50 Classics for Relaxation (2009)

Track Listing

1. Élégie: O doux printemps d'autrefois, for voice & piano (from "Mélodies, Vol.1")
2. Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59
3. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers
4. Morceaux (2) for piano (or piano & violin), Op. 10: No. 2 Humoresque
5. Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
6. Liebesträum, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)
7. Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture for orchestra in B minor (3 versions): Love Theme
8. Etude for piano No. 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16
9. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
10. Lakmé, opera: Flower Duet
11. Pieces (2) ("Chanson de matin" & "Chanson de nuit"), for violin & piano (later orchestrated), Op. 15: Chanson de Matin
12. Waltz for piano in A flat major, Op. 39/15
13. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: Grand Waltz
14. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525: 4. Rondo - Allegro
15. Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437):
16. To a Wild Rose, for piano, Op. 51/1 (Woodland Sketches)
17. Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4
18. An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314):
19. Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement
20. Peer Gynt, incidental music, Op. 23: Morning Mood
21. Symphony No. 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74: Theme
22. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno"), RV 297, Op. 8/4 (The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4): 2.
23. Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212
24. Tausend und eine Nacht (A Thousand and One Nights), waltz for orchestra, Op. 346 (RV 346)
25. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Barcarolle
26. The Well-Tempered Clavier (24), collection of preludes & fugues, Book I, BWV 846-869 (BC L80-103): Prelude in C major
27. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Swan
28. Meditation on Prelude No. 1 of Bach, for violin or cello & piano with organ or cello ad lib. (or other instrumental arrangement), CG8
29. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air on the G String
30. O Danny Boy
31. Jardins sous la pluie, for piano, L. 108/3 (100/3)
32. Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 82/3 (75/3)
33. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2: 1. Theme
34. Hänsel und Gretel, opera: Evening Prayer
35. Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4
36. Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), waltz for orchestra, Op. 325 (RV 325):
37. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Waltz
38. Greensleeves, folk song
39. La bohème, opera: Musetta's Waltz
40. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, folk song
41. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467: Andante
42. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), for piano & orchestra in A minor, Op. 43: 18th Variation
43. Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo, BWV 508 (after Gottfried Stölzel)
44. Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt" ("Hunt Cantata"), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3): Sheep May Safely Graza
45. Songs (3) for voice & piano, Op. 18: Nell
46. Children's Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), L. 119 (113): The Little Shepherd
47. Spring waters, song for voice & piano, Op. 14/11
48. Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra), M. 60: Pavane for Sleeping Beauty
49. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5): 2. Largo
50. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/2