50 Classics for Relaxation / Ingman, Gerhardt, Gamley, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Keith Harvey (Cello)
• Patrice Fontanarosa (Violin)
• Jose-Luis Garcia (Violin)
• Larry Dalton (Piano)
• Skaila Kanga (Harp)
• Earl Wild (Piano)
• William Davis (Organ)
• Christian Steiner (Piano)

Conductors

• Firman, David
• Gamley, Douglas
• Gerhardt, Charles
• Guth, Peter
• Hammerstein, Eric
• Ingman, Nick
• Knight, Peter
• Kosik, Mario
• Leibowitz, René
• Pourcel, Frank
• Randall, Anthony
• Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
• Slatkin, Leonard
• Stanger, Russell

Ensembles

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• National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble
• Prague Virtuosi

Composers

• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Anonymous
• English Traditional
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (aka J.P. Schwarzendorf) (1741 - 1816)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Edward MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Engelbert Humperdinck (Classical) (1854 - 1921)
• American Traditional
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

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Works Details

Massenet, Jules : Élégie :: O doux printemps d'autrefois, for voice & piano (from "Mélodies, Vol.1")

• Performer: Keith Harvey (Cello)
• Conductor: David Firman
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1866

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59

• Ensemble: Prague Virtuosi
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1810

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Waltz of the Flowers

• Conductor: Frank Pourcel
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Morceaux (2) for Piano, Op. 10 :: no 2 Humoresque

• Conductor: Malcolm Sargent
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1871

Martini, Jean-Paul-Gilles : Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Patrice Fontanarosa (Violin)
• Conductor: Douglas Gamley
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1775

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume, notturno for piano no 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1850

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Romeo & Juliet :: Love Theme

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Chopin, Frédéric : Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Delibes, Léo : Lakmé, opera :: Flower Duet

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Elgar, Edward : Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879-1899

Brahms, Johannes : Waltz

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1865

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake :: Grand Waltz

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1875-1876

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: 4. Rondo - Allegro

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437 :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1889

MacDowell, Edward : To a Wild Rose

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896

Schubert, Franz : Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1828

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad li

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Morning Mood

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74 :: Theme

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"

• Performer: Jose-Luis Garcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Chopin, Frédéric : Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Indigo und die vierzig Räuber

• Conductor: Peter Guth
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1871

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Barcarolle

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 :: Prelude

• Performer: Larry Dalton (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1722

Saint-Saëns, Camille : Carnival of the animals :: The Swan

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Air on a G String

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Anonymous : O Danny Boy

• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.

Debussy, Claude : Estampes (3) for Piano

• Conductor: Mario Kosik
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Skaila Kanga (Harp)
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: 1. Theme

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Humperdinck, Engelbert : Hänsel und Gretel, opera :: Evening Prayer

• Conductor: Nick Ingman
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

• Conductor: Douglas Gamley
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald

• Conductor: Peter Guth
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1868

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a :: Waltz

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1888-1889

Traditional, English : Greensleeves, folk song

• Conductor: René Leibowitz
• Notes: Composition written: 1600.
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1600

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Musetta's Waltz

• Conductor: Nick Ingman
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Traditional, American : Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, folk song

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467 :: Andante

• Performer: Earl Wild (Piano)
• Conductor: Anthony Randall
• Running Time: 7 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

• Performer: Earl Wild (Piano)
• Conductor: Russell Stanger
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1722-1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3) :: Sheep May Safely Graza

• Performer: William Davis (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 02/23/1713

Fauré, Gabriel : Nell, Op. 18 no 1 :: Nell

• Conductor: Douglas Gamley
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1878

Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner :: The Little Shepherd

• Conductor: Peter Knight
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1908

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (12), Op. 14

• Performer: Christian Steiner (Piano)
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1902

Ravel, Maurice : Ma mère l'oye :: Pavane for Sleeping Beauty

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908-1910

Dvorak, Antonin : Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World" :: 2. Lar

• Conductor: Eric Hammerstein
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Mendelssohn, Felix : Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/2

• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 10/01/1835