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Relax - The World's Most Beautiful Music - Music For The Soul - 36 Tracks

	Release Date: 10/28/2008 Label: Emi Classics Catalog #: 17279 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Vivaldi, Karl Jenkins, Tomaso Albinoni, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Edward Elgar, Ludwig van Beethoven, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Rachmaninov, Edvard Grieg, Richard Strauss, George Gershwin, Pietro Mascagni, Johann Pachelbel, Gregorio Allegri, Frédéric Chopin, Ennio Morricone, Max Bruch, Antonín Dvorák, Felix Mendelssohn, Joaquin Rodrigo, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Gustav Mahler, Carl Orff Performer: Sabine Meyer, Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Beniston, Hugh Bean, James Galway, Fritz Helmis, Moura Lympany, Piers Lane, Tasmin Little, Jacqueline Du Pré, Cécile Ousset, Lucia Popp, André Previn, Timothy Beasley-Murray, Martha Argerich, Julia Thornton, Peter [English Horn] Walden, Julian Bream, Janice Watson Conductor: Hans Vonk, Alberto Lysy, Karl Jenkins, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Adrian Boult, Herbert von Karajan, Sir John Barbirolli, Simon Rattle, Franz Welser-Möst, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Klaus Tennstedt, André Previn, Bryden Thomson, Riccardo Muti, Stephen Cleobury, Charles Dutoit, Ennio Morricone, Sir David Willcocks, Walter Susskind, Mariss Jansons, Erno Olah, Efrem Kurtz, David Hill Orchestra/Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar, Dresden Staatskapelle, Camerata Lysy, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cambridge King's College Choir, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands National Radio Orchestra, Stockholm Chamber Choir, Stockholm Radio Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Number of Discs: 2 Length: 2 Hours 34 Mins.	CD $15.99 Low Stock

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1.	Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622: 2nd movement, Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Performer: Sabine Meyer (Clarinet) Conductor: Hans Vonk Orchestra/Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar, Dresden Staatskapelle Period: Classical Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria	Length: 6 Minutes 38 Secs.


2.	Concerto for Violin in F minor, Op. 8 no 4/RV 297 "L'inverno": 2nd movement, Largo by Antonio Vivaldi
	Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) Conductor: Alberto Lysy Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Lysy Period: Baroque Written: 1725; Venice, Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs.


3.	A Mass for Peace "The Armed Man": Agnus Dei by Karl Jenkins
	Performer: Paul Beniston (Trumpet) Conductor: Karl Jenkins Orchestra/Ensemble: National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1999; England	Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.


4.	Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni
	Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Period: Baroque Written: Venice, Italy	Length: 5 Minutes 53 Secs.

	Notes: This work was reconstructed by Remo Giazotto in 1945 from a fragment by Albinoni.


5.	The lark ascending: Introduction by Ralph Vaughan Williams
	Performer: Hugh Bean (Violin) Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1914/1920; England	Length: 6 Minutes 26 Secs.


6.	Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K 299 (297c): 2nd movement, Andantino by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Performer: James Galway (Flute), Fritz Helmis (Harp) Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1778; Paris, France	Length: 4 Minutes 2 Secs.


7.	Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation 9, Nimrod by Sir Edward Elgar
	Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1898-1899; England	Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.


8.	Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": 1st movement, Adagio sostenuto by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performer: Moura Lympany (Piano) Period: Classical Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria	Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.


9.	Gadfly, Op. 97: Romance by Dmitri Shostakovich
	Performer: Piers Lane (Piano), Tasmin Little (Violin) Period: 20th Century Written: 1955; USSR	Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.


10.	Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams
	Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1910/1919; England	Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs.


11.	Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 85: 3rd movement, Adagio by Sir Edward Elgar
	Performer: Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello) Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1919; England	Length: 5 Minutes 18 Secs.


12.	Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18: 2nd movement, Adagio sostenuto by Sergei Rachmaninov
	Performer: Cécile Ousset (Piano) Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1900-1901; Russia	Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs.


13.	Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrymosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria	Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs.


14.	Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92: 2nd movement, Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1811-1812; Vienna, Austria	Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs.


15.	Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16: 2nd movement, Adagio by Edvard Grieg
	Performer: Cécile Ousset (Piano) Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1868/1907; Norway	Length: 6 Minutes 33 Secs.


16.	Four Last Songs, AV 150: no 3, Beim Schlafengehen by Richard Strauss
	Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano) Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1948; Germany	Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.


17.	Rhapsody in Blue: Excerpt(s) by George Gershwin
	Performer: André Previn (Piano) Conductor: André Previn Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1924; USA	Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs.

	Notes: Arranger: Ferde Grofé.


18.	Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni
	Performer: André Previn (Piano) Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1890; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.

	Notes: Arranger: Ferde Grofé. Composition written: Italy (1888). Composition revised: Italy (1889).


19.	Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Conductor: Bryden Thomson Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria	Length: 5 Minutes 22 Secs.


20.	Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": 5th movement, Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Conductor: Riccardo Muti Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria	Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs.


21.	Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major: Canon by Johann Pachelbel
	Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Period: Baroque Written: Germany	Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs.


22.	Miserere mei Deus: Miserere mei by Gregorio Allegri
	Performer: Timothy Beasley-Murray (Treble) Conductor: Stephen Cleobury Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; Italy	Length: 5 Minutes 47 Secs.


23.	Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor: 2nd movement, Romance by Frédéric Chopin
	Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano) Conductor: Charles Dutoit Orchestra/Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1830; Poland	Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.


24.	The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone
	Conductor: Ennio Morricone Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1986; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs.


25.	Requiem: In paradisum by Karl Jenkins
	Conductor: Sir David Willcocks Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: England	Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs.


26.	Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26: 1st movement, Adagio by Max Bruch
	Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) Conductor: Walter Susskind Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1868; Germany	Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.


27.	Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World": 2nd movement, Largo by Antonín Dvorák
	Conductor: Mariss Jansons Orchestra/Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1893; USA	Length: 4 Minutes 47 Secs.


28.	Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor": 2nd movement, Adagio by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Performer: Julia Thornton (Harp) Conductor: Erno Olah Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands National Radio Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria	Length: 7 Minutes 2 Secs.


29.	Peer Gynt, Op. 23: no 13, Act 4 Prelude - Morning by Edvard Grieg
	Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Period: Romantic Written: 1875/1892; Norway	Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs.


30.	Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64: 2nd movement, Andante by Felix Mendelssohn
	Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) Conductor: Efrem Kurtz Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1844; Germany	Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs.


31.	Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Conductor: Riccardo Muti Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Stockholm Chamber Choir, Stockholm Radio Chorus Period: Classical Written: 1791; Austria	Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.


32.	Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: Variation 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov
	Performer: Cécile Ousset (Piano) Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1934; USA	Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs.


33.	Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar: 2nd movement, Adagio by Joaquin Rodrigo
	Performer: Peter [English Horn] Walden (English Horn), Julian Bream (Guitar) Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1939; Spain	Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs.


34.	Scheherazade: 2nd movement, The Kalender Prince by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
	Conductor: Riccardo Muti Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1888; Russia	Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.


35.	Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
	Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria	Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs.


36.	Carmina burana: no 22, In trutina by Carl Orff
	Performer: Janice Watson (Soprano) Conductor: David Hill Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1936; Germany	Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.

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