The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Léo Delibes (Composer), Gabriel Fauré (Composer), Erik Satie (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Felix Mendelssohn (Composer), Camille Saint-Saens (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Léo Delibes, Gabriel Fauré, Erik Satie, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, et al.
• Audio CD (March 30, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00000I93Z
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,755 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Incidental Music
  • #1 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > C to G
  • #1 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Forms & Genres > Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Air 'On the G String' - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

2. Morning - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

3. Canon In D - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

4. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

5. Gymnopedie No.1 - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

6. II. Andante - Stephen Hough

7. Viens, Mallika - Mady Mesple

8. In Paradisum - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

9. Clair De Lune - Dame Moura Lympany

10. II. Andate - Yehudi Menuhin

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Zion Hort Die Wachter Singen - South German Madrigal Choir

2. Adagio In G Minor - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

3. Minuet - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

4. II. Largo - Andrei Gavrilov

5. Meditation - Hans Kalafusz

6. I. Adagio Sostenuto - Dame Moura Lympany

7. Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'amour (Barcarolle) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

8. II. Andante - Nigel North

9. II. Adagio - Jack Brymer

10. Intermezzo - Philharmonia Orchestra

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

You want relaxing classical music that'll soothe your soul but won't lull you into sleep? Here's a double CD for you. The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World ... Ever! does its best to cover both well-worn classical favorites (Bach's "Air on the G String," Pachelbel's "Cannon," Debussy's "Clair de Lune") and some eclectic left-field choices (an excerpt from Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Jocelyn Pook's "Blow the Wind," and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. The performances of most of these excerpts are top-notch--artists include Sir Neville Marriner, James Galway, Jacqueline du Pré and the Philadelphia Orchestra--and there's enough variety here for everyone. --Edward Garabedian

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

275 of 296 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars READ MY REVIEW!, October 12, 2003

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Holly Gray (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! (Audio CD)

Okay, I just read trough almost all the 30 reviews for this CD, and I dont ever write a review but I feel that I should for this one.
First of all, I am a piano player of over 14 years, I understand where many of the negative reviews are coming from. The point that is being missed though is that this CD is a collection of BEAUTIFUL music, whether or not you want to critic it to the bone. Very few people are professional "classical" musicians and very few people would really know that is CD has only bits of entire pieces of work on it. I think this CD did what it said, its relaxing. A lot of "classical" music can make you feel like your in a race or in a argument between lovers, and thats all fine and dandy if thats the mood you want, If you turn on your classical music station on your radio most likely you will hear what I am talking about. But for those of us out there that want to hear the "classic" Classical music thats soothing and mellow ( compared to a lot if it) this is a great CD. Now if you want to skin it dry and make it rigid and "100% untampered with" It wont be "relaxing" and thats the whole point of the CD (thus the title). If you are wanting to use this for your labor, i would suggest not using "classical" music to do so, there is too much emotion in even the very most mellow classical music, but thats me, ??
Bottom line- This CD is good and worth the 14$. Happy Hunting

108 of 115 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This One is Really Good, June 8, 2000

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Trevor Gillespie "sol_man" (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! (Audio CD)

There are so many compilations out there like this that for the lay classical listener it's difficult to rummage through them all and choose the best one that will really live up to its title. I can't stop listening to the two CDs that are in this compilation. They have so many of the great soothing classics---the soft gentle melodies that everyone knows and loves but many don't know what they are called. This CD is most likely marketed towards people that are wanting a broad view of classical music with a slant towards the relaxing side of it. All the publicity is worth it, because this album is great. It will associate you with all the soft melodies and get you interested in hearing more. The beauty of Pachelbel's Canon, the haunting serenity of Barber's Adagio for Strings, the tranquility of O Mio Babbino Caro, the very recognizable theme Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations, etc. There's also all that great piano music. It's hard to listen to the adagio of some of those piano concertos and not hear the rest of the concerto. Regardless, this compilation is great. Follow what the TV commercials have said and buy this CD.

63 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wholesome, soothing magic, July 22, 1999

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[e-mail] (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! (Audio CD)

In response to the person above who stated that one misses out on great works with only the slow movements...i AGREE with you. HOWEVER, this is sold as a RELAXING CD set, not as a collection of everything ever written. it does just that--it takes timeless classics, and puts them together in a wonderful blend of soothing music. i've had over 10 years of formal music training, and i have a high appreciation of every genre of classical music. i've played everything under the sun (i play french horn)--from baroque artists to modern music, such as music for prague by korel husa. i know the thrill of these pieces, and i hope others can discover the splendor of the entire realm of classical music. but this CD was not meant to be that. it was meant to be a calm, soothing blend. a lot of people don't find it easy to relax to pieces such as the bombing of dresden (another fine piece), as i do. i also agree with above person, who stated that this is a good CD for the classical beginner. and i hope that those of you that are the beginners discover the wonders of all the classical music genres.