EMI Best 100 Series
  Visit the US site of the EMI Best 100 Series
 

 

100 Best Encores
50999 2 37568 2 3
Digital Download - 50999 2 37568 5 4

CD 1: Violin Encores

    BAZZINI
  1. La Ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique) Op.25
    Maxin Vengerov violin
    Virtuosi, Vag Papian piano

  2. J. S. BACH
  3. Violin Sonata in C BWV 1005 – IV. Allegro assai
    Nigel Kennedy violin

  4. BEETHOVEN
  5. Violin Sonata No.5 in F 'Spring' Op.24 – III. Rondo
    (Allegro ma non troppo)
    Yehudi Menuhin violin, Hephzibah Menuhin piano


  6. PAGANINI
  7. Caprice No.24 in A minor Op.1 No.24
    Michael Rabin violin


  8. ROSSINI
  9. Andante and Variations for violin and piano
    Gidon Kremer violin, Andrei Gavrilov piano

  10. KREISLER
  11. La Gitana (Zigeunerlied)
    Tasmin Little violin, John Lenehan piano

  12. MASSENET
  13. Méditation (Thaïs)
    Kyung Wha Chung violin, Itamar Golan piano


  14. KHACHATURIAN
  15. Sabre Dance (Gayaneh)
    Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin, Pavel Gililov piano

  16. FAURÉ
  17. Berceuse Op.16
    Augustin Dumay violin, Jean-Philippe Collard piano


  18. BRAHMS
  19. Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor (arr. Joachim)
    Tasmin Little violin, Piers Lane piano


  20. WIENIAWSKI
  21. Polonaise brillante No.1 in D Op.4
    Maxim Vengerov violin, Ian Brown piano


  22. TCHAIKOVSKY
  23. Valse-Scherzo Op.34
    David Oistrakh violin, Vladimir Yampolsky piano

  24. SHOSTAKOVICH
  25. Romance (The Gadfly)
    Tasmin Little violin, Piers Lane piano

  26. SARASATE
  27. Introduction and Tarantella Op.43
    Maxim Vengerov violin, Ian Brown piano

  28. SCHUBERT
  29. Ave Maria (arr. Wilhelmj, ed. Heifetz)
    Kyung Wha Chung violin, Itamar Golan piano

  30. MONTI (arr. Kennedy & Kroke)
  31. Czárdás
    Nigel Kennedy violin, Kroke
CD 2: Piano Encores
    CHOPIN
  1. Grand Valse brillante in E flat Op.18
    Dmitri Alexeev piano


  2. BEETHOVEN
  3. Piano Sonata No.14, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight' – I. Adagio sostenuto
    Dame Moura Lympany piano


  4. HANDEL
  5. Saraband (Improvisation)
    Gabriela Montero piano


  6. LISZT arr. BUSONI
  7. La campanella (No.3 of Six Grand Études after Paganini)
    John Ogdon piano


  8. J. S. BACH (trans. Hess)
  9. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata BWV147)
    Alexis Weissenberg piano


  10. CHOPIN
  11. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66
    Daniel Adni piano


  12. SCHUMANN
  13. Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)
    Dame Moura Lympany piano


  14. CHOPIN
  15. Polonaise in A flat Op.53 ‘Heroique’
    Martha Argerich piano


  16. CHOPIN
  17. Nocturne in F sharp Op.15 No.2
    Maurizio Pollini piano


  18. RACHMANINOV
  19. Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2
    John Ogdon piano


  20. DEBUSSY
  21. Golliwogg’s Cakewalk (Children’s Corner Suite)
    Dame Moura Lympany piano


  22. SATIE
  23. Gymnopédie No.1 (Lent et douloureux)
    Aldo Ciccolini piano


  24. GRIEG
  25. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Book VIII) Op.65 No.6
    Leif Ove Andsnes piano


  26. ALBÉNIZ
  27. Granada (Suite española)
    Alicia de Larrocha piano


  28. FALLA
  29. Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
    Dame Moura Lympany piano


  30. MUSSORGSKY
  31. The Great Gate at Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)
    Alexix Weissenberg piano
CD 3: Solo Encores
    CLARKE
  1. Trumpet Voluntary
    Maurice André trumpet, Jane Parker-Smith organ

  2. MESSAGER
  3. Solo de concours
    Julian Bliss clarinet, Julien Quentin piano

  4. SAINT-SAËNS
  5. The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
    Nash Ensemble
    (Christopher van Kempen cello, Ian Brown & Susan Tomes pianos)

  6. J. S. BACH trans. BALSOM
  7. Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No.2 BWV1067)
    Alison Balsom trumpet

  8. GLIÈRE
  9. Tarantella Op.9 No.2
    Božo Paradžik double bass, Ulrich Rademacher piano


  10. GOEDICKE
  11. Concert Étude
    Ole Edvard Antonsen trumpet, Wolfgang Sawallisch piano

    STRAVINSKY arr. Crabb & Draugsvoll
  12. Tango
    James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll classical accordions

  13. J. S. BACH trans. Powell
  14. Siciliano (Cantata BWV29)
    Leon Gossens oboe, Gerald Moore piano

  15. IBERT
  16. Scherzetto (Six Harp Pieces)
    Markus Klinko harp

  17. CRESTON
  18. Sonata for alto saxophone & piano Op.19 – III. Avec gaîté
    Jean-Marie alto saxophone, Pierre Pontier piano

  19. VILLA-LOBOS
  20. Chôros No.1 in E minor
    Manuel Barrueco guitar

  21. POULENC
  22. Sonata for flute and piano – III. Presto giocoso
    Emmanuel Pahud flute, Eric Le Sage piano

    ABBOTT
  23. Alla caccia (1962)
    Michael Thompson horn, Philip Fowke piano

  24. RAVEL ed. & arr. Savery, Friis & Leth
  25. Alborada del gracioso
    Colin Currie & Sam Walton marimbas


  26. VILLA-LOBOS
  27. Chôros No.2 for Flute and Clarinet
    Emannuel Pahud flute, Paul Meyer clarinet

  28. PRYOR
  29. The Blue Bells of Scotland
    Ian Bousfield trombone, Alison Proctor piano


  30. WIDOR
  31. Toccata (Symphony No.5, Op.42)
    Wayne Marshall at the organ of Coventry Cathedral
CD 4: Orchestral Encores
    TCHAIKOVSKY
  1. Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)
    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi

  2. SHOSTAKOVICH
  3. Festival Overture Op.96
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton


  4. BRITTEN
  5. Simple Symphony Op.4 – Playful Pizzicato
    London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green


  6. SMETANA
  7. Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Rudolf Kempe

  8. LUMBYE
  9. Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop
    Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra / Lavard Friisholm


  10. GLINKA
  11. Ruslan and Ludmilla – Overture
    Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Wolfgang Sawallisch


  12. CHABRIER
  13. Joyeuse Marche
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham


  14. DVORÁK
  15. Slavonic Dance No.15 in C Op.72 No.7
    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons

  16. BERLIOZ
  17. Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

  18. PROKOFIEV
  19. Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op.60 – IV. Troika
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt


  20. CHABRIER
  21. España
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan

  22. JOHANN STRAUSS II
  23. Leichtes Blut –Polka Op.319
    Wiener Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe

  24. BERNSTEIN
  25. Candide – Overture
    London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn

  26. YOUMANS arr. Shostakovich
  27. Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)
    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi

  28. THEODORAKIS
  29. Zorba Suite – Finale
    Lakis Karnezis bouzouki
    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons

  30. KNUSSEN
  31. Flourish with Fireworks
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
CD 5: Song Encores
    DELIBES
  1. Les Filles de Cadix (de Musset)
    Barbara Hendricks soprano, Michel Dalberto piano

  2. TRADITIONAL IRISH
  3. Danny Boy (Weatherly)
    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano, Gerald Moore piano


  4. FINZI
  5. Rollicum-rorum (No.6 of Earth and Air and Rain)
    Jonathan Lemalu bass baritone, Roger Vignoles piano


  6. VALVERDE
  7. Clavelitos! (Cadenas)
    Victoria de los Angeles soprano Gerald Moore piano


  8. SAINT-SAËNS
  9. Danse macabre (Cazalis)
    José Van Dam baritone, Jean-Philippe Collard piano


  10. TRADITIONAL arr. Britten
  11. Sweet Polly Oliver
    Sarah Brightman soprano, Geoffrey Parsons piano


  12. ROSSINI
  13. Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cats’ Duet)
    Dame Felicity Lott soprano, Ann Murray mezzo-soprano


  14. FOSTER
  15. Jeanie with the light brown hair
    Thomas Hampson baritone, Jay Ungar violin, Molly Mason guitar,
    David Alpher piano, Michael Parloff flute


  16. TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL
  17. Swing low, sweet chariot
    Barbara Hendricks soprano, Dmitri Alexeev piano


  18. ROSSINI
  19. La danza
    Lawrence Brownlee tenor, Martin Katz piano


  20. DUPARC
  21. L’Invitation au voyage (Baudelaire)
    Christine Rice mezzo-soprano, Roger Vignoles piano


  22. MEYERBEER
  23. La Barque légère (Naudet)
    Thomas Hampson baritone, Geoffrey Parsons piano


  24. SCHUBERT
  25. An Sylvia D547 (Shakespeare)
    Dame Janet Baker mezzo-soprano, Geoffrey Parsons piano


  26. SCHUBERT
  27. Horch, horch, die Lerch (Ständchen) D889 (Shakespeare)
    Ian Bostridge tenor, Leif Ove Andsnes piano


  28. PROKOFIEV
  29. Wedding Song (Russian Folksongs Op.104)
    Galina Vishnevskaya soprano, Mstislav Rostropovich piano


  30. LISZT
  31. O lieb’, so lang du lieben kannst!
    Margaret Price soprano, James Lockhart piano


  32. ROSSINI
  33. La regata veneziana (Serate musicali, No.9)
    Victoria de los Angeles & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sopranos
    Gerald Moore piano


  34. SCHUBERT
  35. Abschied (No.7 of Schwanengesang, D957)
    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone, Gerald Moore piano


  36. GIMÉNEZ
  37. Zapateado (La tarántula é un bicho mú malo) (La tempranica)
    Victoria de los Angeles soprano, Alicia de Larrocha piano
CD 6: Opera Encores
    ROSSINI
  1. Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I)
    Orchestra of St Luke’s / Roger Norrington

  2. VERDI
  3. Sempre libera (La traviata, Act I)
    June Anderson soprano, Alfredo Kraus tenor


  4. DONIZETTI
  5. Verrano a te (Lucia di Lammermoor, Act I)
    June Anderson soprano, Alfredo Kraus tenor
    Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris /
    Michelangelo Veltri


  6. GOUNOD
  7. Salut ! demeure chaste et pure (Faust, Act III)
    Alfredo Kraus tenor
    Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris /
    Michelangelo Veltri


  8. DVORÁK
  9. Song to the Moon (Rusalka, Act I)
    Amanda Roocroft soprano
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst


  10. HANDEL
  11. Where’er you walk (Semele, Act II)
    John Mark Ainsley tenor
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis


  12. MESSAGER
  13. J’ai deux amants (L’amour masqué, Act I)
    Dame Felicity Lott soprano
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst


  14. MOZART
  15. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte, Act I)
    Ian Bostridge tenor
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst


  16. MOZART
  17. Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (Die Zauberflöte, Act I)
    Olaf Bär baritone
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst


  18. LEHÁR
  19. Ich weiß es selber nicht...Meine Lippen, sie küssen, so heiß
    (Giuditta, Act 4)
    Barbara Hendricks soprano
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis


  20. MORENO TORROBA
  21. Noche madrileña (Romanza) (La Chulapona)
    Placido Domingo tenor, Juliet Oppenheimer soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker


  22. JOHANN STRAUSS II
  23. Klänge der Heimat (Die Fledermaus, Act II)
    Cheryl Studer soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker


  24. BERNSTEIN
  25. Glitter and be gay (Candide, Act I)
    Natalie Dessay soprano
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis


  26. DE CURTIS
  27. Tu ca nun chiagne
    Roberto Alagna tenor
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Asher Fisch


  28. GRIGORIU
  29. Muszica
    Angela Gheorghiu soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Asher Fisch


  30. VERDI
  31. Libiamo, ne’lieti calici (Brindisi) (La traviata, Act I)
    Placido Domingo tenor, Cheryl Studer soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker

BEST ENCORES 100

This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 favourite encores for violin, piano, flute, clarinet and other solo instruments as well as orchestral works and vocal pieces performed by some of the world’s leading artists.

 
  The Best 100 Series . ©2006 EMI Classics . about . new releases . catalogue . subscribe
Visit EMI Classics