50 Best Adagios [3 CD special price]

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50 BEST ADAGIOS
50 Best Adagios [3 CD special price]
Various Artists including Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), Sabine Meyer (clarinet) & David Daniels (counter-tenor)

[ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Monday 22 March 2010

Sit back, relax and unwind to some of the most relaxing classical music performed by some of the finest EMI artists. There's nearly 4 hours of well-chosen music split across three CDs and featuring the world's best loved composers. Another winner.

CD 1 is music from the baroque era with a smattering of Arvo Part and John Tavener.

CD 2 is all Mozart including the beautiful Piano Concerto No 21.

CD 3 contains everything thats French including Debussy's 'Clair de lune'

Tracks:

CD 1
1 ALBINONI: Adagio (extract)
English Chamber Orchestra / Ian Watson

2 PACHELBEL: Canon in D
Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott

3 ALLEGRI: Miserere (extract)
Taverner Consort / Andrew Parrott

4 VIVALDI : Flute Concerto Op.10 'La notte' - II. Largo
Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott

5 VIVALDI : The Four Seasons - Concerto No.1 'Spring' - II. Largo e pianissimo
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green

6 VIVALDI : The Four Seasons - Concerto No.2 - 'Summer' - II. Adagio
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green

7 VIVALDI : The Four Seasons - Concerto No.3 - 'Autumn' - II. Adagio molto
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green

8 VIVALDI : The Four Seasons - Concerto No.4 'Winter' - II. Largo
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green

9 VIVALDI: Mandolin Concerto in C - II. Largo
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi

10 J.S. BACH: Harpsichord Concerto in A - II. Larghetto
Melante Amsterdam / Bob van Asperen

11 J.S. BACH: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor - II. Largo
Melante Amsterdam / Bob van Asperen

12 J.S. BACH: Concerto for two violins in D minor - II. Largo ma non tanto
Jonathan Rees & Jane Murdoch violins/Scottish Ensemble

13 J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No.1 - IV. Sarabande
English Chamber Orchestra / Philip Ledger

14 J.S. BACH: Air 'on the G string' (Orchestral Suite No.3)
English Chamber Orchestra / Philip Ledger

15 J.S. BACH: Cello Suite No.5 - IV. Sarabande
Ralph Kirshbaum cello

16 HAYDN: Symphony No.88 in G - II. Largo extract
La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken

17 PERGOLESI: Stabat mater opening
Véronique Gens soprano • Gérard Lesne alto / Il seminario musicale

18 MOZART: Ave verum corpus K622
London Classical Players • Schutz Choir of London/ Sir Roger Norrington

19 HANDEL: Ombra mai fù (Serse)
David Daniels/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington

20 PART: Solfeggio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tonu Kaljuste

21 TAVENER: The Protecting Veil conclusion
Steven Isserlis /London Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

CD 2
1 MOZART: Piano Concerto No.21 K467 - II. Andante
Diana Ambache piano / Ambache Chamber Orchestra

2 MOZART: Clarinet Concerto K621 - II. Adagio
Paul Meyer clarinet/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / John Nelson

3 MOZART: Piano Concerto No.20 K466 - II. Romanze extract
Mikhail Pletnev piano / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

4 MOZART: Serenade in G 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' K525 - II. Romanze
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green

5 MOZART: Piano Concerto No.22 K482 - II. Andante
Annie Fischer /Philharmonia Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch

6 MOZART: Symphony No.40 K550 - II. Andante
Sinfonia Varsovia / Yehudi Menuhin

7 MOZART: Piano Concerto No.23 K488 - II. Adagio
Mikhail Pletnev piano / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

8 MOZART: Piano Concerto No.24 K491 - II. Larghetto
Mikhail Pletnev piano / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

9 MOZART Masonic Funeral Music K477
London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington

10 MOZART: Clarinet Quintet K491 - II. Larghetto
Sabine Meyer/Members of the Vienna String Sextet

11 MOZART: Piano Sonata No.8 K310 - II. Andante cantabile con espressione extract
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano

12 MOZART: Flute and Harp Concerto K299 - II. Andantino
Samuel Coles flute • Naoko Yoshino harp
English Chamber Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin

CD 3
1 SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)
Nash Ensemble

2 SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
Nash Ensemble

3 DEBUSSY: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
Kun-Woo Paik

4 DEBUSSY: Des pas sur la neige (Préludes, Book I)
Jean-Bernard Pommier

5 DEBUSSY: La Cathédrale engloutie (Préludes, Book I)
Jean-Bernard Pommier

6 FAURÉ: Élégie
Paul Tortelier cello

7 FAURÉ: Pavane
English Chamber Orchestra / Paul Tortelier

8 FAURÉ: Requiem - Introit extract
Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne

9 POULENC: Concerto for two pianos - II. Larghetto
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Anne Queffélec pianos
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox

10 POULENC: Concert champêtre - II. Andante
Maggie Cole/ City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox

11 SATIE: Gnossienne No.1
Anne Queffélec

12 SATIE: Gymnopédie No.3
Anne Queffélec

13 RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - II. Adagio extract
Andrew Litton /Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

14 RAVEL: Vocalise en forme de habanera
Arleen Augér soprano/Philharmonia Orchestra

15 RAVEL: Ma Mère l'Oye: Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste

16 RAVEL: Ma Mère l'Oye: Le Jardin féérique
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste

17 RAVEL : Pavane pour une Infante défunte
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste