VA - 100 Best romantic classics (6CD) (2007)

Track
CD 1. From Russia With Romance

01.
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 - I: Allegro non troppo e molto
maestoso (opening) - Horacio Gutierrez (piano);London Symphony
Orchestra; Andre Previn (conductor)
02. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet - Balcony Scene (extract) - Philadelphia Orchestra;Riccardo Muti (conductor)
03. Shostakovich - Romance (The Gadfly) - Tasmin Little (violin);Piers Lane (piano)
04. Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet (extract) - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra;Mariss Jansons (conductor)
05.
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paga - Cecille Ousset
(piano);City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra;Simon Rattle (conductor)
06. Khachaturian - Masquerade - Waltz - Philharmonia Orchestra;Efrem Kurtz (conductor)
07. Rachmaninoff - Vocalise - Natalie Clein (cello);Charles Owen (piano)
08. Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Grand pas de deux - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra;Mariss Jansons (conductor)
09.
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 - II: Andante - Dmitri Alexeev
(piano);English Chamber Orchestra;Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
10. Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade - II: The Story of the Kalendar Prince - Philadelphia Orchestra;Riccardo Muti (conductor)
11. Khachaturian - Spartacus - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
12. Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Scene (Act II, No. 10) - Londons Symphony Orchestra;Andre Previn (conductor)
13.
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 - II. A - Cecile Ousset
(piano);City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra;Simon Rattle (conductor)
14. Beecham Choral Society;Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;Thomas Beecham (conductor)/Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
15. Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2 - III: Adagio - St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra;Mariss Jansons (conductor)
16. Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty - Waltz - Philharmonia Orchestra;John Lanchbery (conductor)
17. Stravinsky - Le Oiseau de feu (conclusion) - Boston Symphony Orchestra;Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

CD 2. An Austro-German Romance

01. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 - II: Andante - Stephen Hough (piano);Halle Orchestra;Bryden Thomson (conductor)
02.
Mozart - Serenade in G 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' - II: Romanze: A -
Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields;Neville Marriner (conductor)
03. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 'Moonlight' - I: Adagio sostenuto - Dame Moura Lympany (piano)
04.
Beethoven - 'Emperor' Concerto - II: Ada - Julia Thornton
(harp);National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands;Erno Olah (conductor)
05.
Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 - II: Romanza: Andante - Radovan Vlatkovic
(horn);English Chamber Orchestra;Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
06. Mozart - Un'aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte) - John Aler (tenor);London Philharmonic Orchestra;Bernard Haitink (conductor)
07. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor 'Pathetique' - II: Adagio cantabile - Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
08. Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto - II: Andante - Yehudi Menuhin (violin);Philharmonia Orchestra;Efrem Kurtz (conductor)
09. Mozart - Clarinet Concerto - II: Adagio - Sabine Meyer (basset clarinet);Dresden Staatskapelle;Hans Vonk (conductor)
10. Mendelssohn - Fruehlingslied - Daniel Adni (piano)
11. Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 - II: Adagio - Yehudi Menuhin (violin);Philharmonia Orchestra;Walter Susskind (conductor)
12. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment;Charles Mackerras (conductor)
13.
R. Strauss - Beim Schlafengehen (Four Last Songs) - Lucia Popp
(soprano);London Philharmonic Orchestra;Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
14. J. Strauss II - An der schoenen blauen Donau (extract) - Berlin Philharmonic;Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
15. Kreisler - Liebeslied - Maxim Vengerov (violin);Ian Brown (piano)
16. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra;Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

CD 3. A French Romance

01. Offenbach - Barcarole (Les contes des Hoffman) - Jessye Norman (soprano); Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) (P) 1988
02. Saint-Saens - Le Carnaval des animaux - Han-Na Chang (cello);Philharmonia Orchestra;Leonard Slatkin (conductor) 2000
03. Bizet - Habanera (Carmen) - Maria Callas (soprano) Choeurs Rene Duclos (P) 1964
04. Debussy - Clair de lune - Philadelphia Orchestra;Wolfgang Sawalisch (conductor) (P) 1996
05. Delibes - Flower Duet (Lakme) - Natalie Dessay (soprano);Delphine Haidan (mezzo-soprano) (P) 1998
06. Gounod - Les nubiennes (Faust) - New Philharmonia Orchestra;Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) (P) 1970/1988
07.
Saint-Saens - Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson&Dalila) - Maria
Callas (soprano)Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise (P)
1982/1997*
08. Faure - Pavane - Gareth Morris (flute) New Philharmonia Orchestra;Sir David Willcocks (conductor) (P) 1968/1997*
09. Martini - Plaisir d'amour - Barbara Hendricks (soprano) Michel Dalberto (piano)
10. Saint-Saens - Romance - Ulf Hoelscher (violin) New Philharmonia Orchestra;Pierre Dervaux (conductor)
11. Faure - Berceuse (Dolly suite) - Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto (pianos)
12. Bizet - Carmen,Entr'acte to Act III - French National Orchestra;Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
13. Faure - Chanson d'amour - Natasha Marsh (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra;Michael Francis (conductor)
14. Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra;Louis Fremaux (conductor)
15. Delibes - Sylvia, Intermezzo & Valse lente - New Philharmonia Orchestra;Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
16. Messager - Les deux pigeons - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House;Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
17. Massenet - Meditation (Thais) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Berliner Philharmoniker;Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

CD 4. Romance In A Cold Climate

01. Grieg - Peer Gynt - Prelude To Act 4 (Morning) - Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983
02. Smetana - The Moldau (Ma Vlast) (extract) - Dresden Staatskapelle / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1995
03.
Greig - Piano Concerto in A minor - II Adagio - Dmitri Alexeev piano,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1989
04. Dvorak- Symphony No9 from the New World - II. Largo (opening) - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1989
05. Greig - Wedding Dayuat Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Book VIII, Op.65 No.6) Daniel Adni piano (P) 1974/1995*
06. Dvorak - Song to the Moon (Rusalka) - Lucia Popp soprano, Munchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988
07.
Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1 II. Romance: Larghetto (Opening) - Martha
Argerich piano, Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999
08. Dvorak - Humoresque Op.107 No.7, Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988
09. Chopin - Prelude in A (Les Sylphides), Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Irving (P) 1959/1994*
10. Liszt - Piano Concerto No.1 - II. Quasi Adagio - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Mazur (P) 1980/1990*
11. Sibelius - At The Castle Gate (Pelleas Et Melisande) - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1997*
12. Chopin - Berceuse in D flat Op. 57 - Peter Donohoe piano (P) 1993
13. Gade - Jealousy-Tango - Stig Nilsson violin, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998
14. Chopin - Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op.9 No. 2 - John Ogdon piano (P) 1969/1992*
15. Liszt - Liebestraum No.3 In A Flat - Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006
16.
Lehar - Die Lustige Witwe -Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano, Philharmonia
Orchestra with Chorus / Lovro von Matacic (P) 1963/2000*

CD 5. England & America in love

01. Elgar - Salut D'Amour, Op. 12 - Northern Sinfonia of England / Richard Hickox (P) 1986
02.
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on �Greensleeves� (Sir John in Love) (arr.
Greaves) - Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986*
03.
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*
04. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending - The Lark
Ascending (opening) - Hugh Bean violin, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir
Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987*
05. Elgar - Chanson De Matin, Op. 15/2 - London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1968/1985*
06.
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis (Opening) -
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985*
07.
Lennon & McCartney - Michelle (arr. Ron Goodwin) - Rostal &
Schaefer pianos, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Ron Goodwin
(P) 1979/2000*
08. Holst - Venus (The Planets) (Conclusion) - London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1979/1987*
09. McCartney - Celebration (Standing Stone) - London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P) 1997
10.
Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (from the film The
Piano) - Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman (P) 1993
11. Myers - Cavatina (from the film The Deer Hunter) - Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse guitars (P) 2001
12.
Nyman - Any Other Name (From The Film American Beauty) - Produced and
performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001
13. Horner - My Heart Will Go On (from the film Titanic) - Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998
14. Villa-Lobos - Sentimental Melody (arr. Barbosa-Lima) - Sharon Isbin guitar(P) 1990
15.
Gershwin - Summertime (Porgy and Bess) - Kiri Te Kanawa soprano � The
New York Choral Artists, The New Princess Theater Orchestra / John
McGlinn (P) 1987
16. Bernstein - West Side Story Symphonic Dances II. Somewhere - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi (P) 1998
17. Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue - Andre Previn piano London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1971/1998*

CD 6. Mediterranean Romance

01. Mascagni - Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana) - Philharmonia Orchestra;Riccardo Muti (conductor)
02.
Puccini - O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) - Angela Gheorghiu
(soprano);London Symphony Orchestra;Antonio Pappano (conductor)
03. Albeniz - Tango - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
04. Puccini - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta - Montserrat Caballe (soprano);London Symphony Orchestra;Charles Mackerras (conductor)
05. Vivaldi - Spring (The Four Seasons) - I. Allegro - Yehudi Menuhin (violin);Camerata Lysy Gstaad;Alberto Lysy (conductor)
06.
Monteverdi (arr. Leon) - Pur ti miro (L�incoronazione di Poppea) (arr.
Craig Leon) - Natasha Marsh (soprano);Fernando Lima (countertenor);David
Parsons (lute)
07. Boccherini (arr. Woodhouse) - Minuet - Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields;Neville Marriner (conductor)
08.
Mascagni - O amore, o bella luce del core (L'amico Fritz) - Luciano
Pavarotti (tenor);Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
09. Tarrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Christopher Parkening (guitar)
10. Rota - Ai giochi addio - Natasha Marsh (soprano);London Symphony Orchestra;Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)
11.
Rodriogo - Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio (opening) - Julian Bream
(guitar);City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra;Simon Rattle (conductor)
12.
Puccini - Vogliatemi bene - Renata Scotto (soprano);Carlo Bergonzi
(tenor);Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma;John Barbirolli
13.
Vivaldi (arr. Pujol,ed. Isbin) - Guitar Concerto in D - II. Largo -
Sharon Isbin (guitar);Lausanne Chamber Orch.;Lawrence Foster (cond.)