CD 1: FROM RUSSIA WITH ROMANCE

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
1. I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
   Horacio Gutierrez piano
   London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1976/1994*


PROKOFIEV
2. Balcony Scene (Romeo & Juliet) (extract)
   Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1981


SHOSTAKOVICH
3. Romance (The Gadfly)
   Tasmin Little violin ∙ Piers Lane piano
   (P) 1992


TCHAIKOVSKY
4. Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) (extract)
   Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1987


RACHMANINOV
5. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Variation 18
   Cécile Ousset piano
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984


KHACHATURIAN
6. Masquerade - Waltz
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1964/1993*


RACHMANINOV
7. Vocalise
   Natalie Clein cello · Charles Owen piano
   (P) 2006


TCHAIKOVSKY
8. Grand Pas de Deux (The Nutcracker)
   Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998


SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102

9. II. Andante
   Dmitri Alexeev piano
   English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1983


RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op.35
10. II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince (opening)
    Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983


KHACHATURIAN
11. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) (extract)
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1986


TCHAIKOVSKY
12. Swan Lake Scene (Act II No.10)
    London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1976/1988*


RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18

13. II: Adagio sostenuto (opening)
    Cécile Ousset piano
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984


BORODIN
14. Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) (opening)
    Beecham Choral Society Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /
    Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1974/1999*


RACHMANINOV
Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27

15. III. Adagio (opening)
    St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1994


TCHAIKOVSKY
16. Waltz (The Sleeping Beauty)
    Philharmonia Orchestra / John Lanchbery (P) 1982


STRAVINSKY
17. Le Oiseau de feu (conclusion)
    Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984/1995*

MOZART
Piano Concerto No.21 in C ‘Elvira Madigan’ K467
1. II. Andante (extract)
   Stephen Hough piano
   Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987


MOZART
Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525
2. II. Romanze (Andante)
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
   (P) 1977/1997*


BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’ Op.27/2

3. I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
   Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1991


BEETHOVEN
4. ‘Emperor’ Concerto Op.73 – II. Adagio (trans. Craig Leon)
   Julia Thornton harp
   National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah (P) 2003


MOZART
Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495
5. II. Romanza (Andante cantabile)
   Radovan Vlatkovic horn
   English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1987


MOZART
6. Un’aura amorosa (Così fan tutte)
   John Aler tenor
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1987


BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor ‘Pathétique’ Op.31
7. II. Adagio cantabile
   Stephen Kovacevich piano (P) 1998


MENDELSSOHN
8. Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 – II. Andante (extract)
   Yehudi Menuhin violin
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1959/1997*


MOZART
Clarinet Concerto – II. Adagio
Sabine Meyer clarinet
Dresden Staatskapelle / Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH

MENDELSSOHN
10. Frühlingslied (Lieder ohne Wörte No.30 in A, Op.62 No.6)
    Daniel Adni piano (P) 1973/1996*


BRUCH
11. Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 – II. Adagio (opening)
    Yehudi Menuhin violin
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind (P) 1959/1997*


MENDELSSOHN
12. Nocturne (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras
    (P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics


RICHARD STRAUSS
13. Beim Schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder) (conclusion)
    Lucia Popp soprano
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1982


J. STRAUSS II
14. An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract)
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1987*


KREISLER
15. Liebesleid
    Maxim Vengerov violin · Ian Brown piano (P) 2004


MENDELSSOHN
16. Wedding March (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1991

OFFENBACH
1. Belle nuit (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
   Jessye Norman soprano · Ann Murray mezzo-soprano
   Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de l’Opéra National du Théatre Royal de la Monnai, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling (P) 1988


SAINT-SAËNS
2. The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Chris Hazell)
   Hah-Na Chang cello
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 2000


BIZET
3. L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen)
   Maria Callas soprano
   Chœurs René Duclos Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Georges Prêtre (P) 1964


DEBUSSY
4. Clair de lune (arr. Stokowski)
   Philadelphia Orchstra / Wolfgang Sawallisch (P) 1996


DELIBES
5. Flower Duet (Dôme épais) (Lakmé)
   Natalie Dessay soprano · Delphine Haidan mezzo-soprano
   Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse /
   Michel Plasson (P) 1998 EMI Music France


GOUNOD
6. Les nubiennes (Faust Ballet Music)
   New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988*


SAINT-SAËNS
7. Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
   Maria Callas soprano
   Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française / Georges Prêtre (P) 1982/1997*


FAURÉ
8. Pavane
   Gareth Morris flute
   New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1968/1997*


MARTINI
9. Plaisir d’amour
   Barbara Hendricks soprano∙ Michel Dalberto piano
   (P) 1996 EMI France


SAINT-SAËNS
10. Romance Op.37
    Ulf Hoelscher violin
    New Philharmonia Orchestra / Pierre Dervaux (P) 1977/1993*


FAURÉ
11. Berceuse (Dolly Suite Op.56)
    Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto pianos (P) 1983 EMI France


BIZET
12. Entr’acte to Act III (Carmen)
    French National Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984


FAURÉ
13. Chanson d’amour (arr. Craig Leon)
    Natasha Marsh soprano
    London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Francis (P) 2007


SATIE
14. Gymnopédie No.1 (arr. Debussy)
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Louis Frémaux
    (P) 1974/1990*


DELIBES
15. Intermezzo & Valse lente (Sylvia)
    New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988*


MESSAGER
16. Pas de deux pigeons (Les deux pigeons)
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1958/1988*


MASSENET
17. Méditation (Thais)
    Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1981

GRIEG
1. Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23)
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983


SMETANA
2. The Moldau (Ma Vlast) (extract)
   Dresden Staatskapelle / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1995


GRIEG
3. Piano Concerto in A minor - II Adagio
   Dmitri Alexeev piano
   Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1989


DVORÁK
4. Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’ – II. Largo (opening)
   Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1989


GRIEG
5. Wedding Dayuat Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Book VIII, Op.65 No.6) Daniel Adni piano (P) 1974/1995*


DVORÁK
6. Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
   Lucia Popp soprano
   Münchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988


CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11
7. II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening)
   Martha Argerich piano
   Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999


DVORÁK
8. Humoresque Op.107 No.7
   Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988


CHOPIN
9. Prelude in A (Les Sylphides)
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Irving (P) 1959/1994*


LISZT
10. Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat - II. Quasi adagio
    Michel Beroff piano
    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Mazur (P) 1980/1990*


SIBELIUS
11. At the Castle Gate (Pelléas et Mélisande)
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1997*


CHOPIN
12. Berceuse in D flat Op. 57
    Peter Donohoe piano (P) 1993


GADE
13. Jealousy-Tango
    Stig Nilsson violin
    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998


CHOPIN
14. Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op.9 No. 2
    John Ogdon piano (P) 1969/1992*


LISZT
15. Liebestraum No.3 in A flat
    Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006


LEHÁR
16. Vilja (Die lustige Witwe)
    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
    Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus / Lovro von Matacic
    (P) 1963/2000*

ELGAR
1. Salut d’amour
   Northern Sinfonia of England / Richard Hickox (P) 1986


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
2. Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ (Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves)
   Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986*


ELGAR
3. Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 – I. Adagio–Moderato (opening)
   Jacqueline du Pré cello
   London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1965/1997*


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
4. The Lark Ascending (opening)
   Hugh Bean violin
   New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987*


ELGAR
5. Chanson de matin
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1968/1985*


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
6. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening)
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985*


LENNON & McCARTNEY
7. Michelle (arr. Ron Goodwin)
   Rostal & Schaefer pianos
   Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Ron Goodwin
   (P) 1979/2000*


HOLST
8. Venus (The Planets) (conclusion)
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1979/1987*


McCARTNEY
9. Celebration (Standing Stone)
   London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P) 1997 MPL Communications Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd


NYMAN
10. The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (from the film The Piano)
    Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman
    (P) 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd


MYERS
11. Cavatina (from the film The Deer Hunter)
    Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse guitars
    (P) 2001 Angel Records


NEWMAN
12. Any Other Name (from the film American Beauty)
    Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001


HORNER
13. My Heart Will Go On (from the film Titanic)
    Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998


VILLA-LOBOS
14. Sentimental Melody (arr. Barbosa-Lima)
    Sharon Isbin guitar(P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics


GERSHWIN
15. Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
    Kiri Te Kanawa soprano · The New York Choral Artists
    The New Princess Theater Orchestra / John McGlinn (P) 1987


BERNSTEIN
16. West Side Story Symphonic Dances - II. Somewhere
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Järvi
    (P) 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics


GERSHWIN
17. Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Grofé) (conclusion)
    André Previn piano
    London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1971/1998*

MASCAGNI

1. Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987*


PUCCINI
2. O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
   Angela Gheorghiu soprano
   London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999
   Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd


ALBÉNIZ
3. Tango (España Op.165 No.2)
   Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006


PUCCINI
4. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)
   Montserrat Caballé soprano
   London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/2002*


VIVALDI
5. Spring (The Four Seasons) – I. Allegro
   Yehudi Menuhin violin
   Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P)1981


MONTEVERDI
6. Pur ti miro (L’incoronazione di Poppea) (arr. Craig Leon)
   Natasha Marsh soprano ∙ Fernando Lima countertenor
   David Parsons lute
   London Symphony Orchestra / Craig Leon (P) 2007


BOCCHERINI
7. Minuet (arr. Woodhouse)
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
   (P) 1980/1997*


MASCAGNI
8. O amore, o bella luce del core (L’amico Fritz)
   Luciano Pavarotti tenor
   Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
   Gianandrea Gavazzeni (P) 1969/2000*


TÁRREGA
9. Recuerdos de la Alhambra
   Christopher Parkening guitar (P) 1976/2005* Angel Records


ROTA
10. Ai Giochi Addio (love theme from the Zeffirelli film Romeo & Juliet)
    Natasha Marsh soprano
    London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (P) 2007


RODRIGO
11. Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio (opening)
    Julian Bream guitar
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993


PUCCINI
12. Vogliatemi bene (Love Duet) (Madama Butterfly)
    Renata Scotto soprano · Carlo Bergonzi tenor
    Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma / Sir John Barbirolli
    (P) 1966/2002*


VIVALDI
13. Guitar Concerto in D (arr. Emilio Pujol; ed. Isbin) – II. Largo
    Sharon Isbin guitar
    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
    (P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics


SARASATE
14. Zigeunerweisen Op.20
    Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
    Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1985


QUARANTOTTO
15. Time to Say Goodbye (adapt. F. Peterson)
    Amy Nuttall soprano
    Orchestra conducted by Julian Kershaw (P) 2005


ALBÉNIZ
16. Sevilla (arr. Byzantine)
    Julian Byzantine guitar (P) 1993


PUCCINI
17. Nessun dorma (Turandot)
    José Carreras tenor · Rhine Opera Chorus
    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990*

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.