100 Gramophone All-Time Greats
The best-loved light classical recordings
from the 'golden age' of the gramophone
1907-1944
CD 1
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Pagliacci: Recitar!... Vesti
la giubba
Enrico Caruso
(tenor)
Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
A comedy of errors: Lo! Here the
gentle lark
Amelita Galli-Curci
(soprano)
Victor Orchestra
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
The libertine Z.600: Nymphs and
shepherds
Manchester Children's Choir
The Hallé Orchestra
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Mattinata
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Hear my prayer
O, for the wings of a dove
The Choir of the Temple Church
Charles Marshall (1857-1927)
I hear you calling me
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Salut d'amour, Op. 12
New Symphony Orchestra
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Casanova: Nun's chorus (Arr. Ralph Benatzky)
Grosses Schauspielhaus Berlin Chorus
Grosses Schauspielhaus Berlin Orchester
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Morceau de fantaisie in C
sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2, "Prelude"
Anonymous
Song of the Volga boatmen
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Liebesfreud
Katie Moss (1881-1947)
The floral dance
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV147: "Jesus bleibet meine
Freude"
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Messiah HWV.56: Come unto him all ye that labour
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Samson et Dalila: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
La jolie fille de Perth: Serenade
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Jerome Kern (1885-1945)
Show boat: Ol' man river
Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
The lost chord
CD 2
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Hänsel und Gretel: Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir
Manchester Children's Choir
The Hallé Orchestra
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Schön Rosmarin
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa
Ignacy Paderewski (1860-1941)
Minuet Op. 14 No. 1 "Humoresque de concert"
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici
George Frederic Norton (1869-1946)
Chu Chin chow: The cobbler's song
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Cygne
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Sadko: Song of the Indian merchant
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Serse HWV.40: Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major KV.331 "Alla Turca": Rondo alla
turka
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Gypsy melodies Op.55 Nos. 1-7 B.104
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: Votre toast... Toréador, en garde
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948)
Estrellita (Arr. Jascha Heifetz)
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Morgenlicht leuchtend
London Symphony Orchestra
Anonymous
Deep River
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Bagatelle in A minor WoO.59 "Für Elise"
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Manon: En fermant les yeux
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Koanga: La Calinda
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Aleksandr Grechaninov (1864-1956)
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op. 29: Credo
Choir of the Russian Church of the Metropolitan, Paris
CD 3
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Turandot: Nessun dorma
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
The Hallé Orchestra
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
El amor brujo: Danza ritual del fuego
Joaquín Valverde (1875-1918)
Clavelitos
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883)
Martha: Ach, so fromm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Die Zauberflöte KV 620: O Isis und Osiris
Berliner Staatsopern Chor
Berliner Staatsopern Orchester
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Trio No. 25 in G major Hob. XV "Gypsy": Rondo
Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Lakmé: Où va la jeune indoue?
Victor Orchestra
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Country gardens
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Après un rêve in C minor Op. 7 No. 1
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Les pêcheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Ellens Gesang Op. 52 No. 6 D839 "Ave Maria"
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1857-1930)
Songs of the Hebrides: An eriskay love lilt
Glasgow Orpheus Choir
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
"Rhapsody in blue"
Johann Strauss I (1804-1849)
Radetzky-Marsch Op. 228
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
I love but thee Op. 5 No. 3
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
An Silvia Op. 106 No. 4 D891
Rudolf Friml (1879-1972)
The Vagabond King: Only a rose
New Mayfair Orchestra
Jacob Gade (1879-1963)
Jealousy (Arr. Arthur Fiedler)
The Boston Promenade Orchestra
CD 4
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1
Philharmonic Symphony of New York
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
An die Musik D.547a "Du holde Kunst"
Christian Sinding (1856-1941)
Frühlingsrauschen Op. 32 No. 3
Edoardo di Capua (1865-1917)
O sole mio
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53 "Heroic"
Anonymous
Adoro te devote
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
La Bohème: Che gelida manina
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
String Quartet No. 1 in D major Op. 11: Andante cantabile
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Die Fledermaus: Klänge der Heimat
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787)
Orphée et Eurydice: Ballet des ombres heureuses
Orchestre Symphonique de Paris
Anonymous
Were you there?
Londonderry air
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Cavalleria rusticana: Ave Maria
Grigoras Dinicu (1889-1948)
Hora staccato
Lev Knipper (1898-1974)
Song of the Plains
Choir of the Red Army of the USSR
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Pomp and circumstance march in D major Op. 39 No. 1
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Wiegenlied Op. 49 No. 4
CD 5
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12 "Revolutionary"
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Thaïs: Méditation
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Il Pirro e Demetrio: Le violette
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Temple Church Choir
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Frasquita: Serenade
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Mélodie in F major Op. 3 No. 1
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata: Di Provenza il mar
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Sea Pictures Op. 37: Where corals lie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat major KV495: Rondo
The Hallé Orchestra
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Norma: Casta diva
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Song of the flea
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Liebestraum No. 3 S.541
Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947)
Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Perpetuum mobile Op. 257
Wiener Philharmoniker
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Der Rosenkavalier Op. 59: Marie Theres'!... Hab' mir's gelobt
Wiener Philharmoniker
Eric Coates (1886-1957)
By the sleepy lagoon
Orchestra
Stephen Adams (1844-1913)
The Holy city
The Kentucky Minstrels
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
The stars and stripes forever
(5CD, flac tracks, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of drger@Susato)