Simply the Best Classical Anthems (2000)

Track Listing

1. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra ("Manzoni Requiem"): Dies Irae
2. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna
3. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Mars
4. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries
5. Nabucco (Nabucodonosor), opera: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
6. Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3)
7. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1: excerpt
8. Aida, opera: Grand March
9. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estate"), RV 315, Op. 8/2 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 2): Presto
10. Prélude pour le Te Deum à 8, for strings, H. 145a
11. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: excerpts
12. Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37): Toccata
13. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67: First movement
14. Spartacus, ballet: Adagio (excerpts)
15. Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 3: Sabre Dance
16. Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550: First movement
17. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
18. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma
19. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): excerpts
20. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Dance of the knights
21. Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 626: Dies Irae
22. 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49: excerpt
23. Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: excerpt
24. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera"), RV 269, Op. 8/1 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1): Allegro
25. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah
26. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: La Réjouissance
27. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue: Flight of the Bumblebee
28. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48 (Op. 14): March to the Scaffold
29. Carmen, opera: Overture
30. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525: excerpts
31. Jerusalem ("And did those feet in ancient time"), for chorus & organ (or orchestra)
32. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Jupiter
33. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: excerpt
34. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Scene (excerpt)
35. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: Nimrod
36. Polka de W.R., for piano in A flat major, TN ii/18 (after "Lachtäubchen" by F. Behr)
37. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade
38. Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78: Finale