The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever! (2012)

Track Listing

1. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. O Fortuna
2. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Venus, the Bringer of Peace. Adagio (extract)
3. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Opening
4. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
5. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. 12. Divertissement. f. Dance of the Reed Flutes

1. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. O Fortuna
2. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Venus, the Bringer of Peace. Adagio (extract)
3. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Opening
4. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
5. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. 12. Divertissement. f. Dance of the Reed Flutes
6. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries
7. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2: 1. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)
8. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: 9. Nimrod
9. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera"), RV 269, Op. 8/1 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1): 1. Allegro
10. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno"), RV 297, Op. 8/4 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4): 2. Largo
11. Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59
12. Schindler's List, film score: Theme
13. Boléro, ballet for orchestra, M. 81
14. The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra: (opening)
15. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, introduction and 24 variations for piano & orchestra in A minor, Op. 43: Variations 18 (Andante Cantabile, a tempo vivace)
16. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5): 2. Largo (opening)
17. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
18. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus
19. Jerusalem ("And did those feet in ancient time"), for chorus & organ (or orchestra)
20. Turandot, opera: Nessun Dorma!
21. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: Ode to Joy (excerpt)
22. Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37): Toccata
23. Water Music Suite No. 2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349: Alla Hornpipe
24. 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49: (extract)
25. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 3. Humming Chorus
26. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Swan
27. Adagio for strings (or string quartet), Op. 11 (arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet)
28. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezzo
29. Peer Gynt, incidental music, Op. 23: Prelude, Act 4, Morning
30. Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera "Sir John in Love")
31. Adagio in G minor for strings & organ (previously attributed to Tomaso Albinoni): (excerpt)
32. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525:
33. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra: (excerpt)
34. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Act 1. 9. Finale. Andante
35. Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell):
36. Land of Hope and Glory, for voice & piano (arr. by Benson from March Op.39/1 & Coronation Ode Op.44)