The Very Best of Relaxing Classics

Product Details

Format : Box set
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0028947386223
Label : Universal Classics
Number of Discs : 2
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2003-02-17
Running Time : 147minutes
UPC : 028947386223

ASIN : B00008BLEC

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. "O mio Babbino caro" - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
2. Intermezzo sinfonico - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
3. Variation 18 - Bella Davidovich, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
4. Canon in D - I Musici
5. Entr'acte (Barcarolle) - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
6. Cavatina - Göran Söllscher
7. Adagio for Strings, Op.11 - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
8. 2. Air - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger
9. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
10. 2.Excerpt/Beginning of mvt.2: Largo - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis
11. Prelude: Morning Mood - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
12. John Dunbar Theme [Dances with Wolves] - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri
13. The Lamb - The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
14. Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge (The last sleep of the Virgin) - The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Raymond Agoult
15. Extract - Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
16. Consolation No.3, Lento placido - Rhondda Gillespie
17. 2. Adagio - Vladimir Ashkenazy
18. 3. Adagio - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Disc-2
1. 2. Adagio sostenuto - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, The Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
2. Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor - Martin Haselböck, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger
3. Gymnopédie No.1 - Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
4. 2. Andante - Géza Anda, Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg
5. Sicilienne - The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
6. Intermezzo - Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
7. 2. Bailero (excerpt) - Kiri Te Kanawa, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
8. Sospiri, Op.70 - The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
9. 2. Adagio - János Starker, György Sebök
10. 2. Adagio (excerpt) - Takács Quartet, Miklos Perenyi
11. 2. Adagio - Heinz Holliger, I Musici
12. 2. Largo - Eduardo Fernandez, English Chamber Orchestra, George Malcolm
13. 3. Youth (Romance) - Alexander Kerr, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
14. 2. Españoleta (excerpt) - Carlos Bonell, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
15. "O mio babbino caro" - Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

Shelves may be groaning under the weight of the dozens of chillout/smooth/calm classical compilations available but they are going to have to make room for another, The Very Best of Relaxing Classics. A quick glance at the tracklisting reveals the usual suspects--Pachelbel's Canon in D, Barber's Adagio for Strings and the slow movement of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2. But it's not all predictable. Liszt's Consolation No.3, a poignant piano miniature, is most welcome as is Elgar's Sospiri for strings, harp and organ. Many of the pieces have become well known by being used in films and television programmes as well as for adverts: witness the Intermezzo from Mascagni's opera Cavalleria rusticana (Raging Bull and Kleenex), "Morning" from Peer Gynt by Grieg (Nescafé), John Tavener's haunting choral piece The Lamb (Orange) and the glorious Adagio (although, sadly, only an extract) from Schubert's String Quint! et in C (Inspector Morse). Slightly puzzling is the inclusion of two versions of Puccini's much-loved "O mio babbino caro" from his opera Gianni Schicchi--an instrumental version provides the first track and the compilation concludes with the original (featuring the divine Renée Fleming). --Rebecca Agnew

Customer Reviews

The BEST Very Best! (2006-03-25)

This is a wonderfully successful collection of pieces.

Collections of this type are not my normal cup of tea (more Beethoven Quartets and the like) but this is very beautiful indeed. Well selected pieces, well played in excellent sound. It would be a waste if this was played only in the car. A real gem!

Easy essentials (2003-07-08)

This easy listening classic album has all the ingredients of in-car entertainment, but, due to some poor orchestrations, is not as rewarding as it could have been. Adequate for shopping journeys or teatime background music, its professional qualities are rather lacking. Pleasant but ultimately disappointing.

the very best of relaxing classics (2003-04-15)

I realy love this CD I find all the songs very relaxing. My favorite is morning mood and O mio babbino caro. I am into meditation and I find the songs work very well in getting you to relax!

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