The Very Best of Relaxing Classics
Charles Dutoit · Barry Wordsworth · Vladimir Ashkenazy · Neville Marriner · Charles Mackerras · Colin Davis · David Zinman · Heinz Holliger · Herbert von Karajan · John Eliot Gardiner
The Very Best of Relaxing Classics, CD, on Decca Classics. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Charles Dutoit, Barry Wordsworth, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Neville Marriner; 30 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
O Mio Babbino Caro From “Gianni Schicchi”
Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 Variation 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII
Neeme Järvi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bella Davidovich
Barcarolle From “Les Contes d’Hoffmann”
Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major: Air on a G String
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
Humming Chorus From “Madame Butterfly”
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa
Symphony no. 9 in E minor From “The New World”: II. Largo (excerpt)
Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“
Prelude á l’ares midi d’un faune (excerpt)
Claude Debussy - Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87
Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Hutchins
Disc 2
Piano Concerto in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cleveland Orchestra, Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K467: II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Suite “Pelléas et Mélisande”: III. Sicilienne. Allegro molto moderato
Gabriel Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, William Bennett
Cello Sonata in G minor, BWV1029: II. Adagio
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate für Viola da Gamba und Cembalo g-Moll, BWV 1029
String Quartet in C major, D956: II. Adagio (excerpt)
Oboe Concerto in D minor: I. Andante e spiccato
Alessandro Marcello - Concerto per oboe, archi e continuo in re minore, S D935
Guitar Concerto in D major, RV93: Andante
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Lute in D major, RV 93
English Chamber Orchestra, Eduardo Fernández, George Malcolm
Dmitri Shostakovich - The Gadfly, op. 97
Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Alexander Kerr