VA - 50 Reasons To Love Classical (2017)

Tracklist:

CD 1
1 Gloria in D, R. 589: Gloria in excelsis
By Antonio Vivaldi - Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford & Simon Preston
2 Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: Sicilienne
By Gabriel Fauré - Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
3 Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H. VIIe No. 1: III. Allegro
By Franz Joseph Haydn - Sir Neville Marriner, Håkan Hardenberger & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
4 Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le cygne
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Mischa Maisky
5 Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor - Orchestrated by Brahms
By Johannes Brahms - Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer
6 Czardas
Lakatos
7 Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3: I. Italiana
By Ottorino Respighi - London Philharmonic Orchestra & Jesús López-Cobos
8 Serse, Act 1: "Ombra mai fù"
By George Frideric Handel - Edward Brewer, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Randall Wolfgang
9 Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Chinese Dance (Tea)
By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Charles Dutoit
10 Alborada Del Gracioso
By Maurice Ravel - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Charles Dutoit
11 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488: II. Andante
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vladimir Ashkenazy & Philharmonia Orchestra
12 The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
By Gustav Holst - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Charles Dutoit
13 La fille mal gardée, Act 1: 17a. Clog Dance
By Ferdinand Hérold - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & John Lanchbery
14 Sylvia, Suite: III. Pizzicati
By Léo Delibes - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra & Neeme Järvi
15 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: Toccata
By Johann Sebastian Bach - Simon Preston
16 Masquerade - Suite: Waltz
By Aram Khachaturian - Loris Tjeknavorian & Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
17 Minuet in G, WoO 10, No. 2
By Ludwig van Beethoven - I Musici
18 Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
By Samuel Barber - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra & David Zinman

CD 2:
1 Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 "Classical Symphony": I. Allegro
By Sergei Prokofiev - London Symphony Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
2 Meditation: Meditation from Thais
By Jules Massenet - Nicola Benedetti
3 The Gadfly, Op. 97: XVI. The market place
By Dmitri Shostakovich - The Philadelphia Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
4 Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8 "fatto per la notte di Natale": III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
By Arcangelo Corelli - Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert
5 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 Incidental Music: No. 1 Scherzo
By Felix Mendelssohn & William Shakespeare - Sir Neville Marriner & Philharmonia Orchestra
6 Minuet from String Quintet in E, Op. 13, No. 5
By Luigi Boccherini - I Musici
7 8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 8 in G Minor (Presto)
By Antonín Dvořák - Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer
8 Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. Sequentia: Lacrimosa
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
9 Háry János Suite: Viennese musical clock
By Zoltán Kodály - Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer
10 Serenade for String Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 20: II. Larghetto
By Sir Edward Elgar - Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
11 España - Rhapsody for Orchestra
By Emmanuel Chabrier - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Charles Dutoit
12 Concerto in D For Guitar & Strings: II. Largo
By Antonio Vivaldi - English Chamber Orchestra, George Malcolm & Eduardo Fernandez
13 La Gioconda, Act 3: Dance of the Hours
By Tobia Gorrio & Amilcare Ponchielli - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra & Neeme Järvi
14 Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90: III. Poco Allegretto
By Johannes Brahms - Kurt Masur & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
15 Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet: VII. Badinerie
By Johann Sebastian Bach - Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, William Bennett & Thurston Dart
16 Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 -"Pastoral": V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto
By Ludwig van Beethoven - Staatskapelle Dresden & Sir Colin Davis

CD 3
1 Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
By George Frideric Handel - Edward Brewer & Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2 Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: III. Anitra's dance
By Edvard Grieg - Herbert Blomstedt & San Francisco Symphony
3 Fantasía para un gentilhombre for Guitar and Small Orchestra: III. Danza de las hachas (Allegro con brio)
By Joaquín Rodrigo - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Carlos Bonell & Charles Dutoit
4 Oboe Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio
By Alessandro Marcello - Heinz Holliger & I Musici
5 Crucifixus (8-Part)
By Antonio Lotti & Traditional - Harry Christophers & The Sixteen
6 Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale (Allegro energico)
By Max Bruch - Rudolf Kempe, Kyung Wha Chung & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
7 Les Sylphides: VII. Valse
By Frédéric Chopin - National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
8 Carmen Suite No. 1: Intermezzo
By Georges Bizet - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Charles Dutoit
9 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto Allegro
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
10 Andante Festivo (1924) - (Arr: cpsr)
By Jean Sibelius - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra & Neeme Järvi
11 Voices of Spring, Op. 410 (Frühlingsstimmen)
By Johann Strauss & Johann Strauss II - Vienna Philharmonic & Willi Boskovsky
12 Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico
By Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Pietro Mascagni & Guido Menasci - Staatskapelle Dresden & Silvio Varviso
13 Il Trovatore, Act 2: "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)
By Giuseppe Verdi & Salvatore Cammarano - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Chorus
14 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Introduction, Variation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
By Sergei Rachmaninoff - London Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry & Yuri Ahronovitch
15 Prince Igor, Act 2: Polovtsian Dances
By Alexander Borodin - Kirov Orchestra, Kirov Chorus, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev
16 The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) - Suite (1945): Final Hymn
By Igor Stravinsky - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly