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A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EMI CLASSICS Narrated by THOMAS HAMPSON

 1    MENDELSSOHN: Spring Song/Adolf Umbach (clarinet)  2'17"
 2  TCHAIKOVSKY: Forgive me (The Queen of Spades)/Nikolai Figner (tenor)  2'54"
 3  GRIEG: Norwegian Bridal Procession, Op. 19 No. 2/Edvard Grieg (piano)  2'06"
 4  LEONCAVALLO: Mattinata/Enrico Caruso (tenor)/Ruggero Leoncavallo (piano)  2'29"
 5  LEONCAVALLO: Ah! Tu mi sfidi! (Pagliacci)Agusto Barbaini (tenor)/Josefina Huguet(soprano)/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Carlo Sabajno   2'42"
 6  WEBER: Oberon-Overture/London Symphony Orchestra/Arthur Nikisch  2'09"
 7  Gas Shell Bombardment by the Royal Garrison Artillery outside Lille  1'29"
 8  BEETHOVEN (arr. Busoni): Ecossaise, WoO 83/Ferruccio Busoni (piano)  3'00"
 9  A Message to the Children of the Empire/King George V and Queen Mary  1'24"
 10  ROSSINI (arr. Respighi): La Boutique fantasque (excerpt)British Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Boult   2'10"
 11  ROSSINI (arr. Respighi): La Boutique fantasque (excerpt)Royal Albert Hall Orchestra/Eugene Goossens   1'16"
 12  HANDEL: Behold the Lamb of God (Messiah)Crystal Palace Handel Festival Choir & Orchestra/Sir Henry Wood   2'16"
 13  WAGNER: Transformation Scene (Parsifal, Akt.I)Bayreuth Festival Orchestra/Karl Muck   2'11"
 14  CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op.11-III. Rondo. VivaceMoriz Rosenthal (piano)/Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin/Frieder Weissmann   2'15"
 15  WOLF: Epiphanias/Gerhard Hüsch (baritone)/Coenraad Bos (piano)  2'19"
 16  MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 "Jupiter"-I. Allegro vivaceLondon Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham  1'57"
 17  BACH: Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006-Gavotte en rondeau/Yehudi Menuhin (violin)  2'01"
 18  BARTÓK: Mikrokosmos, Vol. VI No. 146-Ostinato/Béla Bartók (piano)  2'39"
 19  SARASTE: Zigeunerweisen/Jascha Heifetz (violin)London Symphony Orchestra/John Barbirolli   1'59"
 20  MAHLER: Symphony No. 9-II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen LändlersWiener Philharmoniker/Bruno Walter   1'57"
 21  DEBUSSY: Vous ne savez pas (Pelléas et Mélisande, Acte II)Joachim (soprano)/Jansen (baritone)/Orchestre Symphonique/Désormière   2'03"
 22  BRAHMS: Haydn Variations, Op. 56a/Wiener Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwängler  1'51"
 23  WALTON: Belshazzar's Feast-Praise ye the god of gold/Dennis Noble (baritone)Huddersfield Choral Society/Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Walton   2'30"
 24  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9-IV. Poco adagio - Tempo 1 - Poco adagioElisabeth Schwarzkopf/Julius Patzak/Elisabeth Höngen/Hans HotterSingverein der Musikfreunde/Wiener Philharmoniker/Karajan  1'43"
 25  SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20-II. Theme and VariationsSolomon (piano)/ Philharmonia Orchestra/Issay Dobrowen   1'40"
 26  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64-III. Valse. Allegro moderatoOrchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Guido Cantelli  1'57"
 27  WAGNER: Quintet (Die Meistersinger, Akt III)Schwarzkopf/Hopf/Unger/Malaniuk/Edelmann/Bayreuth Festival Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan   2'08"
 28  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 7-II. Allegretto/Philharmonia Orchestra/Nikolai Malko  1'35"
 29  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade-IV. Festival at BaghdadRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham   1'53"
 30  MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde-Von der Jugend/Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer   2'08"
 31  MENDELSSOHN: Ich wollt' mein Lieb', Op. 63 No. 1Los Angeles/Fischer-Dieskau/Moore  2'11"
 32  CHOPIN: Cello Sonata-Largo/Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Daniel Barenboim (piano)  2'15"
 33  DEBUSSY: Images-Rondes de printemps/London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn  1'55"
 34  SCHUBERT: "Death and the Maiden" Quartet-III. Allegro molto/Alban Berg Quartett  1'38"
 35  WAGNER: Der dort mich ruft (Die Walküre, Akt II)/Reiner Goldberg/Cheryl StuderSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink   2'19"
 36  BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15-I. MaestosoStephen Kovacevich (piano)/The London Philharmonic/Sawallisch   2'05"
 37  MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (conclusion)/Arleen Augér/Janet BakerCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Sir Simon Rattle   2'33"

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