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Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! was released Mar 30, 1999 on the Virgin label. This double CD lives up to its title. Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! Although the span of Western classical music encompasses a wide variety of techniques and compositional styles, there is nothing more glorious than the slow and ruminative movements from these works by the greatest composers from Bach to Gorecki. Serenity is the key word to describe both Bach's Air from the Orchestral Suite No.3 and Grieg's gorgeous paean to dawn, "Morning," which comes from his most famous work, 'Peer Gynt. ' Satie's Gymnop�die No 1. Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! is a 2-disc set. ...See Full Description

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Composers on Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! CD :	Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber [Composer], Ludwig Van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, Luigi Boccherini, Alexander Borodin, Claude Debussy, Leo Delibes, Antonin Dvorak, Sir Edward Elgar, Gabriel Faure, Henryk M. Gorecki, Edvard Grieg, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Pachelbel, Jocelyn Pook, Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninov, Joaquin Rodrigo, Camille Saint-Saens, Erik Satie [Composer], Antonio Vivaldi, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductors on Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! CD :	Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Adrian Boult [Conductor], Andre Cluytens, Louis Fremaux, Wolfgang Gonnenwein, Herbert Von Karajan, Jacek Kaspszyk, Efrem Kurtz, Alain Lombard, Alberto Lysy, Sir Charles Mackerras, Riccardo Muti, Eugene Ormandy, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Neville Marriner, Bryden Thompson, Christopher Warren-Green, David Willcocks
Ensembles on Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! CD :	Camerata Lysy Gstaad, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Genres on Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! CD :	Baroque Period, Canon, Cantata, Character Piece, Classical Period, Comic Opera, Concerto, Concerto: Double, Dance, Minuet, Op�ra-comique, Opera, Pavane, Requiem, Rhapsody, Romantic Period, Sacred Music, Serenade, Sonata, String Quartet, Suite, Symphony, Theme & Variations, Variations, Verismo Opera
Performers on Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! CD :	Julian Bream [Guitar], Montserrat Caballe, Jeanine Collard, Jacqueline Du Pre, Osian Ellis, Kathleen Ferrier, Andrei Gavrilov, Fritz Helmis, Stephen Hough, Jack Brymer [clarinet], James Galway (Flute), Hans Kalafusz, Zofia Kilanowisz, Moura Lympany, Yehudi Menuhin, Mady Mesple, Danielle Millet, Gareth Morris, Nigel North [Lute], Cecile Ousset, Melanie Pappenheim, Barrington Pheloung, Jocelyn Pook, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Detailed Work Information Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

1. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air 'on the G string' (3:35)

Common Name

Air 'on The G String', Orchestral Suite 3

Catalog No.

BWV 1068

Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Conductor

Sir Neville Marriner

Genre

Baroque Period / Suite

Date Written

1731

Period

Baroque

2. Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Morning (4:18)

Common Name

Morning, Peer Gynt Suite For Orchestra Or Piano Or Piano 4 Hands

3. Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement (5:03)

4. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (3:32)

Common Name

Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben, Cantata, Cantata 147

6. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467: 2. Andante (5:23)

Common Name

Elvira Madigan Piano, Piano Concerto 21

7. Lakme, opera: Viens, Mallika (4:21)

Common Name

Lakme Opera

8. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: In Paradisum (3:49)

Common Name

In Paradisum, Requiem For 2 Solo Voices Chorus Organ & Orchestra

10. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: 2. Andante (4:31)

Common Name

Violin Concerto

11. The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements (2:54)

Common Name

Carnival Of The Animals, The Swan From For 2 Pianos & Ensemble

13. Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c): 2. Andantino (4:02)

Common Name

Concerto For Flute Harp & Orchestra

14. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimen (2:09)

Common Name

Violin Concerto For Violin Strings & Continuo The

16. Blow the Wind--Pie Jesu (2:59)

17. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), for piano & orchestra in A minor, (3:01)

18. Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50 (6:46)

Common Name

Pavane For Orchestra & Chorus

19. Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166): Zion hört die Wächter singen (3:29)

Common Name

Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, Cantata, Cantata 140

21. Minuet in A major, arrangement (after String Quintet in E major, Op.11/5 [aka Op. 13/5], G. 275) (3:57)

22. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056: 2. Largo (3:29)

Common Name

Concerto For Harpsichord Strings & Continuo

23. Thaïs, opera in 3 acts: Méditation (5:06)

Common Name

Meditation, Thais Opera In 3 Acts

24. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2: 1. Adagio sostenuto (3:59)

Common Name

Moonlight Piano, Piano Sonata 14

25. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle) (3:52)

Common Name

Belle Nuit O Nuit D'amour Barcarolle, Les Contes D'hoffmann Opera In 4 Acts

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Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! Customer Reviews

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very relaxing
This is a very relaxing cd(except for the opera singing on some of the songs). We play this for our baby when she goes to sleep at n ight.
By dezrtmist (Pennsylvania,USA)

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Superlatives !!!
Just too good. VERY relaxing. A must buy.............
By Swarup (Kolkata, WB, India)

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Too much
Too dull-not vibrant enough-cannot relax with it, keeps me edge waiting to hear something I like.
By cjhurst (Champaign, IL)

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relaxed and at ease
the absolute best collection of any mucic for relaxation.
By redmike1946 (Staten Island, NY)

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Very Nice
It's OK. I mean, very relaxing but not exciting. Great Nighttime CD.
By 1234 (Richmond, NC, Europe)

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Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! Product Details

CD Universe Part number	1107193
Label	Virgin
Orig Year	3/30/1999
Catalog number	44890
Discs	2
Release Date	Mar 30, 1999
Recording Time	2:30

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