Essential Relaxing Classics CD


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Essential Relaxing Classics was released Aug 24, 2010 on the EMI Classics label. This album brings together many of the most relaxing pieces of classical music, most of which have been heard in major films. Essential Relaxing Classics The Baroque era is represented by familiar compositions like Albinoni's Adagio, Pachelbel's Canon in D and Bach's Air on the G string. The repertoire then ranges through popular items by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Mendelssohn to the romantic composers like Rachmaninov, Elgar and Vaughan Williams. Essential Relaxing Classics is a 2-disc set with 35 songs. ...See Full Description

Elements Featured On Essential Relaxing Classics CD

Composers on Essential Relaxing Classics CD :	Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Max Bruch, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, Sir Edward Elgar, Christoph W. Gluck, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler [Composer], Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Felix Mendelssohn, Ennio Morricone, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Pachelbel, Sergei Rachmaninov, Joaquin Rodrigo, Camille Saint-Saens, Erik Satie [Composer], Dmitry Shostakovich, Antonio Vivaldi, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductors on Essential Relaxing Classics CD :	Sir John Barbirolli, Adrian Boult [Conductor], Charles Dutoit, Mariss Jansons, Herbert Von Karajan, Efrem Kurtz, Alberto Lysy, Ennio Morricone, Riccardo Muti, Erno Olah, Sir Simon Rattle, Miklos Rozsa [Composer], Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Neville Marriner, Leonard Slatkin, Walter Susskind, Bryden Thompson, Hans Vonk
Genres on Essential Relaxing Classics CD :	Baroque Period, Canon, Cantata, Character Piece, Classical Period, Concerto, Concerto: Double, Fantasy, Musical Theater, Op�ra-comique, Opera, Rhapsody, Romance, Romantic Period, Sonata, Suite, Symphony, Theme & Variations, Variations, Verismo Opera
Performers on Essential Relaxing Classics CD :	Hugh Bean, Julian Bream [Guitar], Han-Na Chang, Jacqueline Du Pre, Fritz Helmis, Stephen Hough, James Galway (Flute), Hans Kalafuzs, Piers Lane, Tasmin Little, Moura Lympany, Martha Argerich [piano], Yehudi Menuhin, Cecile Ousset, Leonard Pennario, Anne Queffelec, Sabine Meyer (Clarinet), Julia Thornton

Detailed Work Information Essential Relaxing Classics

1. BWV 208: Sheep may safely graze (4:37)

Common Name

Sheep May Safely Graze

Catalog No.

BWV 208

Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Conductor

Sir Neville Marriner

Genre

Baroque Period / Cantata / Musical Theater

Date Written

02/23/1713

Period

Baroque

Country

Germany

2. Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement (5:02)

3. Clarinet Concerto in A: 2. Adagio (6:38)

Common Name

Clarinet Concerto

4. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight": 1. Adagio sostenuto [excerpt] (3:57)

Common Name

Moonlight Piano, Piano Sonata 14

5. The Four Seasons Winter: 2. Largo (2:09)

Common Name

The Four Seasons Winter

6. Flute and Harp Concerto in C: 2. Andantino [excerpt] (4:01)

Common Name

Flute And Harp Concerto

8. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor: 2. Adagio sostenuto [opening] (4:32)

Common Name

2. Opening, Piano Concerto 2

10. Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 2. Largo [opening] (4:47)

Common Name

From The New World Symphony, Symphony 9

12. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat "Emperor": 2. Adagio (7:01)

Common Name

Emperor Piano, Piano Concerto 5

14. Enigma Variations: Nimrod (3:56)

Common Name

Nimrod, Enigma Variations

15. The Gadfly Suite: Romance (3:14)

16. Symphony No. 6 in F "Pastoral": 5. Allegretto (Shepherds' Hymn after the Storm) (6:41)

Common Name

Pastoral Symphony, Symphony 6

Additional Detailed Work Information Essential Relaxing Classics

17. BWV 1068: Air on the G string (3:35)

Common Name

Air On The G String

19. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C: 2. Andante [excerpt] (5:20)

Common Name

Piano Concerto 21

21. Peer Gynt: Morning (4:17)

Common Name

Morning, Peer Gynt

23. Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from "Suite Bergamasque" for piano), L. 75/3 (5:11)

Common Name

Clair De Lune For Orchestra

24. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18 (3:00)

Common Name

Variation 18, Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini

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Essential Relaxing Classics Album Track Listing

	Trk	Song	Time	Price	Buy MP3
	1	Sheep may safely graze from Cantata No. 208 (arr. Marriner)
	2	Canon In D 1997 Digital Remaster
	3	II. Adagio.
	4	I. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt) (arr. Norman Bates, pub. EMI Music Publ. Ltd).
	5	II. Largo.
	6	II Andantino.
	7	Fantasia On a Theme By Thomas Tallis (Opening) 1985 Digital Remaster
	8	II Adagio sostenuto (excerpt).
	9	III. Adagio.
	10	Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World'. Second movement. Largo (opening)
	11	Lark Ascending (Opening) 1987 Digital Remaster
	12	Adagio From The Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major. Op.73 'The Emperor'
Additional Track Information Essential Relaxing Classics
	13	Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 in G minor Op. 26. Second movement. Adagio (opening) 1997 Digital Remaster
	14	IX. Nimrod.
	15	Romance from the Gadfly
	16	V. Allegretto (Shepherds' Hymn) abbrev. version arr. Norman Bates.
Disc 2
	1	Air.
	2	Adagio In G Minor (Excerpt)
	3	II. Andante (excerpt).
	4	Gabriel's Oboe
	5	Prelude (Morning).
	6	1. Lent et douloureux.
	7	Clair de lune (transcr. Stokowski).
Additional Track Information Essential Relaxing Classics
	8	Variation XVIII (Andante cantabile, a tempo vivace).
	9	Adagio	7:34	$0.99	(Available)
	10	II. Adagio.
	11	II Andante (excerpt).
	12	II. Romance. Larghetto.
	13	Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana.
	14	'Pathétique' Sonata (Op. 13
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Essential Relaxing Classics Product Details

CD Universe Part number	8177054
Label	EMI Classics
Orig Year	7/5/2010
Catalog number	27930
Discs	2
Release Date	Aug 24, 2010
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Recording Time	2:38