(The) Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...ever!

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Title: (The) Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...ever!

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907); Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706); Erik (Alfred Leslie) Satie (1866 - 1925); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); (Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891); Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924); (Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918); (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) (1809 - 1847); (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Main Performer: Stephen Hough (Piano); Danielle Millet (Mezzo soprano); Mady Mesplé (Soprano); Dame Moura Lympany (Piano); Sir Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Label / Distributor: Classics / EMI

Pieces in Set: 2

Running Time: 3 hours 30 minutes

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

EAN: 724384489021

Work 1

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

Date Recorded: 1973

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Orchestra / Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Work 2

Work Title: Peer Gynt, Op 23

Excerpt(s): 1. ACT 4 - Prelude (Morning)

Composer: Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1874-5

Date Recorded: 1982

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Orchestra / Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Work 3

Work Title: Canon and Gigue in D

Excerpt(s): 1. Canon

Composer: Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Recorded: 1973

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Orchestra / Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Work 4

Work Title: Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV147

Excerpt(s): 1. Choral: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiri

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1723

Date Recorded: 1971

Conductor: David Willcocks

Orchestra / Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge

Orchestra / Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Work 5

Work Title: (3) Gymnopédies

Excerpt(s): 1. Lent et douloureux

Composer: Erik (Alfred Leslie) Satie (1866 - 1925)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1888

Date Recorded: 1973

Conductor: Louis Frémaux

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Work 6

Work Title: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, 'Elvira Madigan' in C, K467

Excerpt(s): 1. Andante

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1785

Date Recorded: 1987

Conductor: Bryden Thomson

Orchestra / Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra

Main Performer: Stephen Hough (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Stephen Hough

Work 7

Work Title: Lakmé

Excerpt(s): 1. Viens Mallika
2. Dôme épais le jasmin/Sous le dôme épais (Flower duet

Composer: (Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1883

Date Recorded: 1970

Conductor: Alain Lombard

Orchestra / Ensemble: Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra

Main Performer: Danielle Millet (Mezzo soprano), Mady Mesplé (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Danielle Millet, Mady Mesplé

Work 8

Work Title: Requiem, Op. 48

Excerpt(s): 1. In Paradisum

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

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1888 Revised 1893,1900

Date Recorded: 1967

Conductor: David Willcocks

Orchestra / Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge

Orchestra / Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Work 9

Work Title: Suite bergamasque

Excerpt(s): 1. Clair de lune

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

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1905

Date Recorded: 1988

Main Performer: Dame Moura Lympany (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Dame Moura Lympany

Work 10

Work Title: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 64

Excerpt(s): 1. Andante

Composer: (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) (1809 - 1847)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1844

Date Recorded: 1958

Conductor: Efrem Kurtz

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Sir Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)

Opera Part(s): Sir Yehudi Menuhin

Work 11

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

Date Recorded: 1962

Main Performer: Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello), Osian Ellis (Harp)

Opera Part(s): Jacqueline Du Pré, Osian Ellis

Work 12

Work Title: Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', Op. 36

Excerpt(s): 1. movt 2

Composer: Henryk (Mikolaj) Górecki (b 1933)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1976

Date Recorded: 1994

Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk

Orchestra / Ensemble: Cracow Radio Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Zofia Kilanowicz (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Zofia Kilanowicz

Work 13

Work Title: Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C, K299/K297c

Excerpt(s): 1. Andantino

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1778

Date Recorded: 1971

Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Main Performer: Fritz Helmis (Harp), James Galway (Flute)

Opera Part(s): Fritz Helmis, James Galway

Work 14

Work Title: (12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Op. 8

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegro non molto

Composer: Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: Published 1725

Date Recorded: 1980

Conductor: Alberto Lysy

Orchestra / Ensemble: Camerata Lysy Orchestra

Main Performer: Sir Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)

Opera Part(s): Sir Yehudi Menuhin

Work 15

Work Title: Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma', Op. 36

Excerpt(s): 1. Nimrod

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1898-99

Date Recorded: 1970

Conductor: Adrian Boult

Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Work 16

Work Title: Blow the Wind Southerly - Pie Jesu

Excerpt(s): 1. Blow the Wind Southerly - Pie Jesu

Composer: Jocelyn Pook (b 1960)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Recorded: 1997

Main Performer: Jocelyn Pook (Keyboards), Jocelyn Pook (Viola), Jocelyn Pook (Violin), Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto (Female alto)), Melanie Pappenheim (Mezzo soprano)

Opera Part(s): Jocelyn Pook, Jocelyn Pook, Jocelyn Pook, Kathleen Ferrier, Melanie Pappenheim

Work 17

Work Title: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Excerpt(s): 1. Var 18

Composer: Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1934

Date Recorded: 1983

Conductor: Simon Rattle

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Cécile Ousset (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Cécile Ousset

Work 18

Work Title: Pavane, Op. 50

Excerpt(s): 1. Pavane, Op. 50

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

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1887

Date Recorded: 1968

Conductor: David Willcocks

Orchestra / Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Gareth Morris (Flute)

Opera Part(s): Gareth Morris

Work 19

Work Title: Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV140

Excerpt(s): 1. Choral: Zion hört die Wächter singen (T)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1731

Date Recorded: 1966

Conductor: Wolfgang Gönnenwein

Orchestra / Ensemble: Consortium Musicum Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: South German Madrigal Choir

Work 20

Work Title: Adagio in G minor

Excerpt(s): 1. arr Cameron as 'Amore perduto'

Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Recorded: 1973

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Orchestra / Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Work 21

Work Title: (6) String Quintets, G271-276 (Op. 11)

Excerpt(s): 1. Minuet

Composer: Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)

Genre: Chamber

Date Written: Published 1771

Date Recorded: 1980

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Orchestra / Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Work 22

Work Title: Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in F minor, BWV1056

Excerpt(s): 1. Largo

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Recorded: 1986

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Orchestra / Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Main Performer: Andrei Gavrilov (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Andrei Gavrilov

Work 23

Work Title: Thaïs

Excerpt(s): 1. Méditation

Composer: Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet (1842 - 1912)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1894

Date Recorded: 1986

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Orchestra / Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Hans Kalafusz (Violin)

Opera Part(s): Hans Kalafusz

Work 24

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

Date Recorded: 1991

Main Performer: Dame Moura Lympany (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Dame Moura Lympany

Work 25

Work Title: (Les) Contes d'Hoffmann, '(The) Tales of Hoffmann'

Excerpt(s): 1. ACT 2 - Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle)

Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1881

Date Recorded: 1964

Conductor: André Cluytens

Orchestra / Ensemble: (René) Duclos Choir

Orchestra / Ensemble: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

Main Performer: Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Janine Collard (Mezzo soprano)

Opera Part(s): Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Janine Collard

Work 26

Work Title: Double Concerto for 2 Mandolins and Strings in G, RV532

Excerpt(s): 1. Andante

Composer: Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Recorded: 1992

Conductor: Barrington Pheloung

Main Performer: Nigel North (Mandolin)

Opera Part(s): Nigel North

Work 27

Work Title: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A, K622

Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1791

Date Recorded: 1959

Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Main Performer: Jack Brymer (Clarinet)

Opera Part(s): Jack Brymer

Work 28

Work Title: Cavalleria rusticana

Excerpt(s): 1. Intermezzo

Composer: Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1890

Date Recorded: 1979

Conductor: Riccardo Muti

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Work 29

Work Title: Serenade in E, B52 (Op. 22)

Excerpt(s): 1. Moderato

Composer: Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1875

Date Recorded: 1989

Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green

Orchestra / Ensemble: London Chamber Orchestra

Work 30

Work Title: Gianni Schicchi

Excerpt(s): 1. O mio babbino caro

Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1918

Date Recorded: 1969

Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Main Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Montserrat Caballé

Work 31

Work Title: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

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

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1934

Date Recorded: 1962

Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli

Orchestra / Ensemble: Sinfonia of London Orchestra

Work 32

Work Title: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio sostenuto

Composer: Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1900-01

Date Recorded: 1983

Conductor: Simon Rattle

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Cécile Ousset (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Cécile Ousset

Work 33

Work Title: String Quartet No. 2 in D

Excerpt(s): 1. Notturno

Composer: Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887)

Genre: Chamber

Date Written: 1885

Date Recorded: 1983

Conductor: Neville Marriner

Orchestra / Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Orchestra

Work 34

Work Title: Concierto de Aranjuez

Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio

Composer: Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1939

Date Recorded: 1991

Conductor: Simon Rattle

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Julian Bream (Guitar)

Opera Part(s): Julian Bream

Work 35

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

Date Recorded: 1983

Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Work 36

Work Title: Carmen

Excerpt(s): 1. Entr'acte, Act 3 (Intermezzo)

Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Genre: Stage works

Date Recorded: 1983

Conductor: Seiji Ozawa

Orchestra / Ensemble: French National Orchestra

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