Relaxing Classics: Dreamy Orchestral Favourites

Various Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Sydney Symphony Orchestra Queensland Symphony OrchestraWest Australian Symphony OrchestraMelbourne Symphony Orchestra

 

Escape to a calmer place with this selection of beautiful classics for symphony orchestra.

Tracklisting

CD1
JS BACH Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3
PURCELL Rondeau from Second Music from The Fairy Queen 
CHABRIER Idylle from Suite pastorale
ELGAR Chanson de matin 
MUSSORGSKY Dawn on the Moscow River from Khovanshchina 
BIZET Adagietto from L’Arlésienne – Suite No. 1 
RESPIGHI The Nightingale from The Birds
MASSENET Meditation from Thaïs
HANDEL Largo (Ombra mai fù) from Xerxes
MOZART Adagio from Clarinet Concerto
FAURÉ Pavane
CPE BACH Poco adagio from Symphony for Strings in B-flat major
SAINT-SAËNS Aquarium from The Carnival of the Animals
SAINT-SAËNS The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
LYADOV Hymn Song from Eight Russian Songs
LYADOV Lament from Eight Russian Songs
ALBINONI Adagio in G minor

CD2
BOCCHERINI Minuet from String Quintet in E major, Op. 11 No. 5 (G275) 
RACHMANINOFF Vocalise
TCHAIKOVSKY The Enchanted Palace from The Nutcracker
OFFENBACH Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann
HOFFSTETTER Serenade from String Quartet in F major
TCHAIKOVSKY Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
WALDTEUFEL The Skaters’ Waltz
GRIEG Last Spring from Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
RAVEL Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty from Mother Goose
ELGAR Nimrod from Enigma Variations
JS BACH arr. Whittaker Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio
PISENDEL Affettuoso from Violin Sonata in C minor
GEMINIANI Largo from Concerto Grosso No. 4 in B minor
HANDEL Pifa from Messiah
GRIEG Morning Mood from Peer Gynt
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
PACHELBEL Canon in D

Featuring performances by the Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland, Tasmanian and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.

Catalogue Number: 476 4068

Released: 2010-10-15T00:00:00