The Classical Chillout Box

The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Michael Nyman

Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Beim Schlafengehen (conclusion) (Four Last Songs)

Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150

Klaus Tennstedt

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Variation 18

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Sull'aria (The Marriage of Figaro)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III, Scena X. (no. 21) Duettino “Sull’aria… che soave zeffiretto” (La Contessa, Susanna)

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Nimrod ('Enigma' Variations)

Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra

Air 'on the G string'

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

Owain Arwel Hughes, The Hallé

Dôme épais (Flower Duet)

Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)

Alain Lombard

Pavane

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, op. 50

David Willcocks, Philharmonia Orchestra

Casta Diva (Norma)

Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)

Norberto Mola, Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Largo (extract) ('New World' Symphony) (arr. Bates)

Antonín Dvořák - Largo (extract) ('New World' Symphony) (arr. Bates)

Zdeněk Mácal

Morning (Peer Gynt)

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning

Denis Vaughan, Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Wachet auf (extract) (arr. Bates)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

Wolfgang Gönnenwein

In paradisum (Requiem)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

José Luis García Asensio, Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra

Jesus, Bleibet Meine Freude

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“

David Willcocks, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Miserere mei, Deus (extract)

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury

The Lord is my shepherd (Requiem)

John Rutter - Requiem

Stephen Cleobury

In trutina (Carmina Burana)

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Philharmonia Orchestra

In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut)

Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut: Atto II. “In quelle trine morbide” (Manon)

Julius Rudel, London Symphony Orchestra

Panis Angelicus (arr. Sandré)

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

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor) (ed. Beyer)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626: IIIf. Sequenz: “Lacrimosa”

Franz Welser-Möst

O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

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

Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra

Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Così fan tutte: Atto I. No. 10 Terzettino “Soave sia il vento” (Fiordligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)

Bernard Haitink, Claudio Desderi

The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) (arr. Chris Hazell)

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Han-na Chang, Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra

Viola da Gamba Sonata in G minor BWV1029 - II Adagio (opening)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate für Viola da Gamba und Cembalo g-Moll, BWV 1029

Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman

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

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio (opening)

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

Walter Susskind, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622

Hans Vonk, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

The Lark Ascending (opening)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hugh Bean

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor - II Adagio sostenuto (opening)

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

Flute & Harp Concerto in C - II Andantino (extract)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299

Herbert von Karajan, James Galway, Berlin Philharmonic

Concierto de Aranjuez - II Adagio (opening)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F - II Andante

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

Jerzy Maksymiuk, English Chamber Orchestra

Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Marriner)

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Eine kleine Nachtmusik: II. Romanza

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

Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Allegretto "Shepherds' Hymn" (extract)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orpheus and Eurydice)

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

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Winter (The Four Seasons) - II Largo

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”

Riccardo Muti

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto (extract)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92

Wolfgang Sawallisch, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace (conclusion)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Adrian Boult

Chanson de matin

Edward Elgar - Chanson de matin, op. 15 no. 2

Adrian Boult

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16

Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra