50 Best Romantic Classics: Includes Offenbach 'Barcarolle', Debussy 'Clair de lune' & Dvorak 'Song to the Moon'

Tracks:

CD 1
1 Offenbach: Barcarolle (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
Jessye Norman soprano • Ann Murray mezzo-soprano
Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de l'Opéra National du Théatre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling

2 Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des animaux - Le Cygne
Han-Na Chang/Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin

3 Bizet: Habanera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle - Carmen)
Maria Callas/Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris / Georges Prêtre

4 Debussy: Clair de lune
Philadelphia Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch

5 Delibes: Flower Duet (Dôme épais - Lakmé)
Natalie Dessay/Orchestre Nationale du Capitole de Toulouse /
Michel Plasson

6 Gounod: Les nubiennes (Ballet Music - Faust)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras

7 Saint-Saens: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
Maria Callas/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française / Georges Prêtre

8 Fauré: Pavane
Gareth Morris flute/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks

9 Martini: Plaisir d'amour
Barbara Hendricks/Michel Dalberto

10 Saint-Saens: Romance
Ulf Hoelscher/New Philharmonia Orchestra / Pierre Dervaux

11 Fauré: Berceuse ('Dolly' Suite)
Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto

12 Bizet: Carmen - Entr'acte to Act III
French National Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa

13 Fauré: Chanson d'amour
Natasha Marsh/London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Francis

14 Saties: Gymnopédie No.1
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Frémaux

15 Delibes: Sylvia - Intermezzo & Valse lente
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras

16 Messager: Les deux pigeons - Pas de deux pigeons
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden /Sir Charles Mackerras

17 Massenet: Méditation (Thaïs)
Anne-Sophie Mutter/Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 2
1 Grieg: Morning (Peer Gynt)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields /Sir Neville Marriner

2 Smetana: Vltava (Má Vlast) extract
Staatskapelle Dresden / Paavo Berglund

3 Grieg: Piano Concerto - II. Adagio
Dmitri Alexeev/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov

4 Dvorak: Symphony No.9 'From the New World' - II. Largo opening
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons

5 Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Daniel Adni

6 Dvorak: Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Lucia Popp / Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Stefan Soltesz

7 Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 - II. Romance: Larghetto opening
Martha Argerich/ Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit

8 Dvorak: Humoresque Op.107 No.7
Dame Moura Lympany

9 Chopin: Les Sylphides - Prelude in A
Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Irving

10 Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 - II. Quasi adagio
Michel Béroff /Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Masur

11 Sibelius: At the Castle Gate (Pelléas et Mélisande)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Berglund

12 Chopin: Berceuse in D flat
Peter Donohoe

13 Gade: Jealousy-Tango
Stig Nilsson /Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons

14 Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E flat Op.9 No. 2
John Ogdon

15 Liszt: Liebestraum No.3 in A flat
Leif Ove Andsnes

16 Lehar: Vilja (Die lustige Witwe)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/ Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus

CD 3
1 Mascagni: Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

2 Puccini: O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Angela Gheorghiu / London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano

3 Albéniz: Tango
Leif Ove Andsnes

4 Puccini: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)
Montserrat Caballé /London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras

5 Vivaldi: Spring (The Four Seasons) - I. Allegro
Yehudi Menuhin

6 Monteverdi: Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea)
Natasha Marsh/Fernando Lima /London Symphony Orchestra / Craig Leon

7 Boccherini: Minuet
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner

8 Mascagni: O amore, o bella luce del core (L'amico Fritz)
Luciano Pavarotti/ Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Gianandrea Gavazzeni

9 Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Christopher Parkening

10 Rota: Ai giochi addio
(love theme from the Zeffirelli film Romeo & Juliet)
Natasha Marsh /London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth

11 Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio opening
Julian Bream /City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra /Sir Simon Rattle

12 Puccini: Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly)
Renata Scotto /Carlo Bergonzi / Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma /Sir John Barbirolli

13 Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D - II. Largo
Sharon Isbin/ Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster

14 Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Anne-Sophie Mutter/ Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa

15 Quarantotto: Time to Say Goodbye
Amy Nuttall /Orchestra conducted by Julian Kershaw

16 Albéniz: Sevilla
Julian Byzantine

17 Puccini: Nessun dorma (Turandot)
José Carreras/ Rhine Opera Chorus/ Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alain Lombard