Classics for Relaxation

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Cat# / Barcode (inner case 1): TCE2 52947 - 628261294725
Cat# / Barcode (inner case 2): TCE2 52948 - 628261294824

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Strings & Piano
2▶CD: Delightful Baroque
3▶CD: Classical Favorites
4▶CD: Potpourri
5▶CD: Classics On & Off Stage
6▶CD: Substance Over Style
7▶CD: Strings Serenades
8▶CD: The Late Romantics
9▼CD: Piano Bookends
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1La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, L. 117/8
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert] (1910-06-02)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
Claude Debussy2:36
2La cathédrale engloutie, prelude for piano, L. 117/10
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: X. La cathédrale engloutie. Profondément calme (ended)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert] (1910-05-25)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
Claude Debussy7:09
3Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: 2. Adagio
piano:
Marián Lapšanský (pianist)
orchestra:
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Slovak Philharmonic) and Slovenský komorný orchester Bohdana Warchala (Slovak Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Bystrík Režucha (conductor)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (in 1983-12)
recording of:
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16: II. Adagio
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1868)
part of:
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16
Edvard Grieg6:08
4Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c): 2. Andantino
flute:
Hans Friedrich (flautist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Peter Janconvic (flutist), Peter Jancovic (flautist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Akiko Miyazashi (flautist)
harp:
Angelika Bamber (harpist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Angelica Berger (harpist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Renata Modron (harpist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Renata Mordon (harpenist) and Taki Ozawa (harpist)
orchestra:
Mozart Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Orchestre de Festival Belgique (Belgian Festival Orchestra, fake name - probably invented by the trickster Alfred Scholz), SWR Symphony Orchestra (SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra) and Wiener Mozart‐Ensemble (Vienna Mozart Ensemble, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Ernest Bour (conductor), Herbert Kraus (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Pierre Narrato (fake name - probably invented by the trickster Alfred Scholz) and Kurt Redel (German flautist and conductor)
recording of:
Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299: II. Andantino
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1778-04)
part of:
Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 297c/299
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart58:37
5Liebes-Lieder (Love Songs), waltz for orchestra, Op. 114 (RV 114)
orchestra:
Vienna Opera Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym; also Vienna Strauss Orchestra)
conductor:
Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Liebeslieder, op. 114 (Love Songs, Op. 114)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 114)
Johann Strauss II9:47
6L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: 1. Overture
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
Georges Bizet6:42
7L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: 2. Minuetto
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
Georges Bizet2:45
8L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: 3. Adagietto
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
Georges Bizet2:51
9L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: 4. Carillon
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Orchestre radio‐symphonique (associated with the fake, Alfred Scholz related, conductor Loïc Betrand)
conductor:
Loic Bertrand (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Cesare Cantieri (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1: IV. Carillon, Allegro moderato (for orchestra)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1872)
part of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1, op. 23bis (for orchestra)
Georges Bizet4:49
10Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major ("Coronation") K. 537: 2. Andante
piano:
Angela Giulini (fictitious pianist created by Alfred Scholz) and Svetlana Stanceva (pianist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
orchestra:
Mozart Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano no. 26 in D major, K. 537 “Coronation”: II. Larghetto
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1788 until 1788-02-24)
part of:
Concerto for Piano no. 26 in D major, K. 537 “Coronation”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:48
11Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from "Suite Bergamasque" for piano), L. 75/3
piano:
Dieter Goldmann (pianist, Alfred Scholz related) and Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3)
included in:
Granblue Fantasy (video game soundtrack)
part of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)
Claude Debussy5:12
12Rondo capriccioso, for piano in E major, Op. 14
piano:
Josef Bulva (pianist)
recording of:
Rondo capriccioso, op. 14
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1824)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 14) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV U 67)
Felix Mendelssohn5:41
13Les Cloches de Genève, for piano (Années I/9), S. 160/9 (LW A159/9)
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
Franz Liszt5:16
10▶CD: Symphonic Andante