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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

Known duration: 2h 16m (30 of 30 shown tracks)30 tracks

The Very Best of Relaxing Classics, Format unverified. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Charles Dutoit, Barry Wordsworth, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Neville Marriner; 30 tracks.

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Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro"

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

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

4:04

02

Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

3:31

03

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43

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

Neeme Järvi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bella Davidovich

2:37

04

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

4:46

05

The Tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle

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

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

3:37

06

Stanley Myers - Cavatina

Göran Söllscher

3:36

07

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

8:45

08

Air on a G String

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

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:50

09

Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus

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

Herbert von Karajan, Norbert Balatsch, Vienna Philharmonic

3:01

10

Symphony no. 9 in E minor "From The New World": Largo

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

Colin Davis, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

3:07

11

Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

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

Kurt Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

4:21

13

John Tavener - The Lamb

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

2:57

14

La Vierge: Dernier Sommeil de la Vierge

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

Raymond Agoult, New Symphony Orchestra

5:06

15

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Claude Debussy - Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Hutchins

3:24

16

Consolation no. 3

Franz Liszt - Consolation in D‐flat major, S. 172 no. 3: Lento placido

Rhondda Gillespie

3:55

17

Piano Sonata no. 18 in D major, K. 576: Adagio

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy

5:32

18

Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27: Adagio

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

6:53

Disc 2

01

Carmen Suite no. 1: Intermezzo

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite no. 1

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

2:36

02

Pelléas et Mélisande: Sicllienne

Gabriel Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, William Bennett

3:57

03

Fantasia para un gentilhombre: Adagio

Joaquín Rodrigo - Fantasía para un gentilhombre

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Bonell

4:45

04

Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467: Andante

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

Camerata Salzburg, Géza Anda

7:15

06

Romance (from "The Gadfly" movie)

Dmitri Shostakovich - The Gadfly, op. 97

Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Alexander Kerr

3:51

07

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: Adagio sostenuto

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cleveland Orchestra, Jean-Yves Thibaudet

11:28

08

Gymnopedie no. 1 (orchestrated by Claude Debussy)

Erik Satie - Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

2:54

10

Sospiri for Strings, Harp and Organ

Edward Elgar - Sospiri, op. 70

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:54

11

Cello Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029: Adagio

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

György Sebők, János Starker

3:16

12

String Quintet in C major, D. 956: Adagio

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

Takács Quartet, Miklós Perényi

5:39

13

Oboe Concerto in D minor: Andante

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

Heinz Holliger, I Musici

4:25

14

Guitar Concerto in D major, RV 93: Andante

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Eduardo Fernández, George Malcolm

5:11

15

Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro"

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

Charles Mackerras, Renée Fleming

2:53