[ Warner Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 10 April 2016
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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. Includes two extracts from the BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Year (2015), Verdi's Aida.
CD1
1-2 ANTONIO PAPPANO & ANJA HARTEROS Verdi: Aïda
3 JONAS KAUFMANN Puccini: Tosca 3.21
4 PLÁCIDO DOMINGO Puccini: Turandot 3.23
5 RICCARDO MUTI Verdi: La traviata 3.54
6 DIANA DAMRAU Verdi: La traviata 5.20
7 ANNA NETREBKO & ROLANDO VILLAZÓN Verdi: La traviata 3.53
8 JOYCE DiDONATO Pacini: Stella di Napoli 4.29
9 SABINE DEVIEILHE Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) 2.41
10 CECILIA BARTOLI Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro 2.59
11 VILDE FRANG Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 8.47
12 MARTHA ARGERICH Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 8.55
13 MENAHEM PRESSLER & QUATUOR EBÈNE Schubert: Piano Quintet 'Die Forelle' 8.18
14 DAVID FRAY Schubert: Hungarian Melody in B minor 3.17
15 DONG-HYEK LIM Chopin: Prélude in B minor 2.16
16 RENAUD CAPUÇON Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 8.11
CD2
1 ALEXANDRE THARAUD Bach: Goldberg Variations 4.08
2 CHRISTINA PLUHAR Cavalli: L'Ormindo 3.34
3 THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE Ockeghem: Requiem 4.37
4 JEAN RONDEAU Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 6.43
5 PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY Vivaldi: Stabat Mater 3.06
6 CAMILLE BERTHOLLET Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: "Summer" 2.27
7 NIGEL KENNEDY Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: "Winter" 3.15
8 EDGAR MOREAU Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major 5.56
9 DAISHIN KASHIMOTO Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring" 1.09
10 EMMANUEL PAHUD Devienne: Flute Concerto No. 7 5.17
11 BRYAN HYMEL Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust 5.47
12 JOYCE DiDONATO & ANTONIO PAPPANO Berlin: "I Love a Piano" 3.20
13 ANNIE MOSES BAND Gershwin: "Summertime" (arr.) 5.00
14 NICHOLAS McCARTHY Hess: Nocturne 5.58
15 GAUTIER CAPUÇON & VALERY GERGIEV Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 6.27
16 BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER • SIR SIMON RATTLE Tchaikovsky: The Nutcraker 3.09
17 BEATRICE RANA Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 6.52