Works on This Recording
1.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Jessye Norman (),
Ann Murray ()
Conductor:
Sylvain Cambreling
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.
2.
Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Han-Na Chang (Cello)
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs.
3.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Maria Callas ()
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Written: 1873-1874
Length: 4 Minutes 21 Secs.
4.
Suite bergamasque: 3. Clair de lune by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Period: Modern
Written: 1890; France
Length: 5 Minutes 12 Secs.
5.
Lakmé: Viens, Mallikà...Sous le dôme épais "Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes
Performer:
Delphine Haidan (),
Natalie Dessay ()
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883; France
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs.
6.
Faust: Ballet Music - no 1, Les Nubiennes by Charles Gounod
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856-1859; France
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
7.
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Maria Callas ()
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; France
Length: 5 Minutes 21 Secs.
8.
Pavane, Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Gareth Morris (Flute)
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; France
Length: 6 Minutes 50 Secs.
9.
Plaisir d'amour by Johann Paul A. Martini
Performer:
Michel Dalberto (Piano),
Barbara Hendricks ()
Period: Classical
Written: by 1775; France
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
10.
Romance for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 48 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Ulf Hoelscher (Violin)
Conductor:
Pierre Dervaux
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; France
Length: 5 Minutes 55 Secs.
11.
Dolly, Op. 56: no 1, Berceuse by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Bruno Rigutto (Piano),
Jean-Philippe Collard (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1897; France
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.
12.
Carmen: Act 3 Prelude "Intermezzo" by Georges Bizet
Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; France
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
13.
Chanson d'amour, Op. 27 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Natasha Marsh ()
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; France
Length: 2 Minutes 3 Secs.
14.
Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 1, Lent et douloureux by Erik Satie
Conductor:
Louis Frémaux
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888; France
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.
15.
Sylvia: Intermezzo & Valse lente by Léo Delibes
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; France
Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs.
16.
Les Deux Pigeons, ballet by André Messager
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1886
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
17.
Thaïs: Meditation by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; France
Length: 6 Minutes 44 Secs.
18.
Peer Gynt, Op. 23: no 13, Act 4 Prelude - Morning by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875/1892; Norway
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs.
19.
Má vlast: no 2, Moldau, T 111 - Excerpt(s) by Bedrich Smetana
Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Czech Republic
Length: 5 Minutes 1 Secs.
20.
Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16: 2nd movement, Adagio by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Conductor:
Yuri Temirkanov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868/1907; Norway
Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs.
21.
Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World": 2nd movement, Largo - Excerpt(s) by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:
Mariss Jansons
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; USA
Length: 4 Minutes 46 Secs.
22.
Lyric Pieces (6), Book 8, Op. 65: no 6, Wedding day at Trolhaugen by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Daniel Adni (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; Norway
Length: 5 Minutes 41 Secs.
23.
Rusalka, Op 114/B 203: O moon high up "Song to the moon" by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Lucia Popp ()
Conductor:
Stefan Soltesz
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Bohemia
Length: 5 Minutes 54 Secs.
24.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11: 2nd movement, Romanze - Excerpt(s) by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Martha Argerich (Piano)
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Poland
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
25.
Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187: no 7 in G flat major by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Moura Lympany (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; Bohemia
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
26.
Les Sylphides: Prelude no 7 in A major, Op. 28 no 7 by Frédéric Chopin
Conductor:
Robert Irving
Period: Romantic
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs.
27.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124: 2nd movement, Quasi adagio by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Michel Béroff (Piano)
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849/1856; Weimar, Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 33 Secs.
28.
Pelléas et Mélisande: At the Castle Gate by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Period: Modern
Written: 1893-1902; France
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
29.
Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Peter Donohoe (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Paris, France
Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs.
30.
Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9: no 2 in E flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
John Ogdon (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830-1831; Poland
Length: 5 Minutes 18 Secs.
31.
Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs.
32.
Die lustige Witwe: Es lebt eine Vilja...Vilja, o Vilja by Franz Lehár
Performer:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ()
Conductor:
Lovro von Matacic
Period: Romantic
Written: 1905; Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs.
33.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs.
34.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Angela Gheorghiu ()
Conductor:
Antonio Pappano
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs.
35.
La Rondine: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé ()
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Period: Romantic
Written: 1917; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs.
36.
Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera": 1st movement, Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:
Alberto Lysy
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1725; Venice, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs.
37.
L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro [Final Duet] by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Natasha Marsh (),
Fernando Lima (),
David Parsons (Lute)
Conductor:
Craig Leon
Period: Baroque
Written: 1642; Venice, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs.
38.
Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E major, Op. 11 no 5/G 275: 3rd movement, Minuet in A by Luigi Boccherini
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Period: Classical
Written: 1771; Spain
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs.
39.
L'Amico Fritz: O amore, o bella luce by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:
Luciano Pavarotti ()
Conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Period: Romantic
Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs.
40.
Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tarrega
Performer:
Christopher Parkening (Guitar)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1880-1905; Spain
Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs.
41.
Ai giochi addio by Nino Rota / Elsa Morante
Performer:
Natasha Marsh ()
Conductor:
François-Xavier Roth
Period: Modern
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
42.
Madama Butterfly: Vogliatemi bene...O quanti occhi fisi by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Renata Scotto (),
Carlo Bergonzi ()
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 56 Secs.
43.
Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93: 2nd movement, Largo by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Sharon Isbin (Guitar)
Conductor:
Lawrence Foster
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 6 Minutes 8 Secs.
44.
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 by Pablo de Sarasate
Performer:
Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878
Length: 7 Minutes 49 Secs.
45.
Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song by Francesco Sartori
Performer:
Amy Nuttall ()
Conductor:
Julian Kershaw
Period: Contemporary
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
46.
Suite española, Op. 47: no 3, Sevilla by Isaac Albeniz
Performer:
Julian Byzantine (Guitar)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; Madrid, Spain
Length: 5 Minutes 22 Secs.
47.
Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
José Carreras ()
Conductor:
Alain Lombard
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 14 Secs.
48.
Untitled CD-ROM Track by Unspecified
Period: Modern
49.
Tango by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:
Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs.
50.
Jalousie by Jacob Gade
Performer:
Stig Nilsson (Violin)
Conductor:
Mariss Jansons
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; England
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.
51.
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar: 2nd movement, Adagio excerpt by Joaquin Rodrigo
Performer:
Julian Bream (Guitar)
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Period: Modern
Written: 1939; Spain
Length: 4 Minutes 46 Secs.
Sound Samples
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, ACT FOUR: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus)
Carmen (1997 Digital Remaster), Act 1: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune (transcr. Stokowski)
Lakmé, ACT 1: Dôme épais le jasmin à la rose s'assemble (Lakmé/Mallika)
Faust: Ballet Music (Act 5) (2002 Digital Remaster): Les Nubiennes
Samson et Dalila (1997 Digital Remaster): Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix.
Pavane Op. 50 (orch. version, 1887) (1997 Digital Remaster)
Plaisir d'amour (Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian)
Romance in D flat Op.37 (1993 Digital Remaster)
Dolly, Six Pièces Pour Piano À Quatre Mains, Op.56 : I Berceuse
Carmen: Entr'acte, Act 3 (Intermezzo)
Chanson D'Amour Op 27 No 1
Gymnopédies (1990 Digital Remaster): (1) Lent et douloureux (orch. Debussy)
Sylvia - Suite (2002 Digital Remaster): Intermezzo & Valse lente
Les deux pigeons - Suite (2002 Digital Remaster): Pas de deux pigeons
Peer Gynt: Prelude (Morning)
Vltava (extract), B111 (1874) from Má vlast (1995 Digital Remaster)
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16: II. Adagio
Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World': Second movement: Largo (opening)
Lyric Pieces, Book 8 Op. 65 (1995 Digital Remaster): 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen)
Rusalka: Song to the Moon (Act I)
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11: II. Romance: Larghetto
8 Humoresques B187 (Op. 101): No. 7 in G flat
Les Sylphides (1994 Digital Remaster): Prélude in A, Op.28, No.7
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major S124 (1990 Digital Remaster): Quasi adagio
Pelleas & Melisande (1997 Digital Remaster): At the Castle Gate
Berceuse in D flat Op. 57
Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op. 9 No. 2 (1992 Digital Remaster)
Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat major
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (2000 Digital Remaster): Nun laßt uns aber wie dahein...Es lebt' eine Vilja (Viljalied)...Tanz: Mi velimo dase dase Veslimo! (Hanna/Chor)
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