Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Ride of The Valkyries - Wagner
2. Anitra's Dance - Grieg
3. Au clar de lune - Debussy
4. Un bel di (One Fine Day - Madame Butterfly) - Puccini
5. Largo from Symphony No. 9 - Dvorak
6. Waltz in A Flat - Brahms
7. Gopak from Sorotchinsky Fair - Mussorgsky
8. Traumerei from Kinderszenen - Schumann
9. Spring From The Four Seasons 1st movement - Vivaldi
10. Overture : The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
11. Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves - Verdi
12. Prelude in E minor Op.28/4 - Chopin
13. Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
14. La donna e mobile (Woman is fickle) from Rigoletto - Verdi
15. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka - Joh. Strauss II
16. Liebestraum No.3 - Liszt
17. Norweigen Dance No.2 - Grieg
18. Slow movement from Concerto for two violins in D minor - Bach
19. 'Minute' Waltz - Chopin
20. Overture : The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - Mendelssohn

Disc 2:

1. Eine kleine Nachtmusik 1st movement - Mozart
2. Air (on the G string) from Suite No.3 in D - Bach
3. Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
4. Slow movement from Clarinet Concerto - Mozart
5. Fur Elise - Beethoven
6. Winter from The Four Seasons 1st movement - Vivaldi
7. Horn Concerto No.4 K495 Finale - Mozart
8. Largo from Xerxes - Handel
9. Blue Danube Waltz - Joh. Strauss II
10. Celeste Aida from Aida - Verdi
11. Overture: Ruslan and Ludmila - Glinka
12. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) - Debussy
13. Champagne Polka - Joh. Strauss II
14. Prelude in A major Op.28/7 - Chopin
15. Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore - Verdi
16. Gymnopedie No.1 - Satie
17. Eine kleine Nachtmusik K525 Last movement - Mozart
18. The Merry Peasant from ALbum for the Young Op.68 - Schumann
19. Trumpet Concerto in E flat Finale - Haydn
20. Symphony No.8 (Unfinished) 1st movement - Schubert
21. Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor - Borodin

Disc 3:

1. O Fortuna from Carmina Burana - Orff
2. Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: 18th Variation - Rachmaninov
3. Linden Lea - Vaughan Williams
4. Lullaby - Brahms
5. Adagio for strings - Barber
6. Slow movement from Piano Concerto No.2 in F - Shostakovich
7. Vocalise - Rachmaninov
8. Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) from La Boheme - Puccini
9. Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo (Love the Magician) - de Falla
10. Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet - Prokofiev
11. Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3/2 - Rachmaninov
12. Fanfare for the Common Man - Copland
13. Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni
14. The Viennese Musical Clock from Hary Janos Suite - Kodaly
15. Summertime from Porgy and Bess - Gerschwin
16. Piano Concerto No.2 1st movement - Rachmaninov
17. March from Karelia Suite - Sibelius
18. The Flight of the Bumble-Bee - Rimsky-Korsakov
19. Sabre Dance from Gayanch - Khatchaturian

Disc 4:

1. Symphony No.5 1st movement - Beethoven
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.3 1st movement - Bach
3. Pavane - Faure
4. Waltz in A minor Op. 34/2 - Chopin
5. Morning from Peer Gynt - Grieg
6. Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Bach
7. Entry of the Nobles from Mlada - Korsakov
8. Spring Song - Mendelssohn
9. Waltz from Coppelia - Delibes
10. Miniature Overture from the Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
11. Night on the Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky
12. Finale from Overture : William Tell - Rossini
13. Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Elgar
14. Moonlight Sonata 1st movement - Beethoven
15. Chanson de matin - Elgar
16. Radetzky March - Joh. Strauss I
17. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
18. Ave Maria - Schubert
19. Symphony No.4 Italian 1st movement - Medelssohn
20. Pomp and Circumstance March No.1: Land of Hope and Glory - Elgar

Disc 5:

1. Mars from The Planets - Holst
2. Nessun dorma from Turandot - Puccini
3. Toccata in D minor BWV565 - Bach
4. Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky
5. Piano Concerto No.1 Opening - Tchaikovsky
6. Prelude to Act I (The Toreadors) from Carmen - Bizet
7. Waltz from Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky
8. Piano Concerto No.21 Slow movement (theme from Elvira Madigan)
9. O for the wings of a dove - Mendelssohn
10. Love theme from Romeo and Juliet - Tchaikovsky
11. Violin Concerto in E minor 2nd movement - Mendelssohn
12. Dance of the Mirlitons (Reed-flutes) from The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
13. Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov
14. Hungarian Dance No.5 - Brahms
15. Golliwog's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner Bolero - Debussy
16. Waltz from Serenade for Strings - Tchaikovsky
17. Turkish Rondo from Piano Sonata in A K311 - Mozart
18. 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75917 in Music
• Released on: 2000-02-28
• Number of discs: 5
• Format: Box set
• Running time: 391 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Contained in five CDs in card sleeves, from the instantly recognisable "Ride of the Valkyries" to less familiar titles which once heard will still strike chords, 100 Popular Classics delivers exactly what it promises on the box. Everything here is tuneful and accessible, the selections concentrating upon such composers as Beethoven, Mozart, Puccini and Tchaikovsky. Other than that, disc 3 explores the 20th century with works such as Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, the music isn't sequenced to any particular plan. Indeed, with a Chopin piano prelude following Verdi's "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" and Grieg's Norwegian Dance no. 2 leading to an extract from Bach's double violin concerto, if ever a set of CDs was made to go in a multi-changer player, this is it. The selections themselves vary from older recordings with leading orchestras, to newer recordings with lesser known, often East-European ensembles. There is no information about the music itself, but setting these discs on random play offers much the same experience as listening to Classic FM, but without all the chat, commercials and news bulletins. And if this leaves you longing for more, try 100 Popular Classics Volume 2. --Gary S Dalkin

Customer Reviews

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