CD 1: MOSTLY BAROQUE
1. ALBINONI Adagio extract (arr. Giazotto)
English Chamber Orchestra / Ian Watson (P)1991
2. PACHELBEL Canon in D
Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott (P)1988
3. ALLEGRI Miserere - extract
Taverner Consort / Andrew Parrott (P)1984
4. VIVALDI Flute Concerto Op.10 ‘La notte’ – II. Largo
Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott (P)1988
5. The Four Seasons Concerto No.1 ‘Spring’ – II. Largo e pianissimo
6. Concerto No.2 – ‘Summer’ – II. Adagio
7. Concerto No.3 – ‘Autumn’ – II. Adagio molto
8. Concerto No.4 ‘Winter’ – II. Largo
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green (P)1989
9. Mandolin Concerto in C - II. Largo
10. J. S. BACH Harpsichord Concerto in A – II. Larghetto
Melante Amsterdam / Bob van Asperen (P)1993
11. Harpsichord Concerto in F minor – II. Largo
Melante Amsterdam / Bob van Asperen (P)1993
12. Concerto for two violins in D minor - II. Largo ma non tanto
Jonathan Rees & Jane Murdoch violins
Scottish Ensemble (P)1991
13. Orchestral Suite No.1 – IV. Sarabande
English Chamber Orchestra / Philip Ledger (P)1991
14. Air ‘on the G string’ (Orchestral Suite No.3)
English Chamber Orchestra / Philip Ledger (P)1991
15. Cello Suite No.5 – IV. Sarabande
Ralph Kirshbaum cello (P)1994
16. HAYDN Symphony No.88 in G – II. Largo extract
La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken (P)1992
17. PERGOLESI Stabat mater - opening
Véronique Gens soprano • Gérard Lesne alto
Il seminario musicale (P)1997 EMI France
18. MOZART Ave verum corpus K622
London Classical Players • Schutz Choir of London
Sir Roger Norrington (P)1992
19. HANDEL Ombra mai fù (Serse)
David Daniels counter-tenor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Roger Norrington (P)1992
20. PÄRT Solfeggio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tonu Kaljuste (P)1997
21. TAVENER The Protecting Veil - conclusion
Steven Isserlis cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (P)1992
CD 2: MOZART ADAGIOS
1. MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 K467 – II. Andante
Diana Ambache piano / Ambache Chamber Orchestra (P)1991
2. Clarinet Concerto K621 – II. Adagio
Paul Meyer clarinet
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / John Nelson (P)2005
3. Piano Concerto No.20 K466 – II. Romanze extract
Mikhail Pletnev piano /
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie (P)1996
4. Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 - II. Romanze
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green (P)1991
5. Piano Concerto No.22 K482 – II. Andante
Annie Fischer piano
Philharmonia Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch
(P)1959 EMI Records Ltd
6. Symphony No.40 K550 – II. Andante
Sinfonia Varsovia / Yehudi Menuhin (P)1990
7. Piano Concerto No.23 K488 – II. Adagio
8. Piano Concerto No.24 K491 – II. Larghetto
Mikhail Pletnev piano / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie (P)1993
9. Masonic Funeral Music K477
London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington (P)1992
10. Clarinet Quintet K491 – II. Larghetto
Sabine Meyer clarinet
Members of the Vienna String Sextet
(P)1988 EMI Electrola GmbH
11. Piano Sonata No.8 K310 -
II. Andante cantabile con espressione (extract)
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano (P)1982
12. Flute and Harp Concerto K299 – II. Andantino
Samuel Coles flute • Naoko Yoshino harp
English Chamber Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin (P)1992
CD 3: GERMAN ADAGIOS
BEETHOVEN
1. Piano Sonata No.14 ‘Moonlight’ - I. Adagio sostenuto
François-René Duchâble piano (P)1996
2. Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’ - II. Marcia funebre extract
London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington (P)1989
3. Piano Concerto No.4 – II. Andante con moto
Melvyn Tan piano
London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington (P)1989
4. Piano Sonata No.8 ‘Pathétique’ - II. Adagio cantabile
François-René Duchâble piano (P)1996
5. Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ - II. Adagio un poco mosso
Melvyn Tan piano
London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington (P)1989
6. BRAHMS Symphony No.3 in F – III. Poco allegretto
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Daniel Harding (P)1990
7. Piano Concerto No.2 – III. Andante extract
Stephen Hough piano • Timothy Hugh cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (P)1990
MENDELSSOHN
8. Nocturne (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Charles Mackerras (P)1988
9. SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’ - II. Andante con moto extract
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Charles Mackerras (P)1992
10. String Quartet No.14 ‘Death and the Maiden’ -
II. Andante con moto extract
Hungarian Quartet
(P)1959 EMI France
11. Symphony No.9 ‘Great’ - II. Andante con moto extract
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Charles Mackerras (P)1992
12. Piano Trio No.2 – II. Andante con moto extract
Frank Braley piano • Renaud Capuçon violin
Gautier Capuçon cello (P)2007
13. SCHUMANN Träumerei (Kinderszenen)
Alexis Weissenberg piano
(P)1979 EMI France
14. Symphony No.3 ‘Rhenish’ – IV. Feierlich
Bamberger Symphoniker / Christoph Eschenbach (P)2001
15. STRAUSS Morgen!
Gundula Janowitz soprano
Academy of London (Peter Manning solo violin)
Richard Stamp (P)1990
16. WAGNER Siegfried Idyll - extract
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Marek Janowski (P)1993
17. MAHLER Symphony No.5 – IV. Adagietto extract
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P)1991
18. SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht – Grave
Nash Ensemble (P)1991
CD 4: FRENCH ADAGIOS
1. SAINT-SAËNS Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)
2. The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
Nash Ensemble (P)1991
3. DEBUSSY Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
Kun-Woo Paik piano (P)1991
4. Des pas sur la neige (
Préludes, Book I)
5. La Cathédrale engloutie (
Préludes, Book I)
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano (P)1995
6. FAURÉ Élégie
Paul Tortelier cello (P)1988
7. Pavane
English Chamber Orchestra / Paul Tortelier (P)1988
8. Requiem – Introit extract
Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne
Michel Corboz (P)1993
9. POULENC Concerto for two pianos – II. Larghetto
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Anne Queffélec pianos
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (P)1996
10. Concert champêtre – II. Andante
Maggie Cole harpsichord
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (P)1990
11. SATIE Gnossienne No.1
12. Gymnopédie No.3
Anne Queffélec piano (P)1998
13. RAVEL Piano Concerto in G – II. Adagio extract
Andrew Litton piano
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Libor Pes?ek (P)1989
14. Vocalise en forme de habanera
Arleen Augér soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra / Libor Pes?ek (P)1992
15. Ma Mère l’Oye - Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant
16. Le Jardin féérique
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P)1989
17. Pavane pour une Infante défunte
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P)1989
CD 5: RUSSIAN AND ROMANTIC ADAGIOS
1. SHOSTAKOVICH Waltz (Jazz Suite No.2)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Paavo Järvi (P)2004
2. OFFENBACH Barcarolle (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Jessye Norman soprano • Ann Murray mezzo-soprano
Choeurs et Orchestre Symphonique de l’Opéra du Théatre
Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Sylvain Cambreling
(P)1988 EMI Records Ltd
3. LALO Symphonie espagnole – IV. Andante
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pes?ek (P)1994
4. Méditation (Thaïs)
Renaud Capuçon violin
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Daniel Harding (P)2001
5. MUSSORGSKY orch. Ravel Il vecchio castello (Pictures at an Exhibition)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (P)1991
6. RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 – II. Adagio sostenuto extract
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano
Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P)1993
7. Symphony No.2 – III. Adagio extract
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton (P)1990
8. Vocalise
Natalie Dessay soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker / Michael Schønwandt
(P)1998 EMI France
9. STRAVINSKY Pulcinella – Serenata
Martyn Hill tenor
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (P)1990
10. CHOPIN Nocturne No.5 in F sharp Op.15 No.2
Mikhail Pletnev piano (P)1990
11. Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. posth.
12. Prelude No.4 in E minor
François-René Duchâble piano (P)2003
13. Sonata No.2 in B flat minor - III. Funeral March extract
Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P)1992
14. TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 - II. Andantino semplice extract
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano
Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P)1993
15. Violin Concerto – II. Canzonetta
Augustin Dumay violin
London Symphony Orchestra / Emil Tchakarov
(P)1988 EMI France
16. Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’ - IV. Adagio lamentoso
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra /Andrew Litton
(P)1993
CD 6: SENTIMENTAL ADAGIOS
1. BARBER Adagio for Strings
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P)1989
2. DVORAK Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.2 extract
3. Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.2 extract
Berliner Philharmoniker / Lorin Maazel
(P)1989 EMI Records Ltd
4. Silent Woods
Timothy Woods cello
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pešek (P)1994
GRIEG
5. Peer Gynt The Death of Ase
6. Morning
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (P)2005
7. Piano Concerto in A minor - II. Adagio
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Kitaenko (P)1990
8. Air (Holberg Suite)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (P)2006
9. SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela extract
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (P)1996
10. Valse triste
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (P)2002
11. LISZT Consolation No.3
François-René Duchâble piano
(P)1976 EMI France
12. Liebestraum No.3
François-René Duchâble piano (P)1989
13. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green (P)1989
14. VILLA-LOBOS Aria (Bachianas brasileiras No.5
Barbara Hendricks soprano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz
(P)1986 EMI Records Ltd
15. Sentimental Melody
Sharon Isbin guitar (P)1990
16. RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio extract
Sharon Isbin guitar
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P)1991