Best-Loved Classics 4

Best-Loved Classics 4

On this CD:

1. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra O Fortuna
Composed by Carl Orff
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

2. Suite for orchestra No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 02 Air
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

3. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525 01 Allegro
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

4. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 Hallelujah
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

5. Symphony No. 4 in A major ("Italian"), Op. 90 01 Allegro vivace
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt

6. Polonaise for piano in A flat major, Op. 53, CT 155
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
Performed by Andrea Lucchesini

7. The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan) Flight of the Bumble Bee
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

8. In a Persian Market for chorus & orchestra
Composed by Albert W. Ketelbey
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Ambrosian Singers
Conducted by John Lanchbery

9. La Traviata, opera Libiamo ne' lieti calici
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

10. L' Arlésienne, Suite I for orchestra, from the incidental music L'Arlésienne Suite No 02, Farandole
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Orchestre National de France
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

11. An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Conducted by Willi Boskovsky

12. Pagliacci, opera Vesti la giubba
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra with Franco Corelli
Conducted by Lovro von Matacic

13. Enigma Variations for orchestra, Op.36 Nimrod
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

14. Capriccio Italien, for orchestra (or piano duet), Op. 45
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

Best-Loved Classics 4, Music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georges Bizet, Fryderyk Chopin, Edward Elgar, George Frideric Handel, Albert W. Ketelbey, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Orff, Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Johann II Strauss, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, John Lanchbery, Klaus Tennstedt, Lovro von Matacic, Neville Marriner, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Charles Mackerras, Willi Boskovsky, English Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Berliner Philharmoniker, L'Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Andrea Lucchesini, Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli, Baroque Suite/Partita for Orchestra, Cantata, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Music, Classical Period Serenade/Cassation/Divertimento, Italian Romantic Opera, Keyboard, Opera, Oratorio, Orchestral

Best-Loved Classics 4

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