ULTIMATE CLASSICS: The Best Of - DÁRKOVÁ EDICE (5CD)

CD 1: Ultimate Classics



 


 
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)


 

Solomon HWV 67



 

Act 3







Track 1
 





The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

[3:15]


 
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner


 


 


 
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)


 

Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839







Track 2
 





Arr. Douglas Gamley (1924-)

[4:47]


 
Dame Joan Sutherland, The Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge


 


 


 
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)


 

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147







Track 3
 





English text version

[7:23]


 
Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Peter White, George Guest


 


 


 
Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)


 

Canon in D







Track 4
 





arr. Karl Münchinger (1915-1990)

[4:30]


 
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger


 


 


 
Albert Hay Malotte (1895 - 1964)






Track 5
 





The Lord's Prayer

[3:02]


 
Stuart Burrows, The Ambrosian Singers, Martin Neary, Wyn Morris


 


 


 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)


 

Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"







Track 6
 





1. Allegro

[5:53]


 
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner


 


 


 
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)


 

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64







Track 7
 





2. Andante

[7:38]


 
Ruggiero Ricci, London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba


 


 


 
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)


 

Madama Butterfly



 

Act 2







Track 8
 





Un bel dì vedremo

[4:48]


 
Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin


 


 


 
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)


 

Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a







Track 9
 





Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy...Waltz of the Flowers

[7:35]


 
Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan


 


 


 
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)


 

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16







Track 10
 





3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso

[10:28]


 
Radu Lupu, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn


 


 


 
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)


 

Nabucco



 

Act 3







Track 11
 





Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

[4:43]


 
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Lamberto Gardelli


 


 


 
Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)






Track 12
 





"Pomp and Circumstance," Op.39: March, No.1 in D

[6:33]


 
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti







CD 2: Ultimate Classics



 


 
Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)


 

Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers)







Track 1
 





Overture

[8:57]


 
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet


 


 


 
Johann Strauss (1825 - 1899)


 

Casanova



 

Arr. Benatzky/Douglas Gamley (1924-)







Track 2
 





Nuns' Chorus

[3:47]


 
Dame Joan Sutherland, Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge


 


 


 
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)


 

Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, Cantata BWV 208



 

arr. Münchinger







Track 3
 





Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)

[4:27]


 
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger


 


 


 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)






Track 4
 





Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 -"Für Elise"

[2:58]


 
Vladimir Ashkenazy


 


 


 
Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900)


 

The lost chord







Track 5
 





Words: Adelaide A. Proctor

[3:53]


 
Stuart Burrows, The Ambrosian Singers, Martin Neary, Wyn Morris


 


 


 
André Grétry (1741 - 1813)


 

Zémire et Azor



 

Arranged Beecham







Track 6
 





Pantomine and Finale

[5:10]


 
Richard Hickox Orchestra, Richard Hickox


 


 


 
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)


 

Rigoletto



 

Act 3







Track 7
 





"La donna è mobile"

[2:26]


 
Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge


 


 


 
Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)


 

Cavalleria rusticana







Track 8
 





Intermezzo

[3:11]


 
The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni


 


 


 
Jeremiah Clarke (1673 - 1707)


 

Trumpet Voluntary







Track 9
 





Arr. John Iveson

[2:45]


 
Philip Jones, Elgar Howarth, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble


 


 


 
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)


 

Messiah



 

John Tobin edition



 

Part 3







Track 10
 





43. Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth

[5:47]


 
Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti


 


 


 
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848 - 1918)






Track 11
 





Jerusalem

[2:35]


 
Canterbury Cathedral Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, David Flood, Allan Wicks


 


 


 
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)


 

La traviata



 

Act 1







Track 12
 





Prelude

[4:07]


 
The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge


 


 


 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)


 

Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -"Emperor"







Track 13
 





3. Rondo (Allegro)

[10:36]


 
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti


 


 


 
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)


 

Fantasia on Greensleeves







Track 14
 





Arr. by Ralph Greaves (-1966)

[4:20]


 
William Bennett, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner


 


 


 
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)


 

Boléro







Track 15
 





Excerpt (Finale)

[5:05]


 
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet


 







CD 3: Ultimate Classics



 


 
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)


 

Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46







Track 1
 





1. Morning mood

[4:00]


 
Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan


 


 


 
Sir Hugh Roberton (1874 - 1952)






Track 2
 





All in the April Evening

[3:19]


 
Treorchy Male Choir


 


 


 
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)


 

Aida



 

Act 2







Track 3
 





Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside

[11:34]


 
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci


 


 


 
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)


 

Thaïs



 

Acte Deux







Track 4
 





Méditation religieuse - Symphonie

[5:44]


 
Nigel Kennedy, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge


 


 


 
Stephen Adams (1844 - 1913)






Track 5
 





The Holy City

[4:52]


 
Stuart Burrows, The Ambrosian Singers, Martin Neary, Wyn Morris


 


 


 
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)


 

Elijah, Op.70



 

sung in English



 

Part 2







Track 6
 





"Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him"

[3:43]


 
Kathleen Ferrier, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Boyd Neel


 


 


 
John Stainer (1840 - 1901)


 

The Crucifixion







Track 7
 





God so loved the world

[3:56]


 
Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest


 


 


 
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)


 

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







Track 8
 





1. Moderato

[11:06]


 
Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn


 


 


 
Benjamin Godard (1849 - 1895)






Track 9
 





Angels Guard Thee

[4:57]


 
Kenneth McKellar, Orchestra, Peter Knight


 


 


 
Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)


 

Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 "From the New World"







Track 10
 





2. Largo

[5:09]


 
London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész


 


 


 
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)


 

Les pêcheurs de perles



 

Act 1







Track 11
 





No.2 b) Duo: "Au fond du temple saint"

[6:38]


 
Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Stapleton


 







CD 4: Ultimate Classics



 


 
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)






Track 1
 





The Hebrides, Op.26 (Fingal's Cave)

[10:05]


 
Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnanyi


 


 


 
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)


 

La Bohème



 

Act 1







Track 2
 





"Che gelida manina"

[4:38]


 
Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan


 


 


 
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)


 

Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra







Track 3
 





2. Adagio

[10:52]


 
Carlos Bonell, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit


 


 


 
Michael Balfe (1808 - 1870)


 

The Bohemian Girl



 

Act 2







Track 4
 





I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls

[4:31]


 
Dame Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge


 


 


 
Roman Hoffstetter (1742 - 1815)


 

String Quartet in F major, Op.3, No.5 (formerly attrib. J. Haydn)







Track 5
 





Andante cantabile

[3:54]


 
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger


 


 


 
Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900)


 

The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria



 

Version with dialogue



 

Act Two







Track 6
 





30-33. Take a pair of sparkling eyes...Dance...

[5:09]


 
Thomas Round, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, New Symphony Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey


 


 


 
Albert William Ketèlbey (1875 - 1959)






Track 7
 





Sanctuary of the Heart

[3:53]


 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Chorus, Eric Rogers


 


 


 
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)


 

Ave Maria: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846







Track 8
 





Arr. Carlo Sabatini (1924-)

[2:38]


 
Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan


 


 


 
Anonymous


 

Psalm 23: 'The Lord is my Shepherd' Anglican Chant







Track 9
 





Setting: Irvine to the tune 'Crimond'

[3:28]


 
Huddersfield Choral Society, Wyn Morris


 


 

Blow the wind southerly (Northumbrian folk song)







Track 10
 





Arr. Whittaker

[2:22]


 
Kathleen Ferrier


 


 


 
Traditional


 

The Londonderry Air







Track 11
 





Arr. John Iveson

[2:56]


 
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble


 


 


 
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)


 

Karelia Suite, Op.11







Track 12
 





3. Alla marcia (Moderato)

[4:26]


 
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy


 


 


 
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)


 

Suite bergamasque







Track 13
 





3. Clair de lune

[5:36]


 
Pascal Rogé


 


 


 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)


 

Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral"







Track 14
 





4. Presto - Allegro assai

[7:33]


 
Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti







CD 5: Ultimate Classics



 


 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)


 

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492



 

Original version, Vienna 1786







Track 1
 





Overture

[3:51]


 
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti


 


 


 
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)


 

Serse



 

Arranged Reinhard



 

Act 1







Track 2
 





Largo: 'Ombra mai fu'

[5:32]


 
London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell


 


 


 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)






Track 3
 





Ave verum corpus, K.618

[3:50]


 
Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Peter White, George Guest


 


 


 
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)


 

Mors et Vita - Oratorio



 

Part 2







Track 4
 





No.5. Judex

[4:33]


 
Richard Hickox Orchestra, Richard Hickox


 


 


 
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)


 

Tolomeo



 

English text







Track 5
 





Silent Worship

[2:38]


 
Kenneth McKellar, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Adrian Boult


 


 


 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)






Track 6
 





Violin Romance No.2 in F major, Op.50

[9:22]


 
Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Mozart Ensemble


 


 


 
Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)


 

Chants d'Auvergne







Track 7
 





2. Bailero

[6:40]


 
Kiri Te Kanawa, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate


 


 


 
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)


 

Scheherazade, Op.35







Track 8
 





The Young Prince and the Young Princess

[11:56]


 
London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Gruenberg, Leopold Stokowski


 


 


 
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)


 

Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23







Track 9
 





1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (excerpt)

[9:09]


 
Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel


 


 


 
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)


 

Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4







Track 10
 





Arr. Douglas Gamley

[2:10]


 
Renata Tebaldi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Anton Guadagno


 


 


 
William Henry Monk (1823 - 1889)






Track 11
 





Abide with me

[4:18]


 
Bruce Blyth, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Richard Farnes, Stephen Cleobury


 


 


 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)


 

Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat, K.495







Track 12
 





3. Rondo (Allegro vivace)

[3:56]


 
Barry Tuckwell, London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag


 


 


 
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)


 

Messiah



 

Part 2







Track 13
 





42. Chorus: "Hallelujah"

[3:41]


 
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner