Classical Chillout

Adagio for Strings, op. 11a

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata no. 147)

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

David Willcocks, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Spring (from the Four Seasons): III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Alberto Lysy, Yehudi Menuhin

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

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

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré

Les Contes d’Hofffmann : Belle Nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Barcarolle)

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. Entracte (Orchestre) - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (une voix, Giulietta, Chœur)

André Cluytens, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

Air (from "Water Music" Suite no. 1 in F)

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IIIa. [Allegro]

Riccardo Muti, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Clair de Lune

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82

Moura Lympany

In Paradisum (from Requiem)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

José Luis García Asensio, Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra

Concierto de Arunjuez: II. Adagio (opening)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream

Nocturne (from String Quartet no. 2 in D)

Alexander Borodin - String Quartet no. 2 in D major

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Adagio (II) from Violin Concerto in D, op. 77

Johannes Brahms - Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur, op. 77

Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Tasmin Little

Petite Valse

André Caplet - Rêverie et Petite Valse pour flûte et piano: Petite Valse

Paul Edmund-Davies

Dance of the Sylphs (from La Damnation de Faust)

Hector Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust : Deuxième Partie : Scène 7. Ballet des sylphes (Orchestre)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Siciliano (II) (from Flute Sonata in E-flat, BWV 1031)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Flute Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031

Lionel Rogg, Michel Debost

Romance (from The Gadfly)

Dmitri Shostakovich - The Gadfly Suite, op. 97a

Piers Lane, Tasmin Little

The Lark Ascending (opening)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Adrian Boult, Hugh Bean

Méditation from Thaïs

Jules Massenet - Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation”

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

Venus, the Bringer of Peace (from The Planets)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

John McCarthy, Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra

Chanson de Matin, op. 15 no. 2

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

Vernon Handley

Serenade in G "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525

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

Canon in D

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: 18th Variation

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

Pastoral Symphony (from Messiah)

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)

Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra

Symphony no. 9 "From the New World": II. Largo (opening)

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

Charles Mackerras

Entr'acte (Act III) (from Carmen)

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte III. Entr’acte

Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre National de France

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1

John Barbirolli, The Hallé

Sevilla (from Suite Española no. 1)

Isaac Albéniz - Suite española no. 1, op. 47

Julian Byzantine

Harpsichord Sonata in B minor, K87

Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in B minor, K 87, L 33

Bob van Asperen

Song for Athene

John Tavener - Song for Athene

David Hill

Moonlight Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”

Moura Lympany

Winter (from the Four Seasons): II. Largo

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

Riccardo Muti

Air "on the G String" (from Suite no. 3 in D, BWV 1068)

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

John Barbirolli, Sinfonia of London

Granada (from Suite española no. 1, op. 47)

Isaac Albéniz - Suite española no. 1, op. 47

Julian Byzantine

Gymnopedie no. II (Lente et triste)

Erik Satie - Deuxième Gymnopédie : Lent et triste

Aldo Ciccolini

Concerto for Violin & Oboe, BWV 1060: II. Adagio

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R

Yehudi Menuhin, Léon Goossens

Intermezzo (from Carmen, Act III)

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite no. 1

Thomas Beecham, RTÉ National 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

Nocturne (from a Midsummer, Night's Dream. op. 61)

Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 7. Notturno. Con moto tranquillo

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Minuet (from String Quintet in E)

Luigi Boccherini - Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Romance, op. 37

Camille Saint-Saëns - Romance in D-flat major, op. 37

Pierre Dervaux, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ulf Hoelscher

String Quintet in C, D 956: II. Adagio (opening)

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

Laszlo Varga, Hungarian Quartet

The Lord Is My Shepherd (from Requiem)

John Rutter - Requiem

Stephen Cleobury, City of London Sinfonia, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Berceuse (from Dolly Suite, op. 56)

Gabriel Fauré - Dolly Suite, op. 56

Serge Baudo, Orchestre de Paris

Adagietto (from Symphony no. 5)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Charles Mackerras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Morning (from Peer Gynt)

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Pie Jesu (from Requiem)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Bob Chilcott, David Willcocks, Philharmonia Orchestra

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo ed Euridice)

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The Swan (from Carnaval of Animals)

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Osian Ellis, Jacqueline du Pré

Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat

Franz Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

John Ogdon

Romance (II. Larghetto) (from Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11)

Frédéric Chopin - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11

Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Garrick Ohlsson

Piano Concerto no. 21 in C "Elvira Madigan", K. 467: II. Andante

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

Bryden Thomson, The Hallé, Stephen Hough

Miserere mei, Deus

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley

Salut d'amour, op.12

Edward Elgar - Salut d’amour, op. 12

Lawrance Collingwood, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Aria (from the "Goldberg" Variations, BWV 988)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

Maria Tipo

"Shepherd's Hymn" (from the "Pastoral" Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68)

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

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

Gymnopedia no. III (Lent et grave)

Erik Satie - Troisième Gymnopédie : Lent et grave

Aldo Ciccolini

Ave Maria

Franz Schubert - Ave Maria

Gerald Moore, Janet Baker