Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song
2. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ('La Primavera,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269: 1.
3. Be My Love, for voice & orchestra (from 'The Toast of New Orleans')
4. Chi Mai (originally composed for Maddalena, film score)
5. Ode to Joy (An die Freude): Extract
6. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel dì vedremo
7. Presto, for piano (after Bach's Italian Concerto, BWV 971)
8. L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts: Ed anche Beppe amo
9. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In trutina
10. Gloria, for chorus (after the 3rd movement of Saint-Saën's Symphony No. 3)
11. Pieces (2) ('Chanson de matin' & 'Chanson de nuit'), for violin & piano (later orchestrated), Op. 15: Chanson de matin
12. Waltz for piano No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213
13. Liverpool Oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra: The world you're coming into
14. Stabat Mater, for chorus & orchestra: Virgo virginum
15. Scarborough Fair
16. Boom of the Tingling Strings: 2. L'Istesso tempo
17. La Traviata, opera: Brindisi: Libiamo
18. La sonnambula, opera: Ah! non credea mirarti
19. Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, march and canzona for orchestra, Z. 860: Thou knowest, Lord
20. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Great Gate of Kiev

Disc 2:

1. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Hölle Rache
2. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
3. Trumpet Concerto in E or E flat major, WoO 1, S. 49: 3. Rondo
4. Roméo et Juliette, opera: L'amour, l'amour...Ah! lève-toi, soleil
5. Pasión ('Sueñas con un amor'), song
6. Arianna in Creta, opera, HWV 32: Qui ti sfido, o mostro infame!
7. Romance de Amor
8. Tonight, song (from 'West Side Story')
9. Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109
10. Unexpected Song, song (for the musical Tell Me on a Sunday)
11. Eternal Light: A Requiem, for soloists, chorus & ensemble: Agnus Dei
12. Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1
13. Cantata No. 208, 'Was mir behagt,' (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3): Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)
14. Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3
15. Veni creator spiritus
16. An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314): Extract
17. Ol' Man River, song (from 'Show Boat')
18. The Swan (from 'Carnival of the Animals'), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
19. Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: 3. Sevilla
20. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113322 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Album Description
Classical 2009 gathers the biggest names in classical music on two specially priced CDs. Legends from Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti to Andr‚s Segovia and Herbert von Karajan join contemporary stars like Gabriela Montero, Alison Balsom, and Rolando Villaz¢n on the 40-track collection. The musical selections run the gamut from Gregorian chant to Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, while contributions from pop-classical straddlers Sarah Brightman, Michael Ball, and Karl Jenkins complete this wide-angle portrait of the wonderful world of classical music.