101 Classical - Various Artists (CD 5 DISC SET)

BachCello Suites, Air on the G String, Brandenburg Concertos, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; BeethovenOde to Joy,Moonlight Sonata, FürEliseand Symphony No.5; ElgarNimrodand Pomp and Circumstance March; GriegIn the Hall of the Mountain Kingand Morning Mood; MozartEine kleineNachtmusik, Clarinet Concertoand Requiem; Tchaikovsky1812 Overture, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lakeand The Sleeping Beauty; Vaughan WilliamsThe Lark Ascendingand Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; VivaldiGloriaand The Four Seasons…

This list names less than a quarter of the pieces featured on this new collection!

101 Classicalbrings together over a hundred classical favourites on five CDs, giving an indispensable overview of the extraordinary world ofclassical music. With over 60 composers featured, this album presents the rich majesty of the orchestra, the smooth delicacy of solo piano, rousing choruses, elegant dances and dazzling concertos.

Stretching back over 500 years of classical masterpieces, 101 Classicalis the collection that proves why this music has proved so popular for so long: quite simply, it's irresistibly good!

TRACKLISTINGS:

CD 1

1. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

2. GRIEG Morning Mood from Peer Gynt

3. MASSENET Méditationfrom Thaïs

4. MOZART EinekleineNachtmusik

5. DES PREZ Ave Maria virgoserena

6. BRAHMS Intermezzo in A major

7. BACH Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio

8. MENDELSSOHN Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream

9. SCHUMANN Dreaming from Scenes of Childhood

10. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending

11. VIVALDI Spring from The Four Seasons

12. BACH We hurry with weak yet eager steps

13. BEETHOVEN Moonlight Sonata

14. MOZART Lacrimosafrom Requiem

15. ELGAR Nimrod from Enigma Variations

16. CACCINI Ave Maria

17. HAYDN Cello Concerto

18. BIZET L'Arlesienne

19. TARTINI The Devil's Trill

20. MOZART Ave verumCorpus

CD 2

1. BARBER Adagio for Strings

2. CORELLI Christmas Concerto

3. GRIEG In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt

4. HANDEL Zadokthe Priest

5. MONTEVERDI Dal mioPermessoamatofrom L'Orfeo

6. SHOSTAKOVICH Romance from The Gadfly

7. BEETHOVEN Ode to Joy from Symphony No.9

8. ELGAR Sospiri

9. TCHAIKOVSKY Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet

10. DELIUS Serenade from Hassan

11. RAVEL Bolero

12. BERLIOZ The Repose of the Holy Family

13. HANDEL The Trumpet Shall Sound from Messiah

14. HAYDN Symphony No. 86

15. SAINT-SAENS The Swan from Carnival of the Animals

16. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

17. SIBELIUS Valse triste

18. RAVEL Pavanepour uneinfantedefunte

19. BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier

CD 3

1. MOZART Clarinet Concerto

2. PROKOFIEV Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet

3. RACHMANINOFF Vocalise

4. CHOPIN Nocturne in B major

5. HILDEGARD OF BINGEN O tusuavissimavirga

6. BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

7. SUPPE Light Cavalry Overture

8. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

9. WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries

10. MAHLER Adagiettofrom Symphony No. 5

11. DVORAK New World Symphony

12. ALBINONI Adagio in G minor

13. BACH Toccata in D minor

14. VERDI Dies Iraefrom Requiem

15. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

16. VIVALDI Winter from The Four Seasons

17. FAURE In Paradisumfrom Requiem

18. BEETHOVEN FürElise

19. J STRAUSS On the Beautiful Blue Danube

20. HANDEL Keyboard Suite No. 1

CD 4

1. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Flight of the Bumble Bee

2. TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty

3. VIVALDI Opening Chorus from Gloria

4. BORODIN Dance of the Young PolovtsianGirls from Prince Igor

5. MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleriarusticana

6. TALLIS Spemin alium

7. CHABRIER Idyllefrom Suite Pastorale

8. TRAD arrGRAINGER Irish Tune from County Derry

9. MAHLER O glaubemeinHerzfrom Symphony No. 2

10. MASSENET The Last Sleep of the Virgin

11. OFFENBACH Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann

12. TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

13. HANDEL Hallelujah Chorus

14. BACH Cello Suite No. 1

15. ALLEGRI Miserere

16. CLARKE Trumpet Voluntary

17. BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 5

18. SHOSTAKOVICH Festival Overture

19. SMETANA Vltava from Ma Vlast

20. PURCELL Hornpipe from King Arthur

21. MUSSORGSKY Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition

CD 5

1. ORFF Carmina Burana

2. ROSSINI William Tell Overture

3. TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake

4. HANDEL Largo from Xerxes

5. BIZET Intermezzo from Carmen

6. BOCCHERINI String Quartet No. 5

7. DEBUSSY Clair de lune

8. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6

9. FAURE Pavane

10. BACH Goldberg Variations

11. FALLA Ritual Fire Dance

12. HAYDN The Heavens Are Telling from The Creation

13. SCHUBERT Trout Quintet

14. PACHELBEL Canon in D major

15. RACHMANINOFF All-Night Vigil

16. KHACHATURIAN Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

17. BACH Air on the G String

18. RESPIGHI Italianafrom Ancient Airs and Dances

19. J STRAUSS Radetzky March

20. MONTEVERDI Vespers

21. ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1