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| 1. Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vaughan Williams | |||
| 2. The Young Prince and Princess from "Scheherazade" - Rimsky-Korsakov | |||
| 3. Double Violin Concerto in D minor (2nd movement) - J S Bach | |||
| 4. Le Onde - Einaudi | |||
| 5. Concerto for Flute & Harp in C major (2nd movement) - Mozart | |||
| 6. Eclogue for piano and string orchestra - Finzi | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Watkinson) - J S Bach | |||
| 2. Violin Concerto (2nd movement) - Barber | |||
| 3. Soave sia il vento from "Cosi fan tutte" - Mozart | |||
| 4. Piano Concerto in G major (2nd movement) - Ravel | |||
| 5. The Ashokan Farewell - Ungar | |||
| 6. Pastoral Suite, Romance - Larsson | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Violin Concerto in D major (2nd movement) - Brahms | |||
| 2. String Quintet in C major (2nd movement, excerpt) - Schubert | |||
| 3. Symphony No.3 (2nd movement) - Gorecki | |||
| 4. Piano Sonata No.8 in C major ("Pathetique") (2nd movement) - Beethoven | |||
| 5. Violin Concerto, 2nd movement - Philip Glass | |||
| 6. Symphony No.5 in E minor (2nd movement) - Tchaikovsky | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Time to Relax is a three-CD box set from Classic FM which "contains music that has been specially chosen because of its calming and soothing influences". In other words, it is very much like listening to the radio station's Smooth Classics at Seven, but with all the non-calming commercials and talk edited out. There's great music here, though whether one approves of taking individual movements from works as fundamentally different as Bach's Double Violin Concerto in D minor and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5 and lumping them together as easy-listening background music is a matter of taste. What cannot be denied is that the performances are taken from high quality modern recordings on such leading labels as BMG, EMI, Conifer and Nimbus. Unlike many budget compilations, there are brief introductory notes for each piece and everything is properly credited, with such fine conductors as Nicholas Cleobury leading the Britten Sinfonia in Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves and Richard Hickox conducting the City of London Sinfonia in Finzi's gorgeous Eclogue for Piano and String Orchestra. In delivering more than three hours of gentle, melodic classical music Time to Relax provides exactly what it says on the box. --Gary S Dalkin
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123 of 126 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Relaxation kit!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Classic FM: Time to Relax (Audio CD)
Classic FM have done it again. Their new box sets have become an annual event. I bought "Relax" two years ago and "Relax More" last year. Both are excellent - but this new CD eclipses them. I'd been wondering if they'd manage to find enough repertoire to fill another three discs - but I'm happy to say that the choice of tracks on "Time to Relax" is quite simply stunning. There are some great favourites here - but also some new pieces which are more unfamiliar. I've already spent many an hour luxuriating to this beautiful music, and now I know what I'll be buying my stressed-out friends for Christmas. This is a CD that does exactly what it says on the box!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible selection,
By A Customer
This review is from: Classic FM: Time to Relax (Audio CD)
Ever since buying this collection, I have it playing in my office all day long. It is an incredibly moving selection of all my favourites and has lead to me buying many of the selections in longer format. The Aria from Goldberg Variations makes me stop working every day.. to just listen and get lost in the piece. It works as an introduction but also as a longterm good choice for when you want some variation and don't have time to keep changing CD's... they have chosen all the best sections from all the best pieces.. great for first dates, in the car or in the office keeping your blood pressure down and your brainwaves active.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stressed? This may be the answer!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Classic FM: Time to Relax (Audio CD)
As a seasoned clubber I'm more used to house and trance, but I stumbled upon Classic FM last year. I was trying to find something to listen to in the car that would stop me getting road rage! Though I still enjoy my nights out, the station has bought the joys of classical music to my attention, and this CD contains many of my new favourites from 'Relaxing Classics at 2' and 'Smooth Classics at 7'. If you like listening to those programmes you can't fail to enjoy this compilation. It helps me to stay sane when stuck in traffic, unwind after a hectic day at work, or just chill out on a weekend, and it's lovely background music when I'm studying too. Regardless of my other musical tastes, I've found this CD to be my perfect antedote to modern life.
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