The Very Best of Hooked on Classics

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1Hooked on Classics Parts 1 & 2
producer:
Jeff Jarratt (producer) and Don Reedman (producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
arranger:
Louis Clark
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Ltd. (UK arm of RCA) (in 1981)
medley including a recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 1: VI. Les toréadors (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
arrangement of:
Carmen Suite no. 1: VI. Les Toréadors. Allegro giocoso (theme from Carmen: Prelude to Act I and Carmen: Act IV. « Les voici ! Voici la quadrille ! »)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arrangement of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16
premiered in:
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (on 1869-04-03)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1868)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 13) and Works of Edvard Grieg by opus number (number: op. 16)
medley including a recording of:
Flight of the Bumble Bee (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee, Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
medley including a recording of:
Guillaume Tell: Overture (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
arrangement of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
medley including a recording of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11 (Karelia Suite, op. 11)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1893)
part of:
Works of Jean Sibelius by opus number (number: op. 11)
is based on:
Karelia Music, JS 115
medley including a recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III, Scena X. (no. 21) Duettino “Sull’aria… che soave zeffiretto” (La Contessa, Susanna) (Canzonetta sull’aria)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III (The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Act III)
medley including a recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
arrangement of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
medley including a recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (catch-all for unknown versions and arrangements)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 4)
arrangement of:
Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration)
medley including a recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer) (in 1869)
arrangement of:
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39 (1880 version, commonly performed)
medley including a recording of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“: I. Allegro (Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1787)
part of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
medley including a recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1804 until 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral” (catch‐all for unknown arrangements)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
arrangement of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
medley including a recording of:
Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great” (catch-all for arrangements and unknown versions)
lyricist:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
arrangement of:
Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great” (2nd version)
medley including a recording of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary”)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist) (in 1700)
medley including a recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E‐flat major (catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
arrangement of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
medley including a recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565: I. Toccata
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 30)
part of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565
5:08
2Hooked on Tchaikovsky5:30
3Hooked on a Can Can4:57
4Viva Vivaldi
engineer:
Mike Jarratt (Recording, mixing and lacquer cutting engineer)
producer:
Jeff Jarratt (producer) and Don Reedman (producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
arranger:
Louis Clark
medley including a recording of:
Concerto for 2 Oboes and Strings in A minor, RV 536
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. VII/8) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 536)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto in C major, RV 558, “con molti stromenti” (2 violins in tromba marina, 2 recorders, 2 trumpets, 2 mandolines, 2 chalumeaux, 2 theorboes, cello, strings)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. XII/37) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 558)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto in G major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Continuo, RV 532
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. V/2) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 532)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto per la solennità di S Lorenzo in C major, RV 556
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. XII/14) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 556)
medley including a recording of:
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 7 no. 11, RV 208a
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 208a) and Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. I/206)
part of:
12 concerti, op. 7
4:04
5Journey Through The Classics (Part 2)
engineer:
Mike Jarratt (Recording, mixing and lacquer cutting engineer)
producer:
Jeff Jarratt (producer) and Don Reedman (producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
arranger:
Louis Clark
medley including a recording of:
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre
composer:
Otto Nicolai (composer and conductor)
librettist:
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
part of:
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
medley including a recording of:
Die verkaufte Braut: III. Komödiantenszene (The Bartered Bride: III. Dance of the Comedians)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer) (from 1863 until 1870)
part of:
Three Dances from "The Bartered Bride"
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
arrangement of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (Arie des Figaro)
medley including a recording of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11: III. Alla marcia (Karelia Suite, op. 11: III. Alla marcia, for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1893)
part of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11 (Karelia Suite, op. 11)
medley including a recording of:
String Quartet in D major, op. 64 no. 5, Hob. III:63 “The Lark”: IV. Finale. Vivace
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
String Quartet in D major, op. 64 no. 5, Hob. III:63 “The Lark”
medley including a recording of:
Suite from “The Snow Maiden”: IV. Dance of the Tumblers
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1895)
part of:
Suite from “The Snow Maiden”
medley including a recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”: III. Allegro molto vivace
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1893-02 until 1893-08)
part of:
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”
4:00
6Hooked on Haydn
engineer:
Mike Jarratt (Recording, mixing and lacquer cutting engineer)
producer:
Jeff Jarratt (producer) and Don Reedman (producer)
solo trumpet:
Raymond Simmons (trumpet player)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
arranger:
Louis Clark
recording of:
Konzert für Trompete und Orchester Es-Dur, Hob. VIIe:1: III. Allegro
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer) (in 1796)
part of:
Konzert für Trompete und Orchester Es-Dur, Hob. VIIe:1 (Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major)
2:57
7If You Knew Sousa
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
arranger:
Louis Clark
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
K-tel International (international budget record label) (in 1982)
medley including a recording of:
Blaze Away
composer:
Abraham Holzmann (in 1901)
medley including a recording of:
Blaze Away
composer:
Abraham Holzmann (in 1901)
medley including a recording of:
Semper Fidelis
orchestrator:
Mark McKenzie (US film composer/orchestrator)
composer:
Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist) and John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1888)
medley including a recording of:
The Liberty Bell
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1893)
arrangement of:
The Devil’s Deputy
medley including a recording of:
The Liberty Bell
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1893)
arrangement of:
The Devil’s Deputy
medley including a recording of:
The Washington Post
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1889)
3:38
8Can't Stop the Classics5:50
9Hooked on Romance Opus 3
engineer:
Mike Jarratt (Recording, mixing and lacquer cutting engineer)
producer:
Jeff Jarratt (producer) and Don Reedman (producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
arranger:
Louis Clark
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
K‐tel (international budget record label) (in 1983)
recording of:
Hooked on Romance (Opus 3)
composer:
Alexander Borodin (Russian composer), Johannes Brahms (German composer), Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer), Louis Clark, Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer), Erik Satie (French composer), Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) and Francisco Tárrega (Spanish composer and guitarist)
medley of:
Deuxième Gymnopédie : Lent et triste (Gymnopédie no. 2)
medley of:
Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2: Andante (catch‐all for arrangements)
medley of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Notturno. Andante
medley of:
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra)
medley of:
Sinfonia nro 2 D-duuri, op. 43: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato (Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43: IV. Finale: Allegro moderato)
medley of:
Le Carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le Cygne (catch-all for arrangements)
medley of:
Sinfonie Nr. 3 F-Dur, op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
medley of:
Siciliana
4:20
10Hooked on Romance
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio (Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1791-09-28 until 1791-10-07)
part of:
Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622
recording of:
Hooked on Romance
arranger:
Louis Clark
medley of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
medley of:
Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert; catch-all for arrangements)
medley of:
Liebesträume, S. 541
medley of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: III. Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante moderato – Tempo I – Andante moderato – Adagio – Lo stesso tempo
medley of:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 (for piano and orchestra)
medley of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
medley of:
Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile
medley of:
Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio (Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio)
medley of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
medley including a recording of:
Liebesträume, S. 541
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 36) and The Music of Liszt (number: S. 541)
medley including a recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (catch-all for unknown versions/arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
medley including a recording of:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1934-07-03 until 1934-08-18)
part of:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 (for piano and orchestra)
medley including a recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (“largo”; catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
medley including a recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1798)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”
medley including a recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 1) and Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 2)
part of:
Two Piano Sonatas, op. 27
medley including a recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: III. Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante moderato – Tempo I – Andante moderato – Adagio – Lo stesso tempo
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
6:43
11Hooked on a Song5:12
12Hooked on Mozart4:10
13Journey Through the Classics
engineer:
Mike Jarratt (Recording, mixing and lacquer cutting engineer)
producer:
Jeff Jarratt (producer) and Don Reedman (producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
arranger:
Louis Clark
medley including a recording of:
Concerto for Horn no. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447
writer and composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 447), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 447) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 447)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto in D major
writer:
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Italian Baroque composer)
medley including a recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 11. Ein Tanz von Rüpeln (Bergamasca). Allegro di molto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
medley including a recording of:
Faust : Acte V. Ballet (La Nuit de Walpurgis)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Faust : Acte V
medley including a recording of:
Finlandia, op. 26 (for orchestra)
premiered in:
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (on 1900-07-02)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1899)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1900)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1900-07-02)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1905)
part of:
Works of Jean Sibelius by opus number (number: op. 26)
version of:
Sanomalehdistön päivien musiikki, op. 25/26: VII. Tableau 6. Finland Awakes
medley including a recording of:
Samson et Dalila : Acte III, scène 2. Bacchanale
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
part of:
Samson et Dalila : Acte III
medley including a recording of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: III. Presto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1811 until 1812)
part of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92
medley including a recording of:
Trumpet tune, ZT. 698 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Trumpet tune, ZT. 698
3:51