympany, piano)
• Swan Lake, op. 20. Moderato / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (London Symphony Orchestra ; Andre Previn, conductor)
• Lakme. Dome epais le jasmin / Leo Delibes (Mady Mesple, soprano ; Danielle Millet, mezzo-soprano ; Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra ; Alain Lombard, conductor)
• Scheherazade, op. 35. The Kalender prince / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
• Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World." Largo / Antonin Dvořák (Mariss Jansons, conductor ; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra)
• Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043. Largo ma non tanto / Johann Sebastian Bach (Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras, violins ; Bach Festival Orchestra ; Yehudi Menuhin, conductor)
• Messiah. Hallelujah / George Frideric Handel (English Chamber Orchestra ; Ambrosian Singers ; Charles Mackerras, conductor)
• The Gadfly suite, op. 97a. Romance / Dmitry Shostakovich (Tasmin Little, violin ; Piers Lane, piano)
• Adagio for strings, op. 11 / Samuel Barber (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor)
• Thaïs. Meditation / Jules Massenet (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor)
• Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, "Pastoral." Allegretto / Ludwig van Beethoven (Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
• Peer Gynt, op. 23. Act IV prelude / Edvard Grieg (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)
• Ellens Gesang III / Franz Schubert (Janet Baker, soprano ; Gerald Moore, piano)
• Suite in D major. March / Jeremiah Clarke (Maurice Andre, trumpet ; Jane Parker-Smith, organ)
• Spartacus suite no. 2. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor)
• Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125, "Choral." Ode to joy / Ludwig van Beethoven (James Morris, bass ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Westminster Choir ; Riccardo Muti, conductor).

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Other title(s)

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5099995209555

OCLC

898273578

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