VA - Ultimate Classics Collection: The Essential Masterpieces (20CDs) (2006 - 2009)
Year: 2006-2009 | Label: DECCA | Audio: MP3, 320 kbit | Playtime: 23:53:27 | Size: 3.30 GB
Genre: Classical

Albums

2006 - Ultimate Classics (5CD)
2008 - Ultimate Classical Relaxation (5CD)
2009 - Ultimate Classical Dreams (5CD)
2009 - Ultimate French Classics (5CD)

Tracklist

CD-01. Ultimate Classics CD1 / 01:12:13 / 165,16 MB

01. Handel - The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheeba
02. Schubert - Ave Maria
03. Bach - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
04. Pachelbel - Kanon
05. Malotte - The Lords Prayer
06. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
07. Mendelsohn - Violin Concerto
08. Pucchini - One Fine Day
09. Tchaikovsky - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
10. Grieg - Piano Concerto
11. Verdi - Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves
12. Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance

CD-02. Ultimate Classics CD2 / 01:11:44 / 164,14 MB

01. Offenbach - Orpheus In The Underworld
02. Strauss - Nuns' Chorus
03. Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
04. Beethoven - Fur Elise
05. Sullivan - The Lost Chord
06. Gretry - Air De Ballet
07. Verdi - La Donna E Mobile
08. Mascagni - Cavalleria Rustica
09. Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
10. Handel - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
11. Parry - Jerusalem
12. Verdi - La Traviata
13. Beethoven - Emperor
14. Vaughan Williams - Greensleves
15. Ravel - Bolero

CD-03. Ultimate Classics CD3 / 01:06:17 / 151,65 MB

01. Grieg - Morning
02. Roberton - All In The April Evening
03. Verdi - Grand March & Ballet
04. Massenet - Meditation
05. Adams - The Holy City
06. Mendelsohn - O Rest In The Lord
07. Stainer - God So Loved The World
08. Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto
09. Godard - Angels Guard Thee
10. Dvorak - The New World
11. Bizet - Au Fond Du Temple Saint

CD-04. Ultimate Classics CD4 / 01:14:19 / 169,99 MB

01. Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
02. Puccini - Che Gelida Manina (La Boheme)
03. Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez - 2nd Movement
04. Balfe - I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls (The Bohemian Girl)
05. Hofstetter - Serenade
06. Gilbert & Sullivan - Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes, Dance A Cachuca (The Gondoliers)
07. Ketelbey - The Sanctuary Of The Heart
08. Bach - Ave Maria
09. Irvine - The Lord Is My Shepherd
10. Kathleen Ferrier - Blow The Wind Southerly
11. Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Jones Brass Ensemble , Londonderry Air
12. Sibelius - Karelia Suite - Alla Marcia
13. Debussy - Clair De Lune (Suite Bergamasque)
14. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 'Choral' - 4th Movement (Excerpt)

CD-05. Ultimate Classics CD5 / 01:13:30 / 168,14 MB

01. Mozart - Overture - The Marriage Of Figaro
02. Handel - Largo - Xerxes
03. Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
04. Gounod - Judex (Mors Et Vita)
05. Handel - Silent Worship (Ptolemy)
06. Beethoven - Romance No. 2 in F major
07. Canteloube - Bailero (Songs of the Auvergne)
08. Rimsky-Korsakov - The Young Prince & Princess (Sheherazade)
09. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 - 1st Movement (Excerpt)
10. Brahms - Lullaby (Weigenlied)
11. Monk - Abide With Me
12. Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 - 3rd Movement
13. Handel - Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)

CD-06. Ultimate Classical Relaxation CD1 / 01:16:10 / 174,11 MB

01. Academy of St Martin in Fields - Air on the G string (Orchestral Suite No. 3)
02. Alicia de Larrocha - Beloved Jesus, we are here (arr. Cohen)
03. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Sinfonia (Christmas Oratorio)
04. Academy of St Martin in Fields - Siciliano (Oboe Concerto, ed. Hogwood)
05. Czech Phiharmonic Orchestra - Prelude in E flat minor (arr. Stokowski)
06. Julius Katchen - Jesu, joy of man's desiring (arr. Hess)
07. Academy of St Martin in Fields - Sarabande (Orchestral Suite No. 2)
08. Academy of St Martin in Fields - Menuet and Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No. 2)
09. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (First movement: Allegro)
10. New Symphny Orchestra of London - Sleepers awake (arr. Bantock)
11. Alicia de Larrocha - Sanctify us by thy goodness (arr. Cohen)
12. Academy of St Martin in Fields - Concerto for oboe and violin (Second movement: Adagio)
13. Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Keyboard Concerto in G minor (Second movement: Andante)
14. Philomusica of London - Concerto for 2 violins (Second movement: Largo ma non tanto)
15. Andras Schiff - Prelude in C major
16. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Sheep may safely graze (arr. Munchinger)

CD-07. Ultimate Classical Relaxation CD2 / 01:15:55 / 173,66 MB

01. Philharmonia Orchestra - Piano Concerto No. 21 (2nd movement: Andante)
02. Vienna Mozart Ensemble - Divertimento in D major (K334/320b, 3rd movement: Minuet & Trio)
03. Alfred Prinz - Clarinet Concerto (2nd movement: Adagio)
04. Andras Schiff - Piano Sonata No. 16 (2nd movement: Andante)
05. Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Violin Concerto No. 3 (2nd movement: Adagio)
06. Vienna Mozart Ensemble - Eine kleine Nachtmusik (2nd movement: Romance)
07. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Concerto for flute and harp (2nd movement: Andantino)
08. Andras Schiff - Piano Sonata No. 12 (2nd movement: Adagio)
09. Members of the Vienna Octet - Clarinet Quintet (2nd movement: Larghetto)
10. Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Sinfonia concertante (2nd movement: Andante)
11. Vienna Mozart Ensemble - Divertimento in D major (K205/167A, 3rd movement: Adagio)

CD-08. Ultimate Classical Relaxation CD3 / 01:15:21 / 172,34 MB

01. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Romeo and Juliet (Love Theme)
02. Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Serenade for Strings (Waltz)
03. London Festival Orchestra - None but the Lonely Heart (arr. Sax)
04. London Symphony Orchestra - Piano Concerto No. 1 (2nd movement: Andantino semplice)
05. Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Souvenir de Florence (2nd movement: Adagio cantabile e con moto)
06. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
07. New Symphony Orchestra of London - String Quartet No. 1 (2nd movement: Andante cantabile)
08. London Symphony Orchestra - Song without Words (Op. 40 No. 6)
09. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Dance of the Mirlitons (The Nutcracker)
10. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Elegie for Strings
11. Kyung Wha Chung - Valse sentimentale (arr. Press)
12. Suisse Romande Orchestra - Suite No. 4 'Mozartiana' (3rd movement: Preghiera)
13. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Swan Lake (Scene and 2nd Dance fo the Queen of the Swans)
14. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Sleeping Beauty (Panorama)
15. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 'Pathetique' Symphony No. 6 (2nd movement: Allegro con grazia)

CD-09. Ultimate Classical Relaxation CD4 / 01:15:35 / 172,85 MB

01. Richard Hickox Orchestra - Albinoni, arr. Giazotto- Adagio
02. Philharmonia Orchestra - Bruch- Kol Nidrei
03. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler- Symphony No. 5 Adagietto
04. Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Rodrigo- Concierto de Aranjuez Adagio
05. Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Barber- Adagio for Strings
06. Members of the Vienna Octet - Baermann, attrib. Wagner- Adagio for clarinet and strings
07. Jascha Silberstein - Saint-Saens- The Swan Carnival Of The Animals
08. London Symphony Orchestra - Dvorak- New World Symphony (No. 9 in E minor)
09. Londoon Symphony Orchestra - Massenet- Meditation Thais

CD-10. Ultimate Classical Relaxation CD5 / 01:15:26 / 172,59 MB

01. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Greg- Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)
02. Peter Hurford - J.S. Bach- Sleepers Awake
03. Orchestra of Welsh National Opera - Delius- Daybreak (Florida Suite)
04. Eduardo Fernandez - Segovia- Neblina (Fog)
05. San Francisco Symphony - Nielson- Aladdin's Dream and Dance of the Morning Mist (Aladdin Suite)
06. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Johann Strauss II- Morning Papers
07. Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Trad., arr. Leslie Pearson- Early One Morning
08. London Symphony Orchestra - Ravel- Daybreak (Daphnis and Chloe)
09. Philharmonia Hungarica - Haydn- Symphony No.6 in D major 'Morning' (Adagio - Andante)
10. London Philharmonic Orchestra - Elgar- Chanson de matin
11. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Bruch- Scottish Fantasy (Intro and 1st movement: Grave Adagio Cantabile)
12. English Chamber Orchestra - Canteloube- Uno jionto postouro (Chant d'Auvergne)
13. National Philharmonic Orchestra - Ponchielli- Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

CD-11. Ultimate Classical Dreams CD1 / 01:20:03 / 183,13 MB

01. Fennell - Debussy (orch.Mouton)- Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
02. Baltimore S.O. - Barber- Adagio for strings
03. M.Robles - Rodrigo- Adagio (excerpt) (Concierto de Aranjuez, trs.for harp)
04. Gavazzeni - Mascagni- Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
05. ASMF, Marriner - Mozart- Romance (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)
06. Choeur & Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Faure- Pavane
07. Vladimir Ashkenazy - Chopin- Nocturne No.2 in E flat, op.9 no.2
08. Heinrich Schiff - Saint-Saens- Le Cygne (Carnaval des animaux)
09. Weller Quartet - Schubert- Adagio (excerpt) - String Quintet in C, D956
10. Munchinger - J.S.Bach- Air (Suite No.3 in D)
11. Arthur Grumiaux - Dvorak- Gypsy Melodies, op.55 no.4
12. Pepe Romero - Yepes- Romance (jeux interdits)
13. Pascal Roge - Faure- Nocturne No.1 in E flat minor, op.33 no.1
14. Members of ASMF - Mozart- Adagio (Serenade in B flat, K361 'Gran partita')
15. ASMF, Marriner - Elgar- Sospiri
16. Kanawa, ECO - Canteloube- Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)

CD-12. Ultimate Classical Dreams CD2 / 01:18:49 / 180,28 MB

01. Vladimir Ashkenazy - Beethoven- Adagio sostenuto ('Moonlight' Sonata)
02. J.Brymer - Mozart- Adagio (Clarinet Concerto)
03. Dutoit - Mendelssohn- Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
04. Radu Lupu - Schubert- Impromptu in G flat, D899 no.3
05. Borodin Quartet - Borodin- Notturno (String Quartet No.2 in D)
06. Heinz Holliger - Marcello- Adagio (Oboe Concerto in D minor)
07. Clifford Curzon - Schubert- Andante (excerpt) (Piano Quintet in A , 'Trout')
08. I.Grafenauer - Mozart- Andantino (Concerto for Flute and Harp in C)
09. Fernandez, ECO - Vivaldi- Largo (Guitar Concerto in D, RV 93)
10. I Musici - Hoffstetter- Andante cantabile (String Quartet in F, Op.3 no.5)
11. A.Kerr, Royal Concertgebouw - Shostakovich- Romance (The Gadfly)
12. K.Lysell, U.Forsberg - Korngold- Lied [Suite for 2 violins, cello and piano (lefthand)]
13. H.Szeryng, M.Hasson - J.S. Bach- Largo ma non tanto (Concerto for 2 violins in D minor)
14. Popp, Fassbaender - Mozart- Soave sia il vento (Trio) (Cosi fan tutte)

CD-13. Ultimate Classical Dreams CD3 / 01:15:38 / 172,94 MB

01. Munchinger - J.S. Bach- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata 147)
02. N.Kennedy, NPO - Massenet- Meditation (Thais)
03. Choeur & Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Faure- In paradisum (Requiem)
04. Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Satie (orch.Debussy)- Gymnopedie No.1
05. Joan Sutherland - Delibes- Viens, Mallika ... Dome epais (Flower duet) (Lakme)
06. Jascha Silberstein - Saint-Saens- Le Cygne (Carnaval des Animaux)
07. Agoult - J.S. Bach- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers awake)
08. Wiener Philharmoniker - Puccini- Coro a bcocca chiusa (Humming chorus) (Madama Butterfly)
09. Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Elgar- Nimrod (Enigma Variations)
10. Mackerras - Delius- The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
11. Choeur & Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Faure- Pavane
12. Julian Webber, RPO - Franck- Panis Angelicus
13. Choir of Uppingham School - Handel- Ombra mai fu (Largo) (Serse)
14. Iona Brown, ASMF - Vaughan Williams- The Lark Ascending

CD-14. Ultimate Classical Dreams CD4 / 01:17:59 / 178,36 MB

01. Szeryng, ASMF - J.S. Bach- Air (Suite No.3 in D)
02. Curzon, LSO - Mozart- Andante (Piano Concerto No.23 in A)
03. Royal Concertgebouw - Rachmaninov- Adagio (Symphony No.2 in E minor)
04. Vladimir Ashkenazy - Beethoven- Adagio cantabile (Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor)
05. Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Puccini- Crisantemi
06. Joshua Bell - Brahms- Adagio (Violin Concerto)
07. Montreal S.O., Dutoit - Bizet- Adagietto (L'Arlesienne Suite No.1)
08. D.Massella, R.Langevin, Montreal S.O. - Bizet- Intermezzo (Carmen Suite No.1)
09. Radu Lupu, IPO - Beethoven- Largo (Piano Concerto No.1 in C)
10. Tuckwell - Mozart- Romanza (Andante) (Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat)
11. Vladimir Ashkenazy - Chopin- Etude in E, Op.10 no.3 'Tristesse'
12. Wiener Philharmoniker - Tchaikovsky- Love Theme (Romeo and Juliet)

CD-15. Ultimate Classical Dreams CD5 / 01:19:44 / 182,32 MB

01. Solti - Wagner- Prelude (Tristan und Isolde)
02. Bonynge - Tchaikovsky- Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty)
03. Grumiaux - Beethoven- Violin Romance No.2 in F
04. J.Schroder & C.Hirons - J.S. Bach- Largo ma non tanto (Concerto for 2 violins in D minor)
05. Julian Webber, RPO - Elgar- Adagio (Cello Concerto)
06. Misha Dichter - Liszt- Liebestraum No.3
07. J.Khaner, The Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy- Prelude a' l'apres-midi d'un faune
08. Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Grieg- Adagio (Piano Concerto in A minor)
09. Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov- Vocalise
10. Roger Norrington - Vaughan Williams- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

CD-16. Ultimate French Classics CD1 / 01:12:05 / 164,86 MB

01. The Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy- Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
02. The Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy- Nocturnes - I. Nuages
03. The Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy- Nocturnes - II. Fetes
04. The Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy- Nocturnes - III. Sirenes
05. The Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy- La Mer - I. De l'aube a midi sur la mer
06. The Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy- La Mer - II. Jeux de vagues
07. The Cleveland Orchestra - Debussy- La Mer - III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
08. The Cleveland Orchestra - Ravel- Rapsodie espagnole - I. Prelude a la nuit
09. The Cleveland Orchestra - Ravel- Rapsodie espagnole - II. Malaguena
10. The Cleveland Orchestra - Ravel- Rapsodie espagnole - III. Habanera
11. The Cleveland Orchestra - Ravel- Rapsodie espagnole - IV. Feria

CD-17. Ultimate French Classics CD2 / 00:55:15 / 126,34 MB

01. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Bolero
02. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- La valse
03. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Prelude
04. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Danse du rouet et scene - Interlude
05. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
06. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Interlude
07. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete
08. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Interlude
09. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Petit Poucet
10. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Interlude
11. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Laideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes
12. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Interlude
13. London SO & Pierre Monteux - Ravel- Ma Mere l'Oye - Apotheose: Le Jardin feerique

CD-18. Ultimate French Classics CD3 / 01:16:23 / 174,89 MB

01. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.1 - Les toreadors
02. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.1 - Prelude
03. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.1 - Les dragons d'Alcala
04. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.1 - Intermezzo
05. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.1 - Aragonaise
06. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.1 - Seguidille
07. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.2 - Marche des contrebandiers
08. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.2 - Habanera
09. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.2 - Chanson du toreador
10. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.2 - La garde montante
11. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- Carmen Suite No.2 - Danse boheme
12. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 - Prelude
13. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 - Minuetto
14. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 - Adagietto
15. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 - Carillon
16. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No.2 - Pastorale
17. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No.2 - Intermezzo
18. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No.2 - Menuet
19. London SO & Neville Marriner - Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No.2 - Farandole
20. RCO & Bernard Haitink - Bizet- Jeux d'enfants, Op.22 - I. Marche: Trompette et tambour
21. RCO & Bernard Haitink - Bizet- Jeux d'enfants, Op.22 - II. Berceuse: La Poupee
22. RCO & Bernard Haitink - Bizet- Jeux d'enfants, Op.22 - III. Impromptu: La toupie
23. RCO & Bernard Haitink - Bizet- Jeux d'enfants, Op.22 - IV. Duo: Petit mari, petite femme
24. RCO & Bernard Haitink - Bizet- Jeux d'enfants, Op.22 - V. Galop: Le bal

CD-19. Ultimate French Classics CD4 / 00:46:28 / 106,23 MB

01. RPhO & Edo de Waart - Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 in C minor - I. Adagio - Allegro moderato -
02. RPhO & Edo de Waart - Symphony No. 3 in C minor ('Organ'), Op. 78: 1 - Poco adagio
03. RPhO & Edo de Waart - Symphony No. 3 in C minor ('Organ'), Op. 78: 1 - II. Allegro moderato - Presto - Allegro moderato
04. RPhO & Edo de Waart - Symphony No. 3 in C minor ('Organ'), Op. 78: 1 - Meastoso - Piu allegro - Molto allegro
05. RPhO & David Zinman - Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - symphonic scherzo for orchestra

CD-20. Ultimate French Classics CD5 / 00:54:33 / 124,86 MB

01. ASMF & Marriner - Faure- Requiem I. Introit et Kyrie
02. ASMF & Marriner - Faure- Requiem II. Offertoire
03. ASMF & Marriner - Faure- Requiem III. Sanctus
04. ASMF & Marriner - Faure- Requiem IV. Pie Jesu
05. ASMF & Marriner - Faure- Requiem V. Agnus Dei
06. ASMF & Marriner - Faure- Requiem VI. Libera Me
07. ASMF & Marriner - Faure- Requiem VII. In Paradisum
08. ASMF & Marriner - Faure- Pavane
09. ASMF & Marriner - Koechlin- Choral sur le nom de Faure
10. ASMF & Marriner - Schmitt- Scherzo sur le nom de Gabriel Faure
11. ASMF & Marriner - Ravel- Pavane pour une infante defunte

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