2 audio discs (154 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Notes:
Compact discs All selections previously released "Some of the music represents a section of the original piece"--Container Credits ([4] p.) inserted in container Various performers
Contents:
Disc 1. Carmen. L'amour est un enfant Bohème (Habanera, original version) / Bizet (Angela Gheorghiu) (3:34) Tosca. Recondita armonia / Puccini (Plácido Domingo) (2:54) Gloria. Gloria in excelsis Deo / Karl Jenkins (4:48) Semiramide. Bel raggio lusinghier / Rossini (Joyce DiDonato) (6:11) Violin concerto in A minor, BWV 1041. Allegro / J.S. Bach (Nigel Kennedy) (3:46) O Waly, Waly / trad., arr. Britten (Sarah Brightman) (4:35) Nocturne no. 2 in E flat, op. 9, no. 2 / Chopin (Yundi) (4:29) Deep peace (Gaelic blessing) / Rutter (Libera) (3:29) Concerto in A minor, RV356. Presto / Vivaldi (Alison Balsom) (2:30) Malagueña / Lecuona (Gabriela Montero) (3:58) Variations on a rococo theme. Variation VII ; Coda / Tchaikovsky (Gautier Capuçon, Valery Gergiev) (2:11) Moment musical no. 3 in F minor / Schubert (David Fray) (2:11) Farnace. Ricordate che sei / Vivaldi (Vivica Genaux) (3:42) Clair de lune / Debussy (Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker) (4:32) La Wally. Ebben? Ne andrò lontana / Catalani (Maria Callas) (4:52) Fantasy on 'La traviata' (opening) / Verdi, arr. Krakamp, Briccialdi, orch. & rev. Gamzou (Emmanuel Pahud) (2:47) Misirlou / Roubanis (Quatuor Ébène) (3:06) L'elisir d'amore. Quanto è bella / Donizetti (Rolando Villazón) (2:28) Concierto de Aranjuez. Allegro con spirito / Rodrigo (Xuefei Yang) (6:07) Turandot. Nessun dorma / Puccini (Paul Potts) (2:53) Disc 2. Stabat mater. Inflammatus et accensus / Rossini (Anna Netrebko) (4:43) Amor, op. 68, no. 5 / R. Strauss (Natalie Dessay) (3:02) Piano concerto no. 2 in G minor. Intermezzo: allegro moderato / Prokofiev (Evgeny Kissin) (6:35) Violin concerto no. 1 in G minor. Finale: allegro energico / Bruch (Sarah Chang) (7:05) Aquarela do Brasil / Barroso (Plácido Domingo) (4:17) Réminiscences de Don Juan. Presto / Liszt (Martha Argerich, Mauricio Vallina) (3:18) La resurrezione. Del ciglio dolente / Handel (Kate Royal) (2:27) Trois écossaises, op. 72, no. 3 / Chopin (Alexandre Tharaud) (2:28) Intermezzo / Mascagni, arr. Steven Baker (Russell Watson) (4:45) Piano concerto no. 4 in G minor. Largo / Rachmaninov (Leif Ove Andsnes) (6:36) Die Walküre. Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond / Wagner (Simon O'Neill) (3:15) La bohème. O soave fanciulla / Puccini (Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna) (3:49) Waltz in D flat, op. 64, no. 1 'Minute' / Chopin (Ingrid Fliter) (1:59) Madama Butterfly. Dovunque al mondo / Puccini (Jonas Kaufmann) (3:08) Un ballo in maschera. Saper vorreste / Verdi (Diana Damrau) (2:13) L'incoronazione di Poppea. Pur ti miro / attrib. Monteverdi (Philippe Jaroussky, Nuria Rial) (4:10) L'amico Fritz. Suzel, bon dì / Mascagni (Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni) (4:13) String quartet no. 14 in D minor, D. 810, 'Der Tod und das Mädchen'. Scherzo: allegro molto ; Trio / Schubert (Belcea Quartet) (3:58) The tempest. Who was here? / Adès (Ian Bostridge, Thomas Adès) (3:22) The nutcracker. Pas de deux ; Coda / Tchaikovsky (Simon Rattle)
