Here you will find a supurb collection of music. These selections are the classical music selections which Allen uses in many memorable film sequences. You will finish the CD wanting to hear more, so at that point you will want to move on to the jazz selections on the other album collections.
List of tracks:
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on "Die Dreigroschenoper") Canon Song (used in the Movie Shadows and Fog) Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra [members of]
Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite for wind orchestra (based on "Die Dreigroschenoper") The Ballad of Mack the Knife (used in the Movie Shadows and Fog) Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra [members of]
Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887 (Op. posth. 161) First Movement, allegro molto moderato (as used in the movie Crimes and Misdemeanors) Composed by Franz Schubert
with Robert Mann, Earl Carlyss, Juilliard Quartet, Joel Krosnick, Samuel Rhodes
Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Gymnopedie for piano No.3, for piano No 3, as used in the movie Another Woman Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Claude Debussy / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Philippe Entremont
Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 Fourth Movement: Allegro (used in the movie Another Woman) Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Kenneth Cooper, Yo-Yo Ma
Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor (or for oboe or violin in G minor) BWV 1056 Largo Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Igor Kipnis, London Strings, Colin Tilney
Conducted by Neville Marriner
Manon Lescaut, opera Act 4: Sola, perduta, abbandonata (used in the movie Hannah and Her Sisters) Composed by Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Renata Scotto
Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 No 1, Scherzo (used in the movie A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy) Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
Conducted by George Szell
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 Intermezzo (used in the movie A Midsummer Night's Sex Comdey) Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
Conducted by George Szell
Symphony No. 3 in A minor ("Scottish"), Op. 56 No 2, Vivace non troppo (used in the movie A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy) Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Bavarian Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis
Rhapsody in Blue for piano & orchestra (orchestral version by F. Grof) As used in the movie Manhattan Composed by George Gershwin
Performed by Ferde Grofe / New York Philharmonic with Gary Graffman
Conducted by Zubin Mehta
Lieutenant Kij, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60 Part 4, Troika (used in the movie Love and Death) Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
Conducted by George Szell
Lieutenant Kij, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60 Part 3: Kij's Wedding (used in the movie Love and Death) Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
Conducted by George Szell
Alexander Nevsky, cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, & orchestra, Op. 78 Song about Alexander Nevsky (used in the movie Love and Death) Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by New York Philharmonic with Sergey Prokofiev, Vladimir Lugovski
Conducted by Thomas Schippers
The Love for Three Oranges, suite for orchestra, Op. 33 bis No 3, Marche (used in the movie Love and Death) Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas