VA - In the Heat of Classics (2026)

Artist: Various Artists, Andre Previn, Christian Tetzlaff, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Otto Klemperer, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Muti, Martha Argerich, Alexandre Tharaud, Hélène Grimaud, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Neville Marriner, Herbert von Karajan
Title: In the Heat of Classics
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 6:25:43
Total Size: 2.68 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: In the Heat of Classics
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 6:25:43
Total Size: 2.68 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse – Satie: 5 Grimaces pour Le songe d'une nuit d'été: No. 2, Coquecigrue (00:31)
2. Philharmonia Orchestra – Arnold: Homage to the Queen, Op. 42, Pt. 4 "Fire": IV. Man's Variation. Allegro moderato (00:36)
3. Thomas Adès – Castiglioni: Come io passo l'estate: III. Andiamo al rifugia Bergamo (00:47)
4. William Christie – Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act 2: Chorus. "Queen of Summer" (The Heathens) (00:50)
5. Félicity Lott – Delage: 7 Haï-kaïs: No. 7, L'été (00:54)
6. John Nelson – Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111, Épilogue: "Alors l'enfer se tut" (Chœur) (01:19)
7. Philharmonia Orchestra – Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 3 "Summer": No. 12, Variation (01:22)
8. Stephen Stubbs – Steffani: Niobe, regina di Tebe, Act 1: "Anderei fin nell'Inferno" (Creonte) (01:23)
9. Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos – Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat: Introduction (01:30)
10. Alexandre Desplat – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Broomsticks and Fire (01:31)
11. Susan Graham – Berg: 7 Frühe Lieder: No. 7, Sommertage (01:37)
12. Maxim Emelyanychev – Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act 1: Chorus. "For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom" (The Heathens) (01:40)
13. Viktoria Postnikova – Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 7, July. Reaper's Song (01:42)
14. Christian Tetzlaff – Sibelius: Suite for Violin and String Orchestra in D Minor, Op. 117: III. In the Summer (01:47)
15. André Previn – Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 13, Summer Fairy (01:46)
16. Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos – Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Pt. 1: The Afternoon, the Blackbird (01:46)
17. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra – Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Song. "Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay" (01:49)
18. Michel Plasson – Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers, Act 3: Galop infernal (02:04)
19. John Nelson – Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111, Pt. 3: "Esprits des flammes inconstantes" (Méphistophélès) (02:03)
20. Maxim Emelyanychev – Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act 1: Chorus. "And Draw a Blessing Down" (The Heathens) (02:03)
21. Kent Nagano – Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act 3: "I Burn, I Burn! I Freeze!" (Nick) (02:03)
22. Dong Hyek Lim – Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor (02:04)
23. Stefan Plewniak – Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act 1: "Ah se intorno a quest'urna funesta" (Coro) (02:06)
24. Véronique Gens – Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b: I. Villanelle, H 82b (02:07)
25. London Classical Players – Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La réjouissance (02:08)
26. Didier Benetti – Chen: Wu Xing: Le feu (02:08)
27. Choir of King's College, Cambridge – Delius: To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water: I. Slow, But Not Dragging (02:10)
28. Alexandre Tharaud – D'Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin: Sarabande "Dieu des Enfers" (After Lully's La naissance de Vénus) (02:18)
29. John Nelson – Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111, Pt. 1: "Certain rat, dans une cuisine" (Brander, Chœur, Méphistophélès) (02:20)
30. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue: Fugue (Excerpt) (02:23)
31. Vernon Handley – Elgar: Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: Epilogue. Chorus. "As Torrents in Summer" (02:21)
32. Hans Hotter – Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 85: No. 1, Sommerabend (02:32)
33. Vilde Frang – Lloyd Webber: The Gardens at Eastwell "A Late Summer Impression" (Arr. Soudoplatoff for Violin and Strings) (02:32)
34. Hélène Grimaud – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo (02:33)
35. Bernard Haitink – Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Wir wandeltendurch Feuergluten" (Pamina, Tamino) (02:33)
36. Leif Ove Andsnes – Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71: No. 2, Summer Evening (02:33)
37. Jennifer Larmore – Aborn: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day (02:41)
38. Sharon Kam – Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1: "Summertime" (Orch. Bühl) (02:41)
39. Aldo Ciccolini – Massenet: Année passée, Livre I "Après-midi d'été": II. Dans les blés. Modéré (Remasteris En 2009) (02:42)
40. Kiri Te Kanawa – Kern: All Through the Day (From "Centennial Summer") (02:50)
41. Giuseppe Sinopoli – Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder: Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd: Interlude (02:49)
42. John Nelson – Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111, Pt. 3: "Que l'air est étouffant !" (Marguerite) (02:55)
43. Catherine King – The Burning Babe (02:55)
44. Yehudi Menuhin – Berlin: Heat Wave (From "As Thousands Cheer") (02:58)
45. Marius Constant – Ohana: Signes: VI. L'arbre brûlé par le soleil (03:12)
46. Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Respighi: Fontane di Roma, P. 106: III. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio (03:15)
47. André Previn – Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39, Ballet Music: IV. Dance of Spirits of Fire. Allegro moderato (03:21)
48. Stephen Kovacevich – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto (08:13)
49. Thibaut Garcia – Piazzolla: Estaciones porteñas: I. Verano porteño (Arr. Assad for Guitar) (03:30)
50. Vernon Handley – Bliss: Suite from Adam Zero: VI. Dance of Summer (03:31)
51. William Christie – Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act 1: Air. "Racks, gibbets, sword and fire" (Valens) (03:35)
52. Bernard Haitink – Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 3, Scene 3: Magic Fire Music. "Wer meines Speeres Spitze fürchtet" (03:37)
53. Sir Neville Marriner – Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: III. Menuetto. Allegretto (03:47)
54. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4 (03:50)
55. Jeanne Loriod – Messiaen: Fête des belles eaux: VIII. Feux d'artifice final (03:51)
56. Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A Major, Hob. I:59 "Fire": IV. Allegro assai (04:02)
57. Carlo Maria Giulini – Falla: El amor brujo: No. 8, Danza ritual del fuego (04:15)
58. Philip Brunelle – Britten: The Company of Heaven, Pt. 3: VII. A Thousand, Thousand Gleaming Fires (04:14)
59. Joyce DiDonato – Heggie: Camille Claudel - Into the Fire: V. The Gossips (Live) (04:21)
60. Dong Hyek Lim – Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 (04:27)
61. Lesley Garrett – Legrand: The Summer Knows (From "Summer of '42") (04:48)
62. Kurt Masur – Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: Scherzo (04:47)
63. Dalal – Einaudi: Burning (04:56)
64. Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Haydn: The Seasons, Hob. XXI:3, Summer: No. 17, Arie. "Welche Labung für die Sinne" (Hanne) (04:56)
65. Carlo Maria Giulini – Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello) (05:19)
66. Riccardo Muti – Verdi: I vespri siciliani, Act 3: Ballabile. L'estate (05:24)
67. Wiener Philharmoniker – Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro (05:24)
68. Jean-François Heisser – Albéniz: Iberia, Cuaderno II: Triana (05:28)
69. Ian Bostridge – Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: No. 3, Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun (05:33)
70. Sarah Chang – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non molto (05:39)
71. Thomas Adès – Adès: America, a Prophecy, Op. 19: Pt. 2 "Burn, Burn, Burn" (05:56)
72. Andrew Davis – Tippett: Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage": VI. The Fourth Dance - Fire in Summer (06:09)
73. Herbert von Karajan – Chabrier: España (06:13)
74. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Suk: A Summer's Tale, Op. 29: II. Noon (06:15)
75. Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A Major, Hob. I:59 "Fire": I. Presto (06:20)
76. Jean-François Heisser – Albéniz: Iberia, Cuaderno III: El Albaicín (06:32)
77. Martha Argerich – Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic" (06:43)
78. Otto Klemperer – Mozart. Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K.183/K.173dB: I. Allegro con brio (06:43)
79. Jean Martinon – Honegger: Pastorale d'été (07:31)
80. Beatrice Rana – Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39 (07:55)
81. Otto Klemperer – Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (08:05)
82. Paavo Berglund – Sibelius: The Origin of Fire, Op. 32 (08:34)
83. Peter Sadlo – Wilmington: Heat (08:32)
84. Andre Cluytens – Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain (Orch. Rimsky-Korsakov) (10:50)
85. Beatrice Rana – Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 (11:59)
86. Riccardo Muti – Scriabin: Symphony No. 5, Op. 60 "Prometheus" (20:47)
87. Daniel Barenboim – Liszt: Dante Symphony, S. 109: I. Inferno (21:34)
88. Kent Nagano – Stravinsky: Perséphone, Tableau II "Perséphone aux enfers" (22:42)
"In the Heat of Classics" is an expansive digital compilation album released by Warner Classics that spans 88 tracks and over 6 hours of music. It is curated to offer both refreshing, cool classical pieces for summer and fiery, passionate works that capture the intensity of the season.
The collection features works from a diverse range of composers, stretching from Erik Satie's minimalist gems to modern British ballet scores. It draws heavily from Warner Classics' deep catalog, showcasing world-renowned conductors and performers.
The collection features works from a diverse range of composers, stretching from Erik Satie's minimalist gems to modern British ballet scores. It draws heavily from Warner Classics' deep catalog, showcasing world-renowned conductors and performers.