Aromatherapy, the quiet moments of classical music. And in the fourth volume, Music of the Night, there’s the ‘Barcarolle’ from Offenbach’s ‘Tales of Hoffmann’, slow movements from String Serenades by Mozart, Dvorak and Suk and of course, Chopin’s night music, celebrated by his popular D flat major Nocturne, Op. 27 No. 2.
TOMASO ALBINONI
Adagio for Organ & Strings (arr. Remo Giazotto)
Alastair Ross, organ
Simon Standage, violin
Richard Hickox Orchestra
Richard Hickox
MAX BRUCH
Kol Nidrei
Lynn Harrell, cello
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio
Carlos Bonell, guitar
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit
SAMUEL BARBER
Adagio for strings
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner
HEINRICH BAERMANN
Adagio for clarinet & strings (attrib. Wagner)
Alfred Boskovsky, clarinet
Members of the Vienna Octet
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan’
Jascha Silberstein, cello
Marie Goossens, harp
ANTONIN DVORAK
Symphony No. 9 in E minor ‘From the New World: Largo
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz
JULES MASSENET
Thai: Meditation
John Georgiadis, violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge