CD 1: FROM RUSSIA WITH ROMANCE
TCHAIKOVSKY
1. Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
Horacio Gutierrez piano
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1976/1994*
2. PROKOFIEV Balcony Scene (Romeo & Juliet) (extract)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1981
3. SHOSTAKOVICH Romance (The Gadfly)
Tasmin Little violin ∙ Piers Lane piano
(P) 1992
4. TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) (extract)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1987
5. RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Variation 18
Cécile Ousset piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984
6. KHACHATURIAN Masquerade - Waltz
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1964/1993*
7. RACHMANINOV Vocalise
Natalie Clein cello · Charles Owen piano
(P) 2006
8. TCHAIKOVSKY Grand Pas de Deux (The Nutcracker)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102
9. II. Andante
Dmitri Alexeev piano
English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1983
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
10. Scheherazade Symphonic Suite, Op.35 II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince (opening)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983
11. KHACHATURIAN Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) (extract)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1986
12. TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Scene (Act II No.10)
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1976/1988*
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
13. II: Adagio sostenuto (opening)
Cécile Ousset piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984
14. BORODIN Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) (opening)
Beecham Choral Society Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /
Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1974/1999*
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27
15. III. Adagio (opening)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1994
16. TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz (The Sleeping Beauty)
Philharmonia Orchestra / John Lanchbery (P) 1982
17. STRAVINSKY Le Oiseau de feu (conclusion)
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984/1995*
CD 2: AN AUSTRO-GERMAN ROMANCE
MOZART
1. Piano Concerto No.21 in C ‘Elvira Madigan’ K467 II. Andante (extract)
Stephen Hough piano
Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987
MOZART
2. Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 II. Romanze (Andante)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
(P) 1977/1997*
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’ Op.27/2
3. I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1991
4. BEETHOVEN ‘Emperor’ Concerto Op.73 – II. Adagio (trans. Craig Leon)
Julia Thornton harp
National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah (P) 2003
MOZART
5. Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495 II. Romanza (Andante cantabile)
Radovan Vlatkovic horn
English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1987
6. MOZART Un’aura amorosa (Così fan tutte)
John Aler tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1987
BEETHOVEN
7. Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor ‘Pathétique’ Op.31 II. Adagio cantabile
Stephen Kovacevich piano (P) 1998
8. MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 – II. Andante (extract)
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1959/1997*
9. MOZART
Clarinet Concerto – II. Adagio
Sabine Meyer clarinet
Dresden Staatskapelle / Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH
10. MENDELSSOHN Frühlingslied (Lieder ohne Wörte No.30 in A, Op.62 No.6)
Daniel Adni piano (P) 1973/1996*
11. BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 – II. Adagio (opening)
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind (P) 1959/1997*
12. MENDELSSOHN Nocturne (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras
(P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
13. RICHARD STRAUSS Beim Schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder) (conclusion)
Lucia Popp soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1982
14. J. STRAUSS II An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract)
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1987*
15. KREISLER Liebesleid
Maxim Vengerov violin · Ian Brown piano (P) 2004
16. MENDELSSOHN Wedding March (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1991
CD 3: A FRENCH ROMANCE
1. OFFENBACH Belle nuit (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 Monnai, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling (P) 1988
2. SAINT-SAËNS The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Chris Hazell)
Hah-Na Chang cello
Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 2000
3. BIZET L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen)
Maria Callas soprano
Chœurs René Duclos Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris / Georges
Prêtre (P) 1964
4. DEBUSSY Clair de lune (arr. Stokowski)
Philadelphia Orchstra / Wolfgang Sawallisch (P) 1996
5. DELIBES Flower Duet (Dôme épais) (Lakmé)
Natalie Dessay soprano · Delphine Haidan mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse /
Michel Plasson (P) 1998 EMI Music France
6. GOUNOD Les nubiennes (Faust Ballet Music)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988*
7. SAINT-SAËNS Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
Maria Callas soprano
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française / Georges
Prêtre (P) 1982/1997*
8. FAURÉ Pavane
Gareth Morris flute
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1968/1997*
9. MARTINI Plaisir d’amour
Barbara Hendricks soprano∙ Michel Dalberto piano
(P) 1996 EMI France
10. SAINT-SAËNS Romance Op.37
Ulf Hoelscher violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Pierre Dervaux (P) 1977/1993*
11. FAURÉ Berceuse (Dolly Suite Op.56)
Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto pianos (P) 1983 EMI France
12. BIZET Entr’acte to Act III (Carmen)
French National Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984
13. FAURÉ Chanson d’amour (arr. Craig Leon)
Natasha Marsh soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Francis (P) 2007
14. SATIE Gymnopédie No.1 (arr. Debussy)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Louis Frémaux
(P) 1974/1990*
15. DELIBES Intermezzo & Valse lente (Sylvia)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988*
16. MESSAGER Pas de deux pigeons (Les deux pigeons)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1958/1988*
17. MASSENET Méditation (Thais)
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1981
CD 4: ROMANCE IN A COLD CLIMATE
1. GRIEG Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983
2. SMETANA The Moldau (Ma Vlast) (extract)
Dresden Staatskapelle / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1995
3. GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor - II Adagio
Dmitri Alexeev piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1989
4. DVORÁK Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’ – II. Largo (opening)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1989
5. GRIEG Wedding Dayuat Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Book VIII, Op.65 No.6) Daniel Adni piano (P) 1974/1995*
6. DVORÁK Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Lucia Popp soprano
Münchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988
CHOPIN
7. Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening)
Martha Argerich piano
Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999
8. DVORÁK Humoresque Op.107 No.7
Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988
9. CHOPIN Prelude in A (Les Sylphides)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Irving (P) 1959/1994*
10. LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat - II. Quasi adagio
Michel Beroff piano
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Mazur (P) 1980/1990*
11. SIBELIUS At the Castle Gate (Pelléas et Mélisande)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1997*
12. CHOPIN Berceuse in D flat Op. 57
Peter Donohoe piano (P) 1993
13. GADE Jealousy-Tango
Stig Nilsson violin
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998
14. CHOPIN Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op.9 No. 2
John Ogdon piano (P) 1969/1992*
15. LISZT Liebestraum No.3 in A flat
Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006
16. LEHÁR Vilja (Die lustige Witwe)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus / Lovro von Matacic
(P) 1963/2000*
CD 5: ENGLAND & AMERICA IN LOVE
1. ELGAR Salut d’amour
Northern Sinfonia of England / Richard Hickox (P) 1986
2. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ (Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves)
Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986*
3. ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 – I. Adagio–Moderato (opening)
Jacqueline du
Pré cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1965/1997*
4. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending (opening)
Hugh Bean violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987*
5. ELGAR Chanson de matin
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1968/1985*
6. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985*
7. LENNON & McCARTNEY Michelle (arr. Ron Goodwin)
Rostal & Schaefer pianos
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Ron Goodwin
(P) 1979/2000*
8. HOLST Venus (The Planets) (conclusion)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1979/1987*
9. McCARTNEY Celebration (Standing Stone)
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P) 1997 MPL Communications Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd
10. NYMAN The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise (from the film The Piano)
Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman
(P) 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
11. MYERS Cavatina (from the film The Deer Hunter)
Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse guitars
(P) 2001 Angel Records
12. NEWMAN Any Other Name (from the film American Beauty)
Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001
13. HORNER My Heart Will Go On (from the film Titanic)
Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998
14. VILLA-LOBOS Sentimental Melody (arr. Barbosa-Lima)
Sharon Isbin guitar(P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
15. GERSHWIN Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Kiri Te Kanawa soprano · The New York Choral Artists
The New Princess Theater Orchestra / John McGlinn (P) 1987
16. BERNSTEIN West Side Story Symphonic Dances - II. Somewhere
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Järvi
(P) 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
17. GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Grofé) (conclusion)
André Previn piano
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1971/1998*
CD 6: MEDITERRANEAN ROMANCE
MASCAGNI
1. Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987*
2. PUCCINI O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Angela Gheorghiu soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999
Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd
3. ALBÉNIZ Tango (España Op.165 No.2)
Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006
4. PUCCINI Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)
Montserrat Caballé soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/2002*
5. VIVALDI Spring (The Four Seasons) – I. Allegro
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P)1981
6. MONTEVERDI Pur ti miro (L’incoronazione di Poppea) (arr. Craig Leon)
Natasha Marsh soprano ∙ Fernando Lima countertenor
David Parsons lute
London Symphony Orchestra / Craig Leon (P) 2007
7. BOCCHERINI Minuet (arr. Woodhouse)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
(P) 1980/1997*
8. MASCAGNI O amore, o bella luce del core (L’amico Fritz)
Luciano Pavarotti tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Gianandrea Gavazzeni (P) 1969/2000*
9. TÁRREGA Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Christopher Parkening guitar (P) 1976/2005* Angel Records
10. ROTA Ai Giochi Addio (love theme from the Zeffirelli film Romeo & Juliet)
Natasha Marsh soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (P) 2007
11. RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio (opening)
Julian Bream guitar
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993
12. PUCCINI Vogliatemi bene (Love Duet) (Madama Butterfly)
Renata Scotto soprano · Carlo Bergonzi tenor
Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma / Sir John Barbirolli
(P) 1966/2002*
13. VIVALDI Guitar Concerto in D (arr. Emilio Pujol; ed. Isbin) – II. Largo
Sharon Isbin guitar
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
(P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
14. SARASATE Zigeunerweisen Op.20
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1985
15. QUARANTOTTO Time to Say Goodbye (adapt. F. Peterson)
Amy Nuttall soprano
Orchestra conducted by Julian Kershaw (P) 2005
16. ALBÉNIZ Sevilla (arr. Byzantine)
Julian Byzantine guitar (P) 1993
17. PUCCINI Nessun dorma (Turandot)
José Carreras tenor · Rhine Opera Chorus
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990*
* Compilation Producer: Tony Locantro