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Works Summary

Performers

• Radu Lupu (Piano)
• Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Brigitte Fassbaender (Alto)
• Marisa Robles (Harp)
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Alexandre Lagoya (Guitar)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
• Jorge Bolet (Piano)
• Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Jack Brymer (Clarinet)
• Eduardo Fernández (Guitar)
• Pascal Rogé (Piano)

Conductors

• Raymond Agoult
• Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Richard Bonynge
• Riccardo Chailly
• Colin Davis
• Charles Dutoit
• Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Bernard Haitink
• George Malcolm
• Sir Marriner
• Kenneth Sillito
• Sir Solti
• Horst Stein
• Jeffrey Tate

Ensembles

• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• English Chamber Orchestra
• London Sinfonietta
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Montreal Symphony Chorus
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• New Symphony Orchestra
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Suisse Romande Orchestra
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Erik Satie (1866 - 1925)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
• Alessandro Marcello (1669 - 1747)
• E. Humperdinck (Composer) (1854 - 1921)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Remarks:

This is the latest release in the popular "Adagio Series": a great selection of soothing and relaxing music as well as a great introduction to the classics. This set includes over 2 + hours of music on two CDs at a special "2 for 1" price.
 

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Notes:

Includes arabesque(s) by Claude Debussy. Soloist: Zoltan Kocsis.

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Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar :: 2nd movement, Adagio

• Performer: Marisa Robles (Harp)
• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1939
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15 :: no 7, Träumerei

• Performer: Radu Lupu (Piano)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838
• Studio/Live: Studio

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume for Piano, S 541 :: no 3, O Lieb, so lang

• Performer: Jorge Bolet (Piano)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1850
• Studio/Live: Studio

Marcello, Alessandro : Concerto for Oboe in D minor :: 1st movement, Andante e spiccato

• Performer: Alexandre Lagoya (Guitar)
• Conductor: Kenneth Sillito
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 1717
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria Rusticana :: Intermezzo

• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: Italy (1888).
• Period Time: Romantic
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ravel, Maurice : Concerto for Piano in G major :: 2nd movement, Adagio assai

• Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1929-1931
• Studio/Live: Studio

Debussy, Claude : Suite bergamasque :: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune

• Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Written: 1890/1905
• Studio/Live: Studio

Sibelius, Jean : Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 :: no 3, Swan of Tuonela

• Conductor: Horst Stein
• Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1893-1897
• Studio/Live: Studio

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals :: no 7, Aquarium

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: London Sinfonietta
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor :: 4th movement, Adagietto

• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1901-1902
• Studio/Live: Studio

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10 :: no 3 in E major, B 74 "Tristesse"

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832
• Studio/Live: Studio

Canteloube, Joseph : Chants d'Auvergne :: Volume 1 - no 2, Baïlèro

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Written: 1923-1930
• Studio/Live: Studio

Debussy, Claude : Rêverie

• Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Written: 1890
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: France (1877 - 1890).
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Studio/Live: Studio

Vivaldi, Antonio : Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 :: Largo

• Performer: Eduardo Fernández (Guitar)
• Conductor: George Malcolm
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Studio/Live: Studio

Massenet, Jules : Thaïs :: Meditation

• Performer: Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1894
• Studio/Live: Studio

Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b :: Dance of the maids with lilies

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Written: 1936
• Studio/Live: Studio

Debussy, Claude : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: France (1892 - 1894).
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Form: Orchestral
• Studio/Live: Studio

Elgar, Edward, Sir : Sospiri, Op. 70

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1914
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a) :: 3rd mvt, Adagio

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1781
• Studio/Live: Studio

Massenet, Jules : La Vierge :: Dernier sommeil de la Vierge

• Conductor: Raymond Agoult
• Ensemble: New Symphony Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1887
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: 2nd movement, Adagio

• Performer: Jack Brymer (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1791
• Studio/Live: Studio

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102 :: Andante

• Performer: Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1957
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

• Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Written: 1899
• Studio/Live: Studio

Satie, Erik : Gymnopédies (3) for Piano :: no 1, Lent et douloureux

• Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Period Time: 20th Century
• Written: 1888
• Studio/Live: Studio

Humperdinck, E. : Hänsel und Gretel :: Abends will ich schlafen gehn "Evening Hymn"

• Performers: Lucia Popp (Soprano); Brigitte Fassbaender (Alto)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1893
• Studio/Live: Studio

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