100 BEST RELAXING CLASSICS

 

The six discs cover different genres of relaxing music:

 

CD1 RELAXING BAROQUE   

1. J. S. BACH Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No. 208) ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner

2. PACHELBEL Canon in D. ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner

3. J. S. BACH Air ‘on the G string’ (Suite No. 3 in D BWV1068) ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner  

4. VIVALDI The Four Seasons Concerto No. 4 in F minor Winter Y. Menuhin, Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy

5. HANDEL Ombra mai fu. Gérard Lesne. Il Seminario Musicale

6. HANDEL Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 12 III Larghetto e piano. Bath Festival Orchestra / Y. Menuhin

7. J. S. BACH Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata No. 147) ASMF / Sir David Willcocks

8. HANDEL Sarabande (Keyboard Suite in D minor. Andrei Gavrilov

9. J. S. BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV1056 – II. Largo. ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner

10. VIVALDI Concerto for Two Mandolins in G II. Andante. Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

11. J. S. BACH Double Violin Concerto in D minor II. Largo ma non tanto. Jonathan Rees, Jane Murdoch

12. HANDEL Lascia ch’io pianga. Izzy, Fabio Zanon, Julia Thornton. Netherlands Radio Orchestra / Erno Olah

13. GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice) ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner

14. J. S. Zion hört die Wächter singen. Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, Consortium Musicum / Wolfgang Gönnenwein

15. HANDEL Water Music, Air from Suite No. 1 in F. Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti

16. VIVALDI Guitar Concerto in D II. Largo. Sharon Isbin. Lausanne Ch. Orch. / Lawrence Foster

17. J. S BACH Viola da Gamba Sonata in G minor II Adagio Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman

18. ALBINONI Adagio in G minor (extract) ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner

 

CD2 RELAXING MOZART & BEETHOVEN

MOZART

1. Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ II. Romance. ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner

2. Flute & Harp Concerto in C II. Andantino. James Galway, Fritz Helmis, Berliner Philharmoniker / Karajan

3. Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte) Margaret Marshall, Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti. Live

4. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A I. Andante grazioso. Andrei Gavrilov

5. Un’aura amorosa (Così fan tutte). John Aler, LPO / Bernard Haitink

6. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minorII. Romance. Annie Fischer. Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult

7 Canzonetta sull’aria (Le nozze di Figaro) Dame Felicity Lott & Gianna Rolandi. LPO / Bernard Haitink

8. Clarinet Quintet in A II. Larghetto. Sabine Meyer. Members of the Vienna String Sextet

9. Ave verum corpus Stockholm Radio Chorus & Chamber Choir. Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti

10. Serenade No. 10 in B flat Gran Partita III. Adagio. LPO Wind Ensemble

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

11. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Moonlight I. Adagio sostenuto. Dame Moura Lympany

12. Minuet in G. Dame Moura Lympany

13. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Emperor II. Adagio. Julia Thornton. Netherlands Radio Orchestra / Erno Olah

14. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Pathétique II. Adagio cantabile. Stephen Kovacevich piano

15. Für Elise (Bagatelle No.25). Dame Moura Lympany

16. Symphony No. 6 in F Pastoral V. Allegretto. The Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

 

CD3 RELAXING FILM CLASSICS

1. ELVIRA MADIGAN Piano Concerto No. 21 in C (Mozart) Stephen Hough. Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson

2. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Casta Diva (Bellini) Maria Callas. La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin

3. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Goldberg Variations (J. S. Bach) Aria. Maria Tipo

4. CHARIOTS OF FIRE Miserere mei, Deus (Allegri). T. Beasley-Murray. King’s College Choir / Stephen Cleobury

5. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY Stabat Mater (Pergolesi) Lesley Garrett. London Session Orchestra / Paul Daniel

6. CARRINGTON String Quintet in C (Schubert) II Adagio. Hungarian Quartet, Laszlo Varga

7. OUT OF AFRICA Clarinet Concerto in A (Mozart) II Adagio. Sabine Meyer. Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk

8. BRIEF ENCOUNTER Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (Rachmaninov). Birmingham SO / Sir Simon Rattle

9. THE DEER HUNTER Cavatina (Stanley Myers) Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse

10. DEATH IN VENICE: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (Mahler). New Philharmonia / Sir John Barbirolli

11. PLATOON Adagio for Strings (Barber) The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy

12. THE PIANO The Heart asks Pleasure First / The Promise (Michael Nyman)

13. AMERICAN BEAUTY Any Other Name (Thomas Newman) Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert

14. SCHINDLER’S LIST Main Theme (John Williams) Tasmin Little violin. New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland

15. THE MISSION Gabriel’s Oboe. Ennio Morricone and his Orchestra

16. SIDEWAYS Memories of the Alhambra (Tárrega). Christopher Parkening guitar

17. TITANIC My Heart Will Go On (James Horner) Orchestra / David Abel

 

CD4 RELAXING ROMANTIC CLASSICS

1. BIZET Entr’acte to Act III (Carmen). Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa

2. MASSENET Méditation from Thaïs Hans Kalafusz (violin) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner

3. FAURÉ.Cantique de Jean Racine. Stephen Farr organ. Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill

4. MENDELSSOHN Nocturne (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras

5. FAURÉ In Paradisum (Requiem Op. 48). Choir of King’s College. New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks

6. SAINT-SAËNS The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) Hah-Na Chang cello. Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin

7. ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 III Adagio. Jacqueline du Pré cello, LSO / Sir John Barbirolli

8. BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26 II Adagio opening. Yehudi Menuhin violin, PO / Walter Susskind

9. GRIEG Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music Op. 23) ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner

10. FAURE Pavane. Gareth Morris flute, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks

11. MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 II Andante (extract) Yehudi Menuhin violin PO / Efrem Kurtz

12. DELIBES Lakme - Flower Duet. Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet. Paris Opéra-Comique / Alain Lombard

13. DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 From the New World II. Largo opening. Oslo PO / Mariss Jansons

14. OFFENBACH Les Contes d’Hoffmann Barcarolle. Jessye Norman, Ann Murray. Sylvain Cambreling

15. ELGAR Nimrod (Enigma Variations). London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult

16. DVOŘÁK Song to the Moon (Rusalka). Lucia Popp. Münchner Rundfunk Orchester / Stefan Soltesz

17. MASCAGNI Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana). Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

 

CD5 RELAXING PIANO FAVOURITES

1. RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Variation 18. Cécile Ousset. Birmingham SO / Sir Simon Rattle

2. FAURE Berceuse (Dolly Suite Op. 56). Jean-Philippe Collard & Bruno Rigutto

3. CHOPIN Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Op. 9 No. 2. John Ogdon

4. LISZT Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat. John Ogdon

5. CHOPIN Berceuse in D flat Op. 57. Peter Donohoe

6. GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor II Adagio. Cécile Ousset. LSO / Sir Neville Marriner

7. SCHUMANN Träumerei (Kinderszenen). Dame Moura Lympany

8. CHOPIN Étude in E Tristesse Op. 10 No. 3. John Ogdon

9. BRAHMS Waltz No. 15 in A flat. Moura Lympany

10. CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11 II Romance. Martha Argerich. Montreal SO / Charles Dutoit

11. DEBUSSY La Fille aux cheveux de lin (Préludes Book I) Dame Moura Lympany

12. CHOPIN Prelude No. 15 in D flat Raindrop. Dmitri Alexeev

13. DALLA Caruso. John Bayless

14. SATIE Gymnopédie No. 1 (Lent et douloureux) Anne Queffélec

15. SATIE Gnossienne No. 1 Anne Quefféllec

16. DEBUSSY Clair de lune. Dame Moura Lympany

17. SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op. 102 II Andante. Dmitri Alexeev. English CO / Jerzy Maksymiuk

 

CD6 RELAXING CLASSICS OF MODERN TIMES

1. KARL JENKINS The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - Agnus Dei

2. ORFF Carmina Burana - In trutina

3. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves

4. CANTELOUBE Baïlèro

5. UNGAR & MASON The Ashokan Farewell

6. RUTTER Requiem - Pie Jesu

7. RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez - II Adagio

8. LLOYD WEBBER Requiem - Pie Jesu

9. SHOSTAKOVICH The Gadfly Romance

10. DUDLEY The Crying Game Love Theme

11. CANTELOUBE Brezairola

12. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending opening

13. LENNON & McCARTNEY Michelle

14. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis opening

15. HOLST Venus (The Planets) conclusion

 

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