Classical Music for Reading – Various Artists

1

Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande

Academy of St Martin in the Fields & George Frideric Handel

3:24

2

Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: II. Larghetto

Nicholas Carpenter, Brindisi Quartet & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7:38

3

Concerto for 4 Violins in E Minor, RV 550: III. Adagio

Renato Fasano & I Virtuosi di Roma

0:41

4

Silouans Song

Juha Kangas, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra & Arvo Pärt

5:59

5

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romance

David Zinman, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

8:20

6

Pièces froides, Set 1, Airs à faire fuir: No. 1, D'une manière très particulière

Anne Queffélec & Erik Satie

2:44

7

4 Impromptus, D. 899: No. 2 in E-Flat Major

Aldo Ciccolini & Franz Schubert

4:10

8

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto

Charles Dutoit, Martha Argerich, Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal & Frédéric Chopin

8:55

9

Slavonic Dances, B. 147: No. 2, Dumka (Allegretto grazioso)

Lorin Maazel, Berliner Philharmoniker & Antonín Dvořák

2:37

10

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile

Antonio Pappano, Han-Na Chang & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

8:35

11

Waldszenen, Op. 82: VII. Der Vogel als Prophet

Moura Lympany

3:39

12

Beatus Petronius

Tõnu Kaljuste, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

5:10

13

Cello Concerto in B Minor, B. 191: II. Adagio ma non troppo

Paavo Järvi, Gautier Capuçon & Antonín Dvořák

12:46

14

String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde Quartet": II. Andante

Borodin Quartet & Franz Schubert

7:44

15

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con grazia

Antonio Pappano, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

7:51

16

Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 230: II. Larghetto

Renato Fasano & Virtuosi di Roma

4:30

17

6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale in F Minor (Tempo di valse)

Jérôme Ducros, Renaud Capuçon & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:29

18

Sospiri, Op. 70

Richard Hickox & Sir Edward Elgar

5:34

19

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto

Wolfgang Sawallisch, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Johannes Brahms

9:00

20

Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16: I. Allegro moderato

Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Johannes Brahms

9:00

21

Rêverie, L. 68

Aldo Ciccolini & Claude Debussy

4:57

22

Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: I. Canon

Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Johann Pachelbel

5:01

23

Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: Song to the Moon (Transc. Lenaerts)

Anneleen Lenaerts & Antonín Dvořák

5:54

24

Spiegel im Spiegel

Guillaume Bellom, Renaud Capuçon & Arvo Pärt

9:05

25

3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 in D Major. Lent et douloureux (Orch. Ducros)

Adrien Perruchon, Gautier Capuçon, Jérôme Ducros & Orchestre de Chambre de Paris

2:53

26

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio

Claudio Abbado, Sabine Meyer, Berliner Philharmoniker & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:35

27

Miroirs, M. 43: V. La vallée des cloches

Bertrand Chamayou

6:07

28

2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Vernon Handley & London Philharmonic Orchestra

5:47

29

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

Sir John Barbirolli, Jacqueline du Pré, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Edward Elgar

7:59

30

Spartacus Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

London Symphony Orchestra

9:53

31

Adagio for Strings

Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker & Samuel Barber

8:58

32

Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, B. 49

Mikhail Pletnev & Frédéric Chopin

4:20

33

Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

Ben Glassberg, Thibaut Garcia & Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

10:41