Your Hundred Best Tunes: The Nation's Favourite Classical Music

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Uplifting Classics
▶ CD 2: Relaxing Classics
▶ CD 3: Vocal Classics
▶ CD 4: Golden Classics
▼ CD 5: Favourite Classics
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1Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1888)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana (german lyrics)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni3:41
2Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 II. Adagio sostenuo (Opening)
Sergei Rachmaninoff4:28
3Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op. 23)
Edvard Grieg4:14
4Romance (The Gadfly)
Dmitri Shostakovich3:12
5Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber6:20
6Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Opening)
Ralph Vaughan Williams6:09
7Méditation (Thaïs)
violin:
Anne‐Sophie Mutter (violinist)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
recording of:
Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Thaïs: Acte II
Jules Massenet6:44
8Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazounov) (Beginning)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski‐Korsakov)
Alexander Borodin3:49
9Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) (Extract)
recording of:
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
composer:
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-Armenian composer, Aram Khachaturian) (in 1955)
part of:
Spartacus, op. 82
Aram Khachaturian4:43
10Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (excerpt)
recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39 (1880 version, commonly performed)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1869)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1870, in 1880)
dedicated to:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (composer, pianist, conductor)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 42) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 39)
revision of:
Romeo and Juliet (1870, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski5:00
11Symphony No. 7 in a Op. 92 II Allegretto (Extract)
recording of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: II. Allegretto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1811 until 1812)
part of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92
Ludwig van Beethoven3:54
12Double Violin Concerto in D minor Bwv1043 II. Largo ma non tanto
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach7:41
13The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade) (Opening)
recording of:
Scheherazade, op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski‐Korsakov) (in 1888)
part of:
Scheherazade, op. 35
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov6:25
14Dance of the Reed Flutes (The Nutcracker)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: f) Danse des mirlitons. Moderato assai
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 12e. Дивертисмент (д) Танец пастушков (Dance of the shepherds)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski2:17
15Symphony No. 6 in F 'Pastoral' Op.68
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1808)
dedicated to:
Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz and Андрей Кириллович Разумовский
premiered at:
Ludwig van Beethoven at Theater an der Wien (1808-12-22)
premiered at:
Theater an der Wien in Mariahilf, Wien, Austria (on 1808-12-22)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 68)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
Ludwig van Beethoven6:41
▶ CD 6: Spiritual Classics