Album

This edition of Naxos' The Classics at the Movies series collects orchestral music from romantic films, including Jean de Florette, Out of Africa, A Room With a View, and Doctor Zhivago. Unlike some releases that feature symphonic music written specifically for the film, the Classics series gathers its material from the works of renowned composers that have been heard on the silver screen. In this case, pieces from such luminaries as Verdi, Mozart, Schubert, and Puccini appear. Highlights include Mozart's Adagio from Clarinet Concerto, with a solo by Ernst Ottensamer of the Vienna Mozart Academy, and pianist Jenö Jandó's performance of Schubert's Impromptu No. 4. All of the music on The Classics at the Movies: Romance is stirring, and could certainly be seen as romantic. But the album works just as well as a collection of pleasant, relaxing classical music.

© Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

CD 1
Giuseppe Verdi Composer La forza del destino (opera)...Act 1 Work Pier Giorgio Morandi Conductor, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Orchestra
1	1.Sinfonia (Overture)	7:47			$1.49
Giacomo Puccini Composer Gianni Schicchi (opera) Work 5:47 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Orchestra, Miriam Bauci Vocals, Johannes Wildner Conductor, Alexander Rahbari Conductor, Janez Lotric Vocals, BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra
2	9.O mio babbino caro	2:28			$0.99
3	6.Firenze è come un albero fiorito	3:19			$0.99
Giacomo Puccini Composer La Rondine (The Swallow; opera)...Act 1 Work Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Orchestra, Luba Orgonasova Vocals, Will Humburg Conductor
4	2.Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Doretta's Dream Song)	2:57			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Piano Sonata No.18 in D, K.576 ('Hunt') Work Jenö Jandó Piano
5	2.Adagio	6:15			$0.99
Maurice Jarre Composer Doctor Zhivago, film score Work Richard Hayman Conductor
6	Lara's theme	5:11			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622 Work Johannes Wildner Conductor, Vienna Mozart Academy Orchestra, Ernst Ottensamer Clarinet
7	2.Adagio	7:22			$1.49
Johann Strauss II Composer Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), Op.325 Work Strauss Festival Orchestra Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard Conductor
8	Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), Op.325	12:00			$1.99
Franz Peter Schubert Composer 4 Impromptus, D.899, Op.90 Work Jenö Jandó Piano
9	No.4 in Ab: Allegretto	7:10			$1.49
Franz Peter Schubert Composer String Quartet No.14 in D-, D.810 ('Death and the Maiden') Work Kodaly Quartet String Quartet
10	2.Andante con moto	15:57			$2.49