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Cat. No.: 478 1472
Barcode: 0028947814726
Label: Decca 5CD
Release Date: June


Various Artists | Ultimate Puccini


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Highlights from five of Puccini's best-loved operas, performed by some of the greatest singers, orchestras and conductors of the 20th century.

 

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PUCCINI
CD 1
La Bohème: highlights
Mimi: Katia Ricciarelli
Rodolfo: José Carreras
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Sir Colin Davis

 

CD 2
Madama Butterfly: highlights
Cio Cio San: Renata Tebaldi
Pinkerton: Carlo Bergonzi
Suzuki: Fiorenza Cossotto
Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Tullio Serafin

 

CD 3
Tosca: highlights
Tosca: Carol Vaness
Cavaradossi: Giuseppe Giacomini
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti

 

CD 4
Turandot: highlights
Turandot: Inge Borkh
Liu: Renata Tebaldi
Calaf: Mario del Monaco
Orchestre e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Alberto Erede

 

CD 5
Manon Lescaut: highlights
Manon Lescaut: Mirella Freni
Des Grieux: Luciano Pavarotti
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine

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Cat. No.: 478 1484
Barcode: 0028947814849
Label: Decca 5CD
Release Date: June


Various Artists | Ultimate Classical Dreams


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Various Artists

 

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CD1
DEBUSSY (orch.Mouton): Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque). Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra/Frederick Fennell
BARBER: Adagio for strings. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman
RODRIDO: Adagio (excerpt) (Concierto de Aranjuez, transcribed for harp) Marisa Robles, Philharmonia Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
MASCAGNI: Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana). National Philharmonic Orchestra/Gianandrea Gavazzeni
MOZART: Romance (Eine kleine Nachtmusik). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Fauré: Pavane. Choeur & Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Charles Dutoit
CHOPIN: Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2. Vladimir Ashkenazy
Saint-Saëns: Le Cygne (Carnaval des animaux). Heinrich Schiff, Samuel Sanders
SCHUBERT: Adagio (excerpt) String Quintet in C, D956. Weller Quartet/Dietfried Gurtler
J.S.BACH: Air (Suite No.3 in D). Stuttgarter Kammerorchester/Karl Münchinger
Dvorák: Gypsy Melodies, Op.55 No.4 (Songs my mother taught me)
Yepes: Romance (jeux interdits). Pepe Romero
Fauré: Nocturne No.1 in E flat, Op.33 No.1. Pascal Rogé
Mozart: Adagio (Serenade in B flat, K361 "Gran partita"
Elgar: Sospiri. Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Canteloube: Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne). Kiri Te Kanawa, English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate

 

CD 2
Beethoven: Adagio sostenuto (Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, "Moonlight". Vladimir Ashkenazy
Mozart: Adagio (Clarinet Concerto). Jack Brymer, London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis
Mendelssohn: Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Charles Dutoit
Schubert: Impromptu in G flat, D899 No.3. Radu Lupu
Borodin: Notturno (String Quartet No.2 in D). Borodin Quartet
Marcello: Adagio (Oboe Concerto in D minor). Heinz Holliger/I Musici
Schubert: Andante (excerpt)(Piano Quintet in A, "Trout". Clifford Curzon/Willi Boskovsky/Gunter Breitenbach/Nikolau Hubner/Johann Krump
Mozart: Andantino (Concerto for Flute and Harp in C). Irena Grafenauer. Maria Graf, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Vivaldi: Largo (Guitar Concerto in D, RV 93). Eduardo Fernández. English Chamber Orchestra/George Malcolm
Hoffstetter (formerly attrib. Haydn): Andante cantabile (String Quartet in F, Op.3 No.5)
Shostakovich: Romance (The Gadfly). Alexander Kerr. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly
Korngold: Lied (Suite for 2 violins, cello and piano (lefthand). Kjell Lysell/Ulf Forsberg/Mats Lidstroem/Bengt Forsberg
J.S. Bach: Largo ma non tanto (Concerto for 2 violins in D minor). Henryk Szeryng, Maurice Hasson, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

 

CD 3
J.S. Bach: Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata 147). Stuttgarter Kammerorchester/Karl Münchinger
Massenet: Méditation (Thaïs). Nigel Kennedy, National Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Bonynge
Fauré: In paradisum (Requiem). Choeur & Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Charles Dutoit
Satie (orch. Debussy): Gymnopédie No.1. Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Charles Dutoit
Delibes: Viens, Mallika ... Dôme épais (Flower duet) (Lakme). Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo/Richard Bonynge
Saint-Saëns: Le Cygne [Carnaval des Animaux). Jascha Silberstein, Marie Goossens
J.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers awake). New Symphony Orchestra of London/Raymond Agoult
Puccini: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming chorus) (Madama Butterfly). Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan
Elgar: Nimrod (Enigma Variations). Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet). Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Sir Charles Mackerras
Fauré: Pavane. Choeur & Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Charles Dutoit
Franck: Panis Angelicus. Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/James Judd
Handel: Ombra mai fu (Largo) (Serse). Anthony Way, English Sinfonia/Neil Page
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending. Iona Brown, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

 

CD 4
J.S. Bach: Air (Suite No.3 in D). Henryk Szeryng, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Mozart: Andante (Piano Concerto No.23 in A). Clifford Curzon, London Symphony Orchestra/István Kertész
Rachmaninov: Adagio (Symphony No.2 in E minor). Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Beethoven: Adagio cantabile (Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, "Pathétique")
Puccini: Crisantemi. Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Riccardo Chailly
Brahms: Adagio (Violin Concerto). Joshua Bell, The Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi
Bizet: Adagietto (L'Arlésienne Suite No.1). Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Charles Dutoit
Bizet: Intermezzo (Carmen Suite No.1) Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Charles Dutoit
Beethoven: Largo (Piano Concerto No.1 in C). Radu Lupu, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta
Mozart: Romanza (Andante) (Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat). Barry Tuckwell, English Chamber Orchestra
Chopin: Etude in E, Op.10 no.3 "Tristesse". Vladimir Ashkenazy
Tchaikovsky: Love Theme (Romeo and Juliet). Wiener Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan

 

CD 5
Wagner: Prelude (Tristan und Isolde). Wiener Philharmoniker/Sir Georg Solti
Tchaikovsky: Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty). National Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Bonynge
Beethoven: Violin Romance No.2 in F. Arthur Grumiaux, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard Haitink
J.S. Bach: Largo ma non tanto (Concerto for 2 violins in D minor). Jaap Schröder, Christopher Hirons, Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Elgar: Adagio (Cello Concerto). Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin
Liszt: Liebestraum No.3. Misha Dichter
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'in faune. The Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Grieg: Adagio (Piano Concerto in A minor). Jorge Bolet, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Riccardo Chailly
Rachmaninov: Vocalise. Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. London Philharmonic Orchestra/Roger Norrington

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Cat. No.: 478 1478
Barcode: 0028947814788
Label: Decca 5CD
Release Date: June


Various Artists | Ultimate Haydn


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Various Artists

 

TRACK LISTING

HAYDN
CD 1
Symphony No.104 in D "London"
Symphony No.95 in C minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Goerg Solti

 

CD 2
Symphony No.94 in G "Surprise"
Symphony No.96 in D "Miracle"
Symphony No.100 in G "Military"
Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati

 

CD 3
Cello Concerto No.1 in C
Horn Concerto No.1 in D
Horn Concerto No.2 in D
Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten

Barry Tuckwell. horn
Alan Stringer, trumpet
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

 

CD 4
String Quartet in C, Op.77 no.3 "Emperor"
String Quartet in B flat, Op.76 no.4 "Sunrise"
String Quartet in D, Op.76 No.5
Aeolian String Quartet

 

CD 5
Missa in angustiis, in D minor, "Nelson Mass"
Cantata: Arianna a Naxos
Scena di Berenice, che fai?
Barbara Bonney; Anne Howells; Anthony Rolfe Johnson; Stephen Roberts
London Symphony Chorus
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox

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Cat. No.: 478 1490
Barcode: 0028947814900
Label: Decca 5CD
Release Date: June


Various Artists | Ultimate Classical Spectacular


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Various Artists

 

TRACK LISTING

CD 1
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Balakirev: Islamey
Borodin:
Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
In the steppes of Central Asia
Ruslan and Ludmilla - Overture
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Esa Pekka-Salonen

 

CD 2
Ravel: Boléro
Glinka: Jota aragonese
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien
Chabrier: España
Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Neville Marriner

 

CD 3
Berlioz: Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Chabrier: Marche joyeuse
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

 

CD 4
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina: Prelude
Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Charles Dutoit

 

CD 5:
Rimsky-Korsakov:
Sheherazade
Suite: The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The Flight of the Bumble bee
Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy

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