Relaxing Classics: Dreamy Orchestral Favourites

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Album Summary

Performers

• Barbara Gilby (Violin)
• Donald Westlake (Clarinet)
• Geoffrey Lancaster (Harpsichord)
• Sue-Ellen Paulsen (Cello)

Conductors

• Albert, Werner Andreas
• Bamert, Matthias
• Dommett, Leonard
• Fredman, Myer
• Hadari, Omri
• Heinze, Sir Bernard
• Lancaster, Geoffrey
• Lanchbery, John
• Lehmann, Wilfred
• Measham, David
• Motzing, William
• Noble, Guy
• Pikler, Robert
• Ronly-Riklis, Shalom
• Stanhope, David

Ensembles

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• Sirius Ensemble

Composers

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Anatol Lyadov (1855 - 1914)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Roman Hoffstetter (1742 - 1815)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Emile Waldteufel (1837 - 1915)
• Johann Georg Pisendel (1687 - 1755)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Francesco Geminiani (1687 - 1762)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)

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Works Details

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 :: Air

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Purcell, Henry : The Fairy Queen :: Rondeau from Second Music

• Ensemble: Sirius Ensemble
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1689

Chabrier, Emmanuel : Suite pastorale :: Idylle

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Elgar, Edward : Op. 15 :: 2. Chanson de matin

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879-1899

Mussorgsky, Modest : Khovanshchina

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1882

Bizet, Georges : L'arlésienne Suite no 1 :: Adagietto

• Conductor: John Lanchbery
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1872

Respighi, Ottorino : The Birds :: The Nightingale

• Conductor: Omri Hadari
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1928

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Performer: Barbara Gilby (Violin)
• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Handel, George Frideric : Xerxes :: Largo (Ombra mai fu)

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: Adagio

• Performer: Donald Westlake (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Robert Pikler
• Running Time: 7 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1791

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Pavane, Op. 50

• Conductor: Matthias Bamert
• Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1887

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel : Symphony for Strings in B-flat major :: Poco adagio

• Conductor: Geoffrey Lancaster
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1773

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : The Carnival of the Animals :: Aquarium

• Conductor: Sir Heinze
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : The Carnival of the Animals :: The Swan

• Conductor: Sir Heinze
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Liadov, Anatole : Eight Russian Songs :: Hymn Song

• Conductor: Shalom Ronly-Riklis
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906

Liadov, Anatole : Eight Russian Songs :: Lament

• Conductor: Shalom Ronly-Riklis
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906

Albinoni, Tomaso : Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor

• Conductor: William Motzing
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1945

Boccherini, Luigi : Menuett

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1771

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (14), Op. 34

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: The Enchanted Palace

• Conductor: Werner Albert
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Offenbach, Jacques : The Tales of Hoffmann :: Barcarolle

• Conductor: Leonard Dommett
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Hoffstetter, Roman : Quartet for Strings in F major :: Serenade

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music

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

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Waldteufel, Emile : Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1882

Grieg, Edvard : Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 :: Last Spring

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880

Ravel, Maurice : Mother Goose :: Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty

• Conductor: Sir Heinze
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1911-1912

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Nimrod

• Conductor: Myer Fredman
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio :: Sinfonia

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734

Pisendel, Johann Georg : Sonata for Violin in C minor :: Affettuoso

• Performers: Geoffrey Lancaster (Harpsichord); Sue-Ellen Paulsen (Cello); Barbara Gilby (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Geminiani, Francesco : Concerto Grosso no 4 in B minor :: Largo

• Conductor: Geoffrey Lancaster
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 11/22/1735

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Pifa

• Conductor: Guy Noble
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Morning Mood

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

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

• Conductor: Wilfred Lehmann
• Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700