Tracks
- El amor brujo: Danza rituel del fuego from Ritual Fire Dance (Manuel de Falla)
- Le sacre du printemps: Les augures printaniers (Igor Stravinksy)
- Le sacre du printemps: Jeu du rapt (Igor Stravinksy)
- Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 "Enigma": Variation 7, Troyte (Edward Elgar)
- Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 no 8 "Enigma": Variations 8, W. N. (Edward Elgar)
- Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 "Enigma": Variation 9, Nimrod (Edward Elgar)
- Rhapsody in Blue (excerpts) (George Gershwin)
- Four Last Songs, AV 150: no 3, Beim Schlafengehen (Richard Strauss)
- Adagio for Strings, Opus 11 (Samuel Barber)
- Bajazet, RV 703 "Tamerlano": Sposa con disprezetta (Antonio Vivaldi)
- Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218: 3rd movement, Rondeau (Wolfgang Mozart)
- Gloriana: Symphonic Suite, Opus 53a "The Courtly Dances" (Benjamin Britten)
- Quartet for Strings no 8 in C minor, Opus 110: Largo (Dmitri Shostakovich)
- Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune (Claude Debussy)
- Pictures at an exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev (Modest Mussorgsky)
- Le sacre du printemps: L'Adoration de la terre (Igor Stravinsky)
Musicians
The principal performers on each track are as follows;
- El amor brujo: Danza rituel del fuego "Ritual Fire Dance" - Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Dutoit
- Le sacre du printemps - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti
- Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 "Enigma" - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti
- Rhapsody in Blue: Excerpt(s) - London Festival Orchestra with Stanley Black, conducted by Stanley Black
- Four Last Songs, AV 150: no 3, Beim Schlafengehen - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, conducted by Sir Georg Solti
- Adagio for Strings, Opus 11 - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman
- Bajazet, RV 703 "Tamerlano": Sposa con disprezzata - Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer
- Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218: 3rd movement, Rondeau - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Itzhak Perlman, conducted by James Levine
- Gloriana: Symphonic Suite, Opus 53a "The Courtly Dances" - Julian Bream Consort with Julian Bream
- Quartet for Strings no 8 in C minor, Opus 110: Largo - Borodin String Quartet
- Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune - Suisse Romande Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet
- Pictures at an exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti
Credits
Notes
The following musicians selected the music.
- Steve Tyler - Ritual Fire Dance
- Bruce Hornsby - The Rite of Spring
- Elton John - Enigma Variations
- Brian Wilson - Rhapsody in Blue
- Marianne Faithful - Beim Schlafengehen
- Michael Stipe - Adagio for Strings
- Elvis Costello - Sposa disprezetta
- Keith Richards - Violin Concerto No. 4, Rondeau
- Paul McCartney - The Courtly Dances
- Bono - String Quartet No. 8 in C minor
- Frank Sinatra - Clair de Lune
- Trevor Rabin - The Great Gate of Kiev
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