Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Clair de lune
2. Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2
3. Nocturne
4. Dream Children - two pieces for small orchestra, Op.43
5. 1. Adagio sostenuto
6. Nocturne
7. Notturno
8. Nocturne No.15 in F minor, Op.55 No.1
9. Intermezzo (Garden Scene)
10. Ledernier sommeil de la Vièrge (The last sleep of the Virgin)
11. Nocturne
12. Nocturne
13. Pavane, Op.50

Disc 2:

1. Hornpipe
2. Air
3. Gigue
4. 1. Reflets dans l'eau
5. Lagunen-Waltzer (Lagoon Waltz), Op.411
6. Jeux d'eau
7. 2.Largo
8. Vltava
9. 15. in D flat major ("Raindrop")
10. Die Forelle
11. No.13e Danse des cygnes: Pas d'action: Odette et le prince/Deuxième danse de la reine des cygnes (Adante)
12. Gaily, but not too quick
13. Auf dem Wasser zu singen, S. 558 No.2 piano transcription after Schubert
14. The Blue Danube Waltz

Disc 3:

1. Fantasia on Greensleeves
2. 2. Bailero
3. By the Brook
4. Theme & Variations
5. 1. Idylle
6. To a Wild Rose, Op.51, No.1
7. 2. Cowkeeper's tune and country dance
8. 3. Sous les tilleuls
9. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
10. To a Water Lily, Op.51, No.6
11. Shepherd's melody
12. Chorus of Shepherds: "Hier auf den Fluren...."
13. Tales from the Vienna Woods

Disc 4:

1. Love Theme
2. Liebesfreud
3. The Walk to the Paradise Garden (Intermezzo from "A Village Romeo and Juliet")
4. Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3 - Arr. by Liszt from: O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S.298
5. D'Amour ardente flamme
6. The Balcony Scene
7. Salut d'amour, Op.12
8. Extase
9. 4. Pastourelle
10. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
11. Für Elise
12. Liebesleid
13. "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"
14. Scène d'amour

Disc 5:

1. Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
2. 2.Menuetto - Trio
3. 4. Larghetto
4. Nocturne No.8 in D flat, Op.27 No.2
5. 3. Adagio
6. "Vous soupirez, madame?" - "Nuit paisible et sereine!"
7. Prélude No.7 in A, Op.28, No.7
8. Mazurka No.5 in B flat Op.7 No.1
9. Andante cantabile
10. Dreaming
11. Musette
12. Recuerdos de la Alhambra
13. "Abends will ich schlafen gehn"
14. 4. Quasi menuetto - Trio
15. 4. Romanza (Andante con moto)
16. Chanson de la Nuit
17. 12. Brezairola

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78769 in Music
• Released on: 2007-09-24
• Number of discs: 5
• Format: Box set

Album Description
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The most popular composers of all-time now offered at an incredible price!

FIVE CDs for the price of ONE--who could resist! Collections of the essential works of the most popular composers and their greatest hits! Outstanding artists and recordings from the Decca and Philips Classic's catalogues. Each package is a slipcase loaded with FIVE jewel boxes - that's over 5 HOURS of great music in each boxed set. Chill out to the greatest ambient mood music of all time on five discs. Includes: Beethoven: "Moonlight" Sonata, "Für Elise" Borodin: Nocturne Canteloube: Bailero Debussy: Clair de lune Dvorak: Serenade for Strings Fauré: Pavane Hoffstetter: Serenade Humperdinck: Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel Kreisler: Liebesfreud Mozart: Serenata notturna Offenbach: Barcarolle Strauss: The Blue Danube Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Swans, Romeo and Juliet Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves and much more! Featuring London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Vienna Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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