Woody Allen Classics
The first classical music I remember hearing was on movie  soundtracks--the animated cartoons of my childhood in which the characters would  chase, trick, and bash each other to the tunes of Liszt's Hungarian rhapsodies  and overtures by Rossini and Suppe. This music was used not because it was  great, but because it was full of action and out of copyright--a lot cheaper  (and probably better) than hiring a living composer. Woody Allen may have a  nobler motivation in his decision to use classics on his soundtracks, and his  selection of music, from Bach to Prokofiev, is more sophisticated. This superbly  miscellaneous collection will be full of happy discoveries for many listeners.  It may also help you to identify tunes that you hear in a movie and can't get  out of your mind.--Joe McLellan