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Classic FM: Smooth Classics: The Ultimate Collection

Andrew Litton · Andrew Manze · Barry Wordsworth · Colin Davis · Daniel Barenboim · Gustávo Dudamel · Herbert von Karajan · James Judd · James Levine · John Eliot Gardiner

UCJ20082h 7m20 tracks

Classic FM: Smooth Classics: The Ultimate Collection (2008), CD, on UCJ. Music by Alexander Borodin, Antonio Vivaldi, César Franck, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, performed by Andrew Litton, Andrew Manze, Barry Wordsworth, Colin Davis; 20 tracks.

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Libor Pešek, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

7:09

02

Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy

6:09

04

Canon in D Major

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

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

4:12

05

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Andrew Litton, Nicola Benedetti

16:00

06

Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde

4:42

07

Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Gustávo Dudamel, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra

10:46

11

Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: Valse: Moderato; Tempo Di Valse

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48

Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

3:53

Disc 2

01

Pavane in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 50

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

6:18

04

The Humming Chorus (From "Madame Butterfly")

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

Herbert von Karajan, Norbert Balatsch, Vienna Philharmonic

3:01

05

Guitar Concerto in D

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Julian Bream, Robert Allen Spencer

3:53

06

Clair de Lune (from "Suite Bermgamasque")

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

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

4:49

07

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from "Orfeo and Eurdice")

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

City of London Sinfonia

6:11

08

Chanson de Matin

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

James Judd, Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:04

09

String Quartet No.2 in D Major III. Notturno

Alexander Borodin - String Quartet no. 2 in D major

Chilingirian Quartet

7:56

10

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio

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

Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Janine Jansen

8:23

11

On Hearing the First Cuckoo In Spring

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

Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra

7:12

Disc 3