Classic FM: First Time Classics

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ABC Classic FM had a fantastic response when in March 2010 they invited listeners to contribute stories of how and when they fell in love with classical music. Here are some of the best anecdotes and their featured pieces, collected in a delightful album. An ideal starting point for someone just getting interested, or to inspire a friend or relative!

CD1
JS BACH Toccata in D minor
WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyrie
LEONCAVALLO Vesti la giubba (On with the Motley) from Pagliacci
DEBUSSY Clair de lune (Moonlight)
CANTELOUBE Baïlèro from Songs of the Auvergne
SMETANA Vltava (The Moldau) (excerpt)
MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik (First movement)
BEETHOVEN Moonlight Sonata (First movement)
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 (First movement – excerpt)
DEBUSSY Prelude à L’Après-midi d’un faune
HANDEL He Shall Feed His Flock from Messiah
GÓRECKI Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Second movement)
HOLST Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets

CD2
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor (First movement)
BIZET Habanera from Carmen
KHACHATURIAN Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus
BEETHOVEN Pastoral Symphony (First movement)
MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major (Third movement)
TCHAIKOVSKY Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (18th Variation)
LITOLFF Concerto Symphonique No. 4 (Second movement: Scherzo)
TCHAIKOVSKY Trepak (Russian Dance) from The Nutcracker
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
BIZET In the Depths of the Temple from The Pearl Fishers
ROSSINI William Tell Overture (excerpt)
 

Catalogue Number: 476 3948
 

Released: 2010-07-15T00:00:00