1981 studio album by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hooked on Classics is a classical crossover album recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark , released in 1981 by K-tel and distributed by RCA Records , part of the Hooked on Classics series . It was produced by Jeff Jarratt and Don Reedman.
The opening track was called "Hooked On Classics (Parts 1 & 2)". A unique arrangement of this track, simply called "Hooked on Classics", was released as a single in July 1981, and was the version predominately played by radio. It peaked at number 2 in the UK, number 10 in the US, and number 21 in Canada.
In Germany and Austria, the album was released titled "Classic Disco" and reached number one in both countries.[ 1]
The single
The opening track was called "Hooked on Classics (Parts 1 & 2)". A unique arrangement of this track, simply called "Hooked on Classics", was released as a single in July 1981, and was the version predominately played by radio. With a listed time of 3'48", it contained the first five pieces of the album cut, skipping the next five (Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement" through Rossini's "William Tell Overture"), followed by the remaining pieces. Though not listed as such on the single's label or in the Performance Rights Organization 's database, it is implied this portion is "Part 1". The B-side of the single, also called "Hooked on Classics" and lasting 2:13, begins with the fifth piece from "Part 1" (Sibelius' "Karelia Suite, Intermezzo"), contains the missing five pieces found on the album cut, and concludes with the remaining pieces through "March of the Toreadors" which fades out, as opposed to the album cut and "Part 1"'s cold ending of the "1812 Overture". Presumably this is "Part 2". The label of the single incorrectly omits the "1812 Overture" from the list of pieces in the "Part 1" medley.[ 2]
The single peaked at number 2 in the UK and later in the US at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1982.[ 3] It was the 56th biggest hit of that year.[ 4] The song also reached number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100 . In Canada, it peaked at number 21, and spent four weeks at that position.[ 5] "Hooked on Classics" also reached number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[ 6]
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1982)
Rank
US Billboard Hot 100[ 20]
56
Grammy nominations
Track listing
Title 1. "Hooked on Classics (Parts 1 & 2)" 5:06 2. "Hooked on Romance" 6:42 3. "Hooked on Classics (Part 3)" 6:02 4. "Hooked on Bach" 5:59 5. "Hooked on Tchaikovsky" 5:29 6. "Hooked on a Song" 5:11 7. "Hooked on Mozart" 4:09 8. "Hooked on Mendelssohn" 4:25 9. "Hooked on a Can-Can" 4:56
Full track listing
Hooked on Classics (Parts 1 & 2) - 5:06
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ Minor, Op. 23 , I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Tale of Tsar Saltan : Flight of the Bumblebee / Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 , I: Allegro molto / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rhapsody in Blue / George Gershwin
Karelia Suite, Op. 11 , I: Intermezzo / Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 , I: Allegro con brio / Ludwig van Beethoven
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 , Toccata / J.S. Bach
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ", I: Allegro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 , IV: Presto- Allegro assai / Ludwig van Beethoven
William Tell Overture / Giacchino Rossini
The Marriage of Figaro , K. 492, Act 2: "Voi Che Sapete " / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Prince of Denmark's March / Jeremiah Clarke
Messiah, HWV 56 , Part 2, No. 44: Hallelujah Chorus / George Frederic Handel
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 I: Allegro molto moderato / Edvard Grieg
Carmen Suite No. 1, V: Les Toréadors / Georges Bizet
1812 Overture, Op. 49 / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Hooked on Romance - 6:42
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, II: Air / J.S. Bach
Ave Maria, Op. 52, No. 6 / Franz Schubert
Liebesträume No. 3 in A♭ Major / Franz Liszt
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 , III: Adagio molto e cantabile / Beethoven
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 , Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile / Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ Minor, Op 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" , I: Adagio sostenuto / Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" , II: Adagio cantabile / Beethoven
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 , II: Adagio / Mozart
Xerxes "Ombra mai fu" (Largo) / Handel
Hooked On Classics (Part 3) - 6:02
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 , IX: Wedding March / Felix Mendelssohn
Radetzky March , Op. 228 / Johann Strauss I
Symphony No. 5 for Organ, Op 42, No. 1, V: Toccata / Charles Marie Widor
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, Alla Hornpipe / Handel
Humoresque No. 7 in G♭ Major, Op. 101 / Antonin Dvořák
Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 (Lullaby) / Johannes Brahms
Solomon, HWV 67 , Act 3: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Handel
Pictures at an Exhibition , I: Promenade / Modest Mussorgsky
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 23a, IV: In the Hall of the Mountain King / Grieg
Caprice No. 24 in A Minor / Niccolo Paganini
Die Walküre, Act 3, No. 1: Ride of the Valkyries / Richard Wagner
Fingal's Cave / Mendelssohn
Military March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 51 / Schubert
Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1 / Frederic Chopin
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, "Italian" I: Allegro vivace / Mendelssohn
Light Cavalry Overture / Franz von Suppé
L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2, IV: Farandole / Bizet
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World" , II: Largo / Dvořák
Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 / Wagner
Hooked On Bach - 5:59 (All music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach)
Ave Maria, "Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de J. S. Bach" / Charles Gounod
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 , VII: Badinerie
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 , I
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 , I
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 , Stanza 5, No. 15: Erkenne mich, mein Hüter
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 , IV: Bourrée (No. 2)
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 , IV: Bourrée (No. 1)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 , III: Gavotte
Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126
March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816, IV: Gavotte
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Ave Maria
Hooked on Tchaikovsky - 5:29 (All music composed by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky)
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, I: Scene
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, VII: Dance of the Reed Flutes
Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique" , I: Adagio
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, IV: Trepak (Russian Dance)
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, III: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, II: March
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, VI: Chinese Dance
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, I: Miniature Overture
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ Minor, Op. 23, I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
Capriccio Italien
Hooked on a Song - 5:11
Carmen, Act 2, "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre " (Toreador Song) / Bizet
Funiculì, Funiculà / Luigi Denza
Tarantella Napoletana / Rossini
Prince Igor , Act 2, Polovtsian Dances / Alexander Borodin
La Gioconda , Act 3, Dance of the Hours / Amilcare Ponchielli
Carmen, Act 1, No. 5, "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) / Bizet
Neapolitan Serenade (O sole mio ) / Eduardo di Capua
Madama Butterfly , Act 2, No. 2, "Un bel dì vedremo " / Giacomo Puccini
Il Trovatore , Act 2, No. 1, "Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spogli " (Anvil Chorus) / Giuseppe Verdi
Votre Toast (Reprise) / Bizet
Hooked On Mozart - 4:09 (All music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331 , III: Rondo (Alla Turca)
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 , I: Allegro
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ", II: Andante (Romanza)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 , II: Andante
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 , I: Allegro
Divertimento in F Major, "Ein musikalischer Spaß" A Musical Joke K. 522, IV: Presto
The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, Act 1, No. 20, "Non più andrai "
The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, Overture
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ", IV: Allegro
The Magic Flute, K. 620 , Overture
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E♭ Major, K. 495, III: Rondo: Allegro Vivace
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331 , III: Rondo (Alla Turca) (briefly)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter", I: Allegro vivace (briefly)
Hooked on Mendelssohn 4:25
Hooked on a Can-Can - 4:56
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