Relaxing Classics

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Pavane
Gabriel Fauré6:10
2Adagio in G minor
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni7:45
3Gymnopedie no. 1
Erik Satie2:53
4Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, from Cantata no. 147
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1972)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach3:30
5Concierto de Aranjuez - II: Adagio (Opening)
Joaquín Rodrigo4:44
6Autumn (Violin Concerto in F, op. 8/3): Adagio molto from The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi2:30
7Romance from The GadflyДмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович3:13
8Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor ’Moonlight’, op. 27 no. 2: I. Adagio sostenutoLudwig van Beethoven3:57
9Piano Concerto no. 21 in C, K467: II. AndanteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:20
10Pie Jesu from Requiem
Gabriel Fauré4:02
11Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (Opening)
partial recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
premiered in:
Moscow (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов4:31
12Fantasia on Greensleeves from Sir John In Love
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:39
13Danza espanola no .5 "Andaluza"
guitar:
Ernesto Bitetti (classical guitarist)
recording of:
12 danzas españolas, op. 37, nº 5: Andaluza (Playera) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer)
arrangement of:
12 danzas españolas, op. 37, nº 5: Andaluza (Playera)
part of:
12 danzas españolas, op. 37 (catch-all for arrangements)
Enrique Granados4:35
14"Pathetique" Sonata op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven5:28
15Water Music - Air from Suite no. 1 in F
George Frideric Handel4:42
16La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (The Girl With Flaxen Hair) from Preludes Book 1Claude Debussy2:38
17Air "on the G string" from Suite no. 3 in D, BWV1068
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (catch-all for unknown versions/arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
reconstructed by:
Siegbert Rampe (harpsichordist and conductor)
arrangement of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on the G string)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:31
18Morning from Peer Gynt
Edvard Grieg4:09
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