Violin for Relaxation - Bach, Falla, Mozart, Messiaen, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Sandra Rivers (Piano)
• Jose-Luis Garcia (Violin)
• Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
• Maria Bachmann (Violin)
• Jon Klibonoff (Piano)
• Anne Meyers (Violin)
• Sergei Bezrodny (Piano)
• Vladimir Spivakov (Violin)
• Kyoko Takezawa (Violin)

Conductors

• Flor, Claus P.
• Litton, Andrew
• Slatkin, Leonard
• Spivakov, Vladimir
• Zukerman, Pinchas

Ensembles

• Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
• English Chamber Orchestra
• Moscow Virtuosi
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
• Kosaku Yamada (1886 - 1965)
• Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759 - 1824)

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Works Details

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Performer: Anne Meyers (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

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

• Performers: Sergei Bezrodny (Piano); Vladimir Spivakov (Violin)
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219 :: II. Adagio

• Performers: Sergei Bezrodny (Piano); Vladimir Spivakov (Violin)
• Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
• Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
• Running Time: 12 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1775

Falla, Manuel de : Suite Populaire Espagnole :: Nana

• Performers: Kyoko Takezawa (Violin); Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1926

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The lark ascending

• Performer: Anne Meyers (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 14 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914

Debussy, Claude : Petite suite for Piano 4 hands :: En Bateau

• Performers: Sergei Bezrodny (Piano); Vladimir Spivakov (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888-1889

Yamada, Kosaku : Red Dragonfly

• Performers: Sandra Rivers (Piano); Anne Meyers (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Violin in D minor :: II. Andante

• Performer: Kyoko Takezawa (Violin)
• Conductor: Claus Flor
• Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 09/16/1844

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 :: II. Largo ma non tanto

• Performers: Jose-Luis Garcia (Violin); Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
• Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Paradis, Maria Theresia von : Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat major

• Performers: Sandra Rivers (Piano); Anne Meyers (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: circa 1924

Elgar, Edward : Salut d'amour

• Performer: Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Messiaen, Olivier : Quatuor pour la fin du temps :: Praise to the Immortality o

• Performers: Maria Bachmann (Violin); Jon Klibonoff (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1940-1941