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 The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...ever! Ii
Release Date: 03/11/2003 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 66967   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Johann Sebastian BachWolfgang Amadeus MozartMax BruchFrédéric ChopinGregorio Allegri
John T. WilliamsRobert SchumannHector BerliozGeorge Frideric Handel
Antonín DvorákJean-Claude PetitAntonio VivaldiJohannes Brahms
Dmitri ShostakovichGabriel FauréMicheál O'SúilleabháinChristoph W. Gluck
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsLudwig van BeethovenJohn RutterClaude Debussy
TraditionalMaurice RavelFranz LisztCésar Franck
Maurice DurufléGustav MahlerJames HornerLucio Quarantotto
Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:  Yehudi MenuhinJohn OgdonTasmin LittleMoura LympanyToots Thielemans
Anthony BailesPiers LaneMicheál O'SúilleabháinChristian Ferras
Tzimon BartoHugh BeanLeonard PennarioKaren Lupton
Katherine BlakeElisabeth SchwarzkopfDmitri AlexeevJacqueline Du Pré

Conductor:  Sir Neville MarrinerWalter SusskindStephen CleoburyIain SutherlandRiccardo Muti
Mariss JansonsMaurice HandfordAlberto LysyYehudi Menuhin
Sir Adrian BoultLorin MaazelSir Charles MackerrasJerzy Maksymiuk
Sir John BarbirolliMiklós RózsaDavid AbelRichard Hickox

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the FieldsPhilharmonia OrchestraCambridge King's College ChoirNew World Philharmonic
Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraOslo Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestre de Paris
Danish Strings membersHallé OrchestraHallé Orchestra Chorus
Camerata LysyNew Philharmonia OrchestraBach Festival Orchestra
Monks of Downside AbbeyChoirboys of Downside AbbeyCity of London Sinfonia
Philharmonia ChorusEnglish Chamber OrchestraHollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
OrchestraLondon Symphony OrchestraNorthern Sinfonia of England

Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 31 Mins. 

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1.  Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 "Hunt Cantata": Schafe können sicher weiden by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1713; Cöthen, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 34 Secs. 
2.  Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 2nd movement, Romanza by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 43 Secs. 
3.  Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26: 2nd movement, Adagio by Max Bruch
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Walter Susskind
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 21 Secs. 
4.  Nocturne for Piano in E flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  John Ogdon (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs. 
5.  Miserere mei Deus: Miserere mei by Gregorio Allegri
Conductor:  Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs. 
6.  Schindler's List: Main Theme by John T. Williams
Performer:  Tasmin Little (Violin)
Conductor:  Iain Sutherland
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New World Philharmonic
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1993; USA 
Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs. 
7.  Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Moura Lympany (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs. 
8.  La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Ballet of the Sylphs by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845-1846; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs. 
9.  Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348: no 6, Air by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:  Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: c1715-17 rev 1736 
Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs. 
10.  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 43 Secs. 
11.  Jean de Florette: Theme by Jean-Claude Petit
Performer:  Toots Thielemans (Harmonica)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestre de Paris
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1986; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. 
12.  Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93: Largo by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Anthony Bailes (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Danish Strings members
Period: Baroque 
Written: Venice, Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs. 
13.  Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39: no 15 in A flat major by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Moura Lympany (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Austria 
Length: 1 Minutes 37 Secs. 
14.  Gadfly, Op. 97: Romance by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:  Piers Lane (Piano), Tasmin Little (Violin)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1955; USSR 
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs. 
15.  Pavane, Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:  Maurice Handford
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hallé Orchestra,  Hallé Orchestra Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; France 
Length: 6 Minutes 7 Secs. 
16.  Woodbrook by Micheál O'Súilleabháin
Performer:  Micheál O'Súilleabháin ()
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Ireland 
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs. 
17.  Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera": 1st movement, Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Alberto Lysy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Camerata Lysy
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1725; Venice, Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. 
18.  Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Christoph W. Gluck
Conductor:  Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs. 
19.  Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: 2nd movement, Largo ma non tanto by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Christian Ferras (Violin), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
Conductor:  Yehudi Menuhin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bach Festival Orchestra
Written: 1717-23 
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs. 
20.  Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 7 in A major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Tzimon Barto (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1836-1839; Paris, France 
Length: 1 Minutes 2 Secs. 
21.  Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 by Gabriel Fauré
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monks of Downside Abbey,  Choirboys of Downside Abbey
Written: 1865 
Length: 5 Minutes 8 Secs. 
22.  The lark ascending 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 21 Secs. 
23.  Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": 2nd movement, Adagio cantabile by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Leonard Pennario (Piano)
Written: 1798 
Length: 5 Minutes 26 Secs. 
24.  Requiem: Pie Jesu by John Rutter
Conductor:  Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of London Sinfonia,  Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1985; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
25.  Préludes, Book 1: no 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Moura Lympany (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1909-1910; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs. 
26.  Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol" by Traditional
Performer:  Karen Lupton (Voice), Katherine Blake (Voice)
Written: 1591 
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs. 
27.  Pavane pour une infante défunte by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Lorin Maazel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1899; France 
Length: 6 Minutes 20 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Maurice Ravel. 
28.  Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang by Franz Liszt
Performer:  John Ogdon (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 28 Secs. 
29.  Panis angelicus by César Franck
Performer:  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Philharmonia Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
30.  Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102: Andante by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:  Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Conductor:  Jerzy Maksymiuk
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1957; USSR 
Length: 6 Minutes 6 Secs. 
31.  Requiem, Op. 9: Excerpt(s) by Maurice Duruflé
Conductor:  Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; Paris, France 
Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs. 
32.  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 6 Secs. 
33.  Titanic: My heart will go on by James Horner
Conductor:  Miklós Rózsa
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs. 
34.  Time to say goodbye by Lucio Quarantotto
Conductor:  David Abel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1998 
Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs. 
35.  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 14 Secs. 
36.  Salut d'amour, Op. 12 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:  Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Northern Sinfonia of England
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888/1889; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 51 Secs. 
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