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BEST CLASSICS 100
BEST CLASSICS 100 VOL II
BEST FILM CLASSICS 100
BEST MOZART 100
BEST OPERA CLASSICS 100
BEST PIANO 100
BEST BAROQUE 100
BEST BACH 100
BEST MARIA CALLAS 100
BEST SACRED 100
BEST SACRED 100
BEST SACRED 100
BEST RELAXING CLASSICS 100
BEST BACH 100
BEST BACH 100
BEST CAROLS 100
BEST CAROLS 100
BEST GUITAR 100
BEST BACH 100
BEST ROMANTIC 100
BEST ROMANTIC CLASSICS 100
BEST ADAGIOS 100
BEST BALLETS 100
BEST CONCERTOS 100
BEST PUCCINI 100


BEST CLASSICS 100

BEST CLASSICS 100
0946 3 6490120
An introduction to the world of classical music featuring 100 of the world’s best loved classical music recordings. These 6 CDs contain over seven hours of music and features composers like Mozart, Bizet, Verdi and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi Menuhin, Nigel Kennedy, Maria Callas and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Best Classics 100 is the perfect introduction to classical music.

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BEST CLASSICS 100 VOL II

BEST CLASSICS 100 VOL II
0946 3 65645 2 4
This is the follow up to the extremely popular album Best Classics 100. The 6 CDs are themed differently from those in the first album and cover ‘Spectacular Classics’, ‘Eternal Classics’, ‘Romantic Classics’, ‘Instrumental Classics’, ‘Nostalgic Classics’ and ‘Favourite Encores’.

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Shostakovich: Waltz No.2 (Jazz Suite No.2)
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps – Danse sacrale (L’élue)
Vivaldi: L’inverno (Le quattro stagioni) – II Largo
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor ‘Pathétique’ Op.13 – II Adagio cantabile
Mozart: Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 – II Romanze (Andante)
Mendelssohn: Wedding March (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
J.S Bach: Cello Suite No.1 in G BWV1007 – I Prélude
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat K495 – II Romanza (Andante cantabile)
Debussy: La Fille aux cheveux de lin (Préludes Book I)
Schubert: Ständchen D957 No.4
Beethoven: Minuet in G
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (extract)

BEST FILM CLASSICS 100

BEST FILM CLASSICS 100
0946 3 54928 2 8
This 6CD collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as Harry Potter, Titanic, The Lord of the Rings, Death in Venice, American Beauty, Bridget Jones Diary, Cinema Paradiso, The Piano, Philadelphia & The Shawshank Redemption to name but a few.

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STAR WARS - Star Wars Main Theme (John Williams)
GLADIATOR - Gladiator Theme (Zimmer/Gerrard/Badelt) (extract)
E.T. - E.T. Main Theme (John Williams)
JEAN DE FLORETTE - Main theme (from La forza del Destino Overture by Verdi)
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY - Stabat Mater (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)
BILLY ELLIOT - Swan Lake (Scene Act II No.10) (Tchaikovsky)
THE PIANO - The Heart asks Pleasure First / The Promise (Michael Nyman)
OCEAN’S ELEVEN - Clair de lune (Debussy)
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY - Casta Diva (Norma) (Bellini)
CALLAS FOREVER - L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen) (Bizet)
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) (Handel)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Goldberg Variations (J. S. Bach) – Aria

BEST MOZART 100

BEST MOZART 100
0946 330381 2 7
This collection features the top 100 tracks loved the world over and made popular by films such as AMADEUS and featured in TV commercials. Many may not know the exact titles of these compositions but they are guaranteed to be instantly recognised when heard. A great gift to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth this year.

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Symphony No.40 in G minor K550: I Allegro molto
Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola in E flat K364: III Presto
Le nozze di Figaro (Da Ponte) K492: Overture (Orchestra)
Don Giovanni (Da Ponte) K527: Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Leporello)
Die Zauberflöte (Schikaneder): Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Papageno)
Der Hölle Rache (Königin der Nacht)
Piano Sonata in A K331: III Rondo alla turca (Allegretto)
Divertimento for string trio in E flat ‘Puchberg’ K563: VI Finale (Allegro)
Flute Quartet No.2 in G K285a: I Andante
Violin Concerto No.5 in A K219: III Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto)
Requiem in D minor (ed. Beyer) K626: Kyrie
‘Coronation’ Mass in C K317: Benedictus

BEST PIANO 100

BEST PIANO CLASSICS 100
0946 3 38522 2 8
This superb value-for-money collection features the top 100 piano tracks. From Grieg to Gershwin, Bach to Beethoven or Mozart to Mussorgsky, there’s something for all to enjoy here. BEST PIANO 100 caters for every mood, and includes performances by some of the world’s best pianists.

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.14 No.2, ‘Moonlight’ I - Adagio sostenuto
Debussy: Arabesque No.1
Chopin: Grande valse brillante in E flat Op.18
Mozart: Piano Sonata in C K545, I Allegro
Satie: Gymnopédie No.1
Chopin: Prelude in A Op.28 No.7
Chopin: Etude Op.10 No.12 in C minor, ‘Revolutionary’
Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18, I Moderato (extract)
Chopin: Waltz in C sharp minor Op.64, No.2
Debussy: Children’s Corner, Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
Beethoven: Menuet in G

BEST OPERA CLASSICS 100

BEST OPERA CLASSICS 100
7243 5 86211 2 9
A collection of the best-loved operas arias ever, sung by the greatest stars at an unbeatable price. At over 7 hours of pure listening enjoyment, this bargain 6CD set is an irresistible must for every opera lover. Featuring the greatest names in Opera from the past and present – Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Roberto Alagna and many more….

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Voi che sapete (Cherubino)
Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Un bel dì vedremo (Butterfly)
Gounod: Faust - Le veau d’or est toujours debout (Mephisto)
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an? (Senta’s Ballad)
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Che farò senza Euridice? (Orfeo)
Verdi: Il trovatore - Di quella pira (Manrico)
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Non più andrai (Figaro)
Verdi: La Traviata - Libiamo ne’ lieti calici (Alfredo/Violetta)
Massenet: Werther - Werther, Werther, qui m’aurait dit…Ces lettres! (Charlotte)
Wagner: Siegfried - Was am besten er kann…Nothung! Nothung! (Siegfried/Mime)

BEST BAROQUE 100

BEST BAROQUE 100
0946 3 65278 2 6
This 6CD set provides a comprehensive overview of Baroque music and serves as an excellent introduction for someone who would like to hear more of the Baroque style beyond "Spring" from "The Four Seasons" or "Canon" by Pachelbel. Each piece has been expertly played and recorded reflecting the best that Baroque music has to offer, including music from Bach, Handel, Purcell, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Pachelbel, Telemann and Boccherini amongst others… look no further for a wonderful Baroque musical experience.

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Handel: Zadok the priest, anthem
Handel:Water Music, Suite in D major H 349 (excerpt): Overture - Alla hornpipe
Handel: Dixit Dominus (psalm L)
Albinoni / arr. Giazotto [Ricordi]: Adagio in G minor
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in E major, G. 275, Minuetto
Vivaldi: Concerto for recorder in C major, I Allegro
l’aîné: Marche de triomphe avec des trompettes et des timbales
Lully: Isis Quinault, Air des trembleurs - “L’hiver qui nous tourmente s’obstine à nous geler”
J.S Bach: “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (from cantata BWV 147)
J.S Bach: Goldberg variations, Aria
J.S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047, I Allegro
C.P.E Bach: Cello concerto in A major H 439, III Allegro assai

BEST BACH 100

BEST BACH 100
0946 374378 2 7
This 6CD collection features music from one of the greatest composers of all time including: the Brandenburg Concertos, Toccata & Fugue, Suite No. 1 for cello and many many more.

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Gloria in excelsis Deo
Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Schafe können
Toccata in D minor
Suite No.3 – Air
Keyboard Concerto in F minor – Presto
Brandenburg No.2 – III Allegro assai
Oboe Concerto – II Adagio
Viola da gamba Sonata – II Adagio
Cello Suite No.1 – I Prelude
Flute Sonata – II Siciliano
Goldberg Variations – Aria

BEST MARIA CALLAS 100

BEST MARIA CALLAS 100
0946 365612 2 6
The famous baritone Tito Gobbi once said: ‘There is only one Callas’, and all aspects of her unique art are represented here in these 6 CDs of her best and most popular operatic arias and duets.

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D’un pensiero
Casta Diva
Spargi d’amaro pianto
Non più mesta
Mercè, dilette amiche
O madre, dal cielo soccorri
O mio babbino caro
Tu che di gel sei cinta
Ah! je ris
Adieu, notre petite table
Or sai chi l’onore
O don fatale

BEST SACRED 100

BEST SACRED 100
0946 3 82591 2 1
This 6CD collection features works from Byrd to Barber via Brahms and provides a fascinating insight into the evolution of sacred music.

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Gregorian Chant - Sub tuum praesidium
Vivaldi - Gloria RV589 Gloria in excelsis Deo
J.S.Bach - Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Mozart - Mass in C minor K427 - Laudamus te
Haydn - The heavens are telling
Fauré Ed. Rutter - Requiem Op.48 - Pie Jesu
Franck Arr. Sandré - Panis angelicus
Schubert - Gott ist mein Hirt (Psalm 23) D706
Verdi - Ingemisco
Jenkins - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - Agnus Dei

BEST RELAXING CLASSICS 100

BEST RELAXING CLASSICS 100
0946 3 89032 2 2
Sit back, relax and unwind to some of the most relaxing classical music performed by some of the finest artists. There’s over 7 hours of well-chosen music split across six CDs and featuring the world's best loved composers. Another winning collection.

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J.S.Bach - Sheep may safely graze
Handel - Water Music – Air from Suite No.1 in F
Mozart - Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte)
Beethoven - Für Elise (Bagatelle No.25)
The Silence of the Lambs - Goldberg Variations – Aria
The Deer Hunter - Cavatina
Saint-Saens - The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
Mascagni - Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11
Lloyd Webber - Pie Jesu (Requiem)

BEST BEETHOVEN 100

BEST BEETHOVEN 100
0946 3 94318 2 3
180 years ago, the great composer, Ludwig van Beethoven breathed his last breath. This 6CD collection celebrates the genius that was Beethoven and features some of his most loved works from his symphonic works, and opera to his concertos and piano works.

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Symphony No.6 in F ‘Pastoral’ Op.68: V: Allegretto
Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125 ‘Choral’: IV: Ode to Joy
Triple Concerto in C Op.56: II: Largo
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat Op.73 ‘Emperor’: I: Allegro extract
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor ‘Pathétique’ Op.13: II: Adagio cantabile
Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 ‘Appassionata’: I: Allegro assai
Flute Sonata in B flat Anhang 4: II: Polonaise
Cello Sonata No.5 in D Op.102 No.2: III: Allegro fugato
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in E flat Op.16: III: Rondo: Allegro non troppo
Missa solemnis in D Op.123: Gloria in excelsis Deo – Gratias agimus tibi



BEST VIVALDI 100

BEST VIVALDI 100
0999 5 10358 2 2
This 6 CD set features music from one of the most influential composers and musicians of all time. With an unmistakeable style, Antonio Vivaldi’s music remains hugely popular to this day, and this collection features some of his best loved works including The Four Seasons Concertos, Mandolin Concerto in C and Gloria.

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BEST CAROLS 100

BEST CAROLS 100
0999 5 00245 2 0
This 6 CD compilation features Christmas carols old and new, performed by some of the world’s greatest singers, choirs and orchestras including King’s College Cambridge with Sir David Willcocks, The King’s Singers, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Roberto Alagna. The perfect Christmas gift.

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Up! good Christian folk and listen (Piae cantiones arr. Woodward)
A Spotless Rose (Howells)
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol (Rutter)
I saw three ships (English trad. arr. Rutter)
A virgin unspotted (Billings)
In dulci jubilo (a 16) Pars II (Praetorius)
The Little Drummer Boy (Davis, Onorati, Simeone, arr. John McCarthy)
Mary’s Boy Child (Hairston)
Coventry Carol (16th-cent. English, arr. Martin Shaw)
O come, all ye faithful (Wade arr. Willcocks)


BEST GUITAR 100

BEST GUITAR 100
50999 5 22153 2 2
This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite guitar classics, performed by some of the world’s leading artists. Among them are the guitarists Manuel Barrueco, Ernesto Bitetti, Carlos Bonell, Julian Bream, Julian Byzantine, Eliot Fisk, Oscar Ghiglia, Sharon Isbin, Wulfin Lieske, Christopher Parkening, Angel Romero, Dario Rossetti-Bonell and the legendary Andrés Segovia, as well as the lutenist Anthony Bailes and the conductors Enrique Batíz, Elmer Bernstein, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle and Antoni Ros-Marbà.

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BEST KARAJAN 100

BEST KARAJAN 100
50999 5 15766 2 2
EMI Classics are very pleased to announce that we will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Herbert von Karajan, arguably the greatest conductor of the 20th Century. This set features extracts from some of Karajan’s best loved recordings with the world’s greatest orchestras and soloists including James Galway, Dennis Brain, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maurice André, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras.

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BEST ROMANTIC 100

BEST ROMANTIC CLASSICS 100
50999 5 00258 2 4
This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics, performed by some of the world’s leading artists. Among them are the singers Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu. Barbara Hendricks, Luciano Pavarotti and Kiri Te Kanawa; instrumentalists Leif Ove Andsnes, Martha Argerich, Jacqueline du Pré, Yehudi Menuhin, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Maxim Vengerov; plus conductors Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle and Herbert von Karajan.

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BEST ADAGIOS 100

BEST ADAGIOS 100
50999 5 22085 2
This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 beautiful adagio compositions, performed by some of the world’s leading artists including Véronique Gens, Sabine Meyer, François-René Duchâble, Leif Ove Andsnes, Melvyn Tan, Naoko Yoshino, Sharon Isbin, Barbara Hendricks, Augustin Dumay, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Christian Tetzlaff and conductors including Fabio Biondi, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Andrew Davis, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Paavo Järvi.

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BEST BALLET 100

BEST BALLET 100
50999 2 06777 2 5
This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 favourite ballet classics, performed by some of the world’s leading artists and orchestras. Among them are Peter Donohoe, Barbara Lieberman, Jean-Philippe Collard, The London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, The Philadelphia Orchestra lead by world renound conductors including André Previn, Aram Khachaturian, Sir Charles Mackerras, Michel Plasson, Leonard Slatkin, Riccardo Muti and Sir Simon Rattle.

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BEST CONCERTOS 100

BEST CONCERTOS 100
50999 5 22131 2 0
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This 6 CD set features excerpts from some of the best known concertos in classical music, played by a collection of some of the greatest artists on record, including Leif Ove Andsnes, Steven Isserlis, Mikhail Pletnev, Gustav Leonhardt, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Jean-Bernard Pommier and Truls Mørk

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BEST PUCCINI 100

BEST PUCCINI 100
50999 2 36677 2 3
In 2008 the world celebrates the 150th anniversary on 22 December of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and perhaps the last in the line of the gifted melodists and dramatists to shape the genre of Italian opera. As part of EMI Classics’ contributions to the celebrations, Best Puccini 100 is a 6 CD set featuring highlights from all his major operas, as well as the early and delightful Messa di Gloria. The recordings (all stereo) come from EMI’s unrivalled operatic catalogue and feature some of the greatest stars in the world of opera.

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