100 Best Romantic Classics (EMI Classics 6CD Release)
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Tracklist
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (Opening)
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 3:24 | |
2 | Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Balcony Scene (Excerpt)
| Sergei Prokofiev | 5:34 | |
3 | The Gadfly, Op. 97a: Romance
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 3:15 | |
4 | Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Fantasy-Overture in B minor (Excerpt)
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:59 | |
5 | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op. 43: Variation XVIII
| Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff | 2:59 | |
6 | Masquerada: Waltz
| Aram Khatchaturian | 4:22 | |
7 | Vocalise, instrumental arrangement, Op. 34/14
| Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff | 6:06 | |
8 | Nutcracker, Op. 71: Grand pas de deux
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:15 | |
9 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102: II. Andante
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 6:10 | |
10 | Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince (Opening)
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 3:52 | |
11 | Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Excerpt)
| Aram Khatchaturian | 4:45 | |
12 | The Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II. No. 10. "Scène"
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:49 | |
13 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (Opening)
| Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff | 4:31 | |
14 | Prince Igor, opera: Polovtsian Dances (Opening)
| Alexander Borodin | 2:35 | |
15 | Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio (Opening)
| Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff | 7:14 | |
16 | The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Waltz
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:00 | |
17 | L'oiseau de feu (Conclusion)
| Igor Stravinsky | 3:04 |
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
| Jacques Offenbach | 4:24 | |
2 | Le Carnaval des animaux: XIII. "Le cygne" (original and arrangements)
| Camille Saint‐Saëns | 3:18 | |
3 | Carmen: Act I. No. 4 "Habanera"
| Georges Bizet | 4:21 | |
4 | Suite bergamasque No. 3, L. 75/3: III. "Clair de lune"
| Claude Debussy | 5:12 | |
5 | Lakmé: Act I. No. 2 "Flower Duet"
| Léo Delibes | 4:52 | |
6 | Faust: Act V. "Les Nubiennes"
| Charles‐François Gounod | 2:25 | |
7 | Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Act II. "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"
| Camille Saint‐Saëns | 5:21 | |
8 | Pavane in F sharp minor, Op. 50
| Gabriel Fauré | 6:50 | |
9 | Plaisir d'amour
| Jean‐Paul‐Égide Martini | 2:53 | |
10 | Romance for violin & orchestra in C major, Op. 48
| Camille Saint‐Saëns | 5:55 | |
11 | Dolly Suite, Op. 56/1: Allegretto moderato "Berceuse"
| Gabriel Fauré | 2:38 | |
12 | Carmen: Act III. Entr'acte
| Georges Bizet | 2:35 | |
13 | Chanson d'amour, Op. 27/1
| Gabriel Fauré | 2:03 | |
14 | Gymnopédie No.1
| Erik Satie | 2:52 | |
15 | Sylvia - Suite: II. Intermezzo et Valse lente
| Léo Delibes | 4:25 | |
16 | Les Deux Pigeons: "Pas de deux pigeons"
| André Messager | 3:19 | |
17 | Thaïs: Act II. Entr'acte "Méditation"
| Jules Massenet | 6:44 |
England & America in Love CD 5: | ||||
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | Salut d'amour, Op. 12
| Edward Elgar | 3:55 | |
2 | Sir John In Love: "Fantasia on Greensleeves"
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 4:41 | |
3 | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio — Moderato (Opening) | Edward Elgar | 3:26 | |
4 | The Lark Ascending (Opening)
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 6:25 | |
5 | Chanson de nuit and chanson de matin, Op. 15: "Chanson de matin" | Edward Elgar | 3:06 | |
6 | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Opening)
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 6:13 | |
7 | Michelle
| John Lennon & Paul McCartney | 3:22 | |
8 | The Planets, Op. 32: "Venus" (Conclusion) | Gustav Holst | 6:16 | |
9 | Standing Stone: "Celebration" | Paul McCartney | 6:17 | |
10 | The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise
| Michael Nyman | 3:13 | |
11 | The Deer Hunter: "Cavatina"
| Stanley Myers | 3:17 | |
12 | American Beauty: "Any Other Name"
| Thomas Newman | 4:07 | |
13 | Titanic: "My Heart Will Go On"
| James Horner | 4:22 | |
14 | Floresta do Amazones, A. 556: "Melodia sentimental" | Heitor Villa‐Lobos | 3:59 | |
15 | Porgy and Bess: "Summertime" | George Gershwin | 2:43 | |
16 | Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": II. Somewhere | Leonard Bernstein | 4:02 | |
17 | Rhapsody in Blue (Conclusion)
| George Gershwin | 5:35 |
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part of: | 100 Best (EMI Classics) (order: 14) |
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