Best 100 Relaxing
Neville Marriner · Adrian Boult · Riccardo Muti · Yehudi Menuhin · David Willcocks · John Barbirolli · Simon Rattle · Bernard Haitink · David Hill · Iona Brown
Best 100 Relaxing, CD, on EMI. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, George Frideric Handel, performed by Neville Marriner, Adrian Boult, Riccardo Muti, Yehudi Menuhin; 86 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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
Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto no. 5 for Keyboard and Orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Andrei Gavrilov
George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II, Scene IV, no. 22. Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena)
Belgian National Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony, Fábio Zanon
Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”
Disc 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Così fan tutte: Atto I. No. 10 Terzettino “Soave sia il vento” (Fiordligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III, Scena X. (no. 21) Duettino “Sull’aria… che soave zeffiretto” (La Contessa, Susanna)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quintet for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola & Cello in A major, K. 581 "Stadler Quintet"
Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique"
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”
Disc 3
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley
Disc 4
Jules Massenet - Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation”
Neville Marriner, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Kalafusz
Midsummer Night's Dream "Nocturne"
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 7. Notturno. Con moto tranquillo
Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, op. 50
David Willcocks, Philharmonia Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte IV. No. 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités)
Disc 5
Rhapsody on a Theme of Pagonini
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset
Frédéric Chopin - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Martha Argerich
Disc 6
Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream