[ EMI / Virgin / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 2 November 2009
With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of classical music, this double album features the best and most popular names from the world of classical music, ranging from the newest arrivals on the operatic scene as well as many present day superstars to iconic legends.
DISC ONE:
1. ANGELA GHEORGHIU - PUCCINI: Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly)
2. JOYCE DiDONATO - HANDEL: Crude furie (Serse)
3. NIGEL KENNEDY - VIVALDI: Cto No.3 in F 'Autumn' − I. Allegro (The Four Seasons)
4. NATALIE DESSAY - J.S. BACH: Sei Lob - Alleluja! (Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen)
5. PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY - MONTEVERDI: Oihmè, ch'io cado
6. DIANA DAMRAU - MOZART: No che non sei capace K419
7. DAVID FRAY - J.S. BACH: Keyboard Concerto in F minor - II. Adagio
8. LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - VERDI: Ingemisco (Messa da Requiem) 9. HAN-NA CHANG - VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in B minor - I. Allegro non molto
10. VÉRONIQUE GENS - RAMEAU: Triste séjour (Les Paladins) 11. LIBERA - CACCINI: Ave Maria
12. KARL JENKINS - JENKINS: Allegretto (Palladio)
13. EMMANUEL PAHUD - J.S. BACH: Siciliana (Flute Sonata in E flat BWV1031)
14. KATE ROYAL - MESSAGER: Rossignol (Monsieur Beaucaire) 15. JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER - PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion
16. MAX EMANUEL CENCIC - HANDEL: Rival ti sono (Faramondo) 17. GIDON KREMER / MARTHA ARGERICH - KREISLER: Schön Rosmarin
18. IAN BOSTRIDGE - SCHUBERT: Ständchen (Schwanengesang)
19. ALISON BALSOM - HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in E flat - III. Finale: Allegro
20. RENAUD CAPUÇON / ANTOINE TAMESTIT - MOZART: Sinfonia concertante K364 - III. Presto
DISC TWO:
1. ROLANDO VILLAZÓN - CAVALLI: D'Hipparco ...Lasso io vivo (L'Egisto)
2. MARIA CALLAS - GLUCK: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (Orphée et Eurydice)
3. PLACIDO DOMINGO - VERDI: Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida (Aida)
4. SARAH BRIGHTMAN - MASCAGNI: Attesa (Cavalleria rusticana)
5. ROBERTO ALAGNA - OFFENBACH: Au Mont Ida (La Belle Hélène)
6. PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY - HAHN: À Chloris
7. INGRID FLITER - CHOPIN: Valse in G flat Op.70 No.1
8. NATALIE DESSAY / FRANCESCO MELI - BELLINI: Vedi, (La sonnambula)
9. PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI - BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.31 - II.
Allegro molto
10. ARTEMIS QUARTET / JACQUES AMMON - PIAZZOLLA: Fuga y Misterio
11. GAUTIER CAPUÇON / GABRIELA MONTERO - RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 - Variation No.18
12. SIR SIMON RATTLE - BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor, opening)
13. EVGENY KISSIN - PROKOFIEV: Piano Cto No.2 in G minor - II. Scherzo: Vivace
14. KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR - HANDEL: For unto us a Child is born (Messiah)
15. FRITZ KREISLER - KREISLER: Caprice viennois
16. LEIF OVE ANDSNES - MUSSORGSKY: Pictures - Promenade - The Gnome
17. DAVID DANIELS - J.S. BACH: Qui sedes (Mass in B minor BWV232)
18. SIMON TRPČESKI - DEBUSSY: Arabesque No.1
19. CRAIG ARMSTRONG - ARMSTRONG: Memory Takes My Hand - North
20. ANGELA GHEORGHIU / JONAS KAUFMANN - PUCCINI: Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly)