100 BEST ENCORES [6 CD] (2009)

BAZZINI
1. La Ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique) Op.25
   Maxin Vengerov violin
   Virtuosi, Vag Papian piano
   
   J. S. BACH
2. Violin Sonata in C BWV 1005 – IV. Allegro assai
   Nigel Kennedy violin
   
   BEETHOVEN
3. Violin Sonata No.5 in F 'Spring' Op.24 – III. Rondo
   (Allegro ma non troppo)
   Yehudi Menuhin violin, Hephzibah Menuhin piano
   
   PAGANINI
4. Caprice No.24 in A minor Op.1 No.24
   Michael Rabin violin
   
   ROSSINI
5. Andante and Variations for violin and piano
   Gidon Kremer violin, Andrei Gavrilov piano
   
   KREISLER
6. La Gitana (Zigeunerlied)
   Tasmin Little violin, John Lenehan piano
   
   MASSENET
7. Méditation (Thaïs)
   Kyung Wha Chung violin, Itamar Golan piano
   
   KHACHATURIAN
8. Sabre Dance (Gayaneh)
   Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin, Pavel Gililov piano
   
   FAURÉ
9. Berceuse Op.16
   Augustin Dumay violin, Jean-Philippe Collard piano
   
   BRAHMS
10. Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor (arr. Joachim)
    Tasmin Little violin, Piers Lane piano
    
    WIENIAWSKI
11. Polonaise brillante No.1 in D Op.4
    Maxim Vengerov violin, Ian Brown piano
    
    TCHAIKOVSKY
12. Valse-Scherzo Op.34
    David Oistrakh violin, Vladimir Yampolsky piano
    
    SHOSTAKOVICH
13. Romance (The Gadfly)
    Tasmin Little violin, Piers Lane piano
    
    SARASATE
14. Introduction and Tarantella Op.43
    Maxim Vengerov violin, Ian Brown piano
    
    SCHUBERT
15. Ave Maria (arr. Wilhelmj, ed. Heifetz)
    Kyung Wha Chung violin, Itamar Golan piano
    
    MONTI (arr. Kennedy & Kroke)
16. Czárdás
    Nigel Kennedy violin, Kroke

CD 2: Piano Encores

CHOPIN
1. Grand Valse brillante in E flat Op.18
   Dmitri Alexeev piano
   
   BEETHOVEN
2. Piano Sonata No.14, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight' – I. Adagio sostenuto
   Dame Moura Lympany piano
   
   HANDEL
3. Saraband (Improvisation)
   Gabriela Montero piano
   
   LISZT arr. BUSONI
4. La campanella (No.3 of Six Grand Études after Paganini)
   John Ogdon piano
   
   J. S. BACH (trans. Hess)
5. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata BWV147)
   Alexis Weissenberg piano
   
   CHOPIN
6. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66
   Daniel Adni piano
   
   SCHUMANN
7. Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)
   Dame Moura Lympany piano
   
   CHOPIN
8. Polonaise in A flat Op.53 ‘Heroique’
   Martha Argerich piano
   
   CHOPIN
9. Nocturne in F sharp Op.15 No.2
   Maurizio Pollini piano
   
   RACHMANINOV
10. Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2
    John Ogdon piano
    
    DEBUSSY
11. Golliwogg’s Cakewalk (Children’s Corner Suite)
    Dame Moura Lympany piano
    
    SATIE
12. Gymnopédie No.1 (Lent et douloureux)
    Aldo Ciccolini piano
    
    GRIEG
13. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Book VIII) Op.65 No.6
    Leif Ove Andsnes piano
    
    ALBÉNIZ
14. Granada (Suite española)
    Alicia de Larrocha piano
    
    FALLA
15. Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
    Dame Moura Lympany piano
    
    MUSSORGSKY
16. The Great Gate at Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)
    Alexix Weissenberg piano

CD 3: Solo Encores

CLARKE
1. Trumpet Voluntary
   Maurice André trumpet, Jane Parker-Smith organ
   
   MESSAGER
2. Solo de concours
   Julian Bliss clarinet, Julien Quentin piano
   
   SAINT-SAËNS
3. The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
   Nash Ensemble
   (Christopher van Kempen cello, Ian Brown & Susan Tomes pianos)
   
   J. S. BACH trans. BALSOM
4. Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No.2 BWV1067)
   Alison Balsom trumpet
   
   GLIÈRE
5. Tarantella Op.9 No.2
   Božo Paradžik double bass, Ulrich Rademacher piano
   
   GOEDICKE
6. Concert Étude
   Ole Edvard Antonsen trumpet, Wolfgang Sawallisch piano
   
   STRAVINSKY arr. Crabb & Draugsvoll
7. Tango
   James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll classical accordions
   
   J. S. BACH trans. Powell
8. Siciliano (Cantata BWV29)
   Leon Gossens oboe, Gerald Moore piano
   
   IBERT
9. Scherzetto (Six Harp Pieces)
   Markus Klinko harp
   
   CRESTON
10. Sonata for alto saxophone & piano Op.19 – III. Avec gaîté
    Jean-Marie alto saxophone, Pierre Pontier piano
    
    VILLA-LOBOS
11. Chôros No.1 in E minor
    Manuel Barrueco guitar
    
    POULENC
12. Sonata for flute and piano – III. Presto giocoso
    Emmanuel Pahud flute, Eric Le Sage piano
    
    ABBOTT
13. Alla caccia (1962)
    Michael Thompson horn, Philip Fowke piano
    
    RAVEL ed. & arr. Savery, Friis & Leth
14. Alborada del gracioso
    Colin Currie & Sam Walton marimbas
    
    VILLA-LOBOS
15. Chôros No.2 for Flute and Clarinet
    Emannuel Pahud flute, Paul Meyer clarinet
    
    PRYOR
16. The Blue Bells of Scotland
    Ian Bousfield trombone, Alison Proctor piano
    
    WIDOR
17. Toccata (Symphony No.5, Op.42)
    Wayne Marshall at the organ of Coventry Cathedral

CD 4: Orchestral Encores

TCHAIKOVSKY
1. Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)
   Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi
   
   SHOSTAKOVICH
2. Festival Overture Op.96
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton
   
   BRITTEN
3. Simple Symphony Op.4 – Playful Pizzicato
   London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
   
   SMETANA
4. Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)
   Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Rudolf Kempe
   
   LUMBYE
5. Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop
   Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra / Lavard Friisholm
   
   GLINKA
6. Ruslan and Ludmilla – Overture
   Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Wolfgang Sawallisch
   
   CHABRIER
7. Joyeuse Marche
   Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
   
   DVORÁK
8. Slavonic Dance No.15 in C Op.72 No.7
   Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
   
   BERLIOZ
9. Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
   
   PROKOFIEV
10. Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op.60 – IV. Troika
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt
    
    CHABRIER
11. España
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
    
    JOHANN STRAUSS II
12. Leichtes Blut –Polka Op.319
    Wiener Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe
    
    BERNSTEIN
13. Candide – Overture
    London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn
    
    YOUMANS arr. Shostakovich
14. Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)
    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi
    
    THEODORAKIS
15. Zorba Suite – Finale
    Lakis Karnezis bouzouki
    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
    
    KNUSSEN
16. Flourish with Fireworks
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle

CD 5: Song Encores

DELIBES
1. Les Filles de Cadix (de Musset)
   Barbara Hendricks soprano, Michel Dalberto piano
   
   TRADITIONAL IRISH
2. Danny Boy (Weatherly)
   Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano, Gerald Moore piano
   
   FINZI
3. Rollicum-rorum (No.6 of Earth and Air and Rain)
   Jonathan Lemalu bass baritone, Roger Vignoles piano
   
   VALVERDE
4. Clavelitos! (Cadenas)
   Victoria de los Angeles soprano Gerald Moore piano
   
   SAINT-SAËNS
5. Danse macabre (Cazalis)
   José Van Dam baritone, Jean-Philippe Collard piano
   
   TRADITIONAL arr. Britten
6. Sweet Polly Oliver
   Sarah Brightman soprano, Geoffrey Parsons piano
   
   ROSSINI
7. Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cats’ Duet)
   Dame Felicity Lott soprano, Ann Murray mezzo-soprano
   
   FOSTER
8. Jeanie with the light brown hair
   Thomas Hampson baritone, Jay Ungar violin, Molly Mason guitar,
   David Alpher piano, Michael Parloff flute
   
   TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL
9. Swing low, sweet chariot
   Barbara Hendricks soprano, Dmitri Alexeev piano
   
   ROSSINI
10. La danza
    Lawrence Brownlee tenor, Martin Katz piano
    
    DUPARC
11. L’Invitation au voyage (Baudelaire)
    Christine Rice mezzo-soprano, Roger Vignoles piano
    
    MEYERBEER
12. La Barque légère (Naudet)
    Thomas Hampson baritone, Geoffrey Parsons piano
    
    SCHUBERT
13. An Sylvia D547 (Shakespeare)
    Dame Janet Baker mezzo-soprano, Geoffrey Parsons piano
    
    SCHUBERT
14. Horch, horch, die Lerch (Ständchen) D889 (Shakespeare)
    Ian Bostridge tenor, Leif Ove Andsnes piano
    
    PROKOFIEV
15. Wedding Song (Russian Folksongs Op.104)
    Galina Vishnevskaya soprano, Mstislav Rostropovich piano
    
    LISZT
16. O lieb’, so lang du lieben kannst!
    Margaret Price soprano, James Lockhart piano
    
    ROSSINI
17. La regata veneziana (Serate musicali, No.9)
    Victoria de los Angeles & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sopranos
    Gerald Moore piano
    
    SCHUBERT
18. Abschied (No.7 of Schwanengesang, D957)
    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone, Gerald Moore piano
    
    GIMÉNEZ
19. Zapateado (La tarántula é un bicho mú malo) (La tempranica)
    Victoria de los Angeles soprano, Alicia de Larrocha piano

CD 6: Opera Encores

ROSSINI
1. Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I)
   Orchestra of St Luke’s / Roger Norrington
   
   VERDI
2. Sempre libera (La traviata, Act I)
   June Anderson soprano, Alfredo Kraus tenor
   
   DONIZETTI
3. Verrano a te (Lucia di Lammermoor, Act I)
   June Anderson soprano, Alfredo Kraus tenor
   Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris /
   Michelangelo Veltri
   
   GOUNOD
4. Salut ! demeure chaste et pure (Faust, Act III)
   Alfredo Kraus tenor
   Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris /
   Michelangelo Veltri
   
   DVORÁK
5. Song to the Moon (Rusalka, Act I)
   Amanda Roocroft soprano
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst
   
   HANDEL
6. Where’er you walk (Semele, Act II)
   John Mark Ainsley tenor
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis
   
   MESSAGER
7. J’ai deux amants (L’amour masqué, Act I)
   Dame Felicity Lott soprano
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst
   
   MOZART
8. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte, Act I)
   Ian Bostridge tenor
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst
   
   MOZART
9. Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (Die Zauberflöte, Act I)
   Olaf Bär baritone
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst
   
   LEHÁR
10. Ich weiß es selber nicht...Meine Lippen, sie küssen, so heiß
    (Giuditta, Act 4)
    Barbara Hendricks soprano
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis
    
    MORENO TORROBA
11. Noche madrileña (Romanza) (La Chulapona)
    Placido Domingo tenor, Juliet Oppenheimer soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker
    
    JOHANN STRAUSS II
12. Klänge der Heimat (Die Fledermaus, Act II)
    Cheryl Studer soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker
    
    BERNSTEIN
13. Glitter and be gay (Candide, Act I)
    Natalie Dessay soprano
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis
    
    DE CURTIS
14. Tu ca nun chiagne
    Roberto Alagna tenor
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Asher Fisch
    
    GRIGORIU
15. Muszica
    Angela Gheorghiu soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Asher Fisch
    
    VERDI
16. Libiamo, ne’lieti calici (Brindisi) (La traviata, Act I)
    Placido Domingo tenor, Cheryl Studer soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Barker