The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World…Ever! Volume II is another entry in a time-worn exercise in packaging that programs a number of bits and pieces of classical works in order to achieve a “mood music” sequence conducive to relaxation. There have been (and still are) so many of these compilations around that putting together something that breaks out of the pack is proving quite a challenge to record producers. This one is a little different in that there are some pieces that are on the margin between popular music and classical, such as Toots Thielemans playing the Jean de Florette theme, John Williams’ theme to the film Schindler’s List, James Horner’s theme to Titanic (“My Heart Will Go On”), and an instrumental version of the popular hit “Time to Say Goodbye.” Does this make The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World…Ever! Volume II better than its competition? In a sense, it makes it a little more honest — after all, such discs are really put together for sale in the popular market rather than targeted to the classical music mainstream. It is a generous (perhaps a mite too generous), two-disc program with some rather dull proceedings and a little depressing. But the provision of excitement is not what this is designed for and as a relaxation disc, it may well fill the bill, if mostly in a “rainy day” kind of way. That’s a little at odds with the front cover, which looks like an ad for Claritin. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis , Rovi
专辑曲目:
Disc: 1
01. Johann Sebastian Bach：Sheep May Safely Graze ~ from Cantata No. 208／Sir Neville Marriner
02. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart：Serenade In G ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ ~ K525－II. Romanza (Andante)／Sir Neville Marriner
03. Max Bruch：Violin Concerto No.1 In G Minor ~ Op.26 – II. Adagio (opening)／Yedudi Menuhin
04. Frédéric Chopin：Nocturne No.2 In E Flat ~ Op.9 No.2／John Ogdon
05. Gregorio Allegri：Miserere Mei, Deus／Stephen Cleobury
06. John Williams：Schindler’s List ~ Theme／Tasmin Little
07. Robert Schumann：Traumerei ~ from Kinderszenen／Dame Moura Lympany
08. Hector Berlioz：Dance Of The Sylphs ~ from La Damnation de Faust／Sir Neville Marriner
09. George Frederick Handel：Water Music – Air from Suite No.1 in F／Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Antonin Dvorák：Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” – II. Largo (opening)／Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
11. Jean Claude Petit：Jean De Florette ~ Theme／Toots Thielemans
12. Antonio Vivaldi：Concerto for lute And two violins ~ RV93 – II. Largo／Anthony Bailes
13. Edward Elgar：Cello Concerto In E Minor ~ Op.85 – III. Adagio／Jacqueline De Pre
14. Johannes Brahms：Waltz No.15 In A Flat／Dame Moura Lympany
15. Dmitry Shostakovich：Romance ~ from The Gadfly／Piers Lane
16. Gabriel Fauré：Pavane／Maurice Handford
17. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin：Woodbrook／Micheal O Suilleabhain
18. Lucio Quarantotto & Francesco Sartori：Time To Say Goodbye／Orchestra
Disc: 2
01. Antonio Vivaldi：The Four Seasons – Concerto No.1 In E ‘Spring’／Yehundi Menuhin
02. Christoph Willibald Gluck：Dance Of The Blessed Spirits ~ from “Orfeo ed Euridice”／New Philharmonia Orchestra
03. Johann Sebastian Bach：Double Violin Concerto In D Minor ~ BWV1043 – II. Largo Ma Non Tanto (Opening)／Yehudi Menuhin
04. Frédéric Chopin：Prelude No.7 In A ~ Op.28 No.7／Tzimon Barto
05. Gabriel Fauré：Cantique De Jean Racine／MONKS AND CHOIRBOYS OF DOWNSIDE ABBEY
06. Ralph Vaughan Williams：The Lark Ascending (Opening)／Hugh Bean
07. Ludwig van Beethoven：’Pathetique Sonata ~ Op.13 – II. Adagio Cantabile／Leonard Pennario
08. John Rutter：Pie Jesu ~ from Requiem／Choir Of King’s College, Cambridge
09. Edward Elgar：Salut D’Amour／Richard Hickox
10. Claude Debussy：La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (The Girl With Flaxen Hair)／Dame Moura Lympany
11. Christmas Traditional：The Coventry Carol／Medeval Babes
12. Maurice Ravel：Pavane For A Dead Princess／New Philharmonia Orchestra
13. Franz Liszt：Liebestraum No.3 In A Flat／John Ogdon
14. César Franck：Panis Angelicus／Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
15. Dmitry Shostakovich：Piano Concerto No.2 In F ~ Op.102 – II. Andante／Dmitri Alexeev
16. Maurice Duruflé：Agnus Dei ~ from Requiem, Op. 9 (reduced-orchestration version)／Peter Barley
17. Gustav Mahler：Symphony No.5 In C Sharp Minor – IV. Adagietto (conclusion)／New Philharmonia Orchestra
18. James Horner：My Heart Will Go On (love film from Titanic)／Orchestra
