Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Piano Concerto No. 2 (2) - EVELYN CHEN, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
2. The Banks of Green Willow - The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
3. Questa Notte - Ludovico Einaudi
4. 2. Andante con moto - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
5. Aquarium - Pascal Rogé, Cristina Ortiz, London Sinfonietta, Charles Dutoit
6. Mozart Adagio In E K261 - Nicola Benedetti
7. 4. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
8. No. 4b Valse lente - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
9. 2. Andante - Mark Bennett, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert
10. Britten: A Hymn To The Virgin - The Sixteen
11. Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 -"Für Elise" - Vladimir Ashkenazy

Disc 2:

1. Intermezzo sinfonico - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
2. Violin Concerto In A Minor (2) - Joji Hattori, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
3. O waly waly - John Rutter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Ballet des Sylphes - Philharmonia Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
5. Shenandoah - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Neil Martin
6. Oboe Concerto in D Minor, 2nd movt. - Chris Hooker, City Of London Sinfonia
7. Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - José Maria Gallardo del Rey, Spanish National Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
8. Sleep Song - Patrick Hawes
9. Ombra Mai Fu (Excerpt) - Alfie Boe, Gareth Hancock, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
10. The Ashokan Farewell - The Band of Her Majestys Royal Marines, John Perkins
11. Sicilienne - Edited by Göran Söllscher - Jian Wang, Göran Söllscher
12. Intermezzo - Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
13. Elevazione - Various Artists

Disc 3:

1. No. 1 Andante con moto - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
2. Returning Home - Emma Johnson
3. 2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace - Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
4. Entr'acte - London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
5. 1. Allegro assai - Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, David Zinman
6. Gymnopédie No.1 - Pascal Rogé
7. Violin Concerto, 2nd Movt. - Adele Anthony, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa
8. 3. Poco allegretto - Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
9. Chinqhilin de Bachin - Maria Isabel Siewers, Rafael Gintoli
10. Meditation from Thais - Nicola Benedetti
11. No. 1 in E (Andante con moto) "Sweet Remembrance" - Daniel Barenboim
12. Serenade Lyrique - English Symphony Orchestra
13. Bess You Is My Woman - Matthew Trusler, Wayne Marshall
14. In Paridisum - Studio Orchestra

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5290 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-29
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Running time: 188 minutes

Customer Reviews

Another winning collection from Classic FM

There are so many classical music compilations which claim to `relax' the listener that it becomes either daunting for the newcomer to know which to buy, or repetitive to others who have already purchased several such collections. There's no answer to which is best, for they all have their merits, some being better quality performances, others offer a better selection of music, and others may just be great value for money.

The Classic FM series of CD releases - and they are growing in number - generally offer a little of all these attributes, and are increasingly becoming the first choice of classical music compilation for many people.

This 3CD set entitled `relax' is certainly good value and as usual is well packaged and presented. The choice of music is at times safely predictable, such as Satie's `Gymnopedie no. 1', but at other times shows inspired originality with choices like Holst's `Venus' from The Planets.

Throw in some big name performers such as Nicola Benedetti, Alfie Boe, Bryn Terfel and Emma Johnson, then use some good orchestras like the Philharmonia orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker and Royal Philharmonic orchestra and this becomes another good compilation from Classic FM.

Recommended for both its originality and careful selection of quality performers.