The Best of Relaxation Classics

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This is also distributed as disc 9 in the Best of the Classics box set:
Label: Mediaphon Distributor: Madacy Entertainment Group, Inc. - Cat#: BC-2-4439 UPC: 056775 443924

Annotation last modified on 2006-12-31 19:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Moonlight Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2: Quasi una fantasia, Adagio sostenuto
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist), Debra Ruth Zobel and Dubravka Tomšič (pianist) (in 1986-04)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto (in 1986-04)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
music quoted on:
Happy Birthday but 13 classical composers are fighting over the last slice of cake
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Ludwig van Beethoven6:05
2Mass in E minor: Kyrie eleyson
orchestra:
Motet Choir and Windwood-Ensemble Stuttgart
conductor:
Rolf Schweizer
recording of:
Mass no. 2 in E minor: I. Kyrie
composer:
Anton Bruckner (composer)
part of:
Mass no. 2 in E minor, WAB 27
Anton Bruckner6:25
3Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Virgo virginium praeclara
orchestra:
Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Marko Munih (conductor)
recording of:
Stabat Mater, op. 58, B. 71: VII. Largo "Virgo virginum praeclara" (Coro)
lyricist:
Jacopone da Todi
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1877-10 until 1877-11-13)
part of:
Stabat Mater, op. 58, B. 71
Antonín Dvořák6:46
4Execution transcendante: Evening Harmony
piano:
Josef Bulva (pianist)
Franz Liszt8:32
5Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D-major, BWV 1068: II. Air
organ:
Hans D. Karras and Peter Maack
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (catch-all for unknown versions/arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
reconstructed by:
Siegbert Rampe (harpsichordist and conductor)
arrangement of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on the G string)
Johann Sebastian Bach6:56
6Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": II. Andante con moto
orchestra:
Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Anton Nanut (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”: II. Andante con moto
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1822)
part of:
Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”
Franz Schubert10:23
7Fantasy, Op. 73: Tender and with expression
clarinet:
Elisabeth Ganther (clarinetist)
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Madacy Special Products (in 2001)
recording of:
Fantasiestücke für Klarinette und Klavier, op. 73, Nr. 1: Zart und mit Ausdruck
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1849)
part of:
Drei Fantasiestücke für Klarinette und Klavier, op. 73
Robert Schumann3:13
8Souvenir de Florence in D minor, Op. 70: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
orchestra:
Conrad von der Goltz Chamber Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Conrad von der Goltz (violinist)
recording of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1890-06 until 1890-07)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1891-11 until 1892-01)
part of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70
Пётр Ильич Чайковский10:43
9Berceuse, Op. 105
organ:
Joachim Dorfmüller
recording of:
Berceuse en mi majeur, op. 105 (for organ, Guilmant)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
arranger:
Alexandre Guilmant (organist and composer) (in 1897)
version of:
Berceuse en mi majeur, op. 105 (for piano four hands)
Camille Saint‐Saëns5:25
10Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Berceuse in D-flat major, op. 57 (ended)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer)
dedicated to:
Elise Gavard
part of:
Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 57)
Frédéric Chopin5:09