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Classical at the Movies

Artist Song
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra  2001: A Space Odyssey - Also Sprach Zarathustra  
Herbert von Karajan & Wiener Philharmoniker  An Der Schönen Blauen Donau, Op. 314, Walzer (Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314)  
Alexander Gibson & New Symphony Orchestra of London  Die Walküre, Act III, Scene I: Hojotoho! Hojotoho! - "Ride of the Valkyries" (Featured In "Apocalypse Now")  
London Festival Orchestra  Adagio For Strings (Platoon)  
Artists of the Reader's Digest Association  Ode To Joy From Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (From "Dead Poets Society")  
Kiri Te Kanawa, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucia Popp & Sir Georg Solti  Le Nozze Di Figaro, K.492: "Che Soave Zeffiretto"  
Mendelssohn  'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Wedding March, Op. 61 No. 4  
Anna Netrebko, Carlo Rizzi, Rolando Villazón & Wiener Philharmoniker  La Traviata: Sempre Libera  
George Gershwin, Nathaniel Shilkret & Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra  Rhapsody in Blue  
Edith Mathis, Karl Böhm, Sherrill Milnes, Walter Taussig & Wiener Philharmoniker  Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: "Là ci darem la mano"  
Artists of the Reader's Digest Association  O Lovely Moon From "Rusalka" (From "Driving Miss Daisy")  
Michael Nyman  Passage de l'egalité  
London Symphony Orchestra & Sir George Solti  Piano Sonata No. 14 (quasi una Fantasia) in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto  
Emmanuel Pahud, Marie-Pierre Langlamet & Sabine Meyer  Concerto for Clarinet in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio  
Herbert von Karajan & Wiener Philharmoniker  Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture: Love Theme  

Comment:

Two Strausses, Richard and Johann, are featured in [i]2001: A Space Odyssey[/i], but it's Richard's composition (aka "Also Sprach Zarathustra") that begins this collection. Johann's "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" (aka "The Blue Danube Waltz") appears in both [i]2001[/i] and 1932's Best Picture Oscar® winner, [i]Grand Hotel[/i]. Meanwhile, "Die Walkure: Ride Of the Valkyries" is performed in [i]Apocalypse Now[/i] and in the Oscar®-winning Bugs Bunny cartoon [i]What's Opera, Doc?[/i] Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit…
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