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The Most Relaxing Classical Album in The World....Ever!

by Various Artists
36 SONGS
Jan 1997
Bach, JS: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: Morning
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D Major for 3 Violins and Continuo, P. 37: I. Canon (Orchestral Version)
Sir Neville Marriner
Cantata No. 147, BWV 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' (1989 - Remaster): Choral: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring)
Sir David Willcocks/King's College Choir, Cambridge/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Satie: Gymnopédies No. 3
Louis Frémaux
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, 'Elvira Madigan' K. 467: II. Andante (Excerpt)
Bryden Thomson
Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 2, Duetto, "Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs … Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)
Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique & Alain Lombard
Faure: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de Lune
Dame Moura Lympany
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante (Excerpt)
Yehudi Menuhin
Le Carnaval des animaux, 'Carnival of the Animals' (1993 Digital Remaster): The swan
Jacqueline du Pré/Osian Ellis
Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 Op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo (Excerpt)
Jacek Kasprzyk & Zofia Kilanowicz
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299/297c: II. Andantino
Herbert von Karajan/James Galway/Fritz Helmis/Berliner Philharmoniker
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, "L'inverno": II. Largo (from "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione", Op. 8, No. 4)
Yehudi Menuhin/Jeffrey Gillam Side/Camerata Lysy Gstaad/Alberto Lysy
Elgar: Variations on a Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
Sir Adrian Boult, Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth McKellar, Ralph Downes, David Ward, George Malcolm and London Symphony Chorus
Dvorák: Rusalka, Op. 114, Act 1: Song to the Moon
Lucia Popp
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII (Andante cantabile)
Cécile Ousset
Fauré: Pavane in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 50 (Orchestral Version). Andante molto moderato
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Zion hört die Wächter singen (Cantata No. 140) (1990 Remastered Version)
Consortium Musicum/Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Giazzotto: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor, "Albinoni's Adagio" (Excerpt)
Sir Neville Marriner
Minuet from String Quintet in E Op. 13 No. 5 (1997 Remastered Version)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
Bach, JS: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo
Andrei Gavrilov
Massenet: Thaïs, Act 2 Tableau 2: Méditation (Andante religioso)
Hans Kalafusz/Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Sir Neville Marriner
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)
Dame Moura Lympany
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: No. 13, Barcarolle, "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Jeannine Collard/André Cluytens/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Coppélia or, The Girl with Enamelled Eyes (highlights) (ed. William McDermott) (1991 Digital Remaster), ACT II: La Prière
Jean-Baptiste Mari & Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
Clarinet Concerto in A major K622 (1991 Digital Remaster): II. Adagio (opening)
Jack Brymer/Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo
Riccardo Muti & Philharmonia Orchestra
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: I. Serenata (Moderato)
London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
Gianni Schicchi (1995 Digital Remaster): O mio babbino caro
Montserrat Caballé/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (Arr. for Flute, Harp & Strings)
Allegri Quartet/Sinfonia of London/Sir John Barbirolli
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
III. Nocturne (abbrev.) from String Quartet No. 2 in D
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Kenneth Sillito/Denis Vigay/Sir Neville Marriner
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio (Excerpt, Opening)
Julian Bream, Sir Simon Rattle & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 3: Entr'acte
Seiji Ozawa