Relaxing Classics: The Healing Power of the Voice

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1Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Annalisa Kerrigan (Soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia Australis
conductor:
Guy Noble (conductor)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles‐François Gounod3:12
2Songs of the Auvergne: Uno jionto postouro (A Fair Shepherd Lass)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
The Queensland Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Brett Kelly (trombonist and conductor)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Cinquième Série: No. 7. Uno jionto postouro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Cinquième Série
Joseph Canteloube2:44
3Zaide: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (Rest Gently, My Dear One)
mezzo-soprano vocals and soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sebastian Lang-Lessing
recording of:
Zaide, K. 336b/344 (fragment): Akt I. No. 3 Arie "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" (Zaide)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Johann Andreas Schachtner (Librettist)
part of:
Zaide, K. 336b/344: Akt I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:43
4Songs of Travel: The Infinite Shining Heavens
piano:
Sharolyn Kimmorley (Australian pianist)
bass-baritone vocals:
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone)
recording of:
Songs of Travel: VI. The infinite shining heavens
lyricist:
Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1901 until 1904)
part of:
Songs of Travel
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:27
5Serenade
piano:
Malcolm Martineau (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
recording of:
Sérénade
lyricist:
Victor Hugo (French poet and novelist)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1855)
Charles‐François Gounod4:12
6Silent Noon
piano:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:33
7Brigg Fair
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Dan Walker (tenor / composer)
conductor:
Paul Stanhope (Australian composer)
recording of:
Brigg Fair (Percy Grainger choral arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
arrangement of:
Brigg Fair
[traditional]3:08
8Cantata BWV82: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (Sleep, Dull Eyes)
baritone vocals:
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 82 "Ich habe genung": III. Aria (Bass) "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1727)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 82 “Ich habe genung” (for bass)
Johann Sebastian Bach9:18
9Alcina: Verdi prati (Green Pastures)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sally-Anne Russell (Australian mezzo-soprano vocalist)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Nicholas Milton (conductor)
recording of:
Alcina, HWV 34: Atto II, Scena XII. Aria “Verdi prati, selva amene” (Ruggiero)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Alcina, HWV 34: Atto II
George Frideric Handel3:53
10Romancero gitano (Gypsy ballads): La Guitarra (The Guitar)
guitar:
Karin Schaupp (Australian classical guitarist)
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Philip Chu (conductor)
recording of:
Romancero gitano, op. 152: II. La guitarra
lyricist:
Federico García Lorca (Spanish poet, playwright and composer)
composer:
Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco (Italian composer) (in 1951)
part of:
Romancero gitano, op. 152
Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco3:51
11O Magnum Mysterium
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium
composer:
Morten Lauridsen (composer) (in 1994)
Morten Lauridsen6:26
12Songs of the Auvergne: Pastourelle (Pastoral)
soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
The Queensland Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Brett Kelly (trombonist and conductor)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Deuxième Série: No. 1. Pastourelle
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Deuxième Série
Joseph Canteloube3:52
13Requiem: Pie Jesu
soprano vocals:
Shu-Cheen Yu (Chinese-Australian soprano)
orchestra:
The Queensland Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Brett Kelly (trombonist and conductor)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
included in:
CHAPTER IV PIE JESU (REST)
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré3:12
14Death of Dido: O toi, Déesse de Cithère, tendre Vénus (O Thou, Goddess of Cytherea, Tender Venus)
instruments:
Ensemble Battistin
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Fiona Campbell (Australian mezzo-soprano)
recording of:
Death of Dido: O toi, Déesse de Cithère, tendre Vénus
composer:
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair4:24
15Mass "A Child Is Born": Our Father
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Belinda Montgomery (soprano)
conductor:
Paul Stanhope (Australian composer)
recording of:
Mass "A Child Is Born": Our Father
composer:
George Palmer (Australian composer)
George Palmer2:30
16She Moved Through the Fair
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
She moved through the fair (arr. Runswick)
lyricist:
Padraic Colum
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Daryl Runswick
arrangement of:
She Moved Through the Fair
[traditional]3:41
17Coronation of Poppea: Pur ti miro (I Gaze Upon You)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sally-Anne Russell (Australian mezzo-soprano vocalist)
soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
L’incoronazione di Poppea: Atto III. “Pur ti miro” (Poppea, Nerone)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Atto III.
Claudio Monteverdi4:32
18Bring Us, O Lord God
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Bring us, O Lord God
lyricist:
John Donne (English poet)
composer:
William Harris (British composer) (in 1959)
William Harris6:24