Music of profound sorrow and exceptional beauty: Elgar’s Cello Concerto is a phoenix rising from the ashes of a world at war, an elegaic lament for an England lost forever.This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.EDWARD ELGAR 1857–19341-4 Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Li-Wei Qin cello5-9 Sea Pictures, Op. 37Elizabeth Campbell mezzo-soprano10 The Kingdom, Op. 51: Prelude   Adelaide Symphony OrchestraNicholas Braithwaite conductor

Music has a special power that can touch a place and a moment and make them magical. This collection of lush, beautiful classics is perfect for a romantic night in! Indulge yourself with mellow music by Chopin, Mozart, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Elgar, Brahms and more: Bach’s Air on the G String, Satie’s Gymnopédies, ‘The Swan’ from Carnival of the Animals, the Flower Duet from Lakmé, Debussy’s Clair de lune, the Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann…Track Listing:CD 1:1. SATIE orch. DEBUSSY Gymnopédie No. 1 (West Australian Symphony Orchestra / Albert Rosen)2. BACH arr. STOKOWSKI Air on the G String (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / David Stanhope)3. DEBUSSY Clair de lune (Stephanie McCallum)4. RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini:18th Variation (Ayako Uehara, Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Edvard Tchivzhel)5. CANTELOUBE Songs of the Auvergne: Baïléro (Sara Macliver, The Queensland Orchestra / Brett Kelly)6. CHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (Ewa Kupiec)7. MASSENET Méditation from Thaïs (Barbara Jane Gilby, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / David Stanhope)8. DELIUS Irmelin: Prelude (WASO / David Measham)9. ELGAR Cello Concerto: Adagio (Li-Wei Qin, ASO / Nicholas Braithwaite)10. LISZT Consolation No. 3 (Stephanie McCallum)11. BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1: Adagio (Niki Vasilakis, TSO / Sebastian Lang-Lessing)12. SATIE orch. DEBUSSY Gymnopédie No. 3 (WASO / Albert Rosen)13. BRAHMS Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 (Antony Gray)14. MONTÉCLAIR Tender air: Reign, adorable mortal fromAriadne and Bacchus (Fiona Campbell, Ensemble Battistin)15. BORODIN Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 (ASO / David Stanhope)CD 2:1. SAINT-SAËNS The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals (Janis Laurs, Anna Goldsworthy, Mark Kruger)2. HANDEL Largo (Ombra mai fù) (TSO / Nicolette Fraillon)3. SCHUMANN Träumerei (Dreaming) from Scenes from Childhood (David Stanhope)4. BEETHOVEN Sonata Pathétique: Adagio cantabile (Gerard Willems)5. ELGAR Salut d’amour (Love’s Greeting) (WASO / David Measham)6. DELIBES Flower Duet from Lakmé (Clarissa Spata, Deborah Rogers, TSO / Andrew Greene)7. BERNIER Le Caffé (Coffee): Prelude (Ensemble Battistin)8. MOZART Clarinet Quintet: Larghetto (Kammer)9. DEBUSSY La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) (Duncan Gifford)10. DVOŘÁK Song to the Moon from Rusalka (Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Kamirski)11. SATIE Je te veux (I Want You) (Stephanie McCallum)12. MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4, KV495: Romanza (Andante)(Lin Jiang, WASO / Barry Tuckwell)13. SKRYABIN Étude in F-sharp major, Op. 16 No. 5 (Tamara Anna Cislowska)14. MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (Sinfonia Australis / Antony Walker)15. OFFENBACH Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann (MSO / Leonard Dommett)

  Track Listing: JACOB Trombone Concerto BRACANIN Trombone Concerto CURRIE Tumbling Strain WAGENSEIL Trombone Concerto in E-flat Warwick Tyrrell trombone, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Braithwaite, Patrick Thomas conductors

Written during the summer of 1943, this symphony is regarded as one of the composer’s finest. Whilst scholars may argue as to its level of tragedy versus optimism, what cannot be denied is its compositional brilliance. This performance, by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Nicholas Braithwaite is critically acclaimed and brings depth and poignancy to this epic work.

When ABC Classic FM announced the original Classic 100 survey back in 2001, it was barely a month before the launch of the iPod, which has transformed the listening habits of the nation. Now, music – from the classics to pop to jazz, you name it – is in everyone’s pockets, travelling with us wherever we go. It has undoubtedly changed the way we listen to music, but more importantly, has it changed the music we love? A decade on from the original survey, this latest Classic 100, as voted by listeners to ABC Classic FM, provides the answer. This 8CD set contains highlights from all 100 of the pieces on the list – over 10 hours of music – and represents the definitive anthology of the classical hits that Australians love, over and above all others. VOL. I CD1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’: IV. Allegro assai – excerpt: Ode to Joy Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic and Motet Choirs, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’: II. Adagio un poco mosso Gerard Willems piano, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’: I. Allegro ma non troppo Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn conductor MOZART Clarinet Concerto: II. Adagio Craig Hill basset clarinet, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer director DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’: II. Largo Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka conductor HANDEL Messiah: For Unto Us a Child is Born Cantillation, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Moderato Alexander Lubiantsev piano, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, János Fürst conductor MOZART Requiem: Dies irae Cantillation, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto: III. Rondo Richard Tognetti violin, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead conductor ELGAR Cello Concerto I. Adagio – Moderato Li-Wei cello, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite conductor CD2 BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Finale Niki Vasilakis violin, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing conductor VIVALDI The Four Seasons – Winter: II. Largo Barbara Jane Gilby violin, Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, Geoffrey Lancaster director SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’: IIb. Maestoso – Allegro Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending (excerpt) Dimity Hall violin, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker conductor JS BACH St Matthew Passion: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein Teddy Tahu Rhodes bass-baritone, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7: II. Allegretto Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo conductor SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major ‘The Trout’: IV. Andantino – Allegretto Kathryn Selby piano, Dimity Hall violin, Irina Morozova viola, Julian Smiles cello, Kees Boersma double bass BEETHOVEN ‘Moonlight’ Sonata: I. Adagio sostenuto Gerard Willems piano HOLST The Planets: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt) Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti conductor RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito Karin Schaupp guitar, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey conductor CD3 MOZART The Magic Flute: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja Teddy Tahu Rhodes bass-baritone, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner conductor ELGAR Enigma Variations: IX. Nimrod Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman conductor BIZET The Pearl Fishers: In the Depths of the Temple David Hobson tenor, Teddy Tahu Rhodes bass-baritone, Sinfonia Australis, Thomas Woods conductor FAURÉ Requiem: In paradisum Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker conductor MOZART The Marriage of Figaro: Voi, che sapete Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Milton conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’: II. Allegro con grazia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Oleg Caetani conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Allegro con grazia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Oleg Caetani conductor PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel Sally Maer cello, Sally Whitwell piano BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’: III. Scherzo Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn conductor MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace Niki Vasilakis violin, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing conductor R STRAUSS Four Last Songs: I. Frühling (Spring) Yvonne Kenny soprano, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch conductor MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 ‘Elvira Madigan’: II. Andante Vera Kameneva piano, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood conductor ALLEGRI Miserere (excerpt) Jane Sheldon soprano, Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (excerpt) Isador Goodman piano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas conductor RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro ma non troppo (excerpt) Roberto Cominati piano, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edvard Tchivzhel conductor CD4 JS BACH Concerto for Two Violins: I. Vivace Richard Tognetti violin I and director, Helena Rathbone violin II, Australian Chamber Orchestra SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2: I. Allegretto Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Elyakum Shapirra conductor BIZET Carmen: Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla) Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Milton conductor SCHUBERT String Quintet in C major: II. Adagio (excerpt) Takács String Quartet MAHLER Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’: IV. Urlicht Elizabeth Campbell mezzo-soprano, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor PUCCINI La bohème: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì Antoinette Halloran soprano, The Queensland Orchestra, Stephen Mould conductor JS BACH Toccata in D minor Michael Dudman organ JS BACH Mass in B minor: Christe eleison Sara Macliver soprano, Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey conductor JS BACH Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata No. 147 Cantillation, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Brett Weymark conductor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4: II. Andante con moto Gerard Willems piano, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker conductor PACHELBEL Canon in D Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: 18th Variation Ayako Uehara piano, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edvard Tchivzhel conductor TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture (excerpt) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor JS BACH Goldberg Variations: Aria Ian Munro piano SIBELIUS Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto Adele Anthony violin, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer conductor DEBUSSY Clair de lune John Chen piano VOL. II CD1 RAVEL Boléro (excerpt) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor SIBELIUS Finlandia Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Markus Stenz conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto; III: Finale (Allegro vivacissimo) Jane Peters violin, Australian Youth Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach conductor MOZART Ave verum Corpus Cantillation, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor SATIE Gymnopédie No. 1 Stephanie McCallum piano ORFF Carmina burana: O Fortuna Cantillation, Synergy Percussion, Australian Virtuosi, Antony Walker conductor BARBER Adagio for Strings Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester conductor GRIEG Piano Concerto: I. Allegro molto moderato Simon Tedeschi piano, The Queensland Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 14 ‘Death and the Maiden’: II. Andante con moto (excerpt) Tankstream Quartet STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring Part I (Adoration of the Earth): Introduction Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo conductor CD2 MAHLER Symphony No. 1: III. Feierlich und gemessen ohne zu schleppen Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5: III. Valse West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky conductor MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Markus Stenz conductor MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Dommett conductor MASSENET Thaïs: Méditation Barbara Jane Gilby violin, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship Richard Roberts violin, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conductor TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert conductor JS BACH Cello Suite No. 1: I. Prelude Daniel Yeadon viola da gamba GRIEG Peer Gynt: Solveig’s Song Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor MOZART Don Giovanni: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto Sara Macliver soprano, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing conductor BEETHOVEN ‘Triple’ Concerto: III. Rondo alla Polacca Myung-Whun Chung piano and conductor, Kyung-Wha Chung violin, Myung-Wha Chung cello, Philharmonia Orchestra DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto: I. Allegro (excerpt) Li-Wei cello, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor CD3 MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Wilfred Lehmann conductor BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique: IV. March to the Scaffold Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo conductor PUCCINI Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus Opera Queensland Chorus, The Queensland Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch conductor BRAHMS Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace Vadim Repin violin, Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly conductor RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2: II. Allegro molto Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart conductor KHACHATURIAN Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas conductor SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 ‘The Great’: III. Scherzo Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti conductor SMETANA Má Vlast: Vltava (The Moldau – excerpt) Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas conductor TALLIS Spem in alium Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor MASCAGNI Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham conductor PURCELL Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Milton conductor CD4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Allegro appassionato Vladimir Ashkenazy piano, London Symphony Orchestra, Zubin Mehta conductor SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5: III. Allegro molto Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer conductor HANDEL Zadok the Priest Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor MOZART Clarinet Quintet: II. Larghetto Kammer CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Romance (excerpt) Vladimir Ashkenazy piano and conductor, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ALBINONI Adagio in G minor ABC Philharmonic Orchestra, William Motzing conductor GÓRECKI Symphony of Sorrowful Songs: II. Lento e largo Yvonne Kenny soprano, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa conductor MOZART Cosí fan tutte: Come scoglio Isobel Buchanan soprano, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor R STRAUSS Four Songs, Op. 27: IV. Morgen! Yvonne Kenny soprano, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch conductor SCHUBERT Nocturne Macquarie Trio MOZART Symphony No. 40: I. Molto allegro Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti director   

DISCOVERY – Classic albums at affordable prices! Essential Elgar! Two of his best-loved and most frequently performed pieces are followed by the rarer beauty of the Prelude from The Kingdom. The haunting beauty of the Cello Concerto is matched by the descriptive power of Sea Pictures in these quintessentially English works. Track Listing ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 I. Adagio – Moderato II. Lento – Allegro molto III. Adagio IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo Li-Wei – cello Sea Pictures, Op. 37 I. Sea Slumber-Song II. In Haven (Capri) III. Sabbath Morning at Sea IV. Where Corals Lie V. The Swimmer Elizabeth Campbell – mezzo-soprano Prelude from The Kingdom, Op. 51 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Braithwaite – conductor Catalogue Number: 476 3535 DISCOVERY is a sub-label of ABC Classics, dedicated to premium quality classical music at an affordable price.