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Product details
Title
Smooth Classics - (The) Ultimate Collection
Composer
Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); Ennio Morricone (b 1928); Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706); Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958); Ludovico Einaudi (20th Cent); Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911); Karl Jenkins (b 1944); (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921); (Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret) (1879 - 1957)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Various Artists Orchestra
Date of Release
27/10/2008
Label / Distributor
Classic FM / Universal Manufacturing and Logistics
Pieces in Set
3
Genre(s)
Orchestral, Instrumental, Stage works, Vocal and choral, Chamber
Stereo
Stereo
EAN
28947669173
Work 1
Work Title
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Composer
Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1938
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 2
Work Title
Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagio sostenuto
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1801
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 3
Work Title
(The) Mission
Excerpt(s)
1. Gabriel's Oboe
Composer
Ennio Morricone (b 1928)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1986
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 4
Work Title
Canon
Excerpt(s)
1. Canon
Composer
Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
Genre
Orchestral
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 5
Work Title
(The) Lark ascending
Excerpt(s)
1. (The) Lark ascending
Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1914, rev 1920
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 6
Work Title
(Le) onde
Excerpt(s)
1. Le onde
Composer
Ludovico Einaudi (20th Cent)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1995
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 7
Work Title
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagietto
Composer
Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1901-02
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 8
Work Title
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Excerpt(s)
1. Agnus Dei
Composer
Karl Jenkins (b 1944)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
2000
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 9
Work Title
(Le) Carnaval des animaux, 'Carnival of the Animals'
Excerpt(s)
1. The swan
Composer
(Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1886
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 10
Work Title
Chants d'Auvergne
Excerpt(s)
1. Baïlèro
Composer
(Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret) (1879 - 1957)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1923-30
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 11
Work Title
Serenade in C, Op. 48
Excerpt(s)
1. Waltz
Composer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1880
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 12
Work Title
(16) Waltzes, Op. 39
Excerpt(s)
1. No. 15 in A flat
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1865
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 13
Work Title
Pavane, Op. 50
Excerpt(s)
1. Pavane, Op. 50
Composer
Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1887
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 14
Work Title
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F, Op. 102
Excerpt(s)
1. Andante
Composer
Dmitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1957
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 15
Work Title
(The) Ashokan Farewell
Excerpt(s)
1. (The) Ashokan Farewell
Composer
Jay Ungar
Genre
Chamber
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 16
Work Title
Madama Butterfly
Excerpt(s)
1. Humming Chorus
Composer
Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1904
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 17
Work Title
Concerto for Lute and Two Violins, RV93
Excerpt(s)
1. Largo
Composer
Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Genre
Orchestral
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 18
Work Title
Suite bergamasque
Excerpt(s)
1. Clair de lune
Composer
(Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1905
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 19
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
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 20
Work Title
Chanson de matin, Op. 15/2
Excerpt(s)
1. Chanson de matin, Op. 15/2
Composer
Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1901
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 21
Work Title
String Quartet No. 2 in D
Excerpt(s)
1. Notturno
Composer
Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887)
Genre
Chamber
Date Written
1885
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 22
Work Title
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagio
Composer
Max (Karl August) Bruch (1838 - 1920)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1868
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 23
Work Title
On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring, RTVI/19
Excerpt(s)
1. On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring, RTVI/19
Composer
Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1912
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 24
Work Title
Romance No. 1
Excerpt(s)
1. Romance No. 1
Composer
John Brunning
Genre
Instrumental
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 25
Work Title
Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings in D minor, BWV1043
Excerpt(s)
1. Largo ma non tanto
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1717-23
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 26
Work Title
Romeo & Juliet
Excerpt(s)
1. Balcony Scene
Composer
Craig Armstrong (20th Century)
Genre
Stage works
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 27
Work Title
Scheherazade, Op. 35
Excerpt(s)
1. The Young Prince and Princess
Composer
Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1888
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 28
Work Title
Ubi Caritas
Excerpt(s)
1. Ubi Caritas
Composer
Richard Allain (b.1965)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Orchestra / Ensemble
Various Artists Orchestra
Work 29
Work Title
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, 'Elvira Madigan' in C, K467