Classics for the People Vol.1 (2CD)

CD1
1 HANDEL Zadok the Priest 5’17
2 WAGNER Die Walküre (The Ride of the Valkyries) 5’09
3 VERDI Aida (Grand March) 7’38
4 ELGAR Enigma Variations (Nimrod) 3’45
5 BIZET The Pearl Fishers (Duet: Au fond de temple saint) 4’55
Wynne Evans tenor • Donald Maxwell baritone
6 OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld (Can-Can) 2’12
7 DVORÁK Slavonic Dance No.8 4’29
8 PUCCINI Turandot (Nessun dorma) 2’59
Wynne Evans tenor
9 SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre 7’20
Michael Davis solo violin
10 PUCCINI Madama Butterfly (Un bel dì vedremo) 5’40
Deborah Norman soprano
11 BARBER Adagio for Strings 7’46
12 RAVEL Boléro 14’40
Total time 71’57

CD2
1 SIBELIUS Finlandia 7’58
2 ORFF Carmina Burana (O Fortuna) 2’33
3 FAURÉ Pavane 6’28
4 PARRY Jerusalem 2’50
5 SOUSA The Liberty Bell March 2’26
6 ROSSINI The Barber of Seville (Largo al factotum) 4’51
Donald Maxwell baritone
7 JOHANN STRAUSS II On the Beautiful Blue Danube 9’52
8 HANDEL Messiah (Hallelujah) 4’10
9 ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 5’33
10 DI CAPUA O sole mio 2’18
Wynne Evans tenor
11 KHACHATURIAN Gayaneh (Sabre Dance) 2’26
12 TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture 15’56
Total time 67’27

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Goldsmiths’ Choral Union (CD1: 1; CD2: 2, 4, 8) • Royal Choral Society (CD1: 3)
Conductors:
Philip Ellis (CD1: 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12; CD2: 1, 5, 7, 9–12) •
Owain Arwel Hughes (CD1: 1, 3, 5, 10; CD2: 2, 4, 6, 8)
Nick Davies (CD1: 7, 9; CD2: 3)