Vocal selections sung in Latin, French and German.
Carmina Burana. O Fortuna / Carl Orff (Arleen Auger, soprano ; John Van Kesteren, tenor ; Jonathan Summers, baritone ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Philharmonia Chorus ; Riccardo Muti, conductor) -- The planets, op. 32. Jupiter / Gustav Holst (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor) -- Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18. Moderato / Sergei Rachmaninov (Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano ; Halle Orchestra ; Lawrence Foster, conductor) -- Petrushka. Russian dance/The mountebank's booth / Igor Stravinsky (Peter Donohoe, piano ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor) -- Bolero / Maurice Ravel (London Symphony Orchestra ; Andre Previn, conductor) -- Candide. Overture / Leonard Bernstein Spartacus suite no. 2. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor) -- Concerto for orchestra, BB 123. Intermezzo interrotto / Bela Bartok (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor) -- Le sacre du printemps. Adoration of the Earth / (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor) -- Sinfonietta, JW VI/18. Allegretto / Leos Janacek Violin concerto. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana / William Walton (Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; London Symphony Orchestra ; William Walton, conductor) -- Masquerade suite. Waltz / (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Efrem Kurtz, conductor) -- Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43. Variation 18 / (Cecile Ousset, piano ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor) -- Symphony no. 5, op. 50, FS 97. Allegro / Carl Nielsen (Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor) -- Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten / Arvo Pärt (Bournemouth Sinfonietta ; Richard Studt, conductor) -- Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Liturgie de cristal / Olivier Messiaen (Wolfgang Meyer, clarinet ; Christoph Poppen, violin ; Manuel Fischer-Dieskau, cello ; Yvonne Loriod, piano) -- 6 pieces, op. 6. Langsam / Anton Webern Pini di Roma. I pini di Villa Borghese / Ottorino Respighi (London Symphony Orchestra ; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor) -- Le soleil des eaux. La Sorgue / Pierre Boulez (Josephine Nendick, soprano ; Louis Devos, tenor ; Barry McDaniel, baritone ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; BBC Symphony Chorus ; Pierre Boulez, conductor) -- Valse triste, op. 44, no. 1 / Jean Sibelius (Halle Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor) -- Romeo and Juliet, op. 64. Dance of the knights / Sergey Prokofiev (London Symphony Orchestra ; Andre Previn, conducto) -- Liebesfreud / Fritz Kreisler (Maxim Vengerov, violin ; Ian Brown, piano) -- 44 duos for 2 violins, BB 104, vol. 3. Bankodas / (Yehudi Menuhin, Nell Gotkovsky, violins) -- Harnasie, op. 55. Rural scene / Karol Szymanowski (Krakow Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Antoni Wit, conductor) -- Les biches, FP 36. Rondeau / Francis Poulenc (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Ambrosian Singers ; Georges Pretre, conductor)
Lulu suite. Variationen / Alban Berg (Arleen Auger, soprano ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor) -- Noches en los jardines de España. En el Generalife / Manuel de Falla (Gonzalo Soriano, piano ; Paris Conservatoire Orchestra ; Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor) -- Peter Grimes. 4 sea Interludes, op. 33a. Sunday morning / Benjamin Britten (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Libor Pesek, conductor) -- Flourish with fireworks, op. 22 / Oliver Knussen (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor) -- Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. Des profondeurs de l'abime, je crie vers toi, Seigneur / Olivier Messiaen (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Orchestre de Paris ; Serge Baudo, conductor) -- El amor brujo. Danza ritual del fuego / (Moura Lympany, piano) -- Kammermusik no. 1, op. 24a. Finale / Paul Hindemith (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Claudio Abbado, conductor) -- Guitar concerto, op. 67. Allegro / Malcolm Arnold (Julian Bream, guitar ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor) -- The protecting veil / John Tavener (Steven Isserlis, cello ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor) -- 5 orchestral pieces, op. 16. Peripetia / Arnold Schoenberg Rhapsody in blue. Opening / George Gershwin (Wayne Marshall, piano ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor) -- Lyric suite. Allegro misterioso / (Alban Berg Quartet) -- Symphony no. 1. Allegro giusto / Witold Lutoslawski (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Witold Lutoslawski, conductor) -- In the night / Charles Ives (Ensemble Modern ; Ingo Metzmacher, conductor) -- Facades / Philip Glass (Simon Haram, John Harle, saxophones ; London Chamber Orchestra ; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor) -- Pacific 231 / Arthur Honegger (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mariss Jansons, conductor) -- Subete wa usuakari no naka de. 1st movement / Toru Takemitsu (Julian Bream, guitar) -- Sinfonietta, op. 23. Sehr lebhaft / Alexander Zemlinsky (Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra ; James Conlon, conductor) -- Die tote Stadt, op. 12. Gluck, das mir verblieb / Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Julius Rudel, conductor) -- 2 poemes, op. 63. Etrangete / Alexander Scriabin (John Ogdon, piano) -- Dance no. 1 / John Cage (Ralph Grierson, Michael Tilson Thomas, prepared piano) -- Asyla, op. 17. 4th movement / Thomas Ades Verklarte Nacht (excerpts) / (Thomas Kakuska, viola ; Valentin Erben, cello ; Artemis Quartet) -- Estampes. Pagodes / Claude Debussy (Cecile Ousset, piano) -- Fanfare for the common man / Aaron Copland (Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra ; Enrique Batiz, conductor)