For Your Life - For Your Soul

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Album Summary

Performers

• Lisa Otto (Soprano)
• Randall Wolfgang (Oboe)
• Edward Brewer (Harpsichord)
• Jascha Silberstein (Cello)
• Marie Goossens (Harp)
• Maria Garatti (Harpsichord)
• Heinz Holliger (Oboe)
• Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
• István Hajdu (Piano)
• Martin Haselböck (Organ)

Conductors

• Arndt, Gunther
• Dutoit, Charles
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Hickox, Richard
• Levine, James
• Munchinger, Karl
• Wordsworth, Barry
• Zinman, David

Ensembles

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• I Musici

Composers

• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)

Notes & Reviews:

This selection contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Marie Goosens (harp); Arthur Grumiaux (violin); Heinz Holliger, Randy Wolfgang (oboe).

Another volume in Decca's lifestyle classical music series, For Your Soul features over an hour's worth of searching yet soothing pieces, including Barber's "Adagio for Strings, Op. 11," Puccini's "Un Bel Di [From Madame Butterfly]," and Sibelius' "Be Still My Soul." The collection features a nice mix of vocal and orchestral performances, with soprano Lisa Otto's rendition of Bach's "Ave Maria" and the Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra's performance of "Requiem, Op. 48: In Paradisum" defining the former and Saint-Saëns' "The Swan From Carnival of the Animals" and Mendelssohn's "Nocturne From A Midsummer Night's Dream" representing the latter. For Your Soul is also worthwhile for classical fans in that it doesn't just haul out the tried-and-true, best-known relaxing classical pieces. Overall, it's an interesting mix of calming and challenging music; while it may too involving for meditation or massage, the collection is a perfect soundtrack for reading, writing, or other mentally engaging activity. ~ Heather Phares

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Works Details

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: David Zinman
• Running Time: 8 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936
• Studio/Live: Studio

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dì

• Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Lisa Otto (Soprano)
• Conductor: Günther Arndt
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1852
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Largo

• Performers: Randall Wolfgang (Oboe); Edward Brewer (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: In Paradisum

• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

• Performers: Jascha Silberstein (Cello); Marie Goossens (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886
• Studio/Live: Studio

Sibelius, Jean : Be Still, My Soul, hymn (based on Finlandia)

• Notes: Arranged: Jane Borthwick (music) and Katharina von Schlegel (words)
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte

• Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Nocturne

• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 6 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843
• Studio/Live: Studio

Chausson, Ernest : Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19 :: Interlude

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1882-1893
• Studio/Live: Studio

Albinoni, Tomaso : Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9

• Performers: Maria Garatti (Harpsichord); Heinz Holliger (Oboe)
• Ensemble: I Musici
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1722
• Studio/Live: Studio

Purcell, Henry : Chacony for Strings in G minor, Z 730

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1678
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performers: István Hajdu (Piano); Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Performer: Martin Haselböck (Organ)
• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Running Time: 7 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1945
• Studio/Live: Studio