Classic FM Music for Babies

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Title: Classic FM Music for Babies

Composer: (Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918); Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706); Ludovico Einaudi (20th Cent); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893); Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958); Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924); Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751)

Main Performer: Kathryn Stott (Piano); Marilyn Horne (Mezzo soprano); Kate Hill (Flute); Ludovico Einaudi (Piano); Ofra Harnoy (Cello)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): City of London Sinfonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden; Hanover Band Orchestra

Date of Release: 14/06/2004

Recomended Retail Price: 9.99 GBP

Label / Distributor: Classic FM / BMG UK

Pieces in Set: 1

Genre(s): Instrumental, Vocal and choral, Orchestral, Chamber, Stage works

Stereo: Stereo

EAN: 828766160925

Catalogue Number: 82876

Work 1

Work Title: Suite bergamasque

Excerpt(s): 1. Clair de lune

Composer: (Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1905

Main Performer: Kathryn Stott (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Kathryn Stott

Work 2

Work Title: (5) Lieder, Op. 49

Excerpt(s): 1. No. 4, Wiegenlied (wds. Scherer)

Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: Published 1868

Main Performer: Marilyn Horne (Mezzo soprano)

Opera Part(s): Marilyn Horne

Work 3

Work Title: (4) Orchestral Suites, BWV1066-9

Excerpt(s): 1. Air ('Air on a G String')

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: c1717-23

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia Orchestra

Work 4

Work Title: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra No. 1 in G, K313/K285c

Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio non troppo

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1778

Main Performer: Kate Hill (Flute)

Opera Part(s): Kate Hill

Work 5

Work Title: Canon and Gigue in D

Excerpt(s): 1. Canon

Composer: Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)

Genre: Orchestral

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia Orchestra

Work 6

Work Title: (Le) onde

Excerpt(s): 1. Le onde

Composer: Ludovico Einaudi (20th Cent)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1995

Main Performer: Ludovico Einaudi (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Ludovico Einaudi

Work 7

Work Title: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

Excerpt(s): 1. Andante cantabile

Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Genre: Chamber

Date Written: 1871

Main Performer: Ofra Harnoy (Cello)

Opera Part(s): Ofra Harnoy

Work 8

Work Title: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

Excerpt(s): 1. Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1934

Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury

Work 9

Work Title: Dolly, Op. 56

Excerpt(s): 1. Berceuse

Composer: Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)

Genre: Chamber

Date Written: 1894-97

Main Performer: Emily Mitchell (Harp)

Opera Part(s): Emily Mitchell

Work 10

Work Title: Concerto for Violin and Strings in A minor, BWV1041

Excerpt(s): 1. Andante

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1717-23

Main Performer: Joji Hattori (Violin)

Opera Part(s): Joji Hattori

Work 11

Work Title: (The) Nutcracker, Op. 71

Excerpt(s): 1. Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)

Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1892

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Work 12

Work Title: Adagio in G minor

Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio in G minor

Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751)

Genre: Orchestral

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia Orchestra

Work 13

Work Title: Orfeo ed Euridice

Excerpt(s): 1. Ballet in D minor (Dance of the Blessed Spirits): (flute sol

Composer: Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (1714 - 1787)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1762

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia Orchestra

Work 14

Work Title: Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Excerpt(s): 1. Träumerei

Composer: Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1838

Main Performer: Mikhail Kazakevich (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Mikhail Kazakevich

Work 15

Work Title: Hänsel und Gretel

Excerpt(s): 1. Abends will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Hymn)

Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1893

Main Performer: Lesley Garrett (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Lesley Garrett

Work 16

Work Title: Serse, 'Xerxes', HWV40

Excerpt(s): 1. Ombra mai fu (Largo)

Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1738

Orchestra / Ensemble: Hanover Band Orchestra

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