Classical Heartbreakers: The Most Moving Classical Music of All Time

by CLASSICAL HEARTBREAKERS / VARIO

Overview

The aptly named Classical Heartbreakers collects two discs' worth of moving compositions that have also been featured in renowned films, including Chopin's "Nocturne in C sharp minor," which appeared in The Pianist; Mascagni's "Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)," which was featured in Raging Bull; and Bach's "Goldberg Variations -- Aria," a musical highlight from The English Patient. Other highlights include John Williams' theme from Schindler's List; Offenbach's "Barcarolle (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)," which appeared in Life Is Beautiful; and "Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise" from Michael Nyman's score for The Piano. Gershwin, Verdi, and Faure are some of the other composers featured on this collection, which should please fans of films and classical music alike. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	01/13/2004
Label:	Emi Classics / Emi Music Distribution / Warner Classics
UPC:	0724358534528
Rank:	93526

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23~I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)  - Horacio Gutierrez  - Tony Locantro  -  London Symphony Orchestra  - Andre Previn  - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
2. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act~Intermezzo  - Tony Locantro  - Pietro Mascagni  - Riccardo Muti  -  Philharmonia Orchestra
3. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), for piano & orchestra in A minor, Op. 43~Variation No. 18  -  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  - Tony Locantro  - Cecile Ousset  - Sergey Rachmaninov  - Simon Rattle
4. Gianni Schicchi, opera~O mio babbino caro  - Montserrat Caballe  - Tony Locantro  -  London Symphony Orchestra  - Charles Mackerras  - Giacomo Puccini
5. Sonata for viola da gamba & keyboard No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029~II. Adagio (opening)  - Johann Sebastian Bach  - Ton Koopman  - Tony Locantro  - Jordi Savall
6. Beim Schlafengehen ("Nun der Tag mich m¿¿d' gemacht") song for soprano & orchestra, o.Op. 150/3 (TrV 296/3, AV 150/3)  - Tony Locantro  -  London Philharmonic Orchestra  - Lucia Popp  - Klaus Tennstedt
7. Schindler's List, film score~Theme  - Tasmin Little  - Tony Locantro  -  New World Philharmonic  - Iain Sutherland
8. Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3  - Claude Debussy  - Tony Locantro  - Moura Lympany
9. Adagietto, for orchestra (from the Symphony No. 5)~Conclusion  - John Barbirolli  - Tony Locantro  - Gustav Mahler  -  New Philharmonia Orchestra
10. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts~Ebben? ne andr¿¿ lontana  - Maria Callas  - Alfredo Catalani  - Tony Locantro  -  New Philharmonia Orchestra  -  Philharmonia Orchestra  - Tullio Serafin
11. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2~I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)  - Ludwig van Beethoven  - Tony Locantro  - Moura Lympany
12. Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26~II. Adagio (opening)  - Max Bruch  - Tony Locantro  - Yehudi Menuhin  -  Philharmonia Orchestra  - Walter Susskind
13. Tosca, opera~E lucevan le stelle  - Carlo Bergonzi  - Tony Locantro  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  - Georges Pretre
14. Nocturne for piano No. 20 in C sharp minor, KK IVa/16, CT. 127 (B. 49)  - Frederic Chopin  - Tony Locantro  - Maria Tipo
15. Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11  - Samuel Barber  - Tony Locantro  - Eugene Ormandy  -  Philadelphia Orchestra
16. Adagio F¿¿r Streicher  - Robert Cohen  - Edward Elgar  - Tony Locantro  -  London Philharmonic Orchestra  - Norman Del Mar
17. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102~II. Andante  - Dmitri Alexeev  -  English Chamber Orchestra  - Tony Locantro  - Jerzy Maksymiuk  - Dmitry Shostakovich
18. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor)~Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves)  - Bernard Haitink  - Tony Locantro  -  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus  -  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra  -  Royal Opera House Orchestra & Choir  - Giuseppe Verdi

Disc 2

19. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)~Extract  -  Academy of Ancient Music  -  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields  - Tomaso Albinoni  - Tony Locantro  - Neville Marriner
20. The Piano, film score~The Heart Asks Pleasure first / The Promise  - Tony Locantro  - Michael Nyman
21. Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir¿¿), song  - David Abel  - David Abel  - Tony Locantro  - Francesco Sartori
22. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-¿¿bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9)~Aria  - Johann Sebastian Bach  - Tony Locantro  - Maria Tipo
23. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts~Barcarolle  - Andre Cluytens  - Jeannine Collard  - Tony Locantro  - Jacques Offenbach  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  -  Rene Duclos Choir  - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
24. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18~II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)  -  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  - Tony Locantro  - Cecile Ousset  - Sergey Rachmaninov  - Simon Rattle
25. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36~Nimrod  - Adrian Boult  - Tony Locantro  -  London Symphony Orchestra
26. Tosca, opera~Vissi d'arte  - Maria Callas  - Tony Locantro  -  Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  - Georges Pretre
27. The Deer Hunter, film score~Cavatina  - Manuel Barrueco  - Tony Locantro  - Steve Morse  - Stanley Myers
28. Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163)~II. Adagio (opening)  -  Hungarian Quartet  - Tony Locantro  - Franz Schubert  - Laszlo Varga
29. Orph¿¿e et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41~J'ai perdu mon Eurydice  - John Eliot Gardiner  - Christoph Willibald Gluck  - Tony Locantro  -  Lyon National Opera Orchestra  - Jerzy Maksymiuk  - Anne Sofie von Otter
30. Etude for piano No. 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16  - Frederic Chopin  - Tony Locantro  - Jerzy Maksymiuk  - John Ogdon
31. La Traviata, opera~Attendo, attendo ... Addio del passato  - Myung-Whun Chung  - Tony Locantro  -  London Symphony Orchestra  - Kiri Te Kanawa
32. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043~II. Largo ma non tanto (opening)  - Johann Sebastian Bach  -  Bath Festival Orchestra  - Christian Ferras  - Tony Locantro  - Yehudi Menuhin
33. The Queen Symphony~III. Adagio (Who Wants To Live Forever - Save Me)  - Tolga Kashif  - Tony Locantro  -  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
34. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, CT. 47~II. Romance (Larghetto) (opening)  - Frederic Chopin  - Tony Locantro  - Jerzy Maksymiuk  - Garrick Ohlsson  -  Polish National Symphony Orchestra  -  Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
35. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48~In paradisum  - Stephen Cleobury  -  English Chamber Orchestra  - Gabriel Faure  -  King's College Choir of Cambridge  - Tony Locantro
36. My Heart Will Go On (from the film "Titanic")  - David Abel  - David Abel  - James Horner  - Tony Locantro
37. Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grof¿¿)~Conclusion  - George Gershwin  - Tony Locantro  -  London Symphony Orchestra  - Andre Previn

Album Credits

Performance Credits

New World Philharmonic   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Georges Pretre   Primary Artist,Conductor
Myung-Whun Chung   Primary Artist,Conductor
Jeannine Collard   Primary Artist,Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Robert Cohen   Primary Artist,Cello
Bernard Haitink   Primary Artist,Conductor
John Eliot Gardiner   Primary Artist,Conductor
Academy of Ancient Music   Primary Artist
Carlo Bergonzi   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal)
Lucia Popp   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
London Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
King's College Choir of Cambridge   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Eugene Ormandy   Primary Artist,Conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Cecile Ousset   Primary Artist,Piano
John Barbirolli   Primary Artist,Conductor
Jordi Savall   Primary Artist,Viola da Gamba
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
Maria Callas   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
Charles Mackerras   Primary Artist,Conductor
Ton Koopman   Primary Artist,Harpsichord
Garrick Ohlsson   Primary Artist,Piano
Yehudi Menuhin   Primary Artist,Violin,Conductor
Adrian Boult   Primary Artist,Conductor
Moura Lympany   Primary Artist,Piano
Jerzy Maksymiuk   Primary Artist,Conductor
Andre Previn   Primary Artist,Piano,Conductor
Riccardo Muti   Primary Artist,Conductor
Steve Morse   Primary Artist,Guitar
Neville Marriner   Primary Artist,Conductor
Dmitri Alexeev   Primary Artist,Piano
David Abel   Primary Artist,Conductor
Royal Opera House Orchestra & Choir   Primary Artist
English Chamber Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Anne Sofie von Otter   Primary Artist,Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Simon Rattle   Primary Artist,Conductor
Manuel Barrueco   Primary Artist,Guitar
Christian Ferras   Primary Artist,Violin
Tullio Serafin   Primary Artist,Conductor
Tasmin Little   Primary Artist,Violin
Rene Duclos Choir   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Tolga Kashif   Primary Artist,Conductor
Horacio Gutierrez   Primary Artist,Piano
Laszlo Varga   Primary Artist,Cello
Iain Sutherland   Primary Artist,Conductor
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice   Primary Artist
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Walter Suesskind   Primary Artist,Conductor
Klaus Tennstedt   Primary Artist,Conductor
Kiri Te Kanawa   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
Maria Tipo   Primary Artist,Piano
Stephen Cleobury   Primary Artist,Conductor
Bath Festival Orchestra   Orchestra
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields   Orchestra
Montserrat Caballe   Soprano (Vocal)
Andre Cluytens   Conductor
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra   Orchestra
John Ogdon   Piano
Michael Nyman   Director
Lyon National Opera Orchestra   Orchestra
Norman Del Mar   Conductor
Polish National Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
The Hungarian Quartet   String Quartet
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris   Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra   Orchestra
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus   Choir/Chorus

Technical Credits

Alfredo Catalani   Composer
Tomaso Albinoni   Composer
Frederic Chopin   Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Edward Elgar   Composer
James Horner   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov   Composer
Samuel Barber   Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven   Composer
Gabriel Faure   Composer
Franz Schubert   Composer
Stanley Myers   Composer
Pietro Mascagni   Composer
Jacques Offenbach   Composer
Claude Debussy   Composer
Gustav Mahler   Composer
Michael Nyman   Composer,Producer
Giacomo Puccini   Composer
Francesco Sartori   Composer
Max Bruch   Composer
Tony Locantro   Compilation Producer
Dmitry Shostakovich   Composer
Christoph Willibald Gluck   Composer
Tolga Kashif   Arranger,Composer
Giuseppe Verdi   Composer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky   Composer