Description:

• 2 audio discs (154 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
• 4 3/4 in.
• digital
• optical
• 1.4 m/s
• stereo
• digital recording

Notes:

• Compact discs.
• All selections previously released.
• "Some of the music represents a section of the original piece"--Container.
• Credits ([4] p.) inserted in container.
• Various performers.

Contents:

• Disc 1. Carmen. L'amour est un enfant Bohème (Habanera, original version) / Bizet (Angela Gheorghiu) (3:34)
• Tosca. Recondita armonia / Puccini (Plácido Domingo) (2:54)
• Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo / Karl Jenkins (4:48)
• Semiramide. Bel raggio lusinghier / Rossini (Joyce DiDonato) (6:11)
• Violin concerto in A minor, BWV 1041. Allegro / J.S. Bach (Nigel Kennedy) (3:46)
• O Waly, Waly / trad., arr. Britten (Sarah Brightman) (4:35)
• Nocturne no. 2 in E flat, op. 9, no. 2 / Chopin (Yundi) (4:29)
• Deep peace (Gaelic blessing) / Rutter (Libera) (3:29)
• Concerto in A minor, RV356. Presto / Vivaldi (Alison Balsom) (2:30)
• Malagueña / Lecuona (Gabriela Montero) (3:58)
• Variations on a rococo theme. Variation VII ; Coda / Tchaikovsky (Gautier Capuçon, Valery Gergiev) (2:11)
• Moment musical no. 3 in F minor / Schubert (David Fray) (2:11)
• Farnace. Ricordate che sei / Vivaldi (Vivica Genaux) (3:42)
• Clair de lune / Debussy (Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker) (4:32)
• La Wally. Ebben? Ne andrò lontana / Catalani (Maria Callas) (4:52)
• Fantasy on 'La traviata' (opening) / Verdi, arr. Krakamp, Briccialdi, orch. & rev. Gamzou (Emmanuel Pahud) (2:47)
• Misirlou / Roubanis (Quatuor Ébène) (3:06)
• L'elisir d'amore. Quanto è bella / Donizetti (Rolando Villazón) (2:28)
• Concierto de Aranjuez. Allegro con spirito / Rodrigo (Xuefei Yang) (6:07)
• Turandot. Nessun dorma / Puccini (Paul Potts) (2:53).

• Disc 2. Stabat mater. Inflammatus et accensus / Rossini (Anna Netrebko) (4:43)
• Amor, op. 68, no. 5 / R. Strauss (Natalie Dessay) (3:02)
• Piano concerto no. 2 in G minor. Intermezzo: allegro moderato / Prokofiev (Evgeny Kissin) (6:35)
• Violin concerto no. 1 in G minor. Finale: allegro energico / Bruch (Sarah Chang) (7:05)
• Aquarela do Brasil / Barroso (Plácido Domingo) (4:17)
• Réminiscences de Don Juan. Presto / Liszt (Martha Argerich, Mauricio Vallina) (3:18)
• La resurrezione. Del ciglio dolente / Handel (Kate Royal) (2:27)
• Trois écossaises, op. 72, no. 3 / Chopin (Alexandre Tharaud) (2:28)
• Intermezzo / Mascagni, arr. Steven Baker (Russell Watson) (4:45)
• Piano concerto no. 4 in G minor. Largo / Rachmaninov (Leif Ove Andsnes) (6:36)
• Die Walküre. Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond / Wagner (Simon O'Neill) (3:15)
• La bohème. O soave fanciulla / Puccini (Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna) (3:49)
• Waltz in D flat, op. 64, no. 1 'Minute' / Chopin (Ingrid Fliter) (1:59)
• Madama Butterfly. Dovunque al mondo / Puccini (Jonas Kaufmann) (3:08)
• Un ballo in maschera. Saper vorreste / Verdi (Diana Damrau) (2:13)
• L'incoronazione di Poppea. Pur ti miro / attrib. Monteverdi (Philippe Jaroussky, Nuria Rial) (4:10)
• L'amico Fritz. Suzel, bon dì / Mascagni (Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni) (4:13)
• String quartet no. 14 in D minor, D. 810, 'Der Tod und das Mädchen'. Scherzo: allegro molto ; Trio / Schubert (Belcea Quartet) (3:58)
• The tempest. Who was here? / Adès (Ian Bostridge, Thomas Adès) (3:22)
• The nutcracker. Pas de deux ; Coda / Tchaikovsky (Simon Rattle).

Publisher or Distributor Number:

• 50999 6 40506 2 1
• 6 40506 2
• 50999 6 40507 2 0
• 6 40507 2
• 50999 6 40509 2 8
• 6 40509 2

Control Number: 791741

UPC:

• 509990975772
• 509996405062

Subjects:

• Instrumental music.
• Orchestral music.
• Vocal music.

Genre: Sound recordings.