"A double album filled with performances by today's musical headline-makers - from established stars of the concert hall and opera house to young talents who have captured the imagination of audiences of all ages. If you want to hear a favourite artist perform a favourite work, or if you are looking to discover exciting new musicians and memorable new pieces - this is the moment for Classical 2016!"
Aida. Act II. Chorus of the Hebrew slaves : "Vieni, o guerriero vindice" (2:24) ; Act I. Ritorna vincitor! (6:43) / Verdi (Anja Harteros, soprano, Aida ; Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ; Antonio Pappano, [conductor]) -- Tosca. Act III. "E lucevan le stele" (Jonas Kaufmann, [tenor], Cavaradossi ; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra ; Marco Armiliato, [conductor]) (3:23) ; Turandot. Act III. "Nessun dorma" (Plácido Domingo, [tenor], Calaf ; Orchester der Deutschen Open [that is, Oper] Berlin ; Nello Santi, [conductor]) (3:23) / Puccini -- La traviata. Act I. Preludio (New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, [conductor]) (3:54) ; "Ah, fors'e liu" (Diana Damrau, [soprano], Violetta ; Orchestra del Teatro Regio Torino) (5:20) ; "Sempre libera" (Anna Netrebko, [soprano], Violetta ; Rolando Villazón, [tenor], Alfredo ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Carlo Rizzi, [conductor]) (3:53) / Verdi -- Stella di Napoli. Part I. "Ove t'aggiri, o barbaro" / Pacini (Joyce DiDonato, [mezzo-soprano], Stella ; Héloïse Mas, mezzo-soprano, Marta ; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon ; Riccardo Minasi, [conductor]) (4:29) -- Die Zauberflöte = The magic flute. Act II. Der Hölle Rache (Sabine Devieilhe, [soprano], Königen der Nacht ; Ensemble Pygmalion ; Raphaël Pichon, [conductor]) (2:41) ; Le nozze di Figaro. Act II. "Voi, che sapete" (Cecilia Bartoli, [mezzo-soprano], Cherubino ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Daniel Baremboim, [conductor]) (2:59) ; Violin concerto no. 5 in A major, K. 219. Rondeau (Vilde Frang, [violin] ; Ensemble Arcangelo ; Jonathan Cohen, [conductor]) (8:47) ; Piano concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466. Romance (Martha Argerich, [piano] ; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana ; Jacek Kaspszyk, [conductor]) (8:55) / Mozart -- String quartet no. 6 in F minor, op. 80. Allegro assai / Mendelssohn (Quatuor Ebene) (4:33) -- Hungarian melody : in B minor, D. 817 / Schubert (David Fray, [piano]) (3:17) -- Prélude in B minor, op. 28 no. 6 / Chopin (Dong-Hyek Lim, [piano]) (2:16) -- Violin concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26. Adagio / Bruch (Renaud Capuçon, [violin] ; Orchestre de Paris ; Paavo Järvi, [conductor]) (8:11) --
Goldberg variations : BWV 899. Aria / Bach (Alexandre Tharaud, [piano]) (4:08) -- L'Ormindo. Act II. "Che città" / Cavalli (Nuria Rial, soprano ; L'Arpeggiata ; Christina Pluhar, [conductor]) (3:34) -- Requiem : (Missa pro defunctis). Kyrie / Ockeghem (The Hilliard Ensemble) (4:37) -- Violin sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. Fuga / Bach ; arr. for harpsichord by W.F. Bach (Jean Rondeau, [harpsichord]) (6:43) -- Stabat Mater. Stabat Mater dolorosa (Philippe Jaroussky, [countertenor] ; Ensemble Artaserse) (3:06) ; The four seasons. Violin concerto in G minor : "Summer". Presto (Camille Berthollet, [violin] ; Orchestre d'Auvergne ; Roberto Forès Veses, [conductor]) (2:27) ; Violin concerto in F minor : "Winter". Allegro (Nigel Jennedy, [violin] ; English Chamber Orchestra) (3:15) / Vivaldi -- Cello concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb.1. Allegro molto / Haydn (Edgar Moreau, [cello] ; Il Pomo d'Oro ; Riccardo Minasi, [conductor]) (5:56) -- Violin sonata no. 5 in F major, op. 24 : "Spring". Scherzo : Allegro molto / Beethoven (Daishin Kashimoto, [violin] ; Konstantin Lifschitz, piano) (1:09) -- Flute concerto no. 7 in E minor. Rondo (Allegretto) / Devienne (Emmanuel Pahud, [flute] ; Kammerorchesterbasel ; Giovanni Antonini, [conductor]) (5:17) -- La damnation de Faust. "Nature immense" / Berlioz (Bryan Hymel, [tenor], Faust ; Prague Symphony Orchestra ; Emmanuel Vuillaume [that is, Villaume]) (5:47) -- "I love a piano" / Berlin (Joyce DiDonato, [mezzo-soprano] ; Antonio Pappano, [piano]) (3:20) -- "Summertime" / Gershwin (Annie Moses Band) (5:00) -- Nocturne / [Nigel] Hess (Nicholas McCarthy, [piano]) (5:58) -- Cello concerto no. 1 in E flat major, op. 107. Allegretto / Shostakovich (Gautier Capuçon, [cello] ; Mariinsky Orchestra of Saint Petersburg ; Valery Gergiev, [conductor]) (6:27) -- The nutcraker : op. 71. Miniature overture (Berliner Philharmoniker ; Sir Simon Rattle, [conductor]) (3:09) ; Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23. Allegro con fuoco (Beatrice Rana, [piano] ; Orchestra dell'Ac[c]ademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ; Antonio Pappano, [conductor]) (6:52) / Tchaikovsky.
Note
Previously released material 1968-2016.
Language (note)
Vocal selections sung in Italian, German, Latin, French, and English.
Title
Classical 2016.
Publisher
[France] : Warner Classics, [2016]
Copyright date
℗2016
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Various musicians.
Language
Vocal selections sung in Italian, German, Latin, French, and English.