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

Yehudi Menuhin · David Hill · José Luis García Asensio · Neville Marriner · Riccardo Muti · Roger Norrington · Walter Susskind · Philharmonia Orchestra · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Philadelphia Orchestra

EMI2h 7m30 tracks

The Most Peaceful Classical Album in the World ... ever!, CD, on EMI. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriel Fauré, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, performed by Yehudi Menuhin, David Hill, José Luis García Asensio, Neville Marriner; 30 tracks.

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach6 Gabriel Fauré3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3 Frédéric Chopin2 Ludwig van Beethoven2 Antonio Vivaldi1 Camille Saint-Saëns1 Claudio Monteverdi1 Dmitri Shostakovich1 Edvard Grieg1 Franz Schubert1 George Frideric Handel1 Johann Pachelbel1 John Rutter1 Max Bruch1 Pietro Mascagni1 Ralph Vaughan Williams1 Samuel Barber1 Sergei Rachmaninoff1

Tracklist

Disc 1

02

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

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:04

03

Air "on the G string" from Suite mo. 3 in D

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:33

04

Ave verum corpus, K. 618

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

Roger Norrington, London Classical Players

2:42

06

Jesus bleibet meine Freude ("Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring")

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

3:33

07

Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622: II. Adagio (opening)

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

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jack Brymer

4:40

08

Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat, op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso

Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”

Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Gieseking

5:25

09

Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Philharmonia Orchestra

3:45

10

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

4:26

11

The Lord is my shepherd from "Requiem"

John Rutter - Requiem

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

4:45

12

Aquarium from "Le Carnival des animaux"

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

2:37

14

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

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

Philharmonia Orchestra, Maurizio Pollini

4:19

15

Pie Jesu from "Requiem", op. 48

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

David Hill, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Nancy Argenta

3:29

16

Romance from "The Gadfly"

Dmitri Shostakovich - The Gadfly Suite, op. 97a

Piers Lane, Tasmin Little

3:15

19

Symphony no. 6 in F, 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

Piano Concerto no. 1 in C "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante

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

The Hallé, Stephen Hough

5:19

02

Sheep may safely graze

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

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:33

03

Keyboard Concerto no. 5 in F minor: II. Largo

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto no. 5 for Keyboard and Orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Andrei Gavrilov

3:24

04

Water Music Air from Suite no. 1 in F

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

Berlin Philharmonic

4:40

05

Concerto for Lute and Two Violins: II. Largo

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

4:36

06

Aria from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

3:02

07

Piano Concerto in A minor: II. Adagio

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

6:29

08

Double Violin Concerto in D minor: II. Largo a non tanto

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

2:32

09

Beautus vir a 6 from Selva morale e spirituale

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

Taverner Consort and Players, David Thomas, Emma Kirkby

2:53

10

Etude in E "Tristesse"

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

4:11

12

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Philharmonia Orchestra, Hugh Bean

6:21

13

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor: II. Adagio sostenuto

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

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset

4:28

14

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Philadelphia Orchestra

6:20

15

In paradisum (Requiem)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

José Luis García Asensio, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

3:26

16

String Quintet in C: II. Adagio

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

Hungarian Quartet

4:36

17

Berceuse from Dolly Suite

Gabriel Fauré - Dolly Suite, op. 56

Orchestre de Paris

2:30