The Ultimate Classical Album 2008

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Annotation

The Fatbox comes in a card slip-case. The copy in my hand has different artwork to that from Amazon shown here on 2017-12-16.
It has different thumbnails and three lines of text below the thumbnails. It also has a logo in the top left-hand corner of both the Fatbox and the slip-case saying '4CD Luxury Box Set'.

Annotation last modified on 2017-12-16 15:04 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Memory (Cats)
Andrew Lloyd Webber3:59
2Lakme, Flower Duet (The British Airways TV Ad)
recording of:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
arrangement of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Léo Delibes6:35
3O Sole Mio (Walls Cornetto Advert)
Eduardo di Capua3:39
4Nessun Dorma (As Made Famous by the Three Tenors)
choir vocals:
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Slovak Philharmonic Choir)
tenor vocals:
Thomas Harper (tenor) (from 1991-06-12 until 1991-06-16)
orchestra:
Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (from 1991-06-12 until 1991-06-16)
conductor:
Michael Halász (conductor) (from 1991-06-12 until 1991-06-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1991)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (from 1991-06-12 until 1991-06-16)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf) (from 1991-06-12 until 1991-06-16)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini2:59
5O Mio Babbino Caro (Performed by Lesley Garrett)
Giacomo Puccini2:27
6Caruso (Performed by Tito Beltran)
tenor vocals:
Tito Beltrán
orchestra:
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Robin Stapleton (conductor)
recording of:
Caruso
lyricist and composer:
Lucio Dalla (Italian singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Ricordi Music Publishing Spain, BMG Songs, Inc., Edizioni BMG Ariola Music, EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl (Italian branch of EMI Music Publishing), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ricordi srl
Lucio Dalla5:03
7Cavelleria Rusticana (The Films Godfather III and Raging Bull)
producer:
Martin Sauer (engineer/producer) (in 1992-04)
orchestra:
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (from 1992-04-01 until 1992-04-10)
conductor:
Alexander Rahbari (Ali Rahbari, often credited as “Alexander” Rahbari) (from 1992-04-01 until 1992-04-10)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (from 1992-04-01 until 1992-04-10)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo (from 1992-04-01 until 1992-04-10)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1888)
publisher:
Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana (German lyrics)
Pietro Mascagni3:39
8Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffman)
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer) (in 1988-06), Teije van Geest (engineer/producer) (in 1988-06) and Martin Sauer (engineer/producer) (in 1988-06)
orchestra:
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (in 1988-06)
conductor:
Keith Clark (American conductor) (in 1988-06)
performer:
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (in 1988-06)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Jacques Offenbach43:19
9In Paradisum (Requiem)
engineer:
John Taylor (classical producer/engineer, often associated with Naxos recordings)
producer:
Judy Lieber (producer) (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18) and Jeremy Summerly (conductor) (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18)
organ:
Colm Carey (keyboard instrumentalist) (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18)
choir vocals:
Oxford Camerata (English chamber choir) (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18) and Schola Cantorum of Oxford (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18)
vocals:
Oxford Camerata (English chamber choir)
orchestra:
Oxford Camerata (English chamber choir) (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18)
conductor:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor) (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1994)
recorded at:
Chapel of Hertford College, Oxford in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (1890, second version) (from 1993-05-17 until 1993-05-18)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
publisher:
Éditions Durand (1947–present)
included in:
28 Days Later
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré3:17
10Pie Jesu (Performed by Angelis)
Andrew Lloyd Webber3:19
11Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini2:45
12Habaera 'l'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle' (Carmen)
associate producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer) (in 1990-07)
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer) (in 1990-07)
choir vocals:
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Slovak Philharmonic Choir) (in 1990-07)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Carmen]:
Graciela Alperyn (mezzo-soprano) (in 1990-07)
orchestra:
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (in 1990-07)
conductor:
Alexander Rahbari (Ali Rahbari, often credited as “Alexander” Rahbari) (in 1990-07)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (in 1990-07)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur) (in 1990-07)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
is based on:
El arreglito
part of:
Carmen : Acte I
Georges Bizet4:51
13Time to Say Goodbye (Performed by the Opera Divas)
recording of:
Time to Say Goodbye (version with predominantly Italian lyrics, except for the phrase “time to say goodbye”)
additional lyricist:
Frank Peterson
lyricist:
Lucio Quarantotto
composer:
Francesco Sartori
publisher:
Sugar Music MV and Sugar S.r.l. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Con te partirò (completely Italian lyrics; no “time to say goodbye”)
Lucio Quarantotto, Francesco Sartori & Oscar Peterson23:25
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