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The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World... Ever! II

Neville Marriner · Stephen Cleobury · Yehudi Menuhin · John Barbirolli · Riccardo Muti · Adrian Boult · Alberto Lysy · Charles Mackerras · Jerzy Maksymiuk · Lorin Maazel

EMI2003Cat. 7243 5 66967 2 31h 45m23 tracks

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Sheep May Safely Graze

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:37

02

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:45

03

Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: II. Adagio

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26

Walter Susskind, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:26

04

Nocturne no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2

5:19

05

Miserere mei, Deus (extract)

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury

4:36

08

Dance of the Sylphs

Hector Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust : Deuxième Partie : Scène 7. Ballet des sylphes (Orchestre)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:46

09

Water Music - Air from Suite no. 1 in F major

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IIIa. [Allegro]

Riccardo Muti, Berlin Philharmonic

4:43

10

’New World’ Symphony: II. Largo (opening)

Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

4:47

13

Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: III. Adagio

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra

5:15

16

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

6:11

Disc 2

01

The Four Seasons - Concerto no. 1 in E major "Spring": III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Alberto Lysy, Yehudi Menuhin

4:29

02

Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:16

03

Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1042: II. Largo ma non tanto (opening)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

2:36

06

The Lark Ascending (opening)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hugh Bean

6:26

07

Pathétique Sonata, op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Leonard Pennario

5:30

08

John Rutter - Requiem

Stephen Cleobury

3:35

09

Salut D’Amour

Edward Elgar - Salut d’amour, op. 12

3:55

12

Pavane for a Dead Princess

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

Lorin Maazel, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:24

13

Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat major

Franz Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

4:31

14

Panis Angelicus

César Franck - Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12

Charles Mackerras, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:41

15

Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102: II. Andante

Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102

Jerzy Maksymiuk, English Chamber Orchestra

6:08

16

Maurice Duruflé - Requiem, op. 9

Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra

3:44

17

Symphony no. 5 in G-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto (conclusion)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:09