Top 100: Favourite Classical Melodies (2005)

Track Listing

1. 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
2. The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
3. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i): Rondo alla Turca
4. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
5. Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 1 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Les Toréadors

1. 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
2. The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
3. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i): Rondo alla Turca
4. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
5. Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 1 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Les Toréadors
6. Peer Gynt Suite, for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Morgenstimmung
7. Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212
8. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Barcarolle
9. Nabucco (Nabucodonosor), opera: Choir of the Hebrew Slaves
10. Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1: No. 1
11. Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48: Waltz
12. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525: Allegro
13. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Scene
14. Lakmé, opera: Flower Duet
15. Orphée aux enfers, operetta: Can Can
16. Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music and suite for orchestra, Op. 80: Sicilienne
17. The Ruins of Athens, incidental music, Op. 113: Turkish March
18. Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 333 (RV 333)
19. Golliwogg's Cakewalk, for piano (Children's Corner No. 6), CD 119/6 (L. 113/6)
20. Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102: Langsam
21. Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: Adagio
22. Liebesträum, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)
23. Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 626: Requiem
24. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate"), RV 315, Op. 8/2 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2): 3. Presto
25. Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4
26. Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Habanera
27. Slavonic Dance for orchestra No. 1 in C major, B. 83/1 (Op. 46/1)
28. Peer Gynt Suite, for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Aases Tod
29. Minuet in A major, arrangement (after String Quintet in E major, Op.11/5, G. 275)
30. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
31. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13: Adagio
32. Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7
33. Il Trovatore, opera: Gypsies Choir
34. Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a: Overture
35. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Notturno
36. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: Ode an die Freude
37. Humoresque for piano No. 7 in G flat major, B. 187/7 (Op. 101/7)
38. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: Andante
39. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: Finale
40. Wiener Bonbons (Vienna Bon-Bons), waltz for orchestra, Op. 307 (RV 307):
41. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries
42. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thaïs")
43. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("L'autunno"), RV 293, Op. 8/3 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 3): 3. Allegro
44. Cantabile, for violin & piano (or guitar) in D major, Op. 17, MS 109
45. Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337: Canon
46. L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 2, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard): Farandole
47. Consolation, for piano No. 3 in D flat major ("Lento placido"), S. 172/3 (LW A111a/2/2)
48. Slavonic Dance for orchestra No. 5 in A major, B. 83/5 (Op. 46/5)
49. Ave verum corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618
50. The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37a: Barcarolle
51. Concerto for oboe (or violin), strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 1056R (reconstruction): Andante
52. Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59
53. An den Frühling (To Spring), lyric piece for piano, Op. 43/6
54. Faust, opera, CG 4: Soldier's Choir
55. Overture, suite for 2