Label: ABC Classics
Cat. No.: 476 6496
Medium: CD
No. Discs: 2
Kids getting you down, traffic a hassle, life in general getting on your nerves? Chill out with classical favourites - soaring melodies and easy-listening gems to transport you onto a whole new level of reality.
With today's fast-paced lifestyle, there is no finer way to relax than with the Classical greats - Elgar's 'Nimrod Variation', Puccini's 'O mio babbino caro', Bach's' Air on the G string', Mozart's Adagio from the Clarinet Concerto, among many all-time favourites. With 36 tracks featuring performances from the creme de la creme of Australian musicians - Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, Stephanie McCallum, Sara Macliver, Tony Gould, Annalisa Kerrigan, Anna Goldsworthy and many more.
This double CD will lead you into an enchanted place where there's time to breathe. In short, two hours of unadulterated classical bliss, plus rare treats guaranteed to induce ultimate peace and relaxation.
|
| Artists: |
Julie Adam (piano), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Tommie Andersson (guitar), Maxime Bibeau (double bass), Samantha Cohen (guitar), Timothy Constable (gongs), Diana Doherty (oboe), Mary Doumany (harp), Guy du Blet (percussion), Jane Edwards (soprano), Nicole Forsyth (viola), Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Anna Goldsworthy (piano), Aiko Goto (violin), Tony Gould (piano), Leonard Grigoryan (guitar), Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Annalisa Kerrigan (soprano), Louise King (cello), Genevieve Lacey (recorder), Genevieve Lang (harp), Heather Lee (soprano), Sara Macliver (soprano), Sally Maer (cello), Stephanie McCallum (piano), Anna McDonald (violin), Marshall McGuire (harp), Lynnelle Moran (tin whistle), Alexandre Oguey (oboe), Janice Preece (harp), Helena Rathbone (violin), Karin Schaupp (guitar), Jane Sheldon (soprano), Paul Stanhope (chamber organ), Anna Stoddart (flute), Catherine Strutt (piano), Julian Thompson (cello), Donald Westlake (clarinet), Ruth Wilkinson (viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (cello), Cantillation, Choir of Trinity College University of Melbourne. |
| Composers: |
JS Bach, Biebl, Caccini, Canteloube, Cunio, Debussy, Elgar, Faure, Tony Gould, Handel, Elena Kats-Chernin, Anton Koch, Kosma, Martin, Massenet, Mozart, Price, Puccini, Sanz, Satie, Schubert, Tournier, Vaughan Williams, Vine. |
| Conductors: |
Vladimir Kamirski, Brett Kelly, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, William Motzing, Sean O'Boyle, Robert Pikler, Ola Rudner, David Stanhope, Mark Summerbell, Antony Walker, Lyn Williams. |
| Orchestras: |
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Milan Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Sinfonia Australis, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, The Queensland Orchestra. |
| Tracks: |
CD 1
|
1 | ERIK SATIE (1866-1925)
Gymnopedie No. 1
Stephanie McCallum piano |
2 | JULES MASSENET (1842-1912)
Meditation from Thais
Barbara Jane Gilby violin
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor |
3 | GIULIO CACCINI (attrib.) (1551-1618) arr.Dan Walker
Ave Maria
Gondwana Voices, Alexandre Oguey oboe, Helena Rathbone, Aiko Goto violins,Nicole Forsyth viola, Daniel Yeadon cello, Maxime Bibeau double bass,Paul Stanhope chamber organ
Lyn Williams conductor |
4 | KATS-CHERNIN (b. 1957)
Eliza Aria from Wild Swans
Jane Sheldon soprano
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner conductor |
5 | JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Adagio from Concerto in C minor for violin, oboe, strings and continuo(reconstructed from Harpsichord Concerto BWV1060)
Anna McDonald violin, Diana Doherty oboe
Sinfonia Australis, Mark Summerbell conductor |
6 | CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1915)
Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque
Slava Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan guitars |
7 | KIM CUNIO (b. 1969)
The Sacred Fire
Heather Lee soprano, Jamal Alrekabi kamanche, Timothy Constable gongs |
8 | TRADITIONAL IRISH arr. Mary Doumany and Lynnelle Moran
The Cliffs of Dooneen
Annalisa Kerrigan soprano, Mary Doumany harp, Lynnelle Moran tin whistle |
9 | SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)
Nimrod from Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 'Enigma'
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor |
10 | GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
O mio babbino caro (Dearest papa) from Gianni Schicchi
Yvonne Kenny soprano
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor |
11 | RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor |
12 | MARCEL TOURNIER (1879-1951)
Vers la source dans le bois (Towards the spring in the woods)
Marshall McGuire harp |
13 | TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH
Unst Bridal March
Catherine Strutt piano, Julian Thompson cello |
14 | FRANK MARTIN (1890-1974)
Air from the suite Guitare
Julie Adam piano |
15 | TRADITIONAL IRISH arr. Darvl Runswick
She Moved through the Fair
Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor |
16 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Adagio from Clarinet Concerto, KV622
Donald Westlake clarinet
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Robert Pikler conductor |
17 | JONATHAN PRICE (b. 1967)
Pavane pour une infante defunte (Pavane for a dead princess)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor |
CD 2
|
1 | MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE (1879-1957)
Bailero from Songs of the Auvergne, Book I
Sara Macliver soprano
The Queensland Orchestra, Brett Kelly conductor |
2 | JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH arr. Leopold Stakowski
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068 'Air on the G String'
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor |
3 | TONY GOULD (b. 1940)
Annie Bridget Nolan
Tony Gould piano |
4 | GASPAR SANZ (1640-c. 1710)
Folias
Ludovico's Band (Marshall McGuire harp, Tommie Andersson, Samantha Cohen guitars, Ruth Wilkinson viola da gamba, Guy du Blet percussion |
5 | GABRIEL FAURE (1845-1924)
Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor |
6 | GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) arr. Sally Maer and Genevieve Lang
Lascia ch'io pianga (Let me weep) from Rinaldo
Sally Maer cello, Genevieve Larg harp |
7 | FRANZ BIEBL (1906-2001)
Ave Maria (excerpt)
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Michael Leighton Jones director |
8 | ANTON KOCH (b. 1972)
Reverie
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sean O'Boyle conductor |
9 | ELANA KATS-CHERNIN
Silver Pearls
Carisma (Anna Stoddart flute, Janice Preece harp, Louise King cello) |
10 | JULES MASSENET
The Last Sleep of the Virgin from La Vierge (The Virgin)
Orchestra Victoria, Richard Divall conductor |
11 | GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Passacaille
Marshall McGuire harp |
12 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (Rest gently, my dear one) fromZaide, KV344
Sara Macliver soprano
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing conductor |
13 | JOSEPH KOSMA (1905-1969) arr. Sharny Russell van Herp
Autumn Leaves
Carisma (Anna Stoddart flute, Janice Preece harp, Louise King cello) |
14 | GABRIEL FAURE
Pie Jesu from Requiem, Op. 48
Sara Macliver soprano
Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker conductor |
15 | GIULIO CACCINI
Amarilli, mia bella (My beautiful Amaryllis)
Jane Edwards soprano, Marshall McGuire harp |
16 | CARL VINE (b. 1954)
Semplice from Red Blues
Anna Goldsworthy piano |
17 | FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Standchen (Serenade): Leise flehen meine Lieder (Gently my songs entreat you)from Schwanengesang (Swansong), D957
Genevieve Lacey recorder, Karin Schaupp guitar |
18 | JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH arr. Julie Simonds
Sinfonia (Arioso) from Cantata BWV156 'Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe'(I stand with one foot in the grave)
Sally Maer cello
Sinfonia Australis, William Motzing conductor |
|
| Medium: |
CD |
| No. of Discs: |
2 |
| SKU #: |
12688 |
| Label: |
ABC Classics |
| Catalog #: |
476 6496 |
|
