Album · Compilation
The No. 1 Classical Collection: The Nation's 50 Favourite Works
Tracks
| # | Title | Sung by | |
|---|
| 1.1 | The Lark Ascending | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 16:03 |
| 1.2 | Piano Concerto no. 2: II. | Sergei Rachmaninov | 11:58 |
| 1.3 | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 14:20 |
| 1.4 | "Emperor" Piano Concerto: II. | Ludwig van Beethoven | 9:15 |
| 1.5 | "Pastoral" Symphony: V. | Ludwig van Beethoven | 9:41 |
| 1.6 | Clarinet Concerto: II. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 8:42 |
| 1.7 | Violin Concerto no. 1: III. | Max Bruch | 7:18 |
| 2.1 | Cello Concerto: I. | Sir Edward Elgar | 8:20 |
| 2.2 | "Choral" Symphony: Ode to Joy IV - ii 'O Freunde, nicht diese Töne' | Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Franz Grundheber | 0:56 |
| 2.3 | "Choral" Symphony: Ode to Joy IV - iii Allegro assai | Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Franz Grundheber, Jadwiga Rappé, Sharon Sweet, Paul Frey | 2:56 |
| 2.4 | Enigma Variations: Nimrod | Sir Edward Elgar | 4:15 |
| 2.5 | Canon in D | Johann Pachelbel | 4:30 |
| 2.6 | Gigue in D | Johann Pachelbel | 1:25 |
| 2.7 | Piano Concerto: I. | Edvard Grieg | 12:32 |
| 2.8 | The Armed Man: Benedictus | Hayley Westenra, Metro Voices | 3:54 |
| 2.9 | "Organ" Symphony: Finale | Camille Saint‐Saëns | 7:51 |
| 2.10 | Adagio for Strings | Samuel Barber | 8:49 |
| 2.11 | The Planets: Jupiter | Gustav Holst | 8:09 |
| 2.12 | 1812 Overture | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 14:52 |
| 3.1 | Concierto de Aranjuez: II. | Joaquín Rodrigo | 10:58 |
| 3.2 | Miserere | Gregorio Allegri | 12:01 |
| 3.3 | The Ashokan Farewell | Jay Ungar | 6:01 |
| 3.4 | Symphony no. 2: III. | Sergei Rachmaninov | 7:32 |
| 3.5 | Symphony no. 7: II. | Ludwig van Beethoven | 9:48 |
| 3.6 | Piano Concerto no. 2: II. | Dmitri Shostakovich | 7:35 |
| 3.7 | "New World" Symphony: II. | Antonín Dvořák | 11:26 |
| 3.8 | Requiem: Lacrimosa | Francisco Araiza, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNair, Carolyn Watkinson | 3:40 |
| 3.9 | Finlandia | Jean Sibelius | 9:03 |
| 4.1 | Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus | Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford | 3:55 |
| 4.2 | Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo | Pietro Mascagni | 3:35 |
| 4.3 | Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin | 13:55 |
| 4.4 | Paganini Rhapsody: Variation 18 | Sergei Rachmaninov | 2:32 |
| 4.5 | Symphony no. 5: I. | Ludwig van Beethoven | 8:00 |
| 4.6 | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship | Crouch End Festival Chorus | 5:57 |
| 4.7 | Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 9:43 |
| 4.8 | The Four Seasons, Winter: I. | Antonio Vivaldi | 3:18 |
| 4.9 | Violin Concerto: III. | Felix Mendelssohn | 6:14 |
| 4.10 | Zadok the Priest | The Choir of Westminster Abbey | 5:27 |
| 4.11 | Moonlight Sonata: I. | Ludwig van Beethoven | 6:14 |
| 4.12 | Requiem: Pie Jesu | Sylvia McNair | 4:19 |
| 5.1 | The Pearl Fishers Duet, Act 1 | Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolaï Ghiaurov | 6:37 |
| 5.2 | Double Violin Concerto: II. | Johann Sebastian Bach | 6:45 |
| 5.3 | Piano Concerto no. 3: I. | Sergei Rachmaninov | 7:01 |
| 5.4 | Swan Lake I. Swan Theme | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:42 |
| 5.5 | Swan Lake III. Dance of the Cygnets | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1:35 |
| 5.6 | Piano Concerto no. 1: I. | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 3:37 |
| 5.7 | Piano Concerto no. 21: II. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 6:46 |
| 5.8 | Symphony no. 5: IV. Adagietto | Gustav Mahler | 10:26 |
| 5.9 | Clair de lune | Claude Debussy | 5:52 |
| 5.10 | Four Last Songs: "Im Abendrot" | Kiri Te Kanawa | 6:23 |
| 5.11 | Symphony no. 5 "Pathetique": I. | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:31 |
| 5.12 | Peer Gynt: Morning Mood | Edvard Grieg | 4:23 |
| 5.13 | Má vlast: Vltava | Bedřich Smetana | 12:02 |
Source: MusicBrainz release group b96b8e7a-a8ba-412f-b619-a5c9d27c20b1 (CC0). Cover: Cover Art Archive.