Album

There's nothing particularly funny about Volume 2 of Naxos' Classics at the Movies: Comedy, but it does feature some solid performances of classical pieces that happened to be used in Hollywood comedies like The Big Lebowski, Trading Places, and A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy. Compositions from Mozart, Mendelssohn, Verdi, and Puccini are among the works appearing here, performed by an assortment of symphony orchestras, soloists, and vocalists.

© Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

CD 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K.492 (opera buffa)...Act 1 Work Barry Wordsworth Conductor, Capella Istropolitana Ensemble
1	1.Overture	4:02			$0.99
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Composer Piano Concerto No.2 in D-, Op.40 Work Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky Conductor, Benjamin Frith Piano
2	2.Adagio, molto sostenuto	7:56			$1.49
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Composer A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 Work Anthony Bramall Conductor, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra
3	2.Scherzo	4:54			$0.99
Giuseppe Verdi Composer La Traviata (opera)...Act 2 Work Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Orchestra, Monika Krause Soprano, Yordy Ramiro Vocals, Alexander Rahbari Conductor
4	10.Dammi tu forza, o cielo!	3:55			$0.99
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Composer Die tote Stadt (The Dead City; opera), Op.12...Act 1 Work Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra Orchestra, Leif Segerstam Conductor, Thomas Sunnegardh Vocals, Katarina Dalayman Vocals
5	6.Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied)	5:14			$0.99
Giuseppe Verdi Composer Il Trovatore (opera)...Act 2 Work Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Orchestra, Will Humburg Conductor, Budapest Chorus Chorus/Choir
6	1.Sc.1: Zigeunerchor. Chor. Vedi! le fosche notturne	2:53			$0.99
Giuseppe Verdi Composer Il Trovatore (opera)...Act 4 Work Maurizio Frusoni Vocals, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Orchestra, Daniela Longhi Vocals, Will Humburg Conductor
7	4.Sc.1: Miserere d'un alma già vicina	5:27			$0.99
Sergey Prokofiev Composer Lieutenant Kijé (film score and suite), Op.60 Work Andrew Mogrelia Conductor, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice Orchestra
8	4.Troika	3:02			$0.99
Giacomo Puccini Composer La bohème (opera)...Act 1 Work 8:13 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Orchestra, Jonathon Welch Vocals, Luba Orgonasova Vocals, Will Humburg Conductor
9	10.Rodolfo's Aria: Che gelida manina	4:26			$0.99
10	12.Rodolfo and Mimi's Duet: O soave fanciulla	3:47			$0.99
Joaquín Rodrigo Composer Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar and orchestra Work Nicholas Ward Conductor, Northern Chamber Orchestra Orchestra, Norbert Kraft Guitar
11	2.Adagio	10:31			$1.99
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini Composer Guillaume Tell (William Tell; opera)...Act 1 Work Michael Halasz Conductor, Zagreb Festival Orchestra Orchestra
12	1.Overture	12:10			$1.99