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Shelves may be groaning under the weight of the dozens of chillout/smooth/calm classical ... more
compilations available but they are going to have to make room for another,The Very Best of Relaxing Classics. A quick glance at the tracklisting reveals the usual suspects--Pachelbel'sCanon in D, Barber'sAdagio for Stringsand the slow movement of Rachmaninov'sPiano Concerto No.2. But it's not all predictable. Liszt'sConsolation No.3, a poignant piano miniature, is most welcome as is Elgar'sSospirifor strings, harp and organ. Many of the pieces have become well known by being used in films and television programmes as well as for adverts: witness the Intermezzo from Mascagni's operaCavalleria rusticana(Raging Bulland Kleenex), "Morning" from Peer Gynt by Grieg (Nescafé), John Tavener's haunting choral piece The Lamb (Orange) and the glorious Adagio (although, sadly, only an extract) from Schubert'sString Quint! et in C(Inspector Morse). Slightly puzzling is the inclusion of two versions of Puccini's much-loved "O mio babbino caro" from his opera Gianni Schicchi--an instrumental version provides the first track and the compilation concludes with the original (featuring the divine Renée Fleming). --Rebecca Agnew
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Advantages: Eight Good tracks. Disadvantages: Twenty naff tracks.
) Fascination
More of a dance type tune from HL, quite a strange offering, very new romantic, not for me. 4/10.
7.The Lebanon
Love this, the philospohical side of new romance, I remember Spndau Ballet, Visage and OMD doing similar social conscience type tracks. 8/10. That is 5-2 as keepers
8.Life On Your Own
5-3, yuk. 2/10.
9.Together In Electric Dreams
5-4 From a film, can't remember which, anyway, not for me.
10.Louise
6-4. Oh yes, this is better, for me the best HL track of all, along with songs like the Streets (Dry your eyes) and Elvis Costello (I Want You), one of the all time classic 'break up' songs, the music is catchy and just fits and the vocals are a lament, morose yet joyful, pure brilliance 10/10.
11.Human
Too accomplished, Duran Duran on hot chocolate, yuk. 1/10. My tally now stands at 6 keepers and 5 throwers, not ...
Advantages: The best of Blacksteet Disadvantages: Could have had a couple more?
into solid slow jams that people can relax to, great voices of gospel background and no frills.
17 tracks of good standard and good price make this well worth purchasing instead of the albums, trust me i have them all!
1 - Baby be Mine - Track taken from the Blacksteet first album
2 - Booti Call - Just coming out the new jack swing era
3 - Before I Let You Go - First Blackstreet song i heard and a proper slow jam. one to put on in the background with a romantic meal!
4 - Joy - Great harmonies in a song about new additions to their families, touching video also.
5 - Fallin In Love Again - Another sold slow jam
6 - Tonights The NIght - See above!
7 - No Diggity - probably their most popular tune to date featuring Dr Dre & Queen Pen
8 - Billie Jean - A good rendition of jacksons classic
9 - Never Gonna Let You Go - Similar to ...
Advantages: A large selection of great tracks Disadvantages: Just a couple of bad ones thrown in, but it all really depends on your taste
Before I start can I just say that I have never tried to review a CD before so please cut me some slack!!!
I first heard this CD in a music lesson. We had to practice our listening skills because part of the music exam is a listening section, where you have to listen to a piece of music and write about it. Our teacher played a couple of pieces of this CD, and I instantly wanted it!
I ordered it off a website and the day after it arrived, I was so pleased that I could listen to all the tracks myself.
When the cover of the box says The best cinema classics ever, it really does mean the VERYbest cinema classics ever.
This is a double CD pack, and to be honest, it is pretty impossible for you not to recognize at least one film or piece of music on the CD's. If you think you have seen a great film with great music, there is ...
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Product details
Title
(The) Very Best of Relaxing Classics
Composer
Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924); Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945); Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943); Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706); Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880); Stanley Myers (1934 - 1993); Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904); Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Date of Release
17/02/2003
Recomended Retail Price
14.99 GBP
Label / Distributor
Decca / Universal Manufacturing and Logistics
Pieces in Set
2
Genre(s)
Stage works, Orchestral, Vocal and choral, Instrumental, Chamber
Stereo
Stereo
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
28947386223
Catalogue Number
473
Work 1
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
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 2
Work Title
Cavalleria rusticana
Excerpt(s)
1. Intermezzo
Composer
Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1890
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 3
Work Title
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Excerpt(s)
1. Variation 18
Composer
Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1934
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 4
Work Title
Canon and Gigue in D
Excerpt(s)
1. Canon
Composer
Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
Genre
Orchestral
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 5
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
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 6
Work Title
(The) Deer Hunter
Excerpt(s)
1. Cavatina
Composer
Stanley Myers (1934 - 1993)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1978
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 7
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
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 8
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
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 9
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
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 10
Work Title
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World' in E minor, B178 (Op. 95)
Excerpt(s)
1. Largo
Composer
Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1893
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 11
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
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 12
Work Title
Dances With Wolves
Excerpt(s)
1. The John Dunbar Theme
Composer
John Barry (b 1933)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1990
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 13
Work Title
(The) Lamb, 'Little Lamb, who made thee?'
Excerpt(s)
1. (The) Lamb, 'Little Lamb, who made thee?'
Composer
John (Kenneth) Tavener (b 1944)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1982
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 14
Work Title
(La) Vierge
Excerpt(s)
1. SCENE 4 - Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge (Last Sleep of the Virgin)
Composer
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1880
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 15
Work Title
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Excerpt(s)
1. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Composer
(Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1892-4
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 16
Work Title
(6) Consolations, S172
Excerpt(s)
1. Lento placido
Composer
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1849-50
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 17
Work Title
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagio
Composer
Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1906-07
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 18
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
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 19
Work Title
Adagio in G minor
Excerpt(s)
1. arr Cameron as 'Amore perduto'
Composer
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
Genre
Orchestral
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 20
Work Title
(3) Gymnopédies
Excerpt(s)
1. Lent et douloureux
Composer
Erik (Alfred Leslie) Satie (1866 - 1925)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1888
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 21
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
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 22
Work Title
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Excerpt(s)
1. Sicilienne
Composer
Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1898
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 23
Work Title
Carmen
Excerpt(s)
1. Entr'acte, Act 3 (Intermezzo)
Composer
Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Genre
Stage works
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 24
Work Title
Chants d'Auvergne
Excerpt(s)
1. Baïlèro
Composer
(Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret) (1879 - 1957)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1923-30
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 25
Work Title
Sospiri, Op. 70
Excerpt(s)
1. Sospiri, Op. 70
Composer
Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1914
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 26
Work Title
(3) Sonatas for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord, BWV1027-29
Excerpt(s)
1. ii - Adagio
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre
Chamber
Date Written
c1720
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 27
Work Title
String Quintet in C, D956
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagio
Composer
Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Genre
Chamber
Date Written
1828
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 28
Work Title
Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor
Excerpt(s)
1. Andante espiccato
Composer
Alessandro Marcello (1684 - 1750)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
Published c1717
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 29
Work Title
(The) Gadfly, Op. 97
Excerpt(s)
1. Nos 4, 6, 11, 21 and 24 contain no new themes - Overture 2. The Cliff 3. Youth 4. Confession 5. Box on the ear 6. Laughter 7. Barrel Organ Waltz 8. Divine Service at the Cathedral (solo organ) 9. Exit from the Cathedral 10. Contredanse 11. Galop 12. Guitars 13. At the Market Place 14. The Rout 15. The Passage of Montanelli 16. Finale 17. The Austrians 18. The River 19. Gemma's Room
Composer
Dmitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1955
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
Work 30
Work Title
Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Excerpt(s)
1. Villano y Ricercare 2. Espanoleta 3. Fanfare de la Caballeria de Nápoles 4. Danza de las Hachas 5. Canario
Composer
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1954
Main Performer
Donald Runnicles
Opera Part(s)
Donald Runnicles
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