Dads Love Classics

Over five hours of the biggest, boldest classical hits of all time. From Tchaikovsky's mighty 1812 Overture to the full force of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, this 4CD collection is a power-charged ride through every dad's classical favourites.

All the famous, soaring, stirring tunes, from Holst's The Planets, Elgar's Cello Concerto, Grieg's Piano Concerto, Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony, Orff's Carmina Burana, the Dam Busters March, Raiders of the Lost Ark and much, much more.

Track Listing:

CD1

1. ORFF: O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
2. PROKOFIEV: Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
3. ELGAR: Nimrod from Enigma Variations
4. SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 'Organ' (Second movement – excerpt)
5. BIZET: L'Arlésienne – Suite No. 1 (Prélude)
6. COATES: 'The Dam Busters' March
7. HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
8. BIZET: In the depths of the temple from The Pearl Fishers
9. HANDEL: Hallelujah! from Messiah
10. HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto (Third movement)
11. ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
12. WAGNER: The Ride of the Valkyries from the Valkyrie
13. TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture

CD2

1. JS BACH: Toccata in D minor
2. JARRE: Building the Barn from Witness
3. VERDI: Triumphal March from Aida
4. WAGNER: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)
5. ELGAR: Cello Concerto (First movement)
6. PUCCINI: Nessun dorma from Turandot
7. HANDEL: Zadok the Priest
8. TRAD. IRISH arr. GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry
9. JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (First movement)
10. VIVALDI: Concerto in G major 'Alla rustica'
11. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 (First movement – excerpt)
12. MUSSORGSKY: Dawn on the Moscow River from Khovanshchina
13. BIZET: Toreador's Song from Carmen
14. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt)
15. BEETHOVEN: Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9

CD3

1. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 (First movement)
2. SIBELIUS: Finlandia
3. ROSSINI: William Tell Overture
4. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee from the Tale of Tsar Saltan
5. VIVALDI: Gloria (First movement)
6. BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Finale)
7. BARBER: Adagio for Strings
8. DREYFUS: Rush
9. SCULTHORPE: Small Town
10. EDWARDS: Maninyas (Third movement)
11. LITOLFF: Concerto Symphonique No. 4 (Scherzo)
12. MUSSORGKSY: The Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition

CD4

1. HOLST: Mars from the Planets
2. ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (Land of Hope and Glory)
3. ALFORD: Colonel Bogey – March
4. CHARPENTIER: Prelude from Te Deum
5. KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus
6. MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
7. GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)
8. GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor (First movement)
9. WILLIAMS: Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary
11. KOEHNE: Powerhouse
12. HOLST: Jupiter from The Planets

Released: 2008

Released: 2008-08-02T00:00:00