Tracklista:
CD 1
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858–1924)
1 O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) 2:43
Anna Netrebko soprano
Mahler Chamber Orchestra • Claudio Abbado
LUDOVICO EINAUDI (*1955)
2 Una mattina 3:22
Ludovico Einaudi piano
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
3 La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) 2:01
Rolando Villazón tenor
Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino
Gianandrea Noseda
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
4 Ave Maria 5:49
arranged by August Wilhelmj / George Perlman
David Garrett violin
Alexander Markovich piano
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918–1990)
5 Mambo (West Side Story) 2:27
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel
Live recording
GEORGES BIZET (1838–1875)
6 La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen) 4:14
Jonas Kaufmann tenor
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Marco Armiliato
TRADITIONAL
7 Veni, Creator Spiritus 2:28
The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
8 Voi che sapete (Le nozze di Figaro) 2:44
Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Prague Philharmonia
Michel Swierczewski
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
9 Waltz in B minor op. 69 no. 2 3:27
Alice Sara Ott piano
FRANZ LEHÁR (1870–1948)
10 You Are My Heart’s Delight 3:20
(Das Land des Lächelns)
Piotr Beczala tenor
Duncan Riddell violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Lukasz Borowicz
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
11 Waltz No. 2 (Jazz Suite No. 2) 3:40
arranged by André Rieu
André Rieu & Orchestra
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
12 Exsultate, jubilate! 4:22
Julia Lezhneva soprano
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
13 Prelude in C Major BWV 846 2:44
(Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I)
Hélène Grimaud piano
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887–1959)
14 Aria (Cantilena) 5:31
(Bachianas brasileiras No. 5)
Patricia Petibon soprano
Orquesta Nacional de España
Josep Pons
KARL JENKINS (*1944)
15 Canción naranja (Adiemus Colores) 6:53
John Paricelli guitar
Pacho Flores trumpet
The Adiemus Singers
La orquesta de colores
Karl Jenkins
JOHN DENVER (1943–1997)
16 Annie’s Song 2:54
arranged by Charles Gerhardt • adapted by Craig Leon
Sir James Galway flute
London Symphony Orchestra
Klauspeter Seibel
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
17 Se quel guerrier io fossi! … 3:27
Celeste Aida (Aida)
Roberto Alagna tenor
Berliner Philharmoniker • Claudio Abbado
GEORGES BIZET (1838–1875)
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ (1903–1989)
18 Variations on a theme from “Carmen” 3:34
(Gypsy Song, Act II)
White House Version
Yuja Wang piano
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857–1919)
19 Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci) 2:42
Plácido Domingo tenor
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Georges Prêtre
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992)
20 Libertango 2:53
arranged by Christoph Israel • guitar part revised by
Stephen Goss • accordion part adapted by Ksenija Sidorova
Miloš Karadaglić guitar
Ksenija Sidorova accordion
Studioorchester der Europäischen
FilmPhilharmonie
Christoph Israel
SVEN HELBIG
21 Zorn 4:44
Sven Helbig programming • Fauré Quartett
MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony • Kristjan Järvi
CD 2
PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863–1945)
1 Sancta Maria 3:36
arranged by Steven Mercurio
Andrea Bocelli tenor
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa
Cecilia
Myung-Whun Chung
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
2 Träumerei (Kinderszenen) 3:20
Lang Lang piano
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York
JULES MASSENET (1842–1912)
3 Méditation (Thaïs) 5:14
Joshua Bell violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Andrew Litton
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
4 Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet” 3:27
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
ROBERT JOHNSON (c 1583–c 1633)
5 Have You Seen the Bright Lily Grow 2:36
arranged by Sting & Edin Karamazov
Sting vocals • Edin Karamazov archlute
LUDOVICO EINAUDI (*1955)
6 I giorni 5:36
Daniel Hope violin • Jacques Ammon piano
Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
7 Étude in C major op. 10 no. 1 2:03
Jan Lisiecki piano
ARVO PÄRT (*1935)
8 Spiegel im Spiegel 10:18
Lisa Batiashvili violin • Hélène Grimaud piano
TRADITIONAL
9 Shenandoah 4:21
arranged by Chris Hazell
Bryn Terfel bass-baritone
Neil Martin pipes • London Symphony Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth
Arrangement: Chris Hazell
AGOSTINO STEFFANI (1654–1728)
10 Schiere invitte, non tardate 2:12
(Alarico il Baltha, cioè L’audace re de’ Gothi)
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano
I Barocchisti • Diego Fasolis
FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
11 Liebestraum No. 3 S 541/3 4:29
“O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”
Yundi Li piano
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918–1990)
12 Maria (West Side Story) 2:58
José Carreras tenor
Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
JOHN RUTTER (*1945)
13 A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation 4:43
Catrin Finch harp
Sinfonia Cymru • John Rutter
GEORGES BIZET (1838–1875)
14 Près des remparts de Séville (Carmen) 4:34
Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano
Roberto Alagna tenor
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Karel Mark Chichon
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685–1759)
15 “Lascia ch’io pianga” (Rinaldo) 4:02
arranged by Andreas N. Tarkmann
Albrecht Mayer oboe & conductor
Monika Razynska harpsichord
Sinfonia Varsovia
16 “Furie terribili” (Rinaldo) 1:47
Anna Prohaska soprano
Arcangelo • Jonathan Cohen
EDUARDO DI CAPUA (1865–1917)
ALFREDO MAZZUCCHI (1878–1972)
GIOVANNI CAPURRO (1859–1920)
17 O sole mio 2:41
José Carreras • Plácido Domingo
Luciano Pavarotti tenors
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
18 Adagio ma non troppo 2:48
(Flute Sonata in E minor BWV 1034)
arranged for mandolin and continuo by Avi Avital
Avi Avital mandolin
Shalev Ad-El harpsichord
Ophira Zakai theorbo • Ira Givol cello
MAX RICHTER (*1966)
19 Spring 1 2:32
Recomposed – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Max Richter keyboards • Daniel Hope violin
Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin
André de Ridder
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858–1924)
20 Nessun dorma! (Turandot) 2:59
Luciano Pavarotti tenor
The John Alldis Choir
Wandsworth School Boys Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra • Zubin Mehta
