[ Warner Classics / 3 CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 July 2018
The collection gathers the best relaxing tunes from the piano repertoire performed by the most eminent musicians from the catalogues of Warner and Erato.
Disc: 1
1. BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 - Christian Zacharias
2. SAINT-SAENS: Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium (Andantino) - Nash Ensemble
3. SCHUBERT/LISZT: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 (Arr. Liszt) - Bertrand Chamayou
4. CHOPIN: 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, 'Tristesse' - Nicolai Lugansky
5. HANDEL: Suite in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande - Andrei Gavrilov
6. DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque, L 75: III Clair de lune (Andante tres expressif) - Kun Woo Paik
7. CHABRIER: Dix pieces pittoresques: No 6 Idylle - Aldo Ciccolini
8. SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XII. Kind im Einschlummern - Maria-Joao Pires
9. RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai - Helene Grimaud
10. CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance (Larghetto) - Maurizio Pollini/Philharmonia Orchestra/Paul Kletzki
11. BACH: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: X. Jesus bleibet meine Freude - Alexis Weissenberg
12. LISZT: 6 Consolations S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major (Lento placido) - Tzimon Barto
13. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C Minor, Op 13, "Pathetique": II Adagio cantabile - Stephen Kovacevich
14. BACH: Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo - Maria Joao Pires
15. BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Fur Elise" (Poco moto) - Dame Moura Lympany
16. BORODIN: Petite Suite: VI. Nocturne (Andantino in G-Flat Major) - Aldo Ciccolini
17. SCRIABIN: Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: No. 2 Nocturne in D-Flat Major - Alexis Weissenberg
Disc: 2
1. MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante - Piotr Anderszewski
2. GRANADOS: 12 Danzas espanolas, Op 37: II Oriental - Jean Francois Heisser
3. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto - Otto Klemperer
4. CHOPIN: 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 6 in E-Flat Minor - Nicolai Lugansky
5. SATIE: 3 Gymnopedies, IES 26: No 1 Lent et douloureux - Aldo Ciccolini
6. FAURE: Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 33 No. 1 - Jean Philippe Collard
7. CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op 28: No 7 in A Major (Andantino) - Samson Francois
8. BRAHMS: 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 9 in D Minor - Mikhail Rudy
9. WAGNER/LISZT: Paraphrases d'opras: La mort d'Isolde (Wagner) - Aldo Ciccolini
10. RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante defunte, M 19 - Anne Queffelec
11. MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: II. Adagio - Daniel Barenboim
12. DEBUSSY: Reverie, L 76 - Aldo Ciccolini
13. SCHUBERT: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor (Allegro moderato) - Stephen Kovacevich
14. SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, Op 15: VII Traumerei - Maria-Joao Pires
15. SEVERAC: Cerdana, 5 Etudes Pittoresques: I. En Tartane (L'arrive En Cerdagne) - Aldo Ciccolini
16. TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons, Op. 37a: VI. June (Barcarolle). Andante cantabile - Mikhail Pletnev
17. SCRIABIN: Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 - Georges Pludermacher
Disc: 3
1. LISZT: Liebestraume, S 541 - Kun Woo Paik
2. MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio - Mikhail Pletnev
3. BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria - Maria Tipo
4. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight: I. Adagio sostenuto - Francois-Rene Duchable
5. CHOPIN: Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2 - Samson Francois
6. DEBUSSY: Petite suite, L. 71a: I. En bateau (Version for Piano 4 Hands) - Jean-Philippe Collard
7. RAVEL: Miroirs, M 43: III Une barque sur l'ocean - Bertrand Chamayou
8. SATIE: 6 Gnossiennes: No. 1 Lent - Aldo Ciccolini
9. RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto - Helene Grimaud
10. CHOPIN: 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor - Nicolai Lugansky
11. SCHUMANN: 6 Studien in kanonischer Form: No. 2 Mit innigem Ausdruck - Piotr Anderszewski
12. MENDELSSOHN: 6 Lieder ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67: II. Allegro leggiero - Leif Ove Andsnes
13. FAURE: Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse (Allegro moderato) - Jean-Philippe Collard
14. GRANADOS: 6 Escenas romanticas: VI Epilogo - Jean-Francois Heisser
15. HAYDN: Piano Concerto No. 11 in D Major, Hob. XVIII - 11 1: II. Un poco adagio - Alexandre Tharaud
16. BRAHMS: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2 Intermezzo in B-Flat Minor - Nicholas Angelich