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Listen to samples: Air from Orchestral Suite No.3 Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann Gymnopédie No. 1

Track Listing Disc 1

1. BACH Air from Orchestral Suite No.3
2. MUSSORGSKY Dawn on the Moscow River from Khovanshchina
3. CHABRIER Idylle from Suite Pastorale
4. CHOPIN Prelude in D-flat 'Raindrop'
5. ELGAR Chanson de Matin
6. RESPIGHI The Dove from The Birds
7. FAURÉ In paradisum from Requiem
8. HANDEL Ombra mai fú (Largo) from Serse
9. MARCELLO arr.BACH Adagio from Concerto in D minor
10. MOZART Adagio from Clarinet Concerto
11. FAURÉ Pavane
12. SAINT-SAËNS The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
13. VIVALDI Allegro from Flute Concerto No.3 'The Goldfinch'
14. DVOŘÁK Largo (excerpt) from Symphony No.9 'From the New World'

Disc 2

1. BOCCHERINI Minuet from String Quintet No.5
2. HOFFSTETTER Serenade from String Quartet in F major
3. OFFENBACH Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann
4. BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata No.147
5. HANDEL Courante from Keyboard Suite No.1
6. TCHAIKOVSKY Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
7. RESPIGHI Italiana from Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No.3
8. DEBUSSY Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque
9. WALDTEUFEL The Skaters' Waltz
10. BORODIN orch. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Nocturne from String Quartet No.2
11. BEETHOVEN Für Elise
12. VIVALDI Concerto in G 'Alla Rustica'
13. GRANADOS Spanish Dance No.2
14. TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile, Op.11

Disc 3

1. MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
2. BEETHOVEN Adagio sostenuto from 'Moonlight' Sonata
3. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
4. PACHELBEL Canon in G
5. SATIE Gymnopédie No. 1
6. MOZART Ave verum corpus
7. ALBINONI arr. GIAZOTTO / MOTZING Adagio in G minor
8. GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orphée et Eurydice
9. GRIEG Morning Mood from Peer Gynt
10. HANDEL Pifa from Messiah
11. RACHMANINOV Vocalise
12. DELIBES Flower Duet from Lakmé
13. RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess
14. ELGAR Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Released: 2005

Released: 2005-10-16T00:00:00