/> |
| Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual CLASSICAL series, Virgin Classics is releasing CLASSICAL 2012 in November 2011. With 35 tracks, and over 2½ hours of classical favourites, this double album features the best and most popular names in classical music from the catalogues of both Virgin Classics and EMI Classics, including a number of brand new recordings by exciting young artists. This is an impressive collection of the most commercial and beautiful classical music that will have a wide appeal. CD 1 1. Angela Gheorghiu SAINT-SAËNS: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Marco Armiliato 2. Antonio Pappano ROSSINI: William Tell – Overture extract Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma 3. Jonas Kaufmann LEONCAVALLO: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci) Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma 4. Ingrid Fliter BEETHOVEN: Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.13 ‘Pathétique’ II. Adagio cantabile 5. Natalie Dessay HANDEL: Piangerò la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) Le Concert d’Astrée / Emmanuelle Haïm 6. Alison Balsom VIVALDI: Concerto in G Op.3 No.3 RV310 transcr. Balsom I. Allegro Scottish Ensemble / Alison Balsom 7. Quatuor Ébène MOZART: String quartet in C KV 465 “Dissonance” III Menuetto: Allegro & Trio 8. Paavo Järvi BRAHMS: Ein deutsches Requiem Op.45 Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen Swedish Radio Choir Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra 9. Martha Argerich SCHUMANN: Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15) 10. Maria Callas PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) Philharmonia Orchestra / Tullio Serafin Digital remastering 11. Vilde Frang BARTÓK: Sonata for solo violin – II. Fuga: Risoluto, non troppo vivo 12. Steve Reich Triple Quartet – Movement III London Steve Reich Ensemble / Kevin Griffiths 13. Yundi CHOPIN: Étude Op.10 No.12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary’ (Recorded live in Beijing) 14. Renaud Capuçon • Nicholas Angelich • Quatuor Ébène FAURÉ: Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115 II. Allegro vivo 15. Veronique Gens BERLIOZ: Ah ! Je vais mourir...Adieu, fière cité (Les Troyens) Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset 16. Nicholas Angelich J. S. BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988 – Aria 17. Sir Simon Rattle MAHLER: Symphony Nol.2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’ V. conclusion – Mit Aufschwung, aber nicht eilen Kaye Royal soprano • Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Rundfunkchor Berlin CD 2 1. Joyce DiDonato ROSSINI: Nacqui all’affano (Cenerentola) Elena Semenova soprano Pascale Obrecht mezzo-soprano Nabil Suliman baritone Paolo Stupenengo bass Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra National de Lyon / Kazushi Ono 2. Philippe Jaroussky • Paavo Järvi FAURÉ: Pie Jesu (Requiem) Orchestre de Paris 3. Anna Netrebko DVORÁK: Song to the Moon (Rusalka) Wiener Philharmoniker / Gianandrea Noseda 4. Artemis Quartet BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No.5 in A Op.18 No.5 4 II. Menuetto & Trio 5. Max Emanuel Cencic VIVALDI: Recordati che sei (Il Farnace) I Barocchisti / Diego Fasolis 6. Antonio Pappano RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27 II. Adagio extract Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma P 2011 Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma 7. Diana Damrau RICHARD STRAUSS orch. Mottl: Ständchen Op.17 No.2 Münchner Philharmoniker / Christian Thielemann 8. Alexandre Tharaud SCARLATTI: Sonata in C K72 - Allegro 9. Emmanuel Pahud QUANTZ: Capriccio in G 10. Renaud Capuçon BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24 ‘Spring’ IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo Frank Braley piano 11. Xuefei Yang ALBENIZ arr. Goss: Aragón Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya / Eiji Oue 12. Leif Ove Andsnes SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor Op63 II. Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch Christian Tetzlaff violin • Tanja Tetzlaff cello 13. Christina Pluhar MONTEVERDI: Vespro della Beata Vergine – 1610 I. Introitus: Deus in adiutorium meum intende – Toccata: Domine ad adiuvandum me festina Fernando Guimarães tenor 14. Truls Mørk C. P. E. BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq.172 III. Allegro assai Les Violons du Roy / Bernard Labadie 15. David Fray J.S. BACH: Keyboard Concerto in F minor BWV1056 I. Allegro Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Florian Donderer leader 16. Angela Gheorghiu CATALANI: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (La Wally) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Marco Armiliato 17. John Wilson Orchestra GERSHWIN: An American in Paris – Main Title 18. Sir Simon Rattle • Berliner Philharmoniker SCHOENBERG: Chamber Symphony No.1 Op.9b IV. Tempo primo - Animato poco a poco - Tempo primo - Molto vivace |
