Сборник из 6 компакт-дисков содержит непревзойденную коллекцию из 100 любимых романтических классических произведений, в исполнении лучших артистов мира. Среди них исполнители: Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu, Barbara Hendricks, Luciano Pavarotti и Kiri Te Kanawa; инструменталисты Leif Ove Andsnes, Martha Argerich, Jacqueline du Pré, Yehudi Menuhin, Anne-Sophie Mutter и Maxim Vengerov, а так же дирижёры Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle и Herbert von Karajan.
01.TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening) Horacio Gutierrez piano London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1976/1994
02.PROKOFIEV Balcony Scene (Romeo & Juliet) (extract) Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1981
03.SHOSTAKOVICH Romance (The Gadfly) Tasmin Little violin • Piers Lane piano (P) 1992
04.TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) (extract) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1987
05.RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Variation 18 Cecile Ousset piano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984
07.RACHMANINOV Vocalise Natalie Clein cello · Charles Owen piano (P) 2006
08.TCHAIKOVSKY Grand Pas de Deux (The Nutcracker) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998
09.SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102 II. Andante Dmitri Alexeev piano English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1983
10.RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op.35 II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince (opening) Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983
11.KHACHATURIAN Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) (extract) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1986
12.TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Scene (Act II No.10) London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1976/1988
13.RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18 II: Adagio sostenuto (opening) Cecile Ousset piano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984
14.BORODIN Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) (opening) Beecham Choral Society Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1974/1999
15.RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27 III. Adagio (opening) St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1994
16.TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz (The Sleeping Beauty) Philharmonia Orchestra / John Lanchbery (P) 1982
17.STRAVINSKY Le Oiseau de feu (conclusion) Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984/1995
CD 2 - AN AUSTRO-GERMAN ROMANCE
01.MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 in C ‘Elvira Madigan’ K467 II. Andante (extract) Stephen Hough piano Halle Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987
02.MOZART Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 II. Romanze (Andante) Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997
03.BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’ Op.27/2 I. Adagio sostenuto (extract) Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1991
04.BEETHOVEN ‘Emperor’ Concerto Op.73 – II. Adagio (trans. Craig Leon) Julia Thornton harp National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah (P) 2003
05.MOZART Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495 II. Romanza (Andante cantabile) Radovan Vlatkovic horn English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1987
06.MOZART Un’aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte) John Aler tenor London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1987
07.BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor ‘Pathetique’ Op.31 II. Adagio cantabile Stephen Kovacevich piano (P) 1998
08.MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 – II. Andante (extract) Yehudi Menuhin violin Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1959/1997
09.MOZART Clarinet Concerto – II. Adagio Sabine Meyer clarinet Dresden Staatskapelle / Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH
10.MENDELSSOHN Fruhlingslied (Lieder ohne Worte No.30 in A, Op.62 No.6) Daniel Adni piano (P) 1973/1996
11.BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 – II. Adagio (opening) Yehudi Menuhin violin Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind (P) 1959/1997
12.MENDELSSOHN Nocturne (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
13.RICHARD STRAUSS Beim Schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder) (conclusion) Lucia Popp soprano London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1982
14.J. STRAUSS II An der schonen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract) Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1987
15.KREISLER Liebesleid Maxim Vengerov violin · Ian Brown piano (P) 2004
16.MENDELSSOHN Wedding March (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1991
CD 3 - A FRENCH ROMANCE
01.OFFENBACH Belle nuit (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) Jessye Norman soprano · Ann Murray mezzo-soprano Orchestre Symphonique et Ch?urs de l’Opera National du Theatre Royal de la Monnai, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling (P) 1988
02.SAINT-SAENS The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Chris Hazell) Hah-Na Chang cello Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 2000
03.BIZET L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen) Maria Callas soprano Ch?urs Rene Duclos Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera de Paris / Georges Pretre (P) 1964
04.DEBUSSY Clair de lune (arr. Stokowski) Philadelphia Orchstra / Wolfgang Sawallisch (P) 1996
05.DELIBES Flower Duet (Dome epais) (Lakme) Natalie Dessay soprano · Delphine Haidan mezzo-soprano Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson (P) 1998 EMI Music France
06.GOUNOD Les nubiennes (Faust Ballet Music) New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988
07.SAINT-SAENS Mon c?ur s’ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila) Maria Callas soprano Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Georges Pretre (P) 1982/1997
08.FAURE Pavane Gareth Morris flute New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1968/1997
09.MARTINI Plaisir d’amour Barbara Hendricks soprano• Michel Dalberto piano (P) 1996 EMI France
10.SAINT-SAENS Romance Op.37 Ulf Hoelscher violin New Philharmonia Orchestra / Pierre Dervaux (P) 1977/1993
11.FAURE Berceuse (Dolly Suite Op.56) Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto pianos (P) 1983 EMI France
12.BIZET Entr’acte to Act III (Carmen) French National Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984
13.FAURE Chanson d’amour (arr. Craig Leon) Natasha Marsh soprano London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Francis (P) 2007
14.SATIE Gymnopedie No.1 (arr. Debussy) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Louis Fremaux (P) 1974/1990
15.DELIBES Intermezzo & Valse lente (Sylvia) New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988
16.MESSAGER Pas de deux pigeons (Les deux pigeons) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1958/1988
17.MASSENET Meditation (Thais) Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1981
CD 4 - ROMANCE IN A COLD CLIMATE
01.GRIEG Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23) Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983
02.SMETANA The Moldau (Ma Vlast) (extract) Dresden Staatskapelle / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1995
03.GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor – II Adagio Dmitri Alexeev piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1989
04.DVORAK Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’ – II. Largo (opening) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1989
05.GRIEG Wedding Dayuat Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Book VIII, Op.65 No.6) Daniel Adni piano (P) 1974/1995
06.DVORAK Song to the Moon (Rusalka) Lucia Popp soprano Munchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988
07.CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening) Martha Argerich piano Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999
08.DVORAK Humoresque Op.107 No.7 Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988
09.CHOPIN Prelude in A (Les Sylphides) Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Irving (P) 1959/1994
10.LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat – II. Quasi adagio Michel Beroff piano Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Mazur (P) 1980/1990
11.SIBELIUS At the Castle Gate (Pelleas et Melisande) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1997
12.CHOPIN Berceuse in D flat Op. 57 Peter Donohoe piano (P) 1993
14.CHOPIN Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op.9 No. 2 John Ogdon piano (P) 1969/1992
15.LISZT Liebestraum No.3 in A flat Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006
16.LEHAR Vilja (Die lustige Witwe) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus / Lovro von Matacic(P) 1963/2000
CD 5 - ENGLAND & AMERICA IN LOVE
01.ELGAR Salut d’amour Northern Sinfonia of England / Richard Hickox (P) 1986
02.VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ (Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves) Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986
03.ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 – I. Adagio–Moderato (opening) Jacqueline du Pre cello London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1965/1997
04.VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending (opening) Hugh Bean violin New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987
05.ELGAR Chanson de matin London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1968/1985
06.VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985
07.LENNON & McCARTNEY Michelle (arr. Ron Goodwin) Rostal & Schaefer pianos Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Ron Goodwin (P) 1979/2000
08.HOLST Venus (The Planets) (conclusion) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1979/1987
09.McCARTNEY Celebration (Standing Stone) London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P) 1997 MPL Communications Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd
10.NYMAN The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (from the film The Piano) Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman (P) 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
11.MYERS Cavatina (from the film The Deer Hunter) Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse guitars (P) 2001 Angel Records
12.NEWMAN Any Other Name (from the film American Beauty) Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001
13.HORNER My Heart Will Go On (from the film Titanic) Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998
15.GERSHWIN Summertime (Porgy and Bess) Kiri Te Kanawa soprano · The New York Choral Artists The New Princess Theater Orchestra / John McGlinn (P) 1987
16.BERNSTEIN West Side Story Symphonic Dances – II. Somewhere City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi (P) 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
17.GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Grofe) (conclusion) Andre Previn piano London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1971/1998
02.PUCCINI O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) Angela Gheorghiu soprano London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999 Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd
03.ALBENIZ Tango (Espana Op.165 No.2) Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006
04.PUCCINI Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine) Montserrat Caballe soprano London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/2002
05.VIVALDI Spring (The Four Seasons) – I. Allegro Yehudi Menuhin violin Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P)1981
06.MONTEVERDI Pur ti miro (L’incoronazione di Poppea) (arr. Craig Leon) Natasha Marsh soprano • Fernando Lima countertenor David Parsons lute London Symphony Orchestra / Craig Leon (P) 2007
07.BOCCHERINI Minuet (arr. Woodhouse) Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1980/1997
08.MASCAGNI O amore, o bella luce del core (L’amico Fritz) Luciano Pavarotti tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Gianandrea Gavazzeni (P) 1969/2000
09.TARREGA Recuerdos de la Alhambra Christopher Parkening guitar (P) 1976/2005* Angel Records
10.ROTA Ai Giochi Addio (love theme from the Zeffirelli film Romeo & Juliet) Natasha Marsh soprano London Symphony Orchestra / Francois-Xavier Roth (P) 2007
11.RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez – II. Adagio (opening) Julian Bream guitar City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993
12.PUCCINI Vogliatemi bene (Love Duet) (Madama Butterfly) Renata Scotto soprano · Carlo Bergonzi tenor Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1966/2002
13.VIVALDI Guitar Concerto in D (arr. Emilio Pujol; ed. Isbin) – II. Largo Sharon Isbin guitar Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
14.SARASATE Zigeunerweisen Op.20 Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1985
15.QUARANTOTTO Time to Say Goodbye (adapt. F. Peterson) Amy Nuttall soprano Orchestra conducted by Julian Kershaw (P) 2005
