Essential Relaxing Classics
Neville Marriner · Adrian Boult · Riccardo Muti · Simon Rattle · Yehudi Menuhin · Iona Brown · John Barbirolli · Alberto Lysy · Bryden Thomson · Charles Dutoit
Essential Relaxing Classics (2010), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, performed by Neville Marriner, Adrian Boult, Riccardo Muti, Simon Rattle; 32 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (extract)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
The Four Seasons: ‘Winter’: II. Largo
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”
Flute and Harp Concerto in C: II. Andantino (extract)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor. II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset
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
Symphony no. 9 ‘From the New World’: II. Largo (opening)
Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“
Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, 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”
Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor: II. Adagio (opening)
Disc 2
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante (extract)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cécile Ousset
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio (opening)
Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: II. Adagio
Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16
Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante (extract)
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
Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Martha Argerich
Orphée et Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”