[ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Saturday 16 December 2006
Relax - A programme to listen to over a glass of wine. Over 5 hours of the world's most relaxing classical melodies.
Disc 1
Clair de Lune
From: Suite Bergamasque (Debussy)
(London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Bernard Herrmann)
Nocturne No. 2 in E flat op. 9 (Chopin)
(Joseph Cooper)
Nocturne
From: Lyric Pieces Op. 54 (Grieg)
(London Symphony Orchestra conducted by: Stanley Black)
Dream Children op. 43 (Elgar)
(New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by: Raymond Agoult)
Adagio sostenuto
From: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 "Moonlight" (Beethoven)
(Radu Lupu)
Nocturne
From: La Navaraisse (Massenet)
(London Symphony Orchestra conducted by: Richard Bonynge)
Notturno
From: String Quartet No. 2 in D major (Borodin)
(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Stanley Black)
Nocturne No. 15 in F minor op. 55 (Chopin)
(Ilana Vered)
Intermezzo (Garden Scene)
From: Much Ado About Nothing op. 11 (Korngold)
(London Festival Orchestra / Josef Sakonov)
Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge (The last sleep of the virgin)
From: La Vierge (Massenet)
(New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by: Raymond Agoult)
Nocturne
From: Lyric Pieces Op. 54 (Grieg)
(London Symphony Orchestra conducted by: Stanley Black)
Nocturne
From: A Midsummer Night's Dream op. 61 (Mendelssohn)
(New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos)
Pavane op. 50 (Fauré)
(London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Bernard Herrmann)
Disc 2
Hornpipe
From: Water Music - Suite No. 2 in D HWV349 (Handel)
(Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by: Sir Neville Marriner)
Air
From: Water Music - Suite No. 1 in F HWV348 (Handel)
(Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by: Sir Neville Marriner)
Gigue
From: Water Music - Suite No. 3 in G HWV350 (Handel)
(Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by: Sir Neville Marriner)
Reflets dans l'eau
From: Images - Book 1 (Debussy)
(Pascal Rogé)
Lagunen-Walzer op. 411 (Strauss)
(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Willi Boskovsky)
Jeux D'Eau (Ravel)
(Pascal Rogé)
Largo
The Four Seasons - Concerto No. 4 in F minor RV297 "Winter" (Vivaldi)
(Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by: Sir Neville Marriner, with Alan Loveday, violin)
Má Vlast (Smetana)
(Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Walter Weller)
Prelude No. 15 in D flat Op. 28 "Raindrop" (Chopin)
(Vladimir Ashkenazy)
Die Forelle S564 (Liszt)
(Varda Nishry)
Danse des cygnes: Pas d'action: Odette et le prince/Deuxième danse de la reine des cygnes (Andante)
From: Swan Lake Op. 20 (Tchaikovsky)
(National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Richard Bonynge)
Gaily, but not too quick
From: 2 Aquarelles (Delius)
( English Chamber Orchestra conducted by: Benjamin Britten)
Auf dem Wasser zu singen
From: Zwolf Lieder Von Franz Schubert S558 (1837/8) (Liszt)
(Jorge Bolet)
On the Beautiful Blue Danube op. 314 (Strauss)
(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Willi Boskovsky with the Vienna State Opera Chorus)
Disc 3
Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (Vaughan Williams)
(Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by: Sir Neville Marriner, with William Bennett, flute)
Bailero
From: Chants d'Auvergne (Canteloube)
(English Chamber Orchestra conducted by: Jeffrey Tate, with Kiri Te Kanawa)
By the Brook
From: Symphony No. 6 in F Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Beethoven)
(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt)
Theme and Variations
From: Piano Quintet in A D667 "the Trout" (Schubert)
(Clemens Hagen Lukas Hagen Veronika Hagen Alois Posch András Schiff)
Idylle
From: Suite Pastorale (Chabrier)
(Suisse Romande Orchestra conducted by: Ernest Ansermet)
To a Wild Rose Op. 51 (MacDowell)
(Joseph Cooper)
Cowkeeper's tune and country dance
From: 2 Norwegian Melodies Op. 63 (Grieg)
(National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Willi Boskovsky)
Sous les tilleuls
From: Scènes Alsaciennes - Suite No. 7 (Massenet)
(National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Richard Bonynge)
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune) (Debussy)
(Timothy Hutchins, flute, Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by: Charles Dutoit)
Melody to a Water Lily No. 6 op. 51 (MacDowell)
(Joseph Cooper)
Shepherd's melody
From: Rosamunde D797 op. 26 (Schubert)
(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Karl Münchinger, with the Vienna State Opera Chorus)
Chorus of Shepherds: "Hier auf den Fluren...."
From: Rosamunde D797 op. 26 (Schubert)
(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Karl Münchinger with the Vienna State Opera Chorus)
Tales from the Vienna Woods (Strauss)
Anton Karas Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Willi Boskovsky)
Disc 4
Love Theme
From: Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture (Tchaikovsky)
(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by: Herbert von Karajan)
Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
(Erich Gruenberg Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by: Elgar Howarth)
and much much more
Disc 5
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
From: The Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach)
(Suisse Romande Orchestra conducted by: Richard Bonynge, with Dame Joan Sutherland & Huguette Tourangeau)
Menuetto - Trio
From: Serenade No. 6 in D KV239 "Serenata notturna" (Mozart)
(with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by: Sir Neville Marriner)
and much much more