Essential adagios / by Bruch, Max, 1838-1920, Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, Rodrigo, Joaquín, Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Table of Contents: “…Adagio / Beethoven -- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening) / Vaughan Williams -- Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18. …”
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The divine feminine : a musical mediation on the mystery and spirit of woman.

Table of Contents: “…The last sleep of the Virgin (excerpt) / John Tavener (I Fiamminghi ; Rudolf Werthen, conductor) -- O eterne deus (excerpt) / Hildegard von Bingen (Tapestry) -- Fratres : for eight cellos (excerpt) / Arvo Pärt (I Fiamminghi ; Rudolf Werthen, conductor) -- O magnum mysterium (excerpt) / Tomás Luis de Victoria (Robert Shaw Festival Singers ; Robert Shaw, conductor) -- Alleluia and fugue, op. 40b (excerpt) / Alan Hovhaness (I Fiamminghi ; Rudolf Werthen, conductor) -- Le spectre de la rose : from Les nuits d'eté, op. 7 / Hector Berlioz (Elly Ameling, soprano ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Robert Shaw, conductor) -- Siciliana : from Ancient airs and dances, suite no. 3 / Ottorino Respighi (Lausanne Chamber Orchestra ; Jesús Lopez-Cobos, conductor) -- Adagio from Symphony no. 8 / Anton Bruckner (Lausanne Chamber Orchestra ; Jesús Lopez-Cobos, conductor) -- Venus, the bringer of peace : from The planets / Gustav Holst (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Yoel Levi, conductor) -- Madrigal : from Romeo and Juliet, suite no. 1, op. 64a / Sergei Prokofiev (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Järvi, conductor) -- Love scene : from Roméo et Juliette (excerpt) / Hector Berlioz (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; David Zinman, conductor) -- In trutina : from Carmina burana / Carl Orff (Judith Blegen, soprano ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; Robert Shaw, conductor) -- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt) / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor) -- Movement V. …”
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Relax : [The world's most beautiful music]. by Albinoni, Tomaso, 1671-1750, Bruch, Max, 1838-1920, Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, Orff, Carl, 1895-1982, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908, Rodrigo, Joaquín, Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Table of Contents: “…Adagio sostenuto [Excerpt] / Beethoven (3:54) -- Romance from the Gadfly / Shostakovich (3:12) -- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis [Excerpt] / Vaughan Williams (3:57) -- Cello concerto. …”
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