The #1 Classical Album

Overview

Another entry in the popular series from Universal Classics that includes The #1 Opera Album, #1 Tenor Album, and #1 Soprano Album, The #1 Classical Album offers two discs of the most popular works of classical music, performed by great instrumentalists, singers, orchestras, and conductors. Whether Vivaldi's Four Seasons is your thing or you swoon to Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma," there's something here to satisfy every classical music taste. And for the novice, The #1 Classical Album, with A-list performers from beginning to end, makes an ideal introduction to the world of classical music.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/14/2002
Label:	Decca
UPC:	0028947093329
catalogNumber:	470933
Rank:	93729

Tracks

1. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30: Opening
2. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera: Overture, finale
3. Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Morning Mood
4. O Sole Mio for voice & piano (or orchestra)
5. Suite for orchestra No 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
6. Suite for orchestra No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
7. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467: Andante
8. Radetsky-Marsch for orchestra, Op. 228
9. Violin Concerto No.1, in G minor, Op. 26: Adagio
10. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525: Allegro
11. Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 2)
12. Waltz for piano in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212
13. Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt," ("Hunting Cantata"), BWV 208: Sheep may safely graze
14. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue: The Flight of the Bumblebee
15. Boléro, ballet for orchestra (or piano): Finale
16. Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Barcarolle
17. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni), T. Mi 26
18. Pizzicato Polka for orchestra, Op. 234
19. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from "Das Land des Lächelns"), for voice & piano (or orchestra): Dein ist mein ganzes herz
20. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna
21. Suite for Jazz Orchestra, No. 2: 2. Waltz
22. Adagio for strings (arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), for string quartet/string orchestra), Op. 11
23. Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute, & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera Sir John In Love)
24. Violin Concerto ("La Primavera", The Four Seasons) for violin, strings & continuo in E ("Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269: No. 1, Allegro
25. The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary in D major) for brass, winds, & percussion (or keyboard or trumpet & organ)
26. Canon and Gigue for 3 violins & continuo in D major: Canon
27. Casanova, musical comedy (Strauss works arr. by Benatzky): Nuns' Chorus
28. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2: 1. Adagio sostenuto
29. Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture for orchestra in B minor (3 versions): Love theme
30. Warsaw Concerto for piano & orchestra
31. Symphony No. 9, arranged for piano, 4 hands ("From the New World"), B. 521: 3. Largo - Excerpt
32. Nutcracker, ballet, Op.71: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
33. Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra: 2. Adagio - Excerpt
34. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
35. Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO1: No. 5 in G minor
36. Méditation (from opera "Thäis"), violin & orchestra version and various arrangements
37. Turandot, opera: Nessun Dorma