Movies: Greatest Hits

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59 (from "Immortal Beloved" & "Fearless")
Ludwig van Beethoven3:02
2Andrea Chénier, opera: La mamma morta (from "Philadelphia")
soprano vocals:
Éva Marton (soprano)
recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto III. “La mamma morta” (Maddalena, Gérard)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Musicale Sonzogno
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto III
Umberto Giordano5:08
3Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir (from "Guarding Tess")
bass vocals and bass vocals [Osmin]:
Herbert Ahlsen (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Wiener Rundfunkchor
soprano vocals:
Emmy Loose (soprano) and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano)
soprano vocals [Blonde]:
Emmy Loose (soprano)
soprano vocals [Konstanze]:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano)
tenor vocals:
Anton Dermota (tenor) and Peter Klein (tenor)
tenor vocals [Belmonte]:
Anton Dermota (tenor)
tenor vocals [Pedrillo]:
Peter Klein (tenor)
orchestra:
Östereichisches Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester (austro-hungarian radio symphony orchestra) and Osterreichisches Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester (previously ORF-Symphonieorchester)
conductor:
Rudolf Moralt (conductor)
recording of:
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Akt II, Szene I. No. 9 Duett "Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir" (Osmin, Blonde)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
additional librettist:
Johann Gottlieb Stephanie ('The Younger')
librettist:
Christoph Friedrich Bretzner
part of:
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Akt II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:52
4Radetzky-Marsch, for orchestra, op. 228
Johann Strauss I2:30
5Humoresque no. 7 for piano in G-flat major, B. 187/7, op. 101/7 (from "The Joy Luck Club")
Antonín Dvořák3:22
6Vesperae solennes de confessore for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339: V Laudate Dominum (from "The Accompanist")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:50
7Le bourgeois gentilhomme, comédie-ballet, LWV 43: March (from "Tous les matins du monde")
Jean‐Baptiste Lully1:16
8Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Largo al factotum (from "Mrs. Doubtfire")
Gioachino Rossini4:23
9Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezzo (from "The Godfather III"/"Raging Bull")
Pietro Mascagni2:59
10Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O fortuna (from "Glory")
Carl Orff2:30
11Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma! (from "The Witches of Eastwick")
Giacomo Puccini3:29
12La bohème, opera: Quando m’en vo (from "Moonstruck")
Giacomo Puccini2:36
13Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd movement of String Quartet), op. 11(from "Platoon" & "Elephant Man")
recording of:
Adagio for Strings
orchestrator:
Samuel Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05) and Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)
premiered at:
[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:
G. Schirmer Inc.
arrangement of:
String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
Samuel Barber8:07
14Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro (from "A Room With a View")
soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Lauretta]:
Lesley Garrett (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Andrew Greenwood (conductor)
recording of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd.
part of:
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini42:30
15La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from "Diva")Alfredo Catalani3:30
16Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), for piano & orchestra in A minor, op. 43: 18 Variation (from "Somewhere in Time")
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов2:44
17Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337: Canon (from "Ordinary People")
Johann Pachelbel6:31
18Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries (from "Apocalypse Now")Richard Wagner5:31
19The Bells, ground for keyboard, MB 38: (from "The Last Detail")
William Byrd5:41