Various - Romantic Classics 2-CD Set (Chandos Audio CD)

Romantic Classics


COMPACT DISC ONE

Johann Sebastian Bach

1 'Air' from Suite No. 3 in D major 4:53
Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
CHAN 6527 Vivace! Baroque Classics

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2 Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21 7:10
London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
CHAN 9404 Mozart Piano Concertos, Vol. 6

Edward Elgar

3 Salut d'amour Op. 12 3:18
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 241-4 Elgar

Stanley Myers

4 Cavatina (arr. John Williams) 3:27
Craig Ogden
CHAN 9743 Guitar Meditations

William Walton

5 'Touch her soft lips and part' from Henry V 1:29
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 6611 Byways of British Music

Ludwig van Beethoven

6 Für Elise 3:10
Louis Lortie
CHAN 8616 Beethoven Eroica Variations etc.

Dmitri Shostakovich

7 Andante from Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102 6:00
Dmitri Shostakovich/I Musici de Montréal/Maxim Shostakovich
CHAN 8573 Tranquillity

Ralph Vaughan Williams

8 Fantasia on Greensleeves 4:08
BBC Philharmonic/Vernon Handley
CHAN 241-9 Vaughan Williams

Frédéric Chopin

9 Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 3:26
Jack Byfield/Cathedral Strings
FBCD 2009 Melodies by Moonlight

Antonio Vivaldi

10 'Winter' from The Four Seasons (extract) 2:24
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
CHAN 241-11 Wedding Classics

Franz Liszt

11 Liebestraum No. 3 5:49
Louis Lortie
CHAN 6537

Edvard Grieg

12 'Notturno' from Lyric Suite, Op. 54 4:22
Margaret Fingerhut/Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 8723 Grieg Piano Concerto etc.

Sergey Rachmaninov

13 Adagio sostenuto from Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 (extract) 4:12
Earl Wild/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jascha Horenstein
CHAN X10078 Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 1-4

Alexander Glazunov

14 'Petit Adagio' from Scene IV of The Seasons 3:29
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6511 Russian Masterpieces

Felix Mendelssohn

15 Allegretto grazioso from Songs Without Words, Bk V 2:57
Luba Edlina
CHAN 8948/9 Mendelssohn Songs Without Words

Edvard Grieg

16 Solvieg's Song 4:40
Margaret Fingerhut/Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 8723 Grieg Piano Concerto etc.

Maurice Ravel

17 Pavane pour une enfante défunte (extract) 3:39
Louis Lortie
CHAN 7004 Ravel Complete Solo Piano Works

Edward Elgar

18 'Nimrod' from Enigma Variations, Op. 36 3:24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 241-4 Elgar

Percy Grainger

19 Irish Tune from County Derry 3:39
BBC Philharmonic/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9584 Grainger Edition, Vol. 6, Orchestral Works

Sergey Prokofiev

20 'Amoroso' from Cinderella Suite No. 3, Op. 109 3:34
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 10077 X Prokofiev Waltzes
79:22

COMPACT DISC TWO
Antonín Dvorak

1 Largo from Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (extract) 3:13
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9991(6) Dvorák Complete Symphonies

Robert Schumann

2 'Träumere' from Kinderszenen, Op.15 2:34
Howard Shelley
CHAN 8814 Schumann Karnaval/Kinderszenen etc.

Max Bruch

3 Adagio from Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26 7:59
Hideko Udagawa/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras
CHAN 8974 Bruch/Brahms Violin Concertos

Sergey Rachmaninov

4 Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 6:44
Suzanne Murphy/Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 8476 Rachmaninov The Bells etc.

Ludwig van Beethoven

5 Adagio sostenuto from 'Moonlight' Sonata No. 14 (extract) 6:56
Israela Margalit
CHAN 6537 Daydreams - Gentle Piano Music

Sergey Rachmaninov

6 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (extract) 2:11
Earl Wild/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jascha Horenstein
CHAN X10078 Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 1-4

Claude Debussy

7 Clair de lune 5:25
Kyoko Tabe
CHAN 9912 Debussy Estampes

Gabriel Faure

8 Pavane, Op. 50 (extract) 5:47
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9416 Fauré Orchestral Works

Ralph Vaughan Williams

9 Serenade to Music (extract) 4:41
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 241-9 Vaughan Williams

Frédéric Chopin

10 Largo, Prelude No. 4 from 24 Preludes, Op. 28 2:07
Louis Lortie
CHAN 9597 Chopin 24 Preludes

Joaquín Rodrigo

11 Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez (extract) 8:07
Craig Ogden/BBC Philharmonic/Sachio Fujioka
CHAN 9604 Rodrigo Guitar Concertos

Maurice Ravel

12 Adagio assai from Piano Concerto in G major 10:40
Louis Lortie/London Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Frübeck de Burgos
CHAN 8773 Ravel Piano Concertos

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

13 Romeo and Juliet Overture (extract) 3:07
London Symphony Orchestra/Geoffrey Simon
CHAN 10041 X Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 etc.

Aram Il'yich Khachaturian

14 Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia 8:52
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 8927 Khachaturian Spartacus Ballet Suites
78:32
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K