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VA - 100 Best Relaxing Classics (6CD) (2008)

 

Artist: VA | Release: 2008 | Genre: Instrumental, Classical | Quality: FLAC | Scans: Yes | Total Time: 07:29:12 | Size: 1.78 GB

 

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CD 1 - RELAXING BAROQUE (01:15:39)

 

J.S. BACH

01 Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No.208) (arr. Marriner)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1984

 

PACHELBEL

02 Canon in D

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1997

 

J.S. BACH

03 Air 'on the G string' (Suite No.3 in D BWV1068)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1997

 

VIVALDI

04 The Four Seasons - Concerto No.4 in F minor 'Winter' (II. Largo)

Yehudi Menuhin violin, Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy (P) 1981

 

HANDEL

05 Ombra mai fu (Largo) (Serse)

Gerard Lesne alto - Il Seminario Musicale (P) 1995 EMI France

 

HANDEL

06 Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.12 - III Larghetto e piano

Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin (P) 1964/1999

 

J. S. BACH

07 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Cantata No.147)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1972/1989

 

HANDEL

08 Sarabande (Keyboard Suite in D minor)

Andrei Gavrilov (piano) (P) 1982/1996

 

J.S. BACH

09 Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV1056 - II. Largo

Andrei Gavrilov (piano)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1987

 

VIVALDI

10 Concerto for Two Mandolins in G RV532 - II. Andante

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi (P) 2002 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

J.S. BACH

Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1043

11 II. Largo ma non tanto

Jonathan Rees & Jane Murdoch (violins)

Scottish Ensemble / Jonathan Rees (P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

HANDEL

12 Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo) (arr. Craig Leon & Isobel Cooper)

Izzy soprano

Fabio Zanon guitar - Julia Thornton harp

National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah (P) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd

From Izzy's album 'New Dawn'

 

GLUCK

13 Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1984

 

J.S. BACH

14 Zion hort die Wachter singen (Cantata No.140)

Suddeutscher Madrigalchor - Consortium Musicum

Wolfgang Gonnenwein (P) 1967/1990 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

HANDEL

15 Water Music - Air from Suite No.1 in F

Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) 1985

 

VIVALDI

16 Guitar Concerto in D (arr. Emilio Pujol; ed. Isbin) - II. Largo

Sharon Isbin guitar

Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster

(P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

J.S BACH

17 Viola da Gamba Sonata in G minor BWV1029 - II Adagio (opening)

Jordi Savall viola da gamba - Ton Koopman harpsichord

(P) 1978/1989 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

ALBINONI (realised Giazotto)

18 Adagio in G minor (extract)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1974/1986

 

CD 2 - RELAXING MOZART & BEETHOVEN (01:14:47)

 

MOZART

01 Serenade in G 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' K525 - II. Romance (Andante)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997

 

02 Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299 - II. Andantino (extract)

James Galway flute - Fritz Helmis harp

Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1972/1985

 

03 Soave sia il vento (Cosi fan tutte)

Margaret Marshall soprano - Agnes Baltsa mezzo-soprano - Jose van Dam bass

Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983

Live recording

 

04 Piano Sonata No.11 in A K331 - I. Andante grazioso (Theme)

Andrei Gavrilov piano (P) 1990

 

05 Un'aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte)

John Aler tenor

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1987

 

06 Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor K466 - II. Romance (extract)

Annie Fischer piano

Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1960/1990

 

07 Canzonetta sull'aria (Le nozze di Figaro)

Dame Felicity Lott & Gianna Rolandi sopranos

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (P) 1988

 

08 Clarinet Quintet in A K581 - II. Larghetto

Sabine Meyer clarinet

Members of the Vienna String Sextet (P) 1987 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

09 Ave verum corpus K618

Stockholm Radio Chorus - Stockholm Chamber Choir

Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) 1987

 

10 Serenade No.10 in B flat K361 'Gran Partita' - III. Adagio

London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble (P) 1985

 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight' Op. 27/2

11 I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)

Dame Moura Lympany (piano) (P) 1991

 

12 Minuet in G

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

 

13 Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat 'Emperor' Op.73 - II. Adagio (trans. Craig Leon)

Julia Thornton harp

National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah (P) 2003

 

14 Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor 'Pathetique' Op.31- II. Adagio cantabile

Stephen Kovacevich piano (P) 1998

 

15 Fur Elise (Bagatelle No.25)

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

 

Symphony No.6 in F 'Pastoral' Op.68

16 V. Allegretto (Shepherds' Hymn after the Storm)

The Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1988

 

CD 3 - RELAXING FILM CLASSICS (01:16:53)

 

ELVIRA MADIGAN

01 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K467 (Mozart) - II. Andante

Stephen Hough piano

Halle Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (P) 1987

 

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY

02 Casta Diva (Norma) (Bellini)†

Maria Callas soprano

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Tullio Serafin (P) 1961/1997

 

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

03 Goldberg Variations (J. S. Bach) - Aria

Maria Tipo (piano) (P) 1986 EMI France

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CHARIOTS OF FIRE

04 Miserere mei, Deus (vv 1-4 & 17-20) (Allegri)

Timothy Beasley-Murray treble - Gerald Finlay cantor

Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury (P) 1984

 

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY

05 Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)

Lesley Garrett soprano - Robin Blaze countertenor

London Session Orchestra / Paul Daniel (P) 2003

 

CARRINGTON

06 String Quintet in C D956 (Schubert) - II Adagio opening

Hungarian Quartet - Laszlo Varga cello (P) 1972/1992 EMI Music France

 

OUT OF AFRICA

07 Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (Mozart) - II. Adagio

Sabine Meyer basset clarinet

Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk (P) 1990 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

08 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (Rachmaninov) - II Adagio sostenuto opening

Cecile Ousset piano

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984

 

THE DEER HUNTER

09 Cavatina (Stanley Myers)

Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse guitars (P) 2001 Angel Records

 

DEATH IN VENICE:

10 Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (Mahler) - IV Adagietto conclusion

New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1969/1988

 

PLATOON

11 Adagio for Strings (Barber)

The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (P) 1985/1985

 

THE PIANO

12 The Heart asks Pleasure First / The Promise (Michael Nyman)†

Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman

(P) 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd

 

AMERICAN BEAUTY

13 Any Other Name (Thomas Newman)

Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001

 

SCHINDLER'S LIST

14 Schindler's List Main Theme (John Williams)

Tasmin Little violin

New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland (P) 1994

 

THE MISSION

15 Gabriel's Oboe (Morricone)†

Ennio Morricone and his Orchestra (P) 1987 Virgin Records Ltd

 

SIDEWAYS

16 Memories of the Alhambra (Tarrega)

Christopher Parkening guitar (P) 1976/2005 Angel Records

 

TITANIC

17 My Heart Will Go On (James Horner)

Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998

 

CD 4 - RELAXING ROMANTIC CLASSICS (01:18:10)

 

BIZET

01 Entr'acte to Act III (Carmen)

Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1984

 

MASSENET

02 Meditation from Thais

Hans Kalafusz (violin)

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner

(P) 1987 EMI Electrola GmbH

 

FAURE

03 Cantique de Jean Racine

Stephen Farr organ

Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill

(P) 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

MENDELSSOHN

04 Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras

(P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

FAURE

05 In Paradisum (Requiem Op.48)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1968/1997

 

SAINT-SAENS

06 The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) (arr. Chris Hazell)

Hah-Na Chang cello - Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 2000

 

ELGAR

07 Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 - III. Adagio

Jacqueline du Pre cello, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1965/1997

 

BRUCH

08 Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 - II. Adagio opening

Yehudi Menuhin violin, Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind (P) 1959/1997

 

GRIEG

09 Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music Op.23)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1983

 

FAURE

10 Pavane

Gareth Morris flute

New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks (P) 1968/1997

 

MENDELSSOHN

11 Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 - II. Andante (extract)

Yehudi Menuhin violin

Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1959/1997

 

DELIBES

12 Dome epais (Flower Duet) (Lakme)

Mady Mesple soprano - Danielle Millet mezzo-soprano

Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra / Alain Lombard (P) 1971/1987 EMI France

 

DVORAK

13 Symphony No.9 'From the New World' - II. Largo opening

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1989

 

OFFENBACH

14 Belle nuit (Barcarolle) (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Jessye Norman soprano - Ann Murray mezzo-soprano

Orchestre Symphonique et Ch?urs de l'Opera National

du Theatre Royal de la Monnai, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling (P) 1988

 

ELGAR

15 Nimrod ('Enigma' Variations)

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1971/1986

 

DVORAK

16 Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

Lucia Popp soprano, Munchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz (P) 1988

 

MASCAGNI

17 Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1987

 

CD 5 - RELAXING PIANO FAVOURITES (01:10:28)

 

RACHMANINOV

01 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Variation 18

Cecile Ousset piano

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984

 

FAURE

02 Berceuse (Dolly Suite Op. 56 )

Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto pianos (P) 1983 EMI France

 

CHOPIN

03 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op.9 No.2

John Ogdon piano (P) 1969/1992

 

LISZT

04 Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat

John Ogdon piano (P) 1968/1988

 

CHOPIN

05 Berceuse in D flat Op. 57

Peter Donohoe piano (P) 1993

 

GRIEG

06 Piano Concerto in A minor - II. Adagio

Cecile Ousset piano

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1985

 

SCHUMANN

07 Traumerei (Kinderszenen)

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

 

CHOPIN

08 Etude in E 'Tristesse' Op.10 No.3

John Ogdon piano (P) 1969/1990

 

BRAHMS

09 Waltz No. 15 in A flat

Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

 

CHOPIN

10 Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11- II. Romance: Larghetto opening

Martha Argerich piano

Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (P) 1999

 

DEBUSSY

11 La Fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes Book I)

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1991

 

CHOPIN

12 Prelude No.15 in D flat 'Raindrop'

Dmitri Alexeev piano (P) 1986

 

DALLA

13 Caruso (arr. Bayless)

John Bayless piano (P) 1999 Angel Records

 

SATIE

14 Gymnopedie No.1 (Lent et douloureux)

Anne Queffelec piano (P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

SATIE

15 Gnossienne No.1

Anne Queffellec piano (P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

DEBUSSY

16 Clair de lune

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

 

SHOSTAKOVICH

17 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op.102 - II. Andante

Dmitri Alexeev piano

English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1983

 

CD 6 - RELAXING CLASSICS OF MODERN TIMES (01:13:15)

 

KARL JENKINS

01 Agnus Dei (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace)

National Youth Choir of Great Britain musical director Mike Brewer

Paul Beniston principal trumpet - London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Jenkins

(P) 2001 Karl Jenkins Music Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd

Taken from the album 'The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)'

 

ORFF

02 In trutina (Carmina Burana)

Janice Watson soprano

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill (P) 1995 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

03 Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (Sir John in Love) (arr. Greaves)

Sinfonia of London / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1963/1986

 

CANTELOUBE

04 Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)

Arleen Auger soprano

English Chamber Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier

(P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

 

UNGAR & MASON

05 The Ashokan Farewell

Jay Ungar violin - Molly Mason guitar

Nashville Chamber orchestra / Paul Gambill (P) 1999 Angel Records

 

RUTTER

06 Pie Jesu (Requiem)

Edward Saklatvala treble, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Cleobury (P) 1998

 

RODRIGO

07 Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio

Julian Bream guitar - Peter Walden cor anglais

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993

 

LLOYD WEBBER

08 Pie Jesu (Requiem)

Jane Gilchrist soprano - Fergus Thirlwell treble

Simon Gibson organ - Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor (P) 2004

 

SHOSTAKOVICH

09 Romance (The Gadfly)

Tasmin Little violin, Piers Lane piano (P) 1992

 

DUDLEY

10 The Crying Game Love Theme

Anne Dudley piano & keyboards

The Quartet of London (P) 2001 Angel Records

 

CANTELOUBE

11 Brezairola (Chants d'Auvergne) (arr. Tolga Kashif)

Lesley Garrett soprano - Marcia Crayford violin - Jonathan Williams cello

Orchestra conducted by Philip Ellis (P) 2002

 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

12 The Lark Ascending opening

Hugh Bean violin

New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987

 

LENNON & McCARTNEY

13 Michelle (arr. Ron Goodwin)

Rostal and Schaefer pianos

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Ron Goodwin (P) 1979/2000

 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 1872-1958

14 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis opening

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985

 

HOLST

15 Venus (The Planets) conclusion

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1979/1987

 

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