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Various Artists - 101 Relaxing Classics (CD 3 TO 4 DISC SET) Over six hours of gentle, calming classical music to help you unwind and de-stress. Science has shown that music helps us to recharge, physically as well as emotionally. It can lower our blood pressure, calm aracing heart rate, boost our immune systems, clarify our thoughts, and help us sleep. Music can, quite literally, heal us, body and mind. Whether you're racing to beat a deadline, tired of the constant pressures of modern living, or simply curling up on the couchwith your favourite book, this beautiful 5CD album will help you to relax, and breathe again. Let yourself float away in the company of the great composers: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams and much, much more, from beautiful ballets, gorgeous choral music, soothing piano and lush orchestral pieces. Tracklistings: CD1 1.BACH Concerto for two violins: Largo ma non tanto 2.MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4: Romanza 3.DVOÁK New World Symphony: Largo 4.SCHUMANN Evening Song 5.TOURNIER Autumn Promenade 6.BEETHOVEN Cavatina 7.DELIBES Coppélia: Night 8.TRAD An EriskayLove Lilt 9.WILDEREffie Sings a Lullaby 10.MONTES Preludiode Adios 11.FALLA Nana 12.O'BOYLE Sheep Are Soft and Curly 13.TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance 14.ADAM Giselle: Myrtha'sEntrance 15.BACH Actus Tragicus: Sonatina 16.TRAD Rock-a-Bye Baby 17.EDWARDS A Flight of Sunbirds: Andante 18.JENKINS Fantasia 19.RAVEL Pavane pour uneinfantedéfunte 20.TRAD Skye Boat Song CD2 1.MASSENET Méditation 2.HORNER A Gift of a Thistle 3.BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: Adagio ma non tanto 4.DEBUSSY Clair de lune 5.ELGAR Nimrod 6.MASSENET Last Sleep of the Virgin 7.BACH ViolinSonata No. 1: Andante 8.BRITTEN Corpus Christi Carol 9.RODRIGO Conciertomadrigal: Pastoral 10.PACHELBEL Canon 11.VAUGHAN WILLIAMS English Folk-Song Study No. 4 12.PURCELL The Fairy Queen: Act IV Largo 13.BERNIER Le Caffé: Prélude 14.KOCH Reverie 15.BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 16.ADAM Giselle:Peasant Pas de deux 17.VIVALDI Concerto for two mandolins: Andante 18.O'BOYLE The Night Gently Waits 19.HUMPERDINCK Evening Prayer 20.DOWLAND A Galliard to Lachrimae 21.HANDEL Largo CD3 1.BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air 2.COOMAN Island Gloaming 3.JOHNSON Full Fathom Five 4.KATS-CHERNIN Butterflying 5.SATIE GymnopédieNo. 1 6.GEMINIANI Concerto IV: I. Andante 7.FARRELLY Isle of Innisfree 8.RESPIGHI Italiana 9.BACH Oboe Concerto in D minor: Adagio 10.DELIUS Serenade 11.LISZT Consolation No. 3 12.ELGAR Dream Children: Allegretto piacevole 13.VIVALDI LuteConcerto in D major: Andante 14.HANDEL Messiah: Pifa 15.MOZARTAdagiofor Glass Harmonica 16.O'BOYLE Sunrise on the Coast 17.COPLAND Corral Nocturne 18.BACH Prelude in C major 19.FAURð Sicilienne 20.BEETHOVEN EmperorConcerto: Adagio un pocomoto CD4 1.GRIEG Morning Mood 2.GRIEG Last Spring 3.TELEMANN Flute and Violin Concerto: Adagio 4.CLðRISSE Cradle Song 5.HAYDN Cello Concerto: Adagio 6.BOCCHERINI Minuet 7.PURCELL Fairest Isle 8.BACH Cello Suite No. 1: Menuets 9.ALBINONI Oboe Concerto in D minor: Adagio 10.BRAHMS Intermezzo in A major 11.TRADITIONAL Irish Tune from County Derry 12.VINE Love Me Sweet 13.MOZART Divertimento in D major: Andante 14.HAYDN Nocturne No. 3: Andante 15.BACH Arioso 16.BLAKE Berceuse 17.FAURð Pavane 18.BIZET L'Arlesienne: Adagietto 19.RAVEL Sleeping Beauty Pavane 20.MASCAGNI Intermezzo CD5 1.SAINT-SAùNS The Swan 2.VIVALDI The Goldfinch: Larghetto cantabile 3.KATS-CHERNIN The Rain Puzzle 4.PÞRT Spiegel imSpiegel 5.SCHUMANN Träumerei 6.BRUCH Nocturne 7.BRAHMS Es stehteinLind 8.DEBUSSY The Girl with the Flaxen Hair 9.KELLY Idyl 10.BEETHOVEN GassenhauerTrio: Adagio 11.BACH Concerto for Violin & Oboe: Adagio 12.CAMPION Oft Have I Sighed for Him 13.SHOSTAKOVICH Dances of the Dolls: Romance 14.MOZART Clarinet Quintet: Larghetto 15.RUTTER Close Thine Eyes 16.BEETHOVEN PathétiqueSonata: Adagio cantabile 17.VIVALDI Recorder Concerto in C major: Largo 18.MASCITTI ViolinSonata in F major: Adagio 19.KELLY Monograph No. 5 20.VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending: excerpt