Genre: Classical
Release Date: 18 July 2024
We all know that music has a unique power to connect us with our emotions and lift our spirits. This year’s Classic 100 is a chance to celebrate and share the music that gives you an instant mood boost: whether it’s irresistible dance rhythms or moments of transcendence, music that stops us in our tracks or that gets our toes tapping, music that makes you smile or that bubbles up in joy: the Classic 100 Feel Good is the perfect soundtrack to make you feel on top of the world.
As soon as the votes are in, we’ll be putting together a 4CD album of Classic 100 Feel Good highlights: the perfect gift for your nearest and dearest, the perfect introduction to classical music for those starting out on their listening journey, and the perfect treat for yourself! Orchestral classics, piano gems, hits from the screen, great moments from ballet and opera, old favourites and new discoveries: this is an album you’ll want to listen to again and again.
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Tracklist
CD1
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy
2. Holst: The Planets: Jupiter
3. Bizet: The Pearl Fishers: Duet: Au fond du temple saint (In the depths of the holy temple)
4. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’: II. Adagio un poco mosso
5. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
6. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Excerpt)
7. Elgar: Enigma Variations: Nimrod
8. Handel: Messiah: Hallelujah!
9. Delibes: Lakmé: Flower Duet
10. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro
CD2
1. Handel: Zadok the Priest
2. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1: I. Prelude
3. Elgar: Cello Concerto: I. Adagio - Moderato
4. Kats-Chernin: Wild Swans Concert Suite: Eliza Aria
5. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
6. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’: I. Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the country
7. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’: II. Largo (Excerpt)
8. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro
9. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto: II. Adagio
10. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Adagio sostenuto
11. Khachaturian: Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
12. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’: IIb. Maestoso - Allegro
CD3
1. Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed: Spring 1
2. Orff: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
3. Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo
4. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake: No. 10 Scène
5. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
6. Puccini: Turandot: Nessun dorma
7. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7: II. Allegretto
8. Westlake: Antarctica: Penguin Ballet
9. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: 18th Variation
10. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Finale
11. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
12. Bizet: Carmen: Toreador’s Song
13. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2: I. Montagues and Capulets
14. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (Excerpt)
15. Edwards: Dawn Mantras
16. Sibelius: Finlandia
CD4
1. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Shaker melody: ‘The Gift to be Simple’
2. Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
3. Mancini: Moon River
4. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito
5. Barton / Tognetti / Burbrook de Vere: Spirit Voice of the Enchanted Waters
6. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
7. Debussy: Clair de lune
8. Ravel: Boléro
9. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21: II. Andante
10. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Excerpt)
11. Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
12. Rowland: Man from Snowy River: Opening Credits
13. Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven: Overture
14. Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark: Main Title
15. Jeffes: Music for a Found Harmonium