Artist	Song
Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan	Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30: Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)
from Also Sprach Zarathustra (1993)
Herbert von Karajan & Wiener Philharmoniker	Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture: Love Theme
from Tchaikovsky: Adagios (2006)
English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate & Mitsuko Uchida	Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467: III. Allegro Vivace Assai
from Mitsuko Uchida - Mozart: Piano Concertos (2006)
James Judd, Julian Lloyd Webber & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2
from Cello Adagios (2004)
Charles Dutoit & Orchestre symphonique de Montréal	Gymnopédie No.1
from Heavenly Adagios (2003)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman & Sylvia McNair	Songs, Op. 34: Vocalise, No. 14
from Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 - Vocalise (1992)
Maurice Abravanel & Utah Symphony Orchestra	Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor, Part III: 4. Adagietto: Sehr langsam
from Mahler: Symphonies No. 5 & 6 (2003)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Wolfgang Meyer	Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Sinfonico
from Romantic Karajan (1996)
John Alldis, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Russell Burgess, Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Zubin Mehta	Turandot: Nessun dorma!
from The Ultimate Puccini Collection (1998)
Sir Georg Solti & Wiener Philharmoniker	Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries
from Wagner: Favourite Overtures (2011)
London Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Monteux	Nimrod (From Enigma Variations)
from Decca 75 - A Celebration (2004)
Abbey Road Ensemble, Itzhak Perlman & Lawrence Foster	Meditation (Thais)
from Perlman: A La Carte (1996)
Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan	Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
from Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (1994)
Martha Argerich	Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4
from Piano Moods - A Collection of Romantic Melodies (2007)
Alexis Weissenberg	Suite Bergamasque: 3. Clair De Lune
from Debussy: Clair De Lune & Other Piano Works (1995)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult	Finlandia
from Sibelius: Tone Poems & Symphonies 5 - 7 (2003)
Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner	Serenade for Strings in E, Op.22: 1. Moderato
from Dvorák, Grieg & Tchaikovsky: String Serenades (2002)
John Mauceri, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Manhattan Opera Chorus	Carmen: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)
from Bizet: Carmen (2002)
Itzhak Perlman	Salut D'Amour, 'Liebesgrüss' Op. 12
from Violin Encores: Perlman (2005)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox	Nabucco: Act III - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
from Great Opera Choruses (2005)
Isaac Stern, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Eugene Ormandy	Concerto No. 1 In G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26: II. Adagio
from Wieniawski, Bruch & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos (1995)
Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer	Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F Major
from Brahms: Hungarian Dances (2002)
John Eliot Gardiner & Wiener Philharmoniker	España - Rhapsody for Orchestra
from Chabrier: España (1996)
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell & Leon Fleisher	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation No. 18
from Rachmaninov: Rhapsody - Franck: Symphonic Variations - Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso (1989)
Guennadi Rozhdestvensky & USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra	Symphony No. 4 In E-Flat Major, WAB 104 'Romantic': III. Scherzo, Bewegt - Trio: Nicht Zu Schnell
from Bruckner: Symphonies No. 4 "Romantic" & No. 0 "Die Nultte" (2008)

Comment:

Legendary lovers may not always end well, but they sure burn hot while the going is good — their passions have inspired many an equally fiery Classical work. French composer Gabriel Fauré underscores the dancing strings of his "Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: La Fileuse (Andantino quasi allegretto)" with minor-key currents to hint at an ever-present specter of romantic doom. In Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod," bereft Isolde famously sings of her poor, expired Tristan before joining him in the hereafter, while Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture: Love Theme" features a swelling crescendo of strings and winds that's become synonymous with the all-consuming power of new love.

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