Velkou předností všech kompilačních nahrávek firmy Warner Classics je, že jsou kolekce pečlivě sestavovány z původních nahrávek opravdu špičkovych interpretů ve skvělé technické kvalitě. Tím se jednoznačně odlišují od různych anonymních „vyběrů" z klasické hudby, které jsou dostupné na trhu a které za nízkou cenu nabízejí také odpovídající nízkou kvalitu interpretů a technického zpracování. Ten, kdo klavírní hudbu poslouchá častěji nebo pravidelně, určitě zná jména jako Hélene Grimaud, Maria-Joao Pires, Jean-Philippe Collard nebo Mikhail Pletnev a ví, že jsou zárukou té nejvyšší interpretační kvality. Kolekce „100 Best Relaxing Piano" přináší průřez nejslavnějšími díly autorů od baroka přes klasicismus, romantismus až po 20. století, nicméně hlavní těžiště nahrávky je zejména v pomalych větách z klavírních skladeb romantickych autorů 19. století, jak odpovídá i celkovému relaxačnímu ladění kompilace.
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CD 1 1. J.S. BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 1.56 / Christian Zachari-as, piano 2. SAINT-SAËNS Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium (Andantino) 2.40 / Nash Ensemble 3. SCHUBERT Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 (Arr. Liszt) 4.12 / Bertrand Chamayou, piano 4. CHOPIN 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No.3 in E major, 'Tristesse' 4.06 / Nicolai Lugansky, piano 5. HANDEL Suite in D minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande 2.57 / Andrei Gavrilov, piano 6. DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Andante tres expressif) 5.44 / Kun Woo Paik, piano 7. CHABRIER Pieces pittoresques: VI. Idylle 3.17 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 8. SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XII. Kind im Einschlummern 1.46 / Maria-Joao Pires, piano 9. RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai 9.22 / Hélene Grimaud, piano 10. CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romanze (Larghetto) 10.17 / Maurizio Pollini, piano Philharmonia Orchestra • Paul Kletzki 11. J.S. BACH “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”, BWV 147 (Jesu, joy of man's desiring) (Arr. Myra Hess) 3.29 / Alexis Weissenberg 12. LISZT 6 Consolations, S172: No. 3 in D-Flat major (Lento placido) 4.57 / Tzimon Barto, piano 13. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile 5.33 / Stephen Ko-vacevich, piano 14. J.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: II Largo 3.12 / Maria-Joao Pires, piano Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon • Michel Corboz 15. BEETHOVEN Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, “Für Elise” (Poco moto) 3.19 / Moura Lympany, piano 16. BORODIN Petite Suite: VII. Nocturne (Andantino) 2.58 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 17. SCRIABIN Nocturne for the left hand in D-Flat major, Op.9 No.2 5.41 / Alexis Weissenberg, piano
CD 2 1. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante 7.09 / Piotr Anderszewski, piano & conduc-tor • Sinfonia Varsovia 2. GRANADOS 12 Danzas espanolas, Op. 37: II Oriental 4.59 / Jean François Heisser, piano 3. BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto 5.47 / Daniel Barenboim, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer 4. CHOPIN 12 Etudes, Op.10: No. 6 in E-Flat minor 3.56 / Nicolai Lugansky 5. SATIE 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 Lent et douloureux 3.01 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 6. FAURÉ Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat minor, Op. 33 No. 1 7.53 / Jean-Philippe Collard, piano 7. CHOPIN 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A major (Andantino) 0.40 / Samson François, piano 8. BRAHMS 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 9 in D minor 1.26 / Mikhail Rudy, piano 9. LISZT Liebestod (from Tristan und Isold by Wagner) 7.27 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 10. RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 7.05 / Anne Queffélec, piano 11. MOZART Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332: II. Adagio 4.35 / Daniel Barenboim piano 12. DEBUSSY Reverie, L. 76 4.59 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 13. SCHUBERT 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F minor (Allegro moderato) 1.33 / Stephen Kovacevich, piano 14. SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op.15: VII. Träumerei 3.15 / Maria-Joao Pires, piano 15. SÉVERAC Cerdana: I. En Tartane (L'arrivée en Cerdagne) 6.30 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 16. TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons, Op. 37a: VI. June (Barcarolle). Andante cantabile 4.39 / Mikhail Pletnev, pi-ano 17. SCRIABIN Etude, Op. 2 No. 1 2.38 / Georges Pludermacher, piano
CD 3 1. LISZT Liebesträume, S.541 5.33 / Kun Woo Paik, piano 2. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: II. Adagio 6.16 / Mikhail Pletnev, piano & conductor • Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie 3. J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria 3.01 / Maria Tipo, piano 4. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto 6.12 / François-René Duchâble, piano 5. CHOPIN Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 2.53 / Samson François, piano 6. DEBUSSY Petite suite, L. 71a: I. En bateau 3.17 / Jean-Philippe Collard, piano 7. RAVEL Miroirs, M. 43: III. Une barque sur l'océan 7.00 / Bertrand Chamayou, piano 8. SATIE 6 Gnossiennes: No. 1 Lent 3.00 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 9. RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto 11.57 / Hélene Grimaud, Philharmonia, Vladimir Ashkenazy 10. CHOPIN 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 6 in G-Sharp minor 1.49 / Nicolai Lugansky, piano 11. SCHUMANN 6 Etudes in canon form for pedal piano, Op. 56: II. Mit innigem Ausdruck 4.02 / Piotr Ander-szewski, piano 12. MENDELSSOHN Songs without Words, Op. 67 No. 2: Allegro leggiero 2.01 / Leif Ove Andsnes, piano 13. FAURÉ Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse (Allegro moderato) 2.34 / Jean-Philippe Collard, piano 14. GRANADOS 6 Escenas romanticas: VI. Epilogo 3.21 / Jean-François Heisser, piano 15. HAYDN Piano Concerto No. 11 in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11 1: II. Un poco adagio 7.25 / Alexandre Tharaud, piano 16. BRAHMS 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2 Intermezzo in B-Flat minor 5.05 / Nicholas Angelich, piano
CD 4 1. BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat major, Op. 73, 'Emperor': II. Adagio un poco mosso 9.00 / Dan-iel Barenboim, Otto Klemperer 2. J.S. BACH after MARCELLO Concerto in D minor, BWV 974: II Andante 2.22 / Alessio Bax, piano 3. CHOPIN Nocturne in D-Flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 5.27 / Maurizio Pollini, piano 4. DEBUSSY Arabesques, L. 74: No. 1 3.22 / Michel Béroff, piano 5. SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Book 1: Innig 1.28 / Stephen Hough, piano 6. TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat minor, Op. 23: II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Be-atrice Rana, Antonio Pappano 7. SCARLATTI Sonata in G minor, Kk. 8 4.54 / Alexandre Tharaud, piano 8. SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No.20 in A major, D959: II Andantino 8.18 / Andreas Staier, pianoforte 9. MENDELSSOHN Songs without Words, Op. 19 No. 1: Andante con moto in E major4.13 / Daniel Adni, pi-ano 10. GRIEG Lyric Pieces, Op. 47 No. 3: Melody 3.06 / Leif Ove Andsnes, piano 11. FAURÉ Songs without Words, Op. 17 No. 3: Andante moderato 2.25 / Alexandre Tharaud, piano 12. SCHUMANN Waldszenen, Op. 82: Einsame Blumen 1.51 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 13. RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: I. Ondine 6.27 / Bertrand Chamayou, piano 14. BRAHMS 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-Flat major 1.37 / Moura Lympany, piano 15. J.S. BACH “Wachet Auf”, BWV 645 (Arr. Busoni) 4.08 / Georges Cziffra, piano 16. CHOPIN Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 5.12 / Samson François, piano 17. HAYDN Keyboard Concerto in F major, Hob. XVIII:7: II. Adagio 2.44 / Mikhail Pletnev, 18. J.S. BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 1.37 / Christian Zacha-rias, piano
CD 5 1. DEBUSSY 2 Arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 Andantino con moto 4.18 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 2. SCARLATTI Sonata in B minor, Kk. 87 6.58 / Mikhail Pletnev, piano 3. CHOPIN Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 4.16 / Samson François, piano 4. MENDELSSOHN Songs without Words, Op. 30: No. 6 in F-Sharp minor, “Venetian Gondola Song” 3.18 / Annie d'Arco, piano 5. GRANADOS Goyescas “Los Majos Enamorados”: IV Quejas o la maja y el ruisenor 5.57 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 6. FRANCK Prélude, Fugue & Variation, Op. 18, FWV 30: I. Prélude (Arr. Bauer) 4.24 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 7. MOZART Concerto for 2 Pianos in E-Flat major, K.365: II Andante 8.02 / Karl Engel & Till Engel, pianos 8. SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen 1.41 / Maria-Joao Pires, piano 9. SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: I. Andante sostenuto 12.08 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 10. DEBUSSY Estampes, L. 108: I. Pagodes 4.39 / Youri Egorov, piano 11. CHOPIN 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E minor (Largo) 1.44 / Samson François, piano 12. IBERT Histoires: II. Le petit âne blanc (Avec une tranquille bonne humeur) 2.03 / Leif Ove Andsnes, piano 13. GRIEG Moods, Op. 73: IV. Folksong (Andante pastorale) 2.35 / Leif Ove Andsnes, piano 14. RACHMANINOV Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 2.46 / Dmitri Alexeev, piano 15. MASSENET Eau dormante, Impromptu (Lent et calme) 3.00 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 16. SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Book 1: Nicht schnell. Mit äusserst starker Empfindung 3.14 / Stephen Hough, piano
CD 6 1. RAVEL Jeux d'eau, M. 30 5.47 / Bertrand Chamayou, piano 2. SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus, D899: No.3 in G-Flat major 6.43 / Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano 3. CHOPIN Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 4.08 / Samson François, piano 4. DESBUSSY Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin 2.35 / Moura Lympany, piano 5. SCHUMANN 6 Etudes in canon form for pedal piano: I. Nicht zu schnell 2.05 / Piotr Anderszewski, piano 6. HAYDN Piano Sonata No. 13 in G Major, Hob. XVI:6: III. Adagio 4.37 / Rudolf Buchbinder, piano 7. LISZT Les jeux d'eau a la villa d'Este 7.30 / Anne Queffélec, piano 8. GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio 6.48 / Leif Ove Andsnes, piano 9. MOZART Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310/300d: II. Andante cantabile con espressione 2.38 / Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano 10. CHOPIN Nocturne in C-Sharp minor, Op. posth. 4.19 / Mikhail Pletnev, piano 11. SCHUMANN Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7 Der Vogel als Prophet 3.35 / Dame Moura Lympany, piano 12. RAVEL Ma Mere l'Oye (Suite), M. 60: I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant. Lent 1.11 / Samson François & Pierre Barbizet, pianos 13. DEBUSSY Ballade (Ballade slave), L. 78 6.36 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 14. GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Arr. Siloti) 3.15 / Alexandre Tharaud, piano 15. ALBÉNIZ Iberia, Book 1: I. Evocacion 5.03 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano 16. CHOPIN Berceuse in D-Flat major, Op. 57 5.17 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano
