Relaxing Classics (Nipper Series)

Two CDs filled with irresistibly relaxing tracks, drawn from the world’s greatest catalogue of recorded music ... When you need to calm down, or simply go with the flow, nothing can match the gentle power of classical music. The clear tones of a solo piano … soothing, floating voices … a gentle guitar … the luxurious sound of a full orchestra … Each of these Relaxing Classics will transport you to a quiet place.

CD1: 1 Beethoven Piano Sonata “Moonlight” (Adagio sostenuto) · Nikolai Lugansky • 2 Saint-Saëns Le Carnaval des animaux (Aquarium) · Renaud Capuçon • 3 Barber Adagio for strings · André Previn • 4 Debussy Clair de lune · Kun Woo Paik • 5 Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel · Tasmin Little • 6 Albinoni Adagio · Jean-François Paillard • 7 Rachmaninov Vocalise · Natalie Dessay • 8 Satie Gymnopédie No. 1 · Michel Legrand • 9 Chopin Berceuse · Nelson Freire • 10 Mozart Clarinet Concerto (Adagio) · Sabine Meyer • 11 Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 (Andante con moto) · Renaud Capuçon • 12 Bach Keyboard Concerto in F minor (Largo) · Alexandre Tharaud • 13 Handel Sarabande · Alexander Briger • 14 Schubert Piano Sonata D.959 (Andantino) · Christian Zacharias

CD2: 1 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 (Adagio sostenuto) · Hélène Grimaud • 2 Fauré Pavane · Paavo Järvi • 3 Chopin Etude No. 3 “Tristesse” · Boris Berezovsky • 4 Chabrier Idylle · Michel Plasson • 5 Pachelbel Canon · Jean-François Paillard • 6 Vivaldi Concerto in C major per mandolino (Largo) · Giovanni Scaramuzzino & Fabio Biondi • 7 Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Le jardin féérique) · Armin Jordan • 8 Offenbach Barcarolle · Ann Murray & Jessye Norman • 9 Debussy En bateau · Jean-Bernard Pommier • 10 Satie Gnossienne No. 5 · Anne Queffélec • 11 Liszt Consolation No. 3 · François-René Duchâble • 12 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 (Adagio) · Mikhail Pletnev • 13 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) · Angel Romero • 14 Schumann Träumerei · Martha Argerich • 15 Verdi Otello (‘Ave Maria’) · Maria Callas