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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
Work 10
Genre: Orchestral
Work 7
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)
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
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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. Adagio in G minor
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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