Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Morning From Peer Gynt - Greig
2. The Banks Of Green Willow - Butterworth
3. Myfanwy - Parry
4. Reflets Dans L'eau (Reflections Of The Water) - Debussy
5. On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring - Delius
6. Serenade For Strings, Op.20 (larghetto) - Elgar
7. Adagio From Spartacus (Aka The Onedin Line Theme) - Khachaturian
8. Phantasy For The Viola And Orchestra (Excerpt) - Bax
9. Cornish Dance No.3 - Arnold
10. Dance Of The Spirits Of Water From The Perfect Fool - Holst
11. The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams
12. Sailing By - Binge

Disc 2:

1. Pavane - Fauri
2. Dolly Suite - Garden Of Dolly - Fauri
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream (Nocturne) - Mendelssohn
4. Waltz Of The Flowers From The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
5. Bell Through The Leaves - Debussy
6. Clair De Lune - Debussy
7. The Flower Duet From Lakmi - Delibes
8. Lady Radnor's Suite - Slow Minuet - Parry
9. Concerto For Flute & Strings (Andante) - Arnold
10. Scenes Of Childhood (Trdumerei ) - Schumann
11. Chanson De Matin - Elgar
12. Chanson De Nuit - Elgar
13. The Walk To The Paradise Garden - Delius

Disc 3:

1. Music For The Royal Fireworks (La Rijouissance) - Handel
2. Concerto For 2 Mandolins (Andante) - Vivaldi
3. Divertimento K.136 (Andante) - Mozart
4. Pastoral Symphony From Messiah - Handel
5. Clarinet Concerto (Adagio) - Mozart
6. F - r Elise - Beethoven
7. Sense And Sensibility (Throw The Coins) - Patrick Doyle
8. Emma (The Wedding & End Tales - Rachel Portman
9. Chartwell - Anthony Phillips
10. Nuc Dimittis - Burgon
11. Flute & Harp Concerto (Andantino) - Mozart
12. Water Music - Alla Hornpipe - Handel
13. Dance Of The Blessed Spirits From Orfeo - Gluck
14. Nimrod From Enigma Variations - Elgar
15. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #159283 in Music
• Released on: 2001-09-17
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Amazon.co.uk Review
The pleasure of a good compilation is finding a mix of the expected and unexpected, the familiar and unfamiliar. The former offers the calm of reassurance, the latter the frisson of discovery. This anthology of pieces, compiled by the National Trust, works superbly well, and in addition to fulfilling its advertised aim of being an aid to relaxation, is a mine of gorgeous little-known musical gems. The Slow Minuet from Lady Radnor's Suite by Parry is simply exquisite (and beautifully played by the English String Orchestra under William Boughton), as is the Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra by Bax. There are some excellent performances of the more popular pieces too: Kathryn Stott gives an ethereal account of Debussy's Reflets dans l'eau and the Britten Sinfonia sounds marvellously lush in Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. The liner notes make rather spurious and heavy-handed links between each piece and various properties of the National Trust, but this is a small drawback to an otherwise fine compilation. --Warwick Thompson