The Very Best of Relaxing Classics

O Mio Babbino Caro From “Gianni Schicchi”

Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

Intermezzo From “Cavelleria rusticina”

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

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

Canon in D major

Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337

I Musici

Barcarolle From “Les Contes d’Hoffmann”

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major: Air on a G String

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Humming Chorus From “Madame Butterfly”

Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa

Herbert von Karajan, Norbert Balatsch, Vienna Philharmonic

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“

Colin Davis, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Prelude - Morning Mood From “Peer Gynt”

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46

Kurt Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

The Lamb

John Tavener - The Lamb

John Eliot Gardiner

The Last Sleep of the Virgin

Jules Massenet - La Vierge: Scene 4. The Assumption: Dernier sommeil de la Vierge

Raymond Agoult, New Symphony Orchestra

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

Piano Concerto in D, K576: II. Adagio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata for Piano no. 18 in D major, K. 576 "Trumpet", "Hunt"

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Symphony no. 2: III. Adagio (conclusion)

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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

Gymnopédie no. 1

Erik Satie - Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K467: II. Andante

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467

Géza Anda, Camerata Salzburg

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

Carmen Suite no. 1: Intermezzo

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite no. 1

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Sospiri for Strings, Harp, Organ

Edward Elgar - Sospiri, op. 70

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

String Quartet in C major, D956: II. Adagio (excerpt)

Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C major, D. 956

Miklós Perényi

Oboe Concerto in D minor: I. Andante e spiccato

Alessandro Marcello - Concerto per oboe, archi e continuo in re minore, S D935

Heinz Holliger, I Musici

Guitar Concerto in D major, RV93: Andante

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Lute in D major, RV 93

English Chamber Orchestra, Eduardo Fernández, George Malcolm

Romance From “The Gadfly”

Dmitri Shostakovich - The Gadfly, op. 97

Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Alexander Kerr

Adagio from “Españoleta e Fanfare de la Caballeria de Nápoles”

Joaquín Rodrigo - Fantasía para un gentilhombre

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

O Mio Babbino Caro from “Gianni Schicchi”

Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)

Charles Mackerras