Classics for Relaxation

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1Last Spring
orchestra:
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Bernhard Güller (German conductor)
recording of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34: No. 2. The Last Spring, for strings)
orchestrator and composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (for piano)
part of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34 (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34, for strings)
Edvard Grieg4:18
2The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
orchestra:
Berlin Symphony Orchestra (use only if the correct orchestra is unknown - see annotation) and Symphonisches Orchester Berlin (known as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin since 1967, renamed Berliner Symphoniker in 1990)
conductor:
Carl-August Bünte (conductor)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst8:42
3Hänsel and Gretel
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Sattler (conductor, Alfred Scholz related ?)
recording of:
Hänsel und Gretel: Vorspiel (Overture)
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) (from 1891 until 1892)
part of:
Hansel and Gretel (english version)
part of:
Hänsel und Gretel (original german lyrics)
Engelbert Humperdinck7:57
4Love Dream No. 3
piano:
Josef Bulva (pianist)
recording of:
Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst” (Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum in A flat major “Dream of Love”, for piano)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (in 1850)
piano arranger:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
arrangement of:
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S. 298/2 (second version)
part of:
Liebesträume, S. 541
Franz Liszt4:22
5Pastorale
orchestra:
Radio‐Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Luis Antonio García Navarro (conductor)
Pietro Antonio Locatelli3:18
6Symphony No. 10: Adagio
orchestra:
Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Anton Nanut (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 10 in F-sharp major (catch-all for unknown versions)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (in 1910)
version of:
Symphony no. 10 in F-sharp major (original incomplete version)
Gustav Mahler27:08
7Für Elise
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist)
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Ludwig van Beethoven2:55
8Adadio cantabile
piano:
Alfred Brendel (Austrian pianist)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1798)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”
Ludwig van Beethoven5:44
9The Tales of Hoffmann
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Frank Shipway (British conductor)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Jacques Offenbach3:21
10Emperor Waltz (Excerpt)
orchestra:
Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck
conductor:
Eduard Strauss (20th century conductor)
partial recording of:
Kaiser‐Walzer, op. 437 (Emperor Waltz, op. 437)
premiered in:
Berlin, Germany (on 1889-10-21)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1889)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 437)
Johann Strauss II3:39
11Bolero (short version)
orchestra:
Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Samo Hubad (conductor)
partial recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel5:07

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