The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World… Ever!
Neville Marriner · David Willcocks · Simon Rattle · Iona Brown · Yehudi Menuhin · Adrian Boult · Alain Lombard · Alberto Lysy · André Cluytens · Bob Chilcott
The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World… Ever! (1997), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonín Dvořák, Gabriel Fauré, performed by Neville Marriner, David Willcocks, Simon Rattle, Iona Brown; 35 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Suite for Orchestra no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. 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
Peer Gynt, op. 23: No 13, Act 4 Prelude: Morning
Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major: Canon
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude
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
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467 “Elvira Madigan”: II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Lakmé: Viens, Malliká... Sous le Dôme épais “Flower Duet”
Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Alain Lombard, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Mady Mesplé
Symphony No 3, op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”: 2nd Movement
Henryk Górecki - Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Jacek Kaspszyk, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Zofia Kilanowicz
Sinfonia Concertante in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299: II. Andantino
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299
Concerto for Violin in F minor, op. 8 No 4/RV 297 “L’Inverno”: 2nd Movement
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”
Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36 “Enigma”: Variation 9, Nimrod
Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Disc 2
Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 140: Zion Hört Die Wächter Singen
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E major, op. 11 no. 5/G 27
Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056: II. 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
Jules Massenet - Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation”
Neville Marriner, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Kalafusz
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”
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: 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
Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622
Serenade for Strings in E major, op. 22: I. Moderato
Antonín Dvořák - Serenade for Strings in E major, op. 22, B. 52
Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé
Concerto for Piano no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset
Quartet for Strings no. 2 in D major: III. Andante “Nocturne”
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar: II. Adagio
Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream