UPLIFTING CLASSICS

HANDEL
THE ARRIVAL OF
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 2:47
(Solomon) Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner 1984
VIVALDI
LE QUATTRO STAGIONI 3:39
I. Allegro (Concerto No.1 in E La primavera)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy 1981
J.S. BACH
TOCCATA IN D MINOR BWV565 3:20
Wayne Marshall (organ) 1990
MOZART
HORN CONCERTO NO.4 IN E FLAT K495 3:34
III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner 1972 / 1988*
BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C MINOR OP.67 6:32
I. Allegro con brio
Philharmonia Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling 1981
TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 OVERTURE 3:31 (conclusion)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons 1987
BEETHOVEN
ODE TO JOY 3:19
(Symphony No.9 in D minor Choral, Op.125)
James Morris (bass), The Westminster Choir
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti 1988
GRIEG
PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR OP.16 4:24
I. Allegro molto moderato (opening)
Ccile Ousset (piano), London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Neville Marriner 1985
SIBELIUS
ALLA MARCIA 4:38
(Karelia Suite, Op.11/3)
Hall Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli 1966 / 2000*
HOLST
JUPITER, THE BRINGER OF JOLLITY 4:46
(conclusion) (The Planets, Op.32)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1981
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Sir Neville Marriner
Photo: Trevor Leighton
TCHAIKOVSKY
PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR OP.23 3:21
I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
Horacio Gutirrez (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andr Previn 1976 / 1994*
SIBELIUS
FINLANDIA 8:25
(Symphonic Poem, Op.26)
Hall Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli 1966 / 2000*
VERDI
GLORIA ALLEGITTO 4:33
(Triumphal Scene & Grand March) (Aida)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti 1974 / 1986*
PROKOFIEV
MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS 1:49
(Dance of the Knights) (Romeo and Juliet)
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti 1982
J. STRAUSS I
RADETZKY MARCH 2:51
Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester
Willi Boskovsky 1972 / 1989*
ELGAR
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCH NO.1 2:34
(Land of Hope and Glory) (conclusion)
Royal Choral Society
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis 1972 / 1996*
RACHMANINOV
PIANO CONCERTO NO.3 IN D MINOR 2:50
I. Allegro ma non tanto (opening)
Mikhail Rudy (piano)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons 1993
SAINT-SANS
SYMPHONY NO.3 IN C MINOR ORGAN OP.78 8:08
(conclusion) (Maestoso Allegro)
Matthias Eisenberg (organ),
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
1997 EMI Music France
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Sir John Barbirolli
Photo: EMI Music Ltd.
RELAXING CLASSICS
J.S. BACH
AIR ON THE G STRING 3:32
(Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner 1974 / 1997*
GLUCK
DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS 2:12
(Orfeo ed Euridice)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti 1982 / 1997*
PACHELBEL
CANON IN D 4:59
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner 1974 / 1997*
MOZART
CLARINET CONCERTO IN A K622 6:35
II. Adagio
Sabine Meyer (basset clarinet)
Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk
1990 EMI Electrola GmbH
J.S. BACH
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
BWV 988 2:07
Aria (trs. Craig Leon)
Julia Thornton (harp) 2003
ALBINONI
ADAGIO IN G MINOR 5:49
(Realised Giazotto) (extract)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner 1974 / 1986*
BEETHOVEN
PIANO SONATA NO.14 IN C SHARP MINOR
MOONLIGHT OP.27/2 3:55
I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
Dame Moura Lympany (piano) 1991
MOZART
FLUTE & HARP CONCERTO IN C K299 3:58
II. Andantino (extract)
James Galway (flute), Fritz Helmis (harp)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan 1972 / 1985*
MENDELSSOHN
VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR OP.64 4:27
II. Andante (extract)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz
1959 / 1997*
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Julia Thornton
Photo: Peter Ashworth
MOZART
PIANO CONCERTO NO.21 IN C ELVIRA MADIGAN K467
6:45
II. Andante
Stephen Hough (piano)
Hall Orchestra / Bryden Thomson 1987
DVORK
SYMPHONY NO.9 FROM THE NEW WORLD 4:43
II. Largo (opening)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons 1989
BRUCH
VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN G MINOR OP.26 4:21
II. Adagio (opening)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind
1959 / 1997*
ELGAR
NIMROD 3:55
(Enigma Variations, Op.36)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult 1971 / 1986*
RODRIGO
CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ 4:44
II. Adagio (opening)
Julian Bream (guitar)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1993
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
THE LARK ASCENDING 6:51
(conclusion)
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1997
MAHLER
SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C SHARP MINOR 3:05
IV. Adagietto (conclusion)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli 1969 / 1988*
RACHMANINOV
RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI 2:57
Variation 18
Ccile Ousset (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1984
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Sir Simon Rattle
Photo: Simon Fowler licensed to EMI Classics
VOCAL CLASSICS
BIZET
AU FOND DU TEMPLE SAINT 5:22
(Temple Duet) (Les Pcheurs de perles)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Ernest Blanc (baritone)
Orchestre du Thtre National de lOpra-Comique
Pierre Dervaux 1961 / 1989* EMI France
DVORK
SONG TO THE MOON 5:52
(Rusalka)
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Mnchner Rundfunkorchester
Stefan Soltesz 1988
DELIBES
DME PAIS 3:27
(Flower Duet) (Lakm)
Mady Mespl (soprano) Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre du Thtre National de lOpra-Comique
Alain Lombard 1971 / 1987* EMI France
BIZET
LA FLEUR QUE
TU MAVAIS JETE 3:48
(Flower Song) (Carmen)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Orchestre du Thtre National de lOpra de Paris
Georges Prtre 1964 / 1985*
GLUCK
CHE FAR SENZA EURIDICE? 5:26
(Orfeo ed Euridice)
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti 1982 / 1997*
BELLINI
CASTA DIVA 5:33
(Norma)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milan
Tullio Serafin 1961 / 1997*
PUCCINI
CHE GELIDA MANINA 4:50
(La Bohme)
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Armstrong 1995
PUCCINI
O MIO BABBINO CARO 2:04
(Gianni Schicchi )
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano 1999
Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy
of The Decca Record Company Ltd
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Lucia Popp
Photo: Christina Burton EMI Music Ltd.
TRAD.
BALRO 4:49
(Chants dAuvergne) (arr. Canteloube)
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
1973 / 1999*
PUCCINI
VOGLIATEMI BENE 7:53
(Madama Butterfly)
Renata Scotto (soprano) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
Orchestra del Teatro dell Opera di Roma
Sir John Barbirolli 1966 / 2002*
VERDI
VA, PENSIERO 5:26
(Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco)
Chorus and Orchestra of the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Bernard Haitink 1989
LEHR
ES LEBT EINE VILJA 4:52
(Die Lustige Witwe)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus
Lovro von Matacic 1963 / 2000*
HANDEL
OMBRA MAI FU 3:15
(Serse) (arr. Hoffman)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Hall Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli
1959 / 1991*
SCHUBERT
AVE MARIA 6:41
(Ellens Gesang III) D839
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Gerald Moore (piano) 1971 / 1996*
ADAM
MINUIT, CHRTIENS 4:57
(arr. Kremski)
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Churs & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Petits Chanteurs la Croix potence
Michel Plasson 1996 EMI Music France
PUCCINI
NESSUN DORMA 4:10
(Turandot)
Jos Carreras (tenor)
Churs de lOpra du Rhin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Alain Lombard 1978 / 1990*
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Roberto Alagna
Photo: EMI Music Ltd.
GOLDEN CLASSICS
MOZART
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO 4:18
Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis 1962 / 1990*
J.S. BACH
JESUS BLEIBET MEINE FREUDE 5:12
(arr. Marriner)
Celia Nicklin (oboe)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner 1984
BEETHOVEN
PIANO CONCERTO NO.5
IN E FLAT EMPEROR OP.73B 6:39
I. Allegro (extract)
Emil Gilels (piano)
The Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell 1968 / 1987*
CLARKE
TRUMPET VOLUNTARY 2:52
(arr. Defaye)
Maurice Andr (trumpet)
Jane Parker-Smith (organ) 1978 / 1987*
GOUNOD
JUDEX 4:39
(Mors et Vita)
Hall Orchestra / Maurice Handford
1979 / 1988*
ROSSINI
LA SCALA DI SETA 5:21
Overture
Polish Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk 1982
HANDEL
SARABANDE 3:24
(arr. Hale)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Alex Briger 2002
TCHAIKOVSKY
WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS 6:50
(The Nutcracker)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andr Previn 1986
PROKOFIEV
TROIKA 2:51
(Lieutenant Kij)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt 1984
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14
Yehudi Menuhin
Photo: Angus McBean
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
FANTASIA ON GREENSLEEVES 4:37
(Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves)
Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli
1963 / 1986*
DEBUSSY
CLAIR DE LUNE 4:55
Dame Moura Lympany (piano) 1988
TCHAIKOVSKY
SWAN LAKE 2:47
Scene (Act II, No.10)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andr Previn 1976 / 1988
MYERS
CAVATINA 3:14
(The Deer Hunter)
Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse (guitars)
2001 Angel Records
CHOPIN
PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN E MINOR 4:03
II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Polish National Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk 1976 / 1988*
HORNER
MY HEART WILL GO ON 4:19
(Titanic)
Orchestra / David Abel 1998
QUARANTOTTO
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 3:57
(Con te partiro)
Orchestra / David Abel 1998
J. STRAUSS II
AN DER SCHNEN BLAUEN DONAU 3:45
Walzer, Op.314 (extract)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan 1976 / 1987*
FAVOURITE CLASSICS
MASCAGNI
INTERMEZZO 3:41
(Cavalleria rusticana)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti 1980 / 1987*
RACHMANINOV
PIANO CONCERTO NO.2 IN C MINOR OP.18 4:28
II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)
Ccile Ousset (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1984
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16
Herbert von Karajan
Photo: EMI Music Ltd.
GRIEG
MORNING 4:14
(Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner 1983
SHOSTAKOVICH
ROMANCE 3:12
(The Gadfly)
Tasmin Little (violin)
Piers Lane (piano) 1992
BARBER
ADAGIO FOR STRINGS 6:20
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy 1985*
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
SCHEHERAZADE 3:50
The Story of the Kalender Prince (opening)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti 1983
MASSENET
MDITATION 6:44
(Thas)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan 1981
BORODIN
POLOVTSIAN DANCES 3:49
(Prince Igor)
(orch. Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) (beginning)
Beecham Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham
1974 / 1987*
KHACHATURIAN
ADAGIO OF SPARTACUS AND PHRYGIA 4:43
(Spartacus) (extract)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov 1986
TCHAIKOVSKY
ROMEO AND JULIET 5:01
Fantasy Overture (excerpt)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons 1987
BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY NO.7 IN A OP.92 3:54
II. Allegretto (extract)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling 1981
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18
Riccardo Muti
Photo: Alistair Morton
J.S. BACH
CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLINS IN D MINOR 7:41
II. Largo ma non tanto
Yehudi Menuhin & Christian Ferras (violins)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin 1960 / 1994*
WILLIAMS
SCHINDLERS LIST THEME 5:02
Tasmin Little (violin)
New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland
1994
TCHAIKOVSKY
DANCE OF THE REED FLUTES 2:17
(The Nutcracker)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andr Previn 1972 / 1987*
BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY NO.6 IN F PASTORAL OP.68 6:41
V. Allegretto
(Shepherds Hymn after the Storm)
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti 1988
SPIRITUAL CLASSICS
HANDEL
ZADOK THE PRIEST 6:01
Royal Choral Society
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis 1972 / 1996*
J.S. BACH
ZION HRT DIE WCHTER 4:45
(Cantata No.140)
Sddeutscher Madrigalchor Consortium Musicum
Wolfgang Gonnenwein 1969 / 1998* EMI Electrola GmbH
ALLEGRI
MISERERE MEI, DEUS 5:45
(vv 1-4, 17-20)
Timothy Beasley-Murray (treble) Gerald Finley (cantor)
Choir of Kings College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury 1984
SCHUBERT
DEUTSCHE MESSE D872 3:44
Sanctus
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin
Wolfgang Meyer (organ)
Berliner Symphoniker / Karl Forster
1959 / 1988* EMI Electrola GmbH
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20
Mariss Jansons
Photo: Sheila Rock licensed to EMI Classics
FRANCK
PANIS ANGELICUS 4:54
(arr. Sandr)
Hall Choir and Orchestra / Maurice Handford 1981 / 1988*
BERLIOZ
LADIEU DES BERGERS 3:47
(LEnfance du Christ)
Churs Ren Duclos
Orchestre de la Socit des
Concerts du Conservatoire
Andr Cluytens 1966 / 1994*
GOUNOD
ST CECILIA MASS 5:16
Sanctus
Heinz Hoppe (tenor) Choeurs Ren Duclos
Henriette Puig-Roget (organ)
Orchestre de la Socit des Concerts du Conservatoire
Jean-Claude Hartemann
1963 / 1988* EMI Electrola GmbH
FAUR
IN PARADISUM 3:26
(Requiem, Op.48)
Jos-Luis Garcia (violin) Peter Barley (organ)
Choir of Kings College, Cambridge
English Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury 1989
MOZART
LAUDATE DOMINUM 5:06
(Solemn Vespers, K339)
Edda Moser (soprano)
Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum 1977 / 1986*
FAUR
CANTIQUE DE JEAN RACINE 5:10
Monks and Choirboys of Downside Abbey
1997 Virgin Records Ltd
VERDI
INGEMISCO 3:39
(Requiem)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Riccardo Muti 1987
MOZART
AVE VERUM CORPUS K618 3:03
Choir of Kings College, Cambridge
Stephen Layton (organ) Cambridge Classical Players
Stephen Cleobury 1989
HANDEL
I KNOW THAT MY
REDEEMER LIVETH 6:39
(Messiah) (arr. Lam)
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras 1967 / 1997*
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22
Sabine Meyer
Photo: Sheila Rock licensed to EMI Classics
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HAYDN
THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING 4:53
(The Creation)
Heather Harper (soprano) Robert Tear (tenor)
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Choir of Kings College, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir David Willcocks 1974 / 1988*
FAUR
PIE JESU 3:17
(Requiem) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Henriette Puig-Roget (organ)
Orchestre de la Socit des Concerts du Conservatoire
Andr Cluytens
1963 / 1998*
MOZART
LACRIMOSA 2:57
(Requiem in D minor, K626) (ed. Beyer)
David Bell (organ)
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Franz Welser-Mst
1990
HANDEL
HALLELUJAH CHORUS 4:03
(Messiah) (arr. Lam)
Ambrosian Singers
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras 1967 / 1997*
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Angela Gheorghiu
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