| Best Romantic Classics 100 | 
 enlarge | Creators: Han-na Chang, Jacqueline Du Pre, Natalie Clein, Sabine Meyer, Isaac Albeniz, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein, Georges Bizet, Luigi Boccherini, Alexander Borodin, Max Bruch, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Leo Delibes, Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, Gabriel Faure, Jacob Gade, George Gershwin, Charles Gounod
Label: EMI Classics
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Disc 1
| • | TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23- 1 I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening) , Horacio Gutierrez piano, London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1976/1994* | | • | PROKOFIEV: Balcony Scene (Romeo & Juliet) (extract)- Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1981 | | • | SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance (The Gadfly)- Tasmin Little (violin) ∙ Piers Lane (piano) (P) 1992 | | • | TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) (extract)- Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1987 | | • | RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Variation 18- Cecile Ousset piano , City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984 , | | • | KHACHATURIAN: Masquerade − Waltz- Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1964/1993* | | • | RACHMANINOV: Vocalise- Natalie Clein (cello) ∙ Charles Owen (piano) (P) 2006 | | • | TCHAIKOVSKY: Grand Pas de Deux (The Nutcracker)- Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998 | | • | SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102 - II. Andante- Dmitri Alexeev (piano) , English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1983, | | • | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op.35- 10 II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince (opening) , Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983, | | • | KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) (extract)- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1986 | | • | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Scene (Act II No.10)- London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1976/1988* | | • | RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18- 13 II: Adagio sostenuto (opening) , Cecile Ousset (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984 | | • | BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) (opening)- Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1974/1999*, | | • | RACHMANINOV: Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27 − III. Adagio (opening)- St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1994 | | • | TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz (The Sleeping Beauty)- Philharmonia Orchestra / John Lanchbery (P) 1982 | | • | STRAVINSKY: Le Oiseau de feu (conclusion)- Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984/1995* |
Disc 2
| • | MOZART: Piano Concerto No.21 in C `Elvira Madigan' K467- 1 II. Andante (extract) , Stephen Hough piano , Halle Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987 | | • | MOZART: Serenade in G `Eine kleine Nachtmusik' K525- 2 II. Romanze (Andante) , Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997* | | • | BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor `Moonlight' Op.27/2- 3 I. Adagio sostenuto (extract) , Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1991 | | • | BEETHOVEN: `Emperor' Concerto Op.73 - II. Adagio (trans. Craig Leon)- Julia Thornton harp , National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah (P) 2003 | | • | MOZART: Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495- 5 II. Romanza (Andante cantabile) , Radovan Vlatkovič horn , English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1987 | | • | MOZART: Un'aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte)- John Aler tenor, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1987 | | • | BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor `Pathetique' Op.31- 7 II. Adagio cantabile , Stephen Kovacevich piano (P) 1998, | | • | MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 - II. Andante (extract)- Yehudi Menuhin violin, Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1959/1997* | | • | MOZART: Clarinet Concerto - II. Adagio- Sabine Meyer clarinet , Dresden Staatskapelle / Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH | | • | MENDELSSOHN: Fruehlingslied (Lieder ohne Woerte No.30 in A, Op.62 No.6)- Daniel Adni piano (P) 1973/1996* | | • | BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 - II. Adagio (opening)- Yehudi Menuhin violin , Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind (P) 1959/1997* | | • | MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream)- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras , (P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics | | • | RICHARD STRAUSS: Beim Schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder) (conclusion)- Lucia Popp soprano, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1982 | | • | J. STRAUSS II: An der schoenen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract)- Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1987* | | • | KREISLER: Liebesleid- Maxim Vengerov violin ∙ Ian Brown piano (P) 2004 | | • | MENDELSSOHN: Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream)- Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1991 |
Disc 3
| • | OFFENBACH: Belle nuit (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)- Jessye Norman soprano ∙ Ann Murray mezzo-soprano, Orchestre Symphonique et Chaeurs de l'Opera National, du Theatre Royal de la Monnai, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling (P) 1988 | | • | SAINT-SAENS: The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Chris Hazell)- Hah-Na Chang cello , Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 2000 | | • | BIZET: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen)- Maria Callas soprano, Chaeurs Rene Duclos , Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris / Georges Pretre (P) 1964 | | • | DEBUSSY: Clair de lune (arr. Stokowski)- Philadelphia Orchstra / Wolfgang Sawallisch (P) 1996 | | • | DELIBES: Flower Duet (Dome epais) (Lakme)- Natalie Dessay soprano ∙ Delphine Haidan mezzo-soprano, Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson (P) 1998 EMI Music France | | • | GOUNOD: Les nubiennes (Faust Ballet Music)- New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988* | | • | SAINT-SAENS : Mon caeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila)- Maria Callas soprano, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Georges Pretre (P) 1982/1997* | | • | FAURE: Pavane- Gareth Morris flute ∙ New Philharmonia Orchestra , Sir David Willcocks (P) 1968/1997* | | • | MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour- Barbara Hendricks soprano , Michel Dalberto (piano) (P) 1996 EMI France | | • | SAINT-SAENS: Romance Op.37- Ulf Hoelscher violin, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Pierre Dervaux (P) 1977/1993* | | • | FAURE: Berceuse (Dolly Suite Op.56)- Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto pianos, (P) 1983 EMI France | | • | BIZET: Entr'acte to Act III (Carmen)- French National Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984 | | • | FAURE: Chanson d'amour (arr. Craig Leon) Natasha Marsh soprano- London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Francis (P) 2007 | | • | SATIE: Gymnopedie No.1 (arr. Debussy)- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Louis Fremaux (P) 1974/1990* | | • | DELIBES: Intermezzo & Valse lente (Sylvia)- New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988* | | • | MESSAGER: Pas de deux pigeons (Les deux pigeons)- Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1958/1988* | | • | MASSENET: Meditation (Thais)- Anne-Sophie Mutter violin, Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1981 |
Disc 4
| • | GRIEG : Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23)- Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983 | | • | SMETANA: The Moldau (Ma Vlast) (extract)- Dresden Staatskapelle / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1995 | | • | GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor − II Adagio- Dmitri Alexeev piano, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1989 | | • | DVOŘAK: Symphony No.9 `From the New World' - II. Largo (opening)- Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1989 | | • | GRIEG: Wedding Dayuat Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Book VIII, Op.65 No.6)- Daniel Adni piano (P) 1974/1995* | | • | DVOŘAK: Song to the Moon (Rusalka)- Lucia Popp soprano, Muenchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988 | | • | CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11- 7 II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening) , Martha Argerich piano , Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999 | | • | DVORAK: Humoresque Op.107 No.7- Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988 | | • | CHOPIN: Prelude in A (Les Sylphides)- Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Irving (P) 1959/1994* | | • | LISZT: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat − II. Quasi adagio- Michel Beroff piano, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Mazur (P) 1980/1990* | | • | SIBELIUS: At the Castle Gate (Pelleas et Melisande)- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1997* | | • | CHOPIN: Berceuse in D flat Op. 57- Peter Donohoe piano (P) 1993 | | • | GADE: Jealousy-Tango- Stig Nilsson violin, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998 | | • | CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op.9 No. 2- John Ogdon piano (P) 1969/1992* | | • | LISZT: Liebestraum No.3 in A flat- Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006 | | • | LEHAR: Vilja (Die lustige Witwe)- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano, Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus / Lovro von Matačić (P) 1963/2000* |
Disc 5
| • | ELGAR: Salut d'amour- Northern Sinfonia of England / Richard Hickox (P) 1986 | | • | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on `Greensleeves' (Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves)- Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986* | | • | ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 - I. Adagio-Moderato (opening)- Jacqueline du Pre cello , London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1965/1997* | | • | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending (opening)- Hugh Bean violin , New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987* | | • | ELGAR: Chanson de matin- London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1968/1985* | | • | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening)- London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985* | | • | LENNON & McCARTNEY: Michelle (arr. Ron Goodwin)- Rostal & Schaefer pianos , Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Ron Goodwin (P) 1979/2000* | | • | HOLST: Venus (The Planets) (conclusion)- London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1979/1987* | | • | McCARTNEY: Celebration (Standing Stone)- London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Lawrence Foster, (P) 1997 MPL Communications Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd, | | • | NYMAN: The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (from the film The Piano)- Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman, (P) 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd, | | • | MYERS: Cavatina (from the film The Deer Hunter)- Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse (guitars) (P) 2001 Angel Records | | • | NEWMAN: Any Other Name (from the film American Beauty)- Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001 | | • | HORNER: My Heart Will Go On (from the film Titanic)- Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998 | | • | VILLA-LOBOS: Sentimental Melody (arr. Barbosa-Lima)- Sharon Isbin guitar (P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics | | • | GERSHWIN: Summertime (Porgy and Bess)- Kiri Te Kanawa soprano ∙ The New York Choral Artists, The New Princess Theater Orchestra / John McGlinn (P) 1987 | | • | BERNSTEIN: West Side Story Symphonic Dances − II. Somewhere- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jaervi , (P) 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics | | • | GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Grofe) (conclusion)- Andre Previn piano, London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1971/1998* |
Disc 6
| • | MASCAGNI: Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)- Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987* | | • | PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)- Angela Gheorghiu soprano, London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999 | | • | ALBENIZ: Tango (Espana Op.165 No.2) Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006- | | • | PUCCINI: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)- Montserrat Caballe soprano, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/2002* | | • | VIVALDI: Spring (The Four Seasons) - I. Allegro- Yehudi Menuhin violin, Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P)1981, | | • | MONTEVERDI: Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea) (arr. Craig Leon)- Natasha Marsh soprano ∙ Fernando Lima countertenor, David Parsons lute, London Symphony Orchestra / Craig Leon (P) 2007 | | • | BOCCHERINI: Minuet (arr. Woodhouse)- Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1980/1997* | | • | MASCAGNI: O amore, o bella luce del core (L'amico Fritz)- Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (P) 1969/2000* | | • | TARREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra- Christopher Parkening guitar (P) 1976/2005* Angel Records | | • | ROTA: Ai Giochi Addio (love theme from the Zeffirelli film Romeo & Juliet)- Natasha Marsh soprano , London Symphony Orchestra / Francois-Xavier Roth (P) 2007 | | • | RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez − II. Adagio (opening)- Julian Bream guitar , City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993 | | • | PUCCINI: Vogliatemi bene (Love Duet) (Madama Butterfly)- Renata Scotto soprano ∙ Carlo Bergonzi tenor , Orchestra del Teatro dell' Opera di Roma / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1966/2002* | | • | VIVALDI: Guitar Concerto in D (arr. Emilio Pujol; ed. Isbin) - II. Largo- Sharon Isbin guitar , Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster , (P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics | | • | SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen Op.20- Anne-Sophie Mutter violin, Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1985 | | • | QUARANTOTTO: Time to Say Goodbye (adapt. F. Peterson)- Amy Nuttall soprano, Orchestra conducted by Julian Kershaw (P) 2005 | | • | ALBENIZ: Sevilla (arr. Byzantine)- Julian Byzantine guitar (P) 1993 | | • | PUCCINI: Nessun dorma (Turandot)- Jose Carreras tenor ∙ Rhine Opera Chorus , Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990* |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
This 6-CD album sets the perfect mood with some of classical music's most sensual, passionate melodies- Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Mozart's "Elvira Madigan" piano concerto, Debussy's Clair de Lune, Dvorak's Largo from Symphony No. 9, Puccini's Nessun Dorma, and many more, all performed by the finest artist from the EMI Classics/Virgin Classics roster! Disc 1 - FROM RUSSIA WITH ROMANCE
Disc 2 - AN AUSTRO-GERMAN ROMANCE
Disc 3 - A FRENCH ROMANCE
Disc 4 - ROMANCE IN A COLD CLIMATE
Disc 5 - ENGLAND & AMERICA IN LOVE
Disc 6 - MEDITERRANEAN ROMANCE
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| Customer Reviews:
 NA February 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When there is an absence of classical music during some parts of the day or night,
it is very pleasant to have all of our favorites compositions as backround music.
The selections were satisfactory as were the performances.
 Soothes the Soul January 17, 2008
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
Two weeks ago, I was sitting in a bookstore when the strains of music came over the sound system and distracted me from my reading several times. But this distraction wasn't Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It" (vile), "The Streak," or "Honey, I Miss You." (Oh, the bile)!
This is one of those DVD's you don't have to think about if you have any inclination to the classical. It was a case of how soon can I have it. Not until the 16th it turned out. I eagerly counted the days. Yesterday became one of those special treats where you bring home a great personal gift, pour a glass of wine, sit back, and just enjoy.
There are six DVD's here: 1) From Russia with Romance 2) An Austro-German Romance [without boots] 3) A French Romance 4) Romance in a Cold Climate, 5) England & America in Love [at least after 1812], 6) Mediterranean Romance. This is a part of the "Best 100" series, which offers classics and movies, etc.
For those who know classical only by sound and not by name or snob, you will recognize strains you heard in "The Shawshank Redemption," "The Truman Show," "Billy Elliot," or "Seven Years in Tibet," but you won't find the love theme from "I'm Going to Get You Sucka" or that other classic "All Surf Nazis Must Die."
Alone or with your Snookums, this is the music that calms the nerves and soothes the soul. More importantly, it is music that plays in your head, long after it is turned off.
Can I give a better recommendation than that?
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