Album · 2005
The Best Classics … Ever!
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Gymnopedie no. 1
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3:32
2
Canon in D
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4:57
3
Air on the G String
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4:46
4
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: “Lacrimosa”
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2:55
5
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor: II. “Opening” Adagio sostenuto
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4:30
6
Winter (“The Four Seasons”)
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2:06
7
The Hearts Asks Pleasure First / The Promise (“The Piano”)
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3:12
8
Adagio in G minor (extract)
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5:51
9
Pavane
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4:22
10
Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: I. “Opening” Adagio moderato
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3:24
11
Swan Lake: II. No. 10 “Swan Theme”
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2:53
12
Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor: IV. “Conclusion” Adagietto
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3:07
13
Moonlight Sonata, op. 27 no. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
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3:56
14
Adagio for Strings
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6:22
15
“Agnus Dei” (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace)
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3:43
16
Miserere mei, Deus: VV. 1–4 & 17–20
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5:45
17
Waltz no. 15 in A‐flat major
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1:36
Disc 2
1
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro
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5:50
2
On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz, op. 314 (extract)
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3:47
3
La donna e mobile (Rigoletto)
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2:16
4
Concerto ”L’estate”, RV 315: III: Presto
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2:49
5
Prelude (Carmen)
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2:16
6
Boléro (conclusion)
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5:16
7
Nessun dorma (Turandot)
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4:11
8
Dôme épais (Flower Duet) (Lakme)
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4:49
9
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
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3:23
10
Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version – opening)
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4:39
11
Lascia ch’io pianga (Rinaldo)
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4:34
12
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganani (op. 43 – Variation 18)
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2:59
13
Casta diva (Norma)
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5:35
14
Canzonetta sull’aria (Le nozze di Figaro)
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2:43
15
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
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2:05
16
Ave Maria
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6:16
17
Schindler’s List Theme
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5:01
Disc 3
1
Mazurkas op. 59: No. 3 in F‐sharp minor
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3:26
2
The Flight of the Bumble‐Bee
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1:17
3
Allegro moderato (Swan Lake)
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1:28
4
Spring (The Four Seasons): I. Allegro
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3:05
5
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
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5:14
6
Le nozze di Figaro (Overture)
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4:10
7
Belle nuit, o nuit d’amour (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
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4:22
8
Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet) (The Pearl Fisher)
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5:23
9
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)
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4:48
10
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
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2:41
11
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato
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4:25
12
Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco)
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4:54
13
Suo Gân
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3:57
14
Zadok the Priest – Coronation Anthem
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6:00
15
L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen)
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4:21
16
Goldberg Variations Aria
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3:05
Disc 4
1
Also sprach Zarathustra
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1:47
2
Montagues and Capulets (Romeo & Juliet)
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1:51
3
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
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6:33
4
The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)
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4:45
5
O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
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2:28
6
Concerto “L’inverno”, RV 297
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3:23
7
Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)
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6:56
8
Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
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4:20
9
La forza del destino (Overture)
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7:05
10
Valse de Juliette (Romeo & Juliet)
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3:32
11
Un bel dì, vedremo (Madama Butterfly)
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5:22
12
Libiamo ne’lieti calici (Brindisi) (La traviata)
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2:54
13
1812 Festival Overture, op. 49
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6:03
14
Ode to Joy (Choral Symphony)
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6:15
15
Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)
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3:59