Most popular songs in 2MBS Fine Music Sydney playlist

Bach, J.S. - Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV565 (bef. 1708; arr. Lovelock). - Sydney SO/Patrick Thomas.

Puccini, G. - Nessun dorma, from Turandot (1920-24; compl. Alfano 1926). - Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; John Alldis Choir; Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir; London PO; Zubin Mehta, conductor.

Rossini, G. - Overture to The thieving magpie (1817). - Tasmanian SO; Ola Rudner, conductor.

Vivaldi, A. - Recorder concerto in C, RV444. - Genevieve Lacey, recorder; Australian Brandenburg O; Paul Dyer, director.

Mackenzie, A. - Overture to The little minister (1897). - BBC Welsh NO; Rumon Gamba, conductor.

Poulenc, F. - Trio (1926). - Alex Oguey, ob; Gillian Smith, bn; Fiona McCabe, pf.

Bach, J. Christoph - Aria in A minor. - Philip Swanton, org; Annerös Hulliger, org.

Dvorák, A. - Symphonic poem: The noon witch, op 108 (1896). - Czech PO/Charles Mackerras.

Elgar, E. - Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1918-19). - Jaqueline du Pré, vc; London SO/John Barbirolli.

Adam, A. - Excerpts from Giselle (1841). - London SO/Richard Bonynge.

Piazzolla, A. - Romance of the devil (arr. Crabb). - James Crabb, accordion; Benjamin Martin, piano; Australian CO; Richard Tognetti, conductor.

Tosti, P. - L’ultima canzone (1905). - Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; National PO; Antonio Tonini, conductor

Ernst, H. - Rondo Papageno, op 21 (1846). - Ilya Grubert, violin; Russian PO; Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor.

Marquez, A. - Danzón no 2 (1993). - Simón Bolívar Youth O of Venezuela; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.

Andrew Robson - DANCES ON THE HARBOUR - Andrew Robson Trio

Arriaga, J. - String quartet no 1 in D minor (1824). - Camerata Boccherini.

Jobim, A.C. - Desafinado (1958; arr. by Drapkin). - Rastrelli Cello Quartet

Knumann, J. - Rumänisch, for violin, mandolin, piano and strings (1951; arr.Badzura). - Avi Avital, mandolin; Jacques Ammon, piano; members of Berlin CO; Daniel Hope, violin and director.

Tauber, R. - Du bist die welt für mich, from Der singende traum (1934; arr. Tarkmann). - Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Berlin RSO; Jochen Rieder, conductor.

Lefébure-Wély, L-J-A. - Sortie in B flat. - André Isoir, organ.

Eberl, A. - Piano concerto in C, op 32. Final mvmt. - Riko Fukuda, fortepiano; Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor.

Strauss, Josef. - Waltz: Music of the spheres, op 235 (1868). - Vienna PO; Riccardo Muti, conductor.

Brahms, J. - Intermezzo in E flat, op 116 no 6. - Radu Lupu, pf.

Bach, J.S. - Suite no 5 in C minor, BWV1011 (c1720). - Mstislav Rostropovich, vc.

Sculthorpe, P. - Songs of sea and sky (1987/88). - Nigel Westlake, cl; David Bollard, pf.

Delibes, L. - Marche et cortège de Bacchus, Act III. - Philharmonia O; Robert Irving, conductor

Chadwick, G. - Hobgoblin (1904). - Ukraine National RSO; Theodore Kuchar conductor.

Bruch, M. - String quartet in C minor, op 9 (1856). - Isos Quartet.

Viotti, G. - Harp concerto in C minor, op 81. - Marielle Nordmann, harp; Franz Liszt CO; Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor.

Ives, C. - Variations on America (c1891; transcr. Topilow). - Summit Brass.

Wieniawski, H. - Polonaise no 1 in D, op 4 (pub. 1853). - Leila Josefowicz, violin; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor.

Tchaikovsky, P. - Fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet (1880). - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard.

Weber, C.M. - Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle, from Der Freischütz (1821). - Joan Sutherland, soprano; Nelson Cooke, cello; London SO; Richard Bonynge, conductor.

Berlioz, H. - Love scene, from Romeo and Juliet, op 17 (1839). - Sydney SO/Robert Pikler.

Chabrier, E. - Espana, rhapsodie (1883). - New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Nyman, M. - Wheelbarrow walk (1988). - Michael Nyman Band; Michael Nyman, director.

Glinka, M. - Serenade on themes from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena (1832). - Alexander Petrov, bn; Igor Makarov, hn; Andrei Kevorkov, va; Erik Pozdeev, vc; Rustem Gabdulin, db; Natalia Tsekhovskaya, hp; Leonid Ogrinchuk, pf.

Gounod, C. - Ballet music from Faust (1859). - Royal Opera House O/Georg Solti.

Halley, P - Winter - Halley String Quartet

Schubert, F. - Ständchen, D920 (1827). - Sarah Walker, mezzo soprano; Male voice Ch; Graham Johnson, piano.

Berlioz, H. - Eight scenes from Faust, op 1 (1829). - Susan Graham, sop; Susanne Mentzer, mezz; John Mark Ainsley, ten; Philip Corokinos, bar; Montreal Symphony Ch & O/Charles Dutoit.

Herz, H. - Grande polonaise brillante, op 30 (pub. 1827). - Tasmanian SO; Howard Shelley, piano & conductor.

Ravel, M - Five O'Clock Foxtrot - Philharmonia Orchestra

Bizet, G. - Te Deum (1858). - Katarina Jovanovic, sop; Philippe Do, ten; Mark Schnaible, bass; Northern Region Choir; Lille NO/Jean-Claude Casadesus.

Omar Sosa and Seickou Keita - DARY - Omar Sosa and Seickou Keita

Nat King Cole - Straighten up and Fly right - The King's Singers

Handel, G. - Concerto grosso in G, op 6 no 1 (1739). - Australian Brandenburg O; Paul Dyer, director.

Corelli, A. - Concerto grosso in D, op 6 no 4 (pub. 1714). - Sophie Gent, violin; Genesis Baroque.

Sibelius, J. - Symphony no 7 in C, op 105 (1926). - Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein.

Rachmaninov, S. - Prelude in B flat, op 23 no 2. - Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf.