Classics for Relaxation

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1Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) no. 1, op. 46: Morning Mood
orchestra:
Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Orchestre Philharmonique de la Slovaquie (Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice), Slowakische Staatsphilharmonie (Slovak Philharmonic) and Slowakisches Philharmonisches Orchester (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Sven Bengtson (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Libor Pesek (conductor), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Róbert Stankovský and Peter Stern (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morgenstemning (Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morning Mood)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg3:56
2Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major (”Elvira Madigan”) K. 467, 2nd movement: Andante
piano:
Martha Bergerich (pseudonym used on budget recordings – not Martha Argerich)
orchestra:
Academica Salzburg (Austrian chamber orchestra)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1785 until 1785-03-09)
part of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:52
3Suite española no. 1, for piano, op. 47, B. 7: Granada
recording of:
Suite española no. 1, op. 47: I. Granada (Serenata) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Isaac Albéniz (Spanish composer)
arrangement of:
Suite española no. 1, op. 47: I. Granada (Serenata) (for solo piano)
Isaac Albéniz4:54
4Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement
Johann Pachelbel4:49
5Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums), elegy for string quartet
Giacomo Puccini6:16
6Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra, 2nd movement: Adagio
engineer:
Don Hartridge (from 1992-10-07 until 1992-10-09)
producer:
David Ellis (producer) and Norbert Kraft (classical guitarist and producer)
editor:
John Taylor (classical producer/engineer, often associated with Naxos recordings)
classical guitar and guitar:
Norbert Kraft (classical guitarist and producer)
solo guitar:
Norbert Kraft (classical guitarist and producer) (from 1992-10-07 until 1992-10-09)
orchestra:
Northern Chamber Orchestra (from 1992-10-07 until 1992-10-09)
conductor:
Nicholas Ward (British conductor) (from 1992-10-07 until 1992-10-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1993)
recorded at:
BBC Studio 7 (Manchester) in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-10-07 until 1992-10-09)
recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio (from 1992-10-07 until 1992-10-09)
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
part of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
Joaquín Rodrigo10:29
7Nocturne for piano no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9/2, CT. 109
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2: Andante
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1830 until 1832)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 3), Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 18) and Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 109)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 9 (original for piano)
Frédéric Chopin24:45
8Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
orchestra:
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Bernhard Güller (German conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (from 1994 to present)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
Johann Sebastian Bach5:00
9Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86
orchestra:
Београдска филхармонија (Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Igor Markevitch (conductor)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy8:50
10Caro mio ben
recording of:
Caro mio ben
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
Giuseppe Giordani and Tommaso Giordani
publisher:
G. Schirmer Inc.
Tommaso Giordani4:07
11The Swan Lake, suite, op. 20a: Scene (Lake in the Moonlight)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky2:44
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