The Very Best Of Relaxing Classics (2003) [RS + UT]

Artist: VA
Album: The Very Best Of Relaxing Classics
Date/Year release: 2003
Genre: Classic
Quality: mp3@320 kbps
Running time: 145 minutes
Size: 342 MB


Release info:

Shelves may be groaning under the weight of the dozens of
chillout/smooth/calm classical compilations available but they are
going to have to make room
for another, The Very Best of Relaxing Classics. A quick glance at the
tracklisting reveals the usual suspects--Pachelbel's Canon in D,
Barber's Adagio for
Strings and the slow movement of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2. But
it's not all predictable. Liszt's Consolation No.3, a poignant piano
miniature, is
most welcome as is Elgar's Sospiri for strings, harp and organ. Many of
the pieces have become well known by being used in films and television
programmes
as well as for adverts: witness the Intermezzo from Mascagni's opera
Cavalleria rusticana (Raging Bull and Kleenex), "Morning" from Peer
Gynt by Grieg (Nescafé),
John Tavener's haunting choral piece The Lamb (Orange) and the glorious
Adagio (although, sadly, only an extract) from Schubert's String Quint!
et in C (Inspector Morse).
Slightly puzzling is the inclusion of two versions of Puccini's
much-loved "O mio babbino caro" from his opera Gianni Schicchi--an
instrumental version provides the
first track and the compilation concludes with the original (featuring the divine Renée Fleming).



Tracklist:

Disc 1

01. O Mio Babbino Caro From 'Gianni Schicchi'
02. Intermezzo From 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
03. Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op 43
04. Canon In D
05. Barcarolle From 'The Tales Of Hoffmann'
06. Cavatina From 'The Deer Hunter'
07. Adagio For Strings
08. Air On A G String
09. Humming Chorus From 'Madama Butterfly'
10. Largo from Symphony No. 9 (excerpt)
11. Morning Mood From 'Peer Gynt'
12. The John Dunbar Theme From 'Dance With Wolves'
13. The Lamb
14. The Last Sleep Of The Virgin From 'La Vierge'
15. Prelude A L'apres Midi D'un Faune (Excerpt)
16. Consolation No.3
17. Adagio From Piano Sonata In D
18. Adagio From Symphony No.2


Disc 2

01. Adagio Sostenuto
02. Albinoni: Adagio In G Minor
03. Adagio
04. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21, Andante
05. Faure: Pelleas et Melisande, Sicilienne
06. Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1, Intermezzo
07. Bailero
08. Sospiri For String
09. Bailero Baile
10. Adagio
11. Andante
12. Andante
13. Shostakovich: 'The Gadfly', Romnance
14. Adagio
15. O Mio Babbino Caro




tracklist & cover included


Part 1 - 96 MB
Part 2 - 96 MB
Part 3 - 96 MB
Part 4 - 47 Mb


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