VA - The Ultimate Classic FM Album (2CD, 2017)

The Ultimate Classic FM Album is a collection of the most popular classical pieces to ever be written. This album aims to highlight the fact that classical music is a way of life, it’s with us every day through our favourite films, TV adverts and even the biggest sporting events. You don’t need to be a classical aficionado to recognise most pieces on this album. Classical music is so accessible and this album highlights this. In Classic FM’s Anniversary year, the brand celebrates over two decades of broadcasting classical music to the nation, boasting nearly 6 million listeners, this album showcases those pieces of music that we all know and love, and and definitely hum along to!

Track List:

CD1:

1. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Dance Of The Knights
2. Puccini: Nessun Dorma
3. John Williams: Jurassic Park
4. Barber: Adagio for Strings
5. Beethoven: Bagatelle No.25 in A minor ('Fur Elise')
6. Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ('Enigma Variations') - Nimrod
7. Handel: Zadok The Priest
8. Gershwin: Summertime (Ogden)
9. Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus GBF079612470
10. Joplin: The Entertainer GBF079812980
11. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker - Dance Of The Reed Pipes
12. Myers - Cavatina
13. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March

CD2:

14. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
15. Vivaldi: Four Seasons - Summer (3rd movement)
16. Pachelbel: Canon in D major
17. Dvorak: Symphony No.9 ('From the New World') - 2nd movement
18. Delibes: Flower Duet
19. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Variation 18 (Andante Cantabile)
20. Bach: Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major - 2nd movement ('Air on the Gstring)
21. Strauss: Blue Danube
22. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo
23. Verdi: Nabucco - 'Va Pensiero' ('Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves')
24. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
25. Gardel - Per Uno Cabeza
26. Liszt: Liebestraum No.3 ('Dream of Love')
27. Kats - Chernin: Eliza's Aria