Vocal selections sung in English, French, Italian and Latin.
Contents:
O Fortuna / Carl Orff (Sumi Jo, soprano ; Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor ; Bo Skovhus, baritone ; London Philharmonic Choir ; Southend Boys Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Zubin Mehta, conductor) -- Hallelujah / George Frideric Handel (Felicity Palmer, soprano ; Helen Watts, contralto ; Ryland Davies, tenor ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass ; English Chamber Orchestra ; English Chamber Choir ; Raymond Leppard, conductor) -- Nessun dorma / Giacomo Puccini (Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra ; Nello Santi, conductor) -- Nimrod / Edward Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, conductor) -- On the wings of a dove! / Felix Mendelssohn (Thomas Herford, boy soprano ; Oxford New College Choir ; Edward Higginbottom, conductor) -- Sous le dome epais / Léo Delibes (Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano ; Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano ; Munich Radio Orchestra ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor) -- Jupiter, the bringer of jollity / Gustav Holst (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, organ, conductor) -- Les oiseaux dans la charmille / Jacques Offenbach (Catherine Dubosc, Sumi Jo, Natalie Dessay, Juanita Lascarro, Leontina Vaduva, sopranos ; Doris Lamprecht, mezzo-soprano ; Gilles Ragon, Michel Senechal, Roberto Alagna, tenors ; Jose Van Dam, baritone ; Gabriel Bacquier, Ludovic Tezier, basses ; Lyon National Opera Orchestra ; Lyon National Opera Chorus ; Kent Nagano, conductor) -- Air from Water music ; Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 ; Alla hornpipe (Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra ; Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor) / George Frideric Handel. and The lark ascending / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Tasmin Little, violin ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, conductor) -- Violin concerto in E major, op. 8, no. 1, RV 269, "La primavera." Allegro / Antonio Vivaldi (Piero Toso, violin ; I Solisti Veneti ; Claudio Scimone, conductor) -- Sailing by / Ronald Binge (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; David Parry, conductor) -- Mercury, the winged messenger/ Gustav Holst (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, organ, conductor) -- Swan theme / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Lazarev, conductor) -- Méditation / Jules Massenet (Alexander Markov, violin ; Dmitriy Cogan, piano) -- Coronation anthems / George Frideric Handel (Monteverdi Orchestra & Choir ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor) -- Salut d'amour, op. 12 / Edward Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, conductor) -- Greensleeves / arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Oxford New College Choir ; Edward Higginbottom, conductor) -- The wasps, Aristophanic suite. Overture / Ralph Vaughan Williams (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, conductor) -- Radio 4 UK theme / Fritz Spiegl (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; David Parry, conductor) -- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / George Frideric Handel (Emiliano Rodolfi, oboe ; Il Giardino Armonico ; Giovanni Antonini, conductor) -- Mars, the bringer of war / Gustav Holst ; In a summer garden / Frederick Delius ; The walk to the Paradise Garden / Frederick Delius (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, conductor) -- Jerusalem / Hubert Parry (BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; Andrew Davis, conductor).
