1 1 MOZART Clarinet Concerto – II. Adagio 6.33 10 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Sabine Meyer basset clarinet · Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk opening 3.57 ൿ 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir ൿ 1976/1985*

2 VIVALDI The Four Seasons Concerto No.4 in F minor ‘Winter’ – 11 ELGAR Cello Concerto – III. Adagio 5.14 II. Largo 2.08 Jacqueline du Pré cello Yehudi Menuhin violin · Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli ൿ 1965/1997* ൿ 1981 12 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 – II. Adagio sostenuto 3 JENKINS Agnus Dei (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace) 3.36 opening 4.28 National Youth Choir of Great Britain · Mike Brewer musical director Cécile Ousset piano Paul Beniston principal trumpet City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle ൿ 1984 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Jenkins ൿ 2001 Karl Jenkins Music Ltd under exclusive licence to 13 MOZART ed. Beyer Requiem – Lacrimosa 2.55 Virgin Records Ltd London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst ൿ 1990

4 ALBINONI realised Giazotto Adagio extract 5.48 14 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 – II. Allegretto opening 3.15 Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner ൿ 1974/1986* Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch ൿ 1992

5 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending opening 6.21 15 GRIEG Piano Concerto – II. Adagio 6.28 Hugh Bean violin · New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult Cécile Ousset piano ൿ 1967/1987* London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner ൿ 1985

6 MOZART Flute & Harp Concerto – II. Andantino extract 3.57 16 R. STRAUSS Beim Schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder) conclusion 4.21 James Galway flute · Fritz Helmis harp Lucia Popp soprano Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt ൿ 1982 ൿ 1972/1985* 17 GERSHWIN arr. Grofé Rhapsody in Blue extract 2.47 7 ELGAR Nimrod (‘Enigma’ Variations) 3.54 André Previn piano · London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult ൿ 1971/1986* ൿ 1971/1998*

8 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.14 ‘Moonlight’ – 18 MASCAGNI Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana) 3.41 I. Adagio sostenuto extract 3.54 Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti ൿ 1980/1987* Dame Moura Lympany piano ൿ 1991

9 SHOSTAKOVICH Romance (from the film The Gadfly) 3.12 Tamsin Little violin · Piers Lane piano ൿ 1992

2 19 MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 – II. Andante extract 5.17 29 GRIEG Peer Gynt – Morning 4.14 Stephen Hough piano · Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson ൿ 1987 Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner ൿ 1983

20 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’ 30 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto – II. Andante extract 4.26 V. Allegretto (Shepherds’ Hymn after the Storm) 4.15 Yehudi Menuhin violin · Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz / Riccardo Muti ൿ 1988 ൿ 1959/1997*

21 PACHELBEL Canon in D 4.58 31 MOZART Ave verum corpus 3.23 Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner ൿ 1974/1997* Stockholm Radio Chorus · Stockholm Chamber Choir Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti ൿ 1987 22 ALLEGRI Miserere mei, Deus excerpt 4.54 Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Timothy Beasley-Murray treble 32 RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Gerald Finlay cantor Variation 18 2.57 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury ൿ 1984 Cécile Ousset piano · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle ൿ 1984 23 CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 – . Romance: Larghetto opening 3.50 33 RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez – II. Adagio opening 4.43 Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Martha Argerich piano Julian Bream guitar · Peter Walden cor anglais Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit ൿ 1999 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle ൿ 1993 24 MORRICONE Gabriel’s Oboe (from the film The Mission) 2.11 Ennio Morricone and his Orchestra ൿ 1987 Virgin Records Ltd 34 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade – The Story of the Kalender Prince opening 3.49 25 FAURÉ Requiem – In paradisum 3.44 Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti ൿ 1983 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks ൿ 1968/1997* 35 MAHLER Symphony No.5 – IV. Adagietto conclusion 3.05 New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli ൿ 1969/1988* 26 BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 – II. Adagio opening 4.21 Yehudi Menuhin violin · Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind 36 ORFF Carmina burana – In trutina 2.43 ൿ 1959/1997* Janice Watson soprano · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra David Hill 27 DVORÁKˇ Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’ – ൿ 1995 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics II. Largo opening 4.43 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons ൿ 1989 Total timing 154.17

28 BEETHOVEN trans. Leon PIano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ – II. Adagio 6.59 Julia Thornton harp National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah ൿ 2003

3 Compilation Producer: Tony Locantro Sofa Photo: Corbis Design & Art Direction: Paul Mitchell for WLP Ltd.

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