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The Very Best of Relaxing Classics

Bella Davidovich (piano), Göran Söllscher (guitar), Rhondda Gillespie (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Martin Haselböck (organ), Géza Anda (piano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), György Sebök (piano), Janos Starker (cello), Miklós Perényi (cello), Heinz Holliger (oboe),...

  • Release Date: 17th Feb 2003
  • Catalogue No: 4738622
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

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Contents

Excerpt, Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

Work length4:02
  • BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Barry Wordsworth
  • Recorded: 1997-06
  • Recording Venue: CTS Studios, Wembley, London

"O mio Babbino caro"

Track length4:02

Excerpt, Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Work length3:28
  • BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Barry Wordsworth
  • Recorded: 1997-06
  • Recording Venue: CTS Studios, Wembley, London

Intermezzo sinfonico

Track length3:28

Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Work length2:31
  • Bella Davidovich (piano)
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Neeme Järvi
  • Recorded: 1981-07-02
  • Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

Variation 18. Andante cantabile

Track length2:31

Pachelbel: Canon

Work length4:42
  • I Musici
  • Recorded: 1982-07
  • Recording Venue: Unknown, La Chaux-de-Fonds

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4

Work length3:34
  • BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Barry Wordsworth
  • Recorded: 1997-06
  • Recording Venue: CTS Studios, Wembley, London

Entr'acte (Barcarolle)

Track length3:34

Myers: Cavatina (from The Deerhunter)

Work length3:34
  • Göran Söllscher (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1981-06
  • Recording Venue: Mastersound Studio, Skurup

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Work length8:41
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • David Zinman
  • Recorded: 1991-10-01
  • Recording Venue: Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068

Work length3:41
  • Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  • Karl Münchinger
  • Recorded: 1985-01
  • Recording Venue: Kirche der Karlshöhe, Ludwigsburg

2. Air

Track length3:41

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2

Work length3:04
  • Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1974-01-31
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)

Track length3:04

Excerpt, Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Work length3:04
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1977-11-11
  • Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

2.Excerpt / Beginning of mvt.2: Largo

Track length3:04

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Concert version by Kurt Masur & Friedhelm Eberle

Work length4:14
  • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  • Kurt Masur
  • Recorded: 1988-03
  • Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

Prelude: Morning Mood

Track length4:14

Barry, J: Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme

Work length2:26
  • Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
  • John Mauceri
  • Recorded: 1991-02

Tavener: The Lamb

Work length2:52
  • Monteverdi Choir
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1998-05
  • Recording Venue: Church Of St. Peter & St. Paul, Salle, Norfolk

Massenet: La Vierge / Scene 4: The Assumption

Work length5:05
  • New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Raymond Agoult
  • Recorded: 1958-05-31
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge (The Last Sleep of the Virgin)

Track length5:05

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Work length3:17
  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Recorded: 1990
  • Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal

Extract

Track length3:17

Liszt: Consolation No. 3, Lento placido, S.142

Work length3:50
  • Rhondda Gillespie (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-06-13
  • Recording Venue: St. John's Smith Square, London

Excerpt, Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K576 'Hunt'

Work length5:31
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-10-16
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

2. Adagio

Track length5:31

Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Work length6:50
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Recorded: 1981-09
  • Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

3. Adagio

Track length6:50

Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Work length11:29
  • Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
  • Cleveland Orchestra
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Recorded: 1993-03-22
  • Recording Venue: Severance Hall, Cleveland

2. Adagio sostenuto

Track length11:29

Giazotto: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor (Arr. Giazotto)

Work length6:34
  • Martin Haselböck (organ)
  • Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  • Karl Münchinger
  • Recorded: 1984-02
  • Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1

Work length2:51
  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Recorded: 1987-10-15
  • Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal

Excerpt, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'

Work length7:15
  • Géza Anda (piano)
  • Camerata Salzburg
  • Recorded: 1961-05-10
  • Recording Venue: Neues Festspielhaus, Salzburg

II. Andante

Track length7:15

Excerpt, Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80

Work length3:52
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1981-06-13
  • Recording Venue: St. Barnabas, North Finchley

3. Sicilienne

Track length3:52

Excerpt, Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1

Work length2:35
  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Recorded: 1986-10-24
  • Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal

Intermezzo

Track length2:35

Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne

Work length3:32
  • Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Jeffrey Tate
  • Recorded: 1982-08
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

2. Bailero (Excerpt)

Track length3:32

Elgar: Sospiri, Op. 70

Work length4:49
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1967-11-21
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bach, J S: Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)

Work length5:20
  • Janos Starker (cello), György Sebök (piano)
  • Recorded: 1963-04-17
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, NY

II. Adagio

Track length5:20

Excerpt, Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956

Work length5:39
  • Miklós Perényi (cello)
  • Takács Quartet
  • Recorded: 1991-12
  • Recording Venue: Church Studios, Crouch End, London

2. Adagio (excerpt)

Track length5:39

Excerpt, Marcello, A: Oboe Concerto in D Minor

Work length4:22
  • Heinz Holliger (oboe)
  • I Musici
  • Recorded: 1986-07

2. Adagio

Track length4:22

Excerpt, Vivaldi: Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93

Work length5:10
  • Eduardo Fernández (guitar)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • George Malcolm
  • Recorded: 1986-12-10
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

2. Largo (Arr. for Guitar)

Track length5:10

Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Op. 97

Work length3:47
  • Alexander Kerr (violin)
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Riccardo Chailly
  • Recorded: 1998-09
  • Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

III. Youth. Romance

Track length3:47

Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre

Work length4:40
  • Carlos Bonell (guitar)
  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Recorded: 1981

2. Españoleta (excerpt)

Track length4:40

Excerpt, Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

Work length2:50
  • Renée Fleming (soprano)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Charles Mackerras
  • Recorded: 1999-07-09
  • Recording Venue: The Colosseum, Watford

O mio babbino caro

Track length2:50

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