ORC100201 - Calm - Orchid Classics

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The Sound of Calm

Featuring some of the most restful and recognisable music from the Orchid catalogue.

Catalogue Number: ORC100201

Release Date: August 19th

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The Sound of Calm

Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Coco Tomita (violin); Simon Callaghan (piano)

Frédéric Chopin
Prelude No.15 in D-flat major – Sostenuto
Chelsea Guo (piano)

J.S.Bach
Prelude Nr. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
George Lepauw (piano)

Bob Chilcott
O Emmanuel
Queens College Choir; Silas Wollston (conductor)

Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet before Parting
Roman Rabinovich (piano)

Richard Causton
Cradle Song
Vocal Group Concert Clemens; Carsten Seyer-Hansen (conductor)

Claude Debussy
Clair de lune
Nino Gvetadze (piano)

J.S Bach
Praeludium
Edna Stern (piano)

Edward Elgar
Nimrod (from the Enigma Variations)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales (orchestra); Andrew Constantine (conductor)

Howard Skempton
Solitary Highland Song
William Howard (piano)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Adagio sostenuto from Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor (‘Moonlight’), Op.27
Jonathan Biss (piano)

Giacomo Puccini
Che gelida manina (from La bohème)
Dmytro Popov (tenor); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (orchestra); Mikhail Simonyan (conductor)

Igor Stravinsky
Khorovod (Round Dance) of the Princesses (from The Firebird)
Yu Kosuge (piano)

Nigel Hess
Nocturne (2015)
Nicholas McCarthy (piano)

Maurice Ravel
Adagio Assai (from Piano Concerto in G major)
Gabriela Montero (piano); Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor); The Orchestra of the Americas (orchestra)

Carl Nielsen
Hindu Dance
Bjarke Mogensen (accordion)

J.S. Bach (arranged G. Kurtág)
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV106
Ashley Wass (piano); Ron Abramski (piano)

To find out more about each of the albums featured on The Sound of Calm, click on the links below.

Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Coco Tomita (violin); Simon Callaghan (piano)
Origins

Frédéric Chopin
Prelude No.15 in D-flat major – Sostenuto
Chelsea Guo (piano)
In My Voice

J.S.Bach
Prelude Nr. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
George Lepauw (piano)
BACH 48

Bob Chilcott
O Emmanuel
Queens College Choir; Silas Wollston (conductor)
And Comes the Day

Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet before Parting
Roman Rabinovich (piano)
Ballet Russes

Richard Causton
Cradle Song
Vocal Group Concert Clemens; Carsten Seyer-Hansen (conductor)
There is no Rose

Claude Debussy
Clair de lune
Nino Gvetadze (piano)
Debussy

J.S Bach
Praeludium
Edna Stern (piano)
ME-SU-BACH

Edward Elgar
Nimrod (from the Enigma Variations)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales (orchestra); Andrew Constantine (conductor)
The New England Connection

Howard Skempton
Solitary Highland Song
William Howard (piano)
Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs

Ludwig van Beethoven
Adagio sostenuto from Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor (‘Moonlight’), Op.27
Jonathan Biss (piano)
The Complete Piano Sonatas by Beethoven

Giacomo Puccini
Che gelida manina (from La bohème)
Dmytro Popov (tenor); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (orchestra); Mikhail Simonyan (conductor)
Hymns of Love

Igor Stravinsky
Khorovod (Round Dance) of the Princesses (from The Firebird)
Yu Kosuge (piano)
Four Elements vol.2

Nigel Hess
Nocturne (2015)
Nicholas McCarthy (piano)
The Way of Light

Maurice Ravel
Adagio Assai (from Piano Concerto in G major)
Montero / Ravel