Tracks:
CD1:

01. Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Act 3, Solomon HWV 67)
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) / ADD 1964

02. Schubert (arr. Douglas Gamley): Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesang III', D839
Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano) / The Ambrosian Singers / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (conductor) / ADD 1965

03. J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 (English text version)
Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge / George Guest (conductor) / ADD 1958

04. Pachelbel (arr. Karl Münchinger): Canon in D
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Münchinger (conductor) / ADD: 1977

05. Malotte: The Lord's Prayer
Stuart Burrows (tenor) / The Ambrosian Singers / Martin Neary (organ) / Wyn Morris (conductor) / ADD 1964

06. Mozart: Serenade in G, K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' - I. Allegro
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) / ADD 1970

07. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 - II. Andante
Ruggiero Ricci (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Piero Gamba (conductor) / ADD 1957

08. Puccini: Un bel dì vedremo (Act 2, Madama Butterfly)
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Tullio Serafin (conductor) / ADD 1958

09. Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy...Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a)
Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (conductor) / ADD 1961

10. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 - III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso
Radu Lupu (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (conductor) / ADD 1973

11. Verdi: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (Act 3, Nabucco)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Staatsopernorchester / Lamberto Gardelli (conductor) / ADD 1965

12. Elgar: 'Pomp and Circumstance', Op.39: March, No.1 in D
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti (conductor) / ADD 1977

CD2:

01. Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers) - Overture
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet (conductor) / ADD 196

02. Johann Strauss II (arr. Benatzky/Douglas Gamley): Nuns' Chorus (Casanova)
Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano) / Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (conductor) / ADD 1966

03. J.S. Bach (arr. Münchinger): Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze) (Cantata BWV 208)
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Münchinger (conductor) / ADD 1977

04. Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 -'Für Elise'
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / DDD 1984

05. Arthur Sullivan: The lost chord (Words: Adelaide A. Proctor)
Stuart Burrows (tenor) / The Ambrosian Singers / Martin Neary (organ) / Wyn Morris (conductor) / ADD 1964

06. Grétry: Zémire et Azor - Pantomime and Finale
Richard Hickox Orchestra / Richard Hickox (conductor) / ADD 1977

07. Verdi: 'La donna è mobile' (Act 3, Rigoletto)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (conductor) / ADD 1971

08. Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo
The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) / ADD 1976

09. Clarke (arr. John Iveson): Trumpet Voluntary
Philip Jones, Elgar Howarth (Trumpets) / The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / ADD 1982

10. Handel: No.43 Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Part 3, Messiah <John Tobin edition>)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti (conductor) / DDD 1984

11. Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: Jerusalem
Canterbury Cathedral Choir / The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / David Flood (organ) / Allan Wicks (conductor) / DDD 1983

12. Verdi: Prelude (Act 1, La traviata)
The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (conductor) / DDD 1979

13. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -'Emperor' - III. Rondo (Allegro)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti (conductor) / ADD 1972

14. Vaughan Williams (arr. by Ralph Greaves): Fantasia on Greensleeves
William Bennett (flute) / The Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) / ADD 1971

15. Ravel: Boléro - Excerpt (Finale)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet (conductor) / ADD 1963

CD3:

01. Grieg: Morning mood (Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46)
Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (conductor) / ADD 1961

02. Sir Hugh Robertson: All in the April Evening
Treorchy Male Choir / ADD 1955

03. Verdi: Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside (Act 2, Aida)
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Carlo Franci (conductor) / ADD 1964

04. Massenet: Méditation religieuse - Symphonie (Acte Deux, Thaïs)
Nigel Kennedy (violin) / The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (conductor) / DDD 1983

05. Adams: The Holy City
Stuart Burrows (tenor) / The Ambrosian Singers / Martin Neary (organ) / Wyn Morris (conductor) / ADD 1964

06. Mendelssohn: 'Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him' (Elijah, Op.70, sung in English)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / The Boyd Neel String Orchestra / Boyd Neel (conductor) / ADD Mono 1946

07. John Stainer: God so loved the world (The Crucifixion)
Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge / George Guest (conductor) / ADD 1961

08. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - I. Moderato
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (conductor) / ADD 1970

09. Godard: Angels Guard Thee
Kenneth McKellar (tenor) / Orchestra conducted by Peter Knight / ADD 1972

10. Dvorák: Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 'From the New World' - II. Largo
London Symphony Orchestra / István Kertész (conductor) / ADD 1966

11. Bizet: Duo: 'Au fond du temple saint' (Act 1, Les pêcheurs de perles)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) / National Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Stapleton (conductor) / ADD 1977

CD4:

01. Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Op.26 (Fingal's Cave)
Wiener Philharmoniker / Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) / DDD 1978

02. Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' (Act 1, La Bohème)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (conductor) / ADD 1972

03. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra - II. Adagio
Carlos Bonell (guitar) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal / Charles Dutoit (conductor) / DDD 1980

04. Balfe: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls (Act 2, The Bohemian Girl)
Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (conductor) / ADD 1962

05. Hoffstetter (formerly attrib. J. Haydn): String Quartet in F major, Op.3 - v. Andante cantabile
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Münchinger (conductor) / ADD 1966

06. Arthur Sullivan: Take a pair of sparkling eyes...Dance... (30-33, Act Two, The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria <Version with dialogue>)
Thomas Round (tenor) / The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus / New Symphony Orchestra / Isidore Godfrey (conductor) / ADD 1960

07. Ketèlbey: Sanctuary of the Heart
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Chorus / Eric Rogers (conductor) / ADD 1969

08. Gounod (Arr. Carlo Sabatini): Ave Maria (arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846)
Leontyne Price (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (conductor) / ADD 1961

09. Irvine: The Lord is my Shepherd ('Crimond')
Huddersfield Choral Society / Wyn Morris (conductor) / ADD 1969

10. Anonymous (arr. Whittaker): Blow the wind southerly (Northumbrian folk song)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / ADD Mono 1949

11. Traditional (arr. John Iveson): The Londonderry Air
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / DDD 1981

12. Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op.11 - III. Alla marcia (Moderato)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) / DDD 1985

13. Debussy: Clair de lune (No.3, Suite bergamasque)
Pascal Rogé (piano) / ADD 1977

14. Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - 'Choral' - IV. Presto - Allegro assai
Pilar Lorengar (soprano) / Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) / Stuart Burrows (tenor) / Martti Talvela (bass) / Chicago Symphony Chorus / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti (conductor) / ADD 1972


CD5:

01. Mozart: Overture (Original version, Vienna 1786) (Le nozze di Figaro, K.492)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti (conductor) / DDD 1981

02. Handel: Largo: 'Ombra mai fu' (Act 1, Serse)
London Symphony Orchestra / George Szell (conductor) / ADD 1961

03. Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K.618
Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge / The Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Peter White (organ) / George Guest (conductor) / ADD 1958

04. Gounod: No.5. Judex (Part 2, Mors et Vita - Oratorio)
Richard Hickox Orchestra / Richard Hickox (conductor) / ADD 1976

05. Handel: Silent Worship (Tolomeo, English text)
Kenneth McKellar (tenor) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) / ADD 1959

06. Beethoven: Violin Romance No.2 in F major, Op.50
Willi Boskovsky (violin & conductor)) / Wiener Mozart Ensemble / ADD 1969

07. Canteloube: Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (conductor) / DDD 1982

08. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Scheherazade, Op.35)
Erich Gruenberg (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski (conductor) / ADD 1964

09. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23 - I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (excerpt)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Lorin Maazel (conductor) / ADD 1963

10. Brahms (arr. Douglas Gamley): Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Anton Guadagno (conductor) / ADD 1971

11. William Henry Monk: Abide with me
Bruce Blyth (treble) / Richard Farnes (organ) / The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury (conductor) / DDD 1985

12. Mozart: Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat, K.495 - III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
Barry Tuckwell (horn) / London Symphony Orchestra / Peter Maag (conductor) / ADD 1961

13. Handel: 'Hallelujah' (Part 2, Messiah)
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus / Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) / ADD 1976



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