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CD 1: FROM RUSSIA WITH ROMANCE

01.TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
Horacio Gutierrez piano
London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1976/1994

02.PROKOFIEV
Balcony Scene (Romeo & Juliet) (extract)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1981

03.SHOSTAKOVICH
Romance (The Gadfly)
Tasmin Little violin • Piers Lane piano (P) 1992

04.TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) (extract)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1987

05.RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Variation 18
Cecile Ousset piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984

06.KHACHATURIAN
Masquerade - Waltz
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1964/1993

07.RACHMANINOV
Vocalise
Natalie Clein cello · Charles Owen piano (P) 2006

08.TCHAIKOVSKY
Grand Pas de Deux (The Nutcracker)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998

09.SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102
II. Andante
Dmitri Alexeev piano
English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1983

10.RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
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 / Andre Previn (P) 1976/1988

13.RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
II: Adagio sostenuto (opening)
Cecile 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

15.RACHMANINOV
Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27
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

01.MOZART
Piano Concerto No.21 in C ‘Elvira Madigan’ K467
II. Andante (extract)
Stephen Hough piano
Halle Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987

02.MOZART
Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525
II. Romanze (Andante)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997

03.BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’ Op.27/2
I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1991

04.BEETHOVEN
‘Emperor’ Concerto Op.73 – II. Adagio (trans. Craig Leon)
Julia Thornton harp
National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah (P) 2003

05.MOZART
Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495
II. Romanza (Andante cantabile)
Radovan Vlatkovic horn
English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1987

06.MOZART
Un’aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte)
John Aler tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1987

07.BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor ‘Pathetique’ Op.31
II. Adagio cantabile
Stephen Kovacevich piano (P) 1998

08.MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 – II. Andante (extract)
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1959/1997

09.MOZART
Clarinet Concerto – II. Adagio
Sabine Meyer clarinet
Dresden Staatskapelle / Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH

10.MENDELSSOHN
Fruhlingslied (Lieder ohne Worte 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 schonen 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

01.OFFENBACH
Belle nuit (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Jessye Norman soprano · Ann Murray mezzo-soprano
Orchestre Symphonique et Ch?urs de l’Opera National du Theatre Royal de la Monnai, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling (P) 1988

02.SAINT-SAENS
The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Chris Hazell)
Hah-Na Chang cello
Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 2000

03.BIZET
L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen)
Maria Callas soprano
Ch?urs Rene Duclos Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera de Paris / Georges Pretre (P) 1964

04.DEBUSSY
Clair de lune (arr. Stokowski)
Philadelphia Orchstra / Wolfgang Sawallisch (P) 1996

05.DELIBES
Flower Duet (Dome epais) (Lakme)
Natalie Dessay soprano · Delphine Haidan mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse /
Michel Plasson (P) 1998 EMI Music France

06.GOUNOD
Les nubiennes (Faust Ballet Music)
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/1988

07.SAINT-SAENS
Mon c?ur s’ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
Maria Callas soprano
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Georges Pretre (P) 1982/1997

08.FAURE
Pavane
Gareth Morris flute
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1968/1997

09.MARTINI
Plaisir d’amour
Barbara Hendricks soprano• Michel Dalberto piano (P) 1996 EMI France

10.SAINT-SAENS
Romance Op.37
Ulf Hoelscher violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Pierre Dervaux (P) 1977/1993

11.FAURE
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.FAURE
Chanson d’amour (arr. Craig Leon)
Natasha Marsh soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Francis (P) 2007

14.SATIE
Gymnopedie No.1 (arr. Debussy)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Louis Fremaux (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
Meditation (Thais)
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1981

CD 4: ROMANCE IN A COLD CLIMATE

01.GRIEG
Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, Op.23)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983

02.SMETANA
The Moldau (Ma Vlast) (extract)
Dresden Staatskapelle / Paavo Berglund (P) 1979/1995

03.GRIEG
Piano Concerto in A minor - II Adagio
Dmitri Alexeev piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1989

04.DVORAK
Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’ – II. Largo (opening)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1989

05.GRIEG
Wedding Dayuat Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Book VIII, Op.65 No.6)
Daniel Adni piano (P) 1974/1995

06.DVORAK
Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Lucia Popp soprano
Munchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988

07.CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11
II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening)
Martha Argerich piano
Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999

08.DVORAK
Humoresque Op.107 No.7
Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

09.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 (Pelleas et Melisande)
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.LEHAR
Vilja (Die lustige Witwe)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra with Chorus / Lovro von Matacic(P) 1963/2000

CD 5: ENGLAND & AMERICA IN LOVE

01.ELGAR
Salut d’amour
Northern Sinfonia of England / Richard Hickox (P) 1986

02.VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ (Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves)
Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986

03.ELGAR
Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 – I. Adagio–Moderato (opening)
Jacqueline du Pre cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1965/1997

04.VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Lark Ascending (opening)
Hugh Bean violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987

05.ELGAR
Chanson de matin
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1968/1985

06.VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985

07.LENNON & McCARTNEY
Michelle (arr. Ron Goodwin)
Rostal & Schaefer pianos
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Ron Goodwin (P) 1979/2000

08.HOLST
Venus (The Planets) (conclusion)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1979/1987

09.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 Jarvi
(P) 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

17.GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Grofe) (conclusion)
Andre Previn piano
London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1971/1998

CD 6: MEDITERRANEAN ROMANCE

01.MASCAGNI
Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987

02.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

03.ALBENIZ
Tango (Espana Op.165 No.2)
Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P) 2006

04.PUCCINI
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)
Montserrat Caballe soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1970/2002

05.VIVALDI
Spring (The Four Seasons) – I. Allegro
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P)1981

06.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

07.BOCCHERINI
Minuet (arr. Woodhouse)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1980/1997

08.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

09.TARREGA
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 / Francois-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.ALBENIZ
Sevilla (arr. Byzantine)
Julian Byzantine guitar (P) 1993

17.PUCCINI
Nessun dorma (Turandot)
Jose Carreras tenor · Rhine Opera Chorus
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alain Lombard (P) 1978/199