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Works on This Recording
1.
Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 2nd movement, Romanza by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner,
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti,
I Musici,
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
...
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 43 Secs.
2.
Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": 1st movement, Adagio sostenuto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 7 Secs.
3.
Pavane, Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; France
Length: 6 Minutes 36 Secs.
4.
Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major: 3rd movement, Andante "Nocturne" by Alexander Borodin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Borodin String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Russia
Length: 8 Minutes 10 Secs.
5.
Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Marisa Robles (Harp)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs.
6.
Berceuse romantique, Op. 9 by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:
Paul Coker (Piano),
Joshua Bell (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs.
7.
Rusalka, Op. 114/B 203: O moon high up "Song to the moon" by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Pilar Lorengar (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Patané
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Santa Cecilia Academy Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Bohemia
Length: 6 Minutes 16 Secs.
8.
Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": 2nd movement, Adagio un poco mosso by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 45 Secs.
9.
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 3 in G minor, BWV 1029: 2nd movement, Adagio by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
György Sebok (Piano),
János Starker (Cello)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
10.
Carmen: Suite no 1 - Act 3 Prelude "Intermezzo" by Georges Bizet
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; France
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
11.
Concerto for Guitar in D major: Largo by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Eduardo Fernandez (Guitar)
Conductor:
George Malcolm
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 8 Secs.
12.
Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus' by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; England
Length: 5 Minutes 13 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
13.
Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9: no 2 in E flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830-1831; Poland
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs.
14.
Chants d'Auvergne: Volume 1 - no 2, Baďlčro by Joseph Canteloube
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1923-1930; France
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
15.
Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 1, Lent et douloureux by Erik Satie
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888; France
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Debussy
16.
Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1729-1731; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 12 Secs.
17.
Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890/1905; France
Length: 5 Minutes 25 Secs.
18.
Thaďs: Meditation by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; France
Length: 5 Minutes 39 Secs.
19.
Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 55 Secs.
20.
Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956: 2nd mvt, Adagio by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Miklós Perényi (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Takács String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 38 Secs.
21.
Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26: 2nd movement, Adagio by Max Bruch
Performer:
Joshua Bell (Violin)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Germany
Length: 9 Minutes 25 Secs.
22.
Concerto for Oboe in D minor: 2nd movement, Adagio by Alessandro Marcello
Performer:
Heinz Holliger (Oboe)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Musici
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1717; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs.
23.
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22: 4th movement, Larghetto by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:
Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; Bohemia
Length: 6 Minutes 6 Secs.
24.
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar: 2nd movement, Adagio by Joaquin Rodrigo
Performer:
Pepe Romero (Guitar)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; Spain
Length: 11 Minutes 30 Secs.
25.
Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172: no 3 in D flat major, Lento placido by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Rhondda Gillespie (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs.
26.
Suite for 2 Pianos no 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": no 2, La nuit...l'amour by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano),
André Previn (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia
Length: 6 Minutes 21 Secs.
27.
Gadfly, Op. 97: Romance by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:
Alexander Kerr (Violin)
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1955; USSR
28.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
29.
Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 no 1 by Sir Edward Elgar
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Salonisti
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; England
Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs.
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