Essential Classics (Nipper Series)

Two CDs filled with essential classics from the world’s greatest catalogue of recorded music ... Whatever your mood, there is a track in this collection that will reflect, enhance or transform it. Spanning three centuries, and rising from the intimacy of the solo keyboard to the grandeur of a massed chorus and orchestra, this is music that has stood the test of time. It deserves to be part of everyone’s life.

CD1: 1 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 (Allegro con brio) · Sir Simon Rattle • 2 Grieg Peer Gynt (Morning Mood) · Sir Thomas Beecham • 3 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 (Larghetto) · Maria-João Pires • 4 Ravel Boléro · Sir Simon Rattle • 5 Orff Carmina Burana (O Fortuna) · Sir Simon Rattle • 6 Smetana Má vlast (Vltava) · Paavo Berglund • 7 Dvořák Piano Quintet (Dumka) · Nash Ensemble • 8 Massenet Méditation de Thaïs · Renaud Capuçon • 9 Schubert Moment musical No. 3 · David Fray • 10 Brahms Symphony No. 3 (Poco allegretto) · Daniel Harding • 11 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Wedding March) · Nikolaus Harnoncourt • 12 Borodin Polovtsian Dance No. 4 · Paavo Järvi • 13 Mahler Symphony No. 5 (Adagietto) · Sir Simon Rattle • 14 Fauré Requiem (Libera me) · Peter Harvey · Michel Corboz • 15 Schubert String Quartet ‘Death and the Maiden’ (Andante con moto) · Artemis Quartet

CD2: 1 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (Scene - Moderato) · André Previn • 2 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) · Sharon Isbin • 3 Verdi Nabucco (‘Va, pensiero’) · Riccardo Muti • 4 Vivaldi Gloria in excelsis Deo RV 589 · Riccardo Muti • 5 Bach Toccata in D minor BWV 565 · Marie-Claire Alain • 6 Bach Suite for cello No. 1 (Prélude) · Mstislav Rostropovich • 7 Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Prelude No. 1) · Christian Zacharias • 8 Handel Water Music (Alla Hornpipe) · Sir Neville Marriner • 9 Pergolesi Stabat mater dolorosa · Julia Lezhneva · Philippe Jaroussky • 10 Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune · Jean Martinon • 11 Dvořák Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 2 · Dmitry Sitkovetsky & Pavel Gililov • 12 Shostakovich Jazz Suite No. 2 (Waltz) · Paavo Järvi • 13 Khachaturian Sabre Dance · Paavo Järvi • 14 Berlioz Marche Hongroise · Kent Nagano • 15 J. Strauss I Radetzky March · Willi Boskovsky • 16 Chabrier España · Michel Plasson • 17 Beethoven Piano Sonata ‘Moonlight’ (Presto agitato) · Daniel Barenboim