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The Most Peaceful Classical Album in the World... Ever!

Neville Marriner · Riccardo Muti · Adrian Boult · David Hill · Stephen Cleobury · Yehudi Menuhin · Alceo Galliera · Andrew Parrott · Bryden Thomson · Eugene Ormandy

Virgin2000Cat. vtdcd 3402h 25m33 tracks

The Most Peaceful Classical Album in the World... Ever! (2000), CD, on Virgin. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriel Fauré, Edward Elgar, Frédéric Chopin, performed by Neville Marriner, Riccardo Muti, Adrian Boult, David Hill; 33 tracks.

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

The Four Seasons; Largo (Winter)

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

2:36

02

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:03

03

Air “On the G String”

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

Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:35

04

The Lord Is My Shepherd

John Rutter - Requiem

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

4:43

05

Gabriel Fauré - Dolly Suite, op. 56

Serge Baudo, Orchestre de Paris

2:35

06

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622

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

Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

4:40

07

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”

Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Gieseking

5:25

08

Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:44

09

Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: Adagio

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

Walter Susskind, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:26

11

Song for Athene

John Tavener - Song for Athene

6:11

12

The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

6:14

13

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Owain Arwel Hughes, The Hallé

3:25

14

Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: II. Romance - Larghetto

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

Paul Kletzki, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maurizio Pollini

4:19

15

Pie Jesu; From Requiem

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

David Hill, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Nancy Argenta

3:29

17

Chanson De Matin

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

3:07

18

Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”: V. Allegretto “Shepherds’ Hymn”

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

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:42

Disc 2

01

Song of Our Homeland From Prince Igor

Alexander Borodin - Song of Our Homeland

4:04

02

Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 “Elvira Madigan”: Andante

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

Bryden Thomson, The Hallé, Stephen Hough

5:21

03

Sheep May Safely Graze: Cantata no. 208

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:37

04

Keyboard Concerto no. 5 in F minor: Largo

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

3:28

05

Water Music: Air From Suite no. 1 in F

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

Riccardo Muti, Berlin Philharmonic

4:46

06

Aria From the ’goldberg’ Variations

Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

3:05

08

Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: Adagio

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

Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

6:29

09

Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

2:36

10

Beatus Vir a 6 From Selva Morale e Spirituale

Claudio Monteverdi - Selva morale e spirituale: Beatus vir I a 6 [Psalm 112] SV 268

Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort and Players, David Thomas

3:00

11

Etude in E “Tristesse”

Frédéric Chopin - Étude in E major, op. 10 no. 3: Lento ma non troppo

4:17

12

Serenade in E minor: Larghetto

Edward Elgar - Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20

5:16

13

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hugh Bean

6:26

14

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor: Adagio sostenuto

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

4:32

15

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

6:24

16

Aquarium “The Carnival of the Animals”

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Katia and Marielle Labèque

2:37

17

String Quintet in C: Adagio

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

Laszlo Varga, Hungarian Quartet

4:41

18

In Paradisum (Requiem)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

José Luis García Asensio, Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra

3:30