Naxos Selection: Highlights - CD

George Frideric Handel

Solomon, HWV 67 (1748)

 

1. Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

00:03:24

Johann Sebastian Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 (1721)

 

2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: I. Allegro

00:04:28

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" (1801)

 

3. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

00:04:57

Johannes Brahms

21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra)

 

4. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in G Minor (arr. for orchestra)

00:02:10

Edvard Grieg

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1875)

 

5. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morgenstemning (Morning Mood)

00:03:55

Antonio Vivaldi

The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring)

 

6. The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro

00:03:26

Franz Joseph Haydn

Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob.VIIb:2 (1783)

 

7. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob.VIIb:2: III. Allegro

00:05:00

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Ein Sommernachtstraum, Op. 61, MWV M13 (1843)

 

8. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Act II: Entr'acte: Scherzo

00:04:49

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

9. Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"

00:02:55

Emile Waldteufel

Les Patineurs, Op. 183, "The Skater's Waltz" (1882)

 

10. Les patineurs (The Skaters), Op. 183

00:07:28

Frédéric François Chopin

 

11. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

00:04:29

Giuseppe Verdi

Nabucco (1842)

 

12. Nabucco, Act III: Va, pensiero, "Chorus of Hebrew Slaves"

00:04:39

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (1892)

 

13. The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: VIII. Waltz of the Flowers

00:06:41

Giacomo Puccini

La boheme (1896)

 

14. La boheme, Act I: O soave fanciulla

00:03:37

Turandot (1926)

 

15. Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma

00:03:00

Richard Wagner

Die Walküre, 3. Akt: Walkürenritt (Apocalypse Now) (1856)

 

16. Die Walkure, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries

00:05:22

Sir Edward Elgar

5 Military Marches, Op. 39, "Pomp and Circumstance" (1901)

 

17. Military March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 39, "Pomp and Circumstance"

00:06:13