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Classical Music Library: The Essential Collection Various Artists

Release: 1998 Australia, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 50, Length: 4:44:58, Barcode: [none]
Release type: Album - Compilation

Contents

CD #1
1 Overture to Candide 4:22
2 Fantasia on Greensleeves 4:33
3 Canon in D 3:47
4 March of the Torreadors from Carmen 2:12
5 Hoedown from Rodeo 3:10
6 Rhapsody in Blue (excerpt) 6:22
7 Vocalise 4:24
8 Can-Can 1:44
9 Bolero 5:57
10 William Tell Overture: Finale 3:26
11 Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy - Overture (excerpt) 3:13
12 The Marriage of Figaro: Overture 4:25
13 Academic Festival: Overture 10:40
14 Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romanza 4:36
15 The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle 4:09
16 Concerto for Guitar in D: Largo 4:39
CD #2
1 Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor (excerpts) 13:27
2 Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major: II. Andante 7:06
3 Piano Concerto in A minor: I. (excerpt) 5:09
4 Fantaisie Impromptu 5:15
5 Étude no. 3 in E major 3:53
6 Minute Waltz 1:53
7 Nocturne in A-flat 4:03
8 The Nutcracker Suite: Overture / Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy / Trepak (Russian Dance) / Arabian Dance / Chinese Dance / Dance of the Reed Flutes / Waltz of the Flowers 21:39
9 Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts 4:41
10 Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor: Nocturne 3:13
11 Firebird Suite: Infernal Dance of King Kastchei 4:07
CD #3
1 O Fortuna from Carmina Burana 2:39
2 Oh, Lord Most Holy (Panis Angelicus) 3:12
3 Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin 4:31
4 Gloria from "Coronation" Mass 4:21
5 Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel 5:39
6 By the Beautiful Blue Danube 7:10
7 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 3:51
8 Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah 2:22
9 Piano Concerto no.1 in B-flat minor: I. (excerpt) 3:30
10 None But the Lonely Heart 3:24
11 Serenade for Strings: Waltz 3:45
12 Andante Cantabile 4:19
13 Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty 4:06
14 1812 Overture 15:25
CD #4
1 Symphony no. 5 in C minor: I. 6:55
2 Symphony no. 4 in A major "Italian": I. 8:03
3 Symphony no. 8 in B minor "Unfinished": I. 11:09
4 Symphony no. 40 in G minor: I. 4:25
5 Symphony no. 94 in G major "Surprise": II. 5:37
6 Symphony no. 9 in E minor "New World": II. 11:37
7 Symphony no. 6 in B minor "Pathetique": III. 9:01
8 Symphony no. 3 in F major: III. 6:40
9 Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral": Ode to Joy 6:53