Classic experience II 36 of the most popular classics. - Muti, Riccardo; Weldon, George; Lombard, Alain; Barbirolli, Sir John.; Pretre, Georges; Marriner, Neville; Galliera, Alceo; Mackerras, Sir Charles; Ormandy, Eugene; Kennedy, Nigel; Gonnewein, Wolfgang; Boskovsky, Willi; et al. ([London] EMI Records, 1990)
Disc 1. O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)/Orff -- Scene (Swan Lake)Tchaikovsky -- Flower duet (Lakme)/Delibes -- In the hall of the mountain king/Grieg -- Overture (Carmen)/Bizet -- Chanson boheme (Carmen)/Bizet -- Rondo (Eine kleine nachtmusik)/Mozart -- Largo al factotum (The Barber of Seville)/Rossini -- Rondo (Horn concerto no.4)/Mozart -- Adagio/Albinoni -- Waltz of the flowers (The Nutcracker)/Tchaikovsky -- The Nutcracker/Tchaikovsky -- Fur elise/Bbethoven --Cello cocnerto (First movement)/Elgar -- Pavane/Faure -- Pizzicato (Sylvia)/Delibes -- Gymnopedie no.3/Satie -- Nessun dorma (Turandot)/Puccini -- Adagio for strings/Barber -- O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)/Puccini -- Disc 2. Alla hornpipe (Water music)/Handel -- Summer (The four seasons)/Vivaldi -- Sleepers wake/Bach -- Shepherd's hymn (Pastoral symphony)/Bbethoven -- The skater's waltz/Waldteufel -- Badinerie (Suite no.21)/Bach -- La donna e mobile (Rigoletto)/Verdi -- Rondo (A musical joke)/Mozart -- Daybreak (Daphnis and Chloe)/Ravel -- Symphony no.6 (First movement)/Vaughan-Williams -- Sunrise (Also sprach zarathustra)/Richard Strauss -- Prelude to act II (Lohengrin)/wagner -- Jupiter (The Planets)/Holst -- Romeo and Juliet/Tchaikovsky -- The thieving magpie/Rossini -- Pathetique and manfred symphonies (excerpts)/Tchaikovsky.
EMI : CDP7944322-CDP7944332.
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Riccardo Muti; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gerge Weldon; National Opera Orchestra, conducted by Alain Lomabard; Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli; Opera Orchestra of Paris, conducted by Georges Pretre; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner; Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Alceo Galliera; London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras; English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Nigel Kennedy; Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy; South German Madrigal Choir and Consortium Musicum, conducted by Wolfgang Gonnerwein; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra, conducted by Willi Boskovsky; Orchestra of Rome Opera House, conducted by Francesco Molinari Pradelli.
Keywords: Orchestral music; Operas -- Excerpts; Suites (Orchestra).