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Classic FM - Relax and Escape - The No.1 Collection of Smooth Classics ~ Craig Armstrong |
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor (2nd Movement - Adagio sostenuto) | |||
| 2. Vaughan Williams : The Lark Ascending | |||
| 3. Pachelbel : Canon in D (arr. Helmut May) | |||
| 4. Rodrigo : Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd Movement - Adagio) | |||
| 5. Vivaldi : Nulla in mundo pax sincera | |||
| 6. Mahler : Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (4th Movement - Adagietto) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Massenet : Thias - Meditation (arr Madden) | |||
| 2. Bruch : Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (2nd Movement - Adagio) | |||
| 3. Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Variation 18 | |||
| 4. J.S Bach : Air 'on the G string' | |||
| 5. Tarrega : Recuerdos de la Alhambra | |||
| 6. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor (2nd Movement - Allegro con grazio) | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Elgar : Chanson de matin | |||
| 2. Faure : Pavane | |||
| 3. Grieg : Piano Concerto in A minor (2nd Movement - Adagio) | |||
| 4. Albinoni: Adagio in G minor | |||
| 5. Delius : On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring | |||
| 6. Satie : Gymnopedie No. 1 | |||
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On this CD:
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
with Evelyn Chen
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin
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The lark ascending
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performed by Britten Sinfonia
with Pauline Lowbury
Conducted by Nicholas Cleobury
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Canon and Gigue in D
Composed by Johann Pachelbel
Performed by City of London Sinfonia
Conducted by Andrew Watkinson
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Concierto de Aranjuez
Composed by Joaquín Rodrigo
Performed by Spanish National Orchestra
with Jose Maria Gallardo
Conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
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Nulla in mundo pax in E
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Britten Sinfonia Chorus, Britten Sinfonia
with Lesley Garrett
Conducted by Ivor Bolton
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Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Conducted by Daniele Gatti
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(A) Village Romeo and Juliet
Composed by Frederick Delius
Conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes
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Thaïs
Composed by Jules Massenet
with Kenneth Smith, Paul Rhodes
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor
Composed by Max Bruch
with Xue Wei
Conducted by Kees Bakes
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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
with Evelyn Chen
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(4) Orchestral Suites
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by City of London Sinfonia
Conducted by Andrew Watkinson
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Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Composed by Francisco Tárrega
with Simon Dinnigan
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Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique' in B minor
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Samuel Friedmann
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Spartacus_Ballet Suite No. 2
Composed by Aram Il'yich Khachaturian
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Libor Pesek
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Cavalleria rusticana
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Libor Pesek
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Solo Cello Suites
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Guido Schiefen
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performed by Britten Sinfonia
Conducted by Nicholas Cleobury
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(The) Gadfly
Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Libor Pesek
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Chanson de matin
Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
Performed by Britten Sinfonia
Conducted by Nicholas Cleobury
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Pavane
Composed by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Libor Pesek
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor
Composed by Edvard Grieg
Performed by Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
with Ewa Pobjocka
Conducted by Tadeusz Wojciechowski
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Adagio in G minor
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by City of London Sinfonia
Conducted by Andrew Watkinson
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On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring
Composed by Frederick Delius
Performed by Britten Sinfonia
Conducted by Nicholas Cleobury
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Trois Gymnopédies
Composed by Erik Satie
with John Lenehan
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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Mexico State Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Enrique Bátiz
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Adagio for Strings
Composed by Samuel Barber
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Libor Pesek
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Miserere mei
Composed by Gregorio Allegri
Performed by Cambridge Trinity College Choir
Conducted by Richard Marlow
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
As it says on the cover, this set offers the chance to "Relax ..." with three hours and 20 minutes of classical tranquillity. Produced by Classic FM, this anthology is very much like listening to the radio station, but with all the adverts and other talk blissfully removed. Here are the famously beautiful bits of early music: Pachelbel's Canon, Allegri's Miserere Mei, and a shortened version of Vivaldi's Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera (though a better way to explore this latter piece is Maria Zadori's recital of Vivaldi). Elsewhere, the album mixes famous adagios culled from longer works--Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, Mahler's Fifth Symphony and Kachaturian's Spartacus--with shorter complete selections. The Britten Sinfonia offer two of Vaughan Willams's finest pieces, The Lark Ascending and the Tallis Fantasia, while such miniature gems as Barber's Adagio for Strings, Fauré's Pavane and the Albinoni/Giazotto Adagio scarcely require an introduction. These are all major recordings from the Conifer, ASV and Arte Nova labels, and offer fine sound quality and performances from such orchestras as the Philharmonia, the City of London Sinfonia, and the Royal Philharmonic. Though packaging excerpts of classical music in easily digestible chunks of mood music is inevitably contrary to the composers' intentions, the music has been carefully sequenced to produce three seamlessly flowing programmes, with many of the works being among the most popular and frequently requested on Classic FM. Listeners in search of comparable pleasures with greater authenticity might prefer to try a set such as The Spirit of England, which offers complete performances of many well-loved pieces from Elgar, Vaughan Williams and many others. --Gary S. Dalkin
As it says on the cover, this set offers the chance to "Relax ..." with three hours and 20 minutes of classical tranquillity. Produced by Classic FM, this anthology is very much like listening to the radio station, but with all the adverts and other talk blissfully removed. Here are the famously beautiful bits of early music: Pachelbel's Canon, Allegri's Miserere Mei, and a shortened version of Vivaldi's Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera (though a better way to explore this latter piece is Maria Zadori's recital of Vivaldi). Elsewhere, the album mixes famous adagios culled from longer works--Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, Mahler's Fifth Symphony and Kachaturian's Spartacus--with shorter complete selections. The Britten Sinfonia offer two of Vaughan Willams's finest pieces, The Lark Ascending and the Tallis Fantasia, while such miniature gems as Barber's Adagio for Strings, Fauré's Pavane and the Albinoni/Giazotto Adagio scarcely require an introduction. These are all major recordings from the Conifer, ASV and Arte Nova labels, and offer fine sound quality and performances from such orchestras as the Philharmonia, the City of London Sinfonia, and the Royal Philharmonic. Though packaging excerpts of classical music in easily digestible chunks of mood music is inevitably contrary to the composers' intentions, the music has been carefully sequenced to produce three seamlessly flowing programmes, with many of the works being among the most popular and frequently requested on Classic FM. Listeners in search of comparable pleasures with greater authenticity might prefer to try a set such as The Spirit of England, which offers complete performances of many well-loved pieces from Elgar, Vaughan Williams and many others. --Gary S. Dalkin
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