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Classic FM: Time to Relax [Box set]

~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Samuel Barber (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Max Bruch (Composer), et al.
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Product details

  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, et al.
  • Audio CD (13 Oct 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Classic FM
  • ASIN: B00005R0D7
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,141 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #13 in  Music > Classical Instrumental > Record Labels > Classic FM
    #42 in  Music > Opera & Vocal > Choral > Cantatas

Track Listings

Disc: 1
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
See all 10 tracks on this disc
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
See all 11 tracks on this disc
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
See all 10 tracks on this disc

On this CD:
  1. Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Performed by Britten Sinfonia
    Conducted by Nicholas Cleobury

  2. Scheherazade
    Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
    Conducted by Alexander Lazarev

  3. Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in D minor
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    with James Clark, Joji Hattori

  4. (La) Onde
    Composed by Ludovico Einaudi
    with Ludovico Einaudi

  5. Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Britten Sinfonia
    Conducted by Nicholas Cleobury

  6. Eclogue
    Composed by Gerald Finzi
    Performed by City of London Sinfonia
    with Howard Shelley
    Conducted by Richard Hickox

  7. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
    Composed by Edvard Grieg
    Performed by Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Tadeusz Wojciechowski

  8. Panis angelicus
    Composed by César Franck
    Performed by Britten Sinfonia
    with Lesley Garrett
    Conducted by Ivor Bolton

  9. Scottish Fantasy
    Composed by Max Bruch
    with Jascha Heifetz, Malcolm Sargent

  10. Elevazione
    Composed by Domenico Zipoli
    Performed by Consort of London
    Conducted by Robert Haydon Clark

  11. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by City of London Sinfonia
    Conducted by Andrew Watkinson

  12. Così fan tutte
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Copenhagen Royal Opera House Orchestra
    with Della Jones, François Le Roux, Lynne Dawson
    Conducted by Nicholas McGegan

  13. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G
    Composed by Maurice Ravel
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Cécile Ousset
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  14. (The) Ashokan Farewell
    Composed by Ungar
    Performed by H M Royal Marines Band
    with J R Perkins

  15. Pastoral Suite
    Composed by Lars-Erik Larsson
    Performed by Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Okko Kamu


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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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121 of 124 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Relaxation kit!, 10 Oct 2001
By A Customer
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!
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stressed? This may be the answer!, 1 April 2002
By A Customer
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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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible selection, 7 Dec 2002
By A Customer
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exhaustive collection
I don't claim to be knowledgeable about Classical music, nor do I listen to Classic FM (although my wife does), however I love this box set as the many 'tracks' have been well... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Binro The Heretic

4.0 out of 5 stars Does exactly what it says on the box
Play it in the car. Play it in the bath. Play it wherever, the effect is the same. A good collection of relaxing music.
Published on 19 April 2003 by C. Thompson

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Cross-over' with style
I have very little to add to the two excellent reviews above, other to say that I agree totally and would make one point of my own - that this anthology's depth and breadth... Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2002 by Edward Barry

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