MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven Adagios: Over two and a half hours of the world's most relaxing music

Tracks:

CD1
1 Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 "Moonlight"
(Adagio sostenuto)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
2 Romance No.2 in F major, Op.50
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
3 Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'
(2nd movement - Adagio un poco mosso)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano/director)
The Cleveland Orchestra
4 Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 'Pastoral'
(2nd movement, Andante molto mosso - Scene By The Brook)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
5 V Cavatina: String Quartet in B flat major, op.130
(Adagio molto expressivo)
Quartetto Italiano
6 Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, op.13 "Pathetique"
(Adagio cantabile)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
7 Concerto in C, Op.56 (Triple)
(2nd movement, Largo)
Claudio Arrau (piano), Henryk Szeryng (violin), Janos Starker (cello)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal (Conductor)
8 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, op. 24 "Spring"
(2nd movement, Adagio molto expressivo)
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
9 Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
(2nd movement, Allegretto)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
10 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op.37
(2nd movement, Largo)
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Schmidt-Isserstedt

CD 2
1 Fur Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
2 Minuet in G WoO 10/2
I Musici
3 Symphony No. 4 in B flat, op.60
(2nd movement, Adagio)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
4 Septet in E flat major, Op.20
(2nd movement, Adagio cantabile)
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet
5 Piano trio No. 4 in B flat major, op.11 "Gassenhauer"
(2nd movement, Adagio)
Beaux Arts Trio
6 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 'Eroica'
(2nd movement, Marcia funebre: Adagio assai)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
7 Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15
(2nd movement, Largo)
Wilhlem Backhaus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Schmidt-Isserstedt
8 Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
(2nd movement, Larghetto)
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Schmidt-Isserstedt
9 Quintet for Piano and Wind Instruments
(2nd movement, Andante cantabile)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
London Wind Soloists - Terence MacDonagh (oboe), Jack Brymer (clarinet), Alan Civil (horn), William Waterhouse
(bassoon)