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PAVAROTTI, LUCIANO
100 Best Romantic Classics
6 Compact Disc
14 Jan 2008
Ordercode: 5002582
Composer: Various
Other participants: Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu. Barbara Hendricks, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leif Ove Andsnes, Martha Argerich, Jacqueline du Pré, Yehudi Menuhin, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maxim Vengerov, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti a.o.
Audio sample & Tracklisting
| Disc 1 | |
| 01 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat minor, Op.23 - I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening) (1994 Digital Remaster) - Horacio Gutiérrez/London Symphony Orchestra/André |
| 02 | Balcony Scene: Romeo and Juliet - Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti |
| 03 | Romance from the Gadfly - Tasmin Little/Piers Lane |
| 04 | Fantasy Overture - Romeo and Juliet (extract) - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons |
| 05 | Variation XVIII (Andante cantabile, a tempo vivace): Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 - Cécile Ousset/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestr |
| 06 | Waltz: Masquerade (1993 Digital Remaster) - Philharmonia Orchestra/Efrem Kurtz |
| 07 | Vocalise, Op.34 No. 14 - Various Artists |
| 08 | Pas de Deux No. 14: Nutcracker - Mariss Jansons/Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 09 | Second movement: Andante: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F - Dmitri Alexeev/English Chamber Orchestra/Jerzy Mak |
| 10 | The Story of the Kalender Prince (opening): Scheherazade, Op.35 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti |
| 11 | Adagio: Spartacus Ballet Suite No. 2 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yuri Temirkanov/John |
| 12 | 10. Scène: Swan Lake, Op.20 (1988 - Remaster), Act II - London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn |
| 13 | I. Allegro molto moderato (excerpt): Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16 - Cécile Ousset/Sir Neville Marriner/London Symphony |
| 14 | Introduction: Andantino: Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, Act II) (1999 - Remaster) - Beecham Choral Society/Denis Vaughan/Royal Philhar |
| 15 | III. Adagio: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op.27 - St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Leningrad)/M |
| 16 | 'The Spell': 6. Waltz (Allegro: Tempo di valse): Sleeping Beauty, Op.66, Act I - Philharmonia Orchestra/John Lanchbery/Christopher |
| 17 | The Firebird (conclusion) (1995 - Remaster) - Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa |
| Disc 2 | |
| 01 | II. Andante (excerpt): Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467 'Elvira Madigan' - Stephen Hough/Hallé Orchestra/Bryden Thomson |
| 02 | II. Romanze (Andante): Serenade No. 13 in G, K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (1997 - Remaster) - Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St Martin-in-the-F |
| 03 | I. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt): Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No. 2 'Moonlight' - Dame Moura Lympany |
| 04 | Adagio From The Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major. Op.73 ''The Emperor'' - Julia Thornton |
| 05 | II. Romanza (Andante cantabile): Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat, K.495 - Radovan Vlatkovic/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffre |
| 06 | Un' aura amorosa: Così fan tutte, K.588 - John Aler/Bernard Haitink/London Philharmonic Orch |
| 07 | II. Adagio cantabile: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op.13 'Pathétique' - Stephen Kovacevich |
| 08 | II. Andante (excerpt): Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Yehudi Menuhin/Philharmonia Orchestra/Efrem Kurtz |
| 09 | II. Adagio: Konzert für Klarinette und Orchester A-dur KV 622 · Rekonstruierte Fassung für Bassettklarinette - Various Artists |
| 10 | Andante grazioso in A Major, Op.62 No. 6 'Frühlingslied': Songs without Words (1996 - Remaster) - Daniel Adni |
| 11 | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op.26 - II. Adagio (opening) (1997 - Remaster) - Yehudi Menuhin/Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Sussk |
| 12 | Nocturne (from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61) - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles |
| 13 | Beim Schlafengehn (conclusion): Four Last Songs - Lucia Popp/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Klaus Ten |
| 14 | An die schonen blauen Donau, Op.314 (extract) (1987 - Remaster) - Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker |
| 15 | Liebesleid - Maxim Vengerov/Ian Brown |
| 16 | Wedding March (Act IV): A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| Disc 3 | |
| 01 | Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus): Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act IV - Ann Murray/Jessye Norman/Brussels National Opera C |
| 02 | The Swan (Le Cygne) - Han-Na Chang/Leonard Slatkin/Philharmonia Orchestr |
| 03 | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera): Carmen (1997 Digital Remaster), Act I - Maria Callas/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Pari |
| 04 | Clair de lune (transcr. Stokowski): Suite bergamasque - Philadelphia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch |
| 05 | Dôme épais le jasmin à la rose s'assemble (Lakmé/Mallika): Lakmé, Act I - Natalie Dessay/Delphine Haidan/Orchestre du Capito |
| 06 | Ballet Music (Act V) (2002 Digital Remaster): Les Nubiennes: Faust - New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras |
| 07 | Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix: Samson et Dalila - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/ |
| 08 | Pavane, Op.50 (orch. version, 1887) (1997 - Remaster) - Gareth Morris/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir David |
| 09 | Plaisir d'amour (Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian) - Barbara Hendricks/Michel Dalberto |
| 10 | Romance in D Flat, Op.37 (1993 Digital Remaster) - Ulf Hoelscher/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Pierre De |
| 11 | I Berceuse: Dolly, six pièces pour piano à quatre mains, Op.56 - Jean-Philippe Collard |
| 12 | Entr'acte, Act III (Intermezzo): Carmen - Orchestre National de France/Seiji Ozawa |
| 13 | Chanson D'Amour Op 27 No 1 - Natasha Marsh |
| 14 | I. Lent et douloureux (orch. Debussy): Gymnopédies (1990 - Remaster) - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Frémau |
| 15 | Intermezzo & Valse lente: Sylvia - Suite (2002 Digital Remaster) - New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras |
| 16 | Pas de deux pigeons: Les deux pigeons - Suite (2002 Digital Remaster) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/ |
| 17 | Méditation: Thaïs - Anne-Sophie Mutter/Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert |
| Disc 4 | |
| 01 | Prelude (Morning): Peer Gynt - Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Mar |
| 02 | Vltava (extract), B111 (1874) from Má vlast (1995 Digital Remaster) - Paavo Berglund/Staatskapelle Dresden |
| 03 | II. Adagio: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16 - Dmitri Alexeev/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yuri T |
| 04 | Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op.95 'From the New World' - II. Largo (opening) - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons |
| 05 | 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen): Lyric Pieces - Book VIII, Op.65 (1995 Digital Remaster) - Daniel Adni |
| 06 | Song to the Moon (Act I): Rusalka - Lucia Popp/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Stefan Solte |
| 07 | II. Romance: Larghetto: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op.11 - Martha Argerich/Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal/ |
| 08 | No. 7 in G Flat: 8 Humoresques, Op.101, B.187 - Dame Moura Lympany |
| 09 | Prélude in A, Op.28 No.7: Les Sylphides (1994 Digital Remaster) - Robert Irving/Philharmonia Orchestra |
| 10 | Quasi adagio: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S.124 (1990 - Remaster) - Michel Béroff/Kurt Masur/Gewandhausorchester Leipz |
| 11 | At the Castle Gate: Pelleas & Melisande (1997 Digital Remaster) - Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
| 12 | Berceuse in D Flat, Op.57 - Peter Donohoe |
| 13 | Tango - Jealousy - Mariss Jansons/Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 14 | Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat, Op.9 No. 2 (1992 Digital Remaster) - John Ogdon |
| 15 | Liebestraum No. 3 in A Flat Major, S.541 - Leif Ove Andsnes |
| 16 | Nun laßt uns aber wie dahein...Es lebt' eine Vilja (Viljalied)...Tanz: Mi velimo dase dase Veslimo! (Hanna/Chor): Die l - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Philharmonia Orchestra/Philh |
| Disc 5 | |
| 01 | Salut d'amour, Op.12 - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox |
| 02 | Fantasia on Greensleeves (1986 Digital Remaster) - Sinfonia of London/Sir John Barbirolli |
| 03 | I. Adagio - Moderato (excerpt): Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op.85 (1997 - Remaster) - Jacqueline du Pré/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Jo |
| 04 | The Lark Ascending (opening) (1987 Digital Remaster) - Hugh Bean/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Adrian Bo |
| 05 | Chanson de matin, Op.15 No. 2 (1985 Digital Remaster) - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult |
| 06 | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening) (1985 Digital Remaster) - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult |
| 07 | Six Beatles Impressions [Mvt III] (Michelle - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 08 | Venus, the Bringer of Peace: The Planets, Op.32 (1987 - Remaster) - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult |
| 09 | Celebration (Andante): Standing Stone, IV. Strings pluck, horns blow, drums beat - London Symphony Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/L |
| 10 | The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (Edit) - Michael Nyman |
| 11 | Cavatina - Manuel Barrueco With Steve Morse |
| 12 | Any Other Name (American Beauty) - Nikolaj Bloch/Sally Herbert |
| 13 | My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from the movie Titanic) - Orchestra/David Abel |
| 14 | Sentimental Melody from 'Forests of the Amazon' - Sharon Isbin |
| 15 | Summertime (DuBose Hayward): Porgy and Bess - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/New Princess Theater Orchestra |
| 16 | II. Somewhere: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - Paavo Järvi/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
| 17 | Rhapsody in Blue - excerpt (1998 Digital Remaster) - André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra |
| Disc 6 | |
| 01 | Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana: Cavalleria Rusticana (1987 Digital Remaster) - Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti |
| 02 | O mio babbino caro (Lauretta): Gianni Schicchi - Angela Gheorghiu/London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio |
| 03 | No. 2 Tango: España, Op.165 - Leif Ove Andsnes |
| 04 | Chi il bel sogno di Doretta: La Rondine (1995 - Remaster), Act I - Montserrat Caballé/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir C |
| 05 | I. Allegro: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E, RV 269 'La primavera/Spring' (Op.8 No. 1) - Yehudi Menuhin/Camerata Lysy Gstaad/Alberto Lysy |
| 06 | Pur Ti Miro - Natasha Marsh/Fernando Lima |
| 07 | Minuet from String Quintet in E, Op.13 No. 5 - Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Mar |
| 08 | O amore, o bella luce del core (Fritz): L'Amico Fritz (2000 Digital Remaster), Act III - Luciano Pavarotti/Orchestra of the Royal Opera Hou |
| 09 | Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Christopher Parkening |
| 10 | Ai Giochi Addio - Natasha Marsh |
| 11 | Adagio - Opening: Concierto de Aranjuez - Julian Bream/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham S |
| 12 | Vogliatemi bene (Love Duet)...Vieni, vieni: Madama Butterfly (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir John Barbirolli/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Ro |
| 13 | II. Largo: Guitar Concerto in D Major (arr. Emilio Pujol) (1991 Digital Remaster) - Sharon Isbin/Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/Lawr |
| 14 | Zigeunerweisen, Op.20 - Anne-Sophie Mutter/Orchestre National de France/Se |
| 15 | Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) - Amy Nuttall |
| 16 | III. Sevilla (Sevillanas): Suite española No. 1, Op.47 (arr. Byzantine) - Julian Byzantine |
| 17 | Nessun dorma: Turandot (Act III) (1991 Digital Remaster) - José Carreras/Choeurs de l'Opéra du Rhin/Orchestre |