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Romantic Classical Music - 30 Sweetest Classical Pieces​


TRACKLIST:

1 Morricone - The Falls 00:00
2 Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe 03:22
3 Saint-Saëns - The Carnival of the Animals: XIII, The Swan 05:51
4 Schumann - 5 Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102: No. 2, Langsam 09:14
5 Piazzolla - Oblivion 13:45
6 Rachmaninoff - 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise 17:07
7 Puccini - Tosca: "Vissi d'arte" 22:10
8 Prokofiev - 6 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102: No. 6, Amoroso 24:48
9 Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio 27:42
10 Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Op. 20: Scene by a Lake 41:55
11 Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy Overture 44:28
12 Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche 1:04:25
13 Einaudi - Passaggio 1:11:03
14 Einaudi - Tu Sei 1:15:30
15 Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude 1:21:43
16 Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on the G String 1:24:42
17 Grieg - Holberg Suite, Op. 40: II. Sarabande 1:30:17
18 Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings, Op. 48: II. Valse 1:33:59
19 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique": II. Allegro con grazia 1:37:45
20 Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11: II. Andante Cantabile 1:45:44
21 Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel 1:52:19
22 Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75: No. 3, Clair de lune 2:00:49
23 Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei 2:05:33
24 Debussy - Rêverie, L. 68 2:07:54
25 Liszt - Consolations, S. 172: No. 3, Lento placid 2:12:07
26 Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 in A-Flat Major 2:16:07
27 Debussy - Deux arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 in E Major, Andantino con moto 2:21:54
28 Chopin - Douze études, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Aeolian Harp" 2:26:47
29 Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Andante 2:29:14
30 Debussy - Préludes, Premier livre, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin 2:34:45
 
An early take (1975) on the idea that the star of Bethlehem was a space ship.

background:

"De Burgh, who had just signed his first recording contract with A&M Records, was broke and "staying at a friend's flat" when he read Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken. The book made him think "what if the star of Bethlehem was a space craft and what if there is a benevolent being or entity in the universe keeping an eye on the world and our foolish things that we do to each other?" A fan of Irish poet William Butler Yeats, whose work "The Second Coming" avers that every 2,000 years or so there would be a major cataclysmic event happening, de Burgh saw the birth of Christ as "such an event and then 2,000 years later there would be a similar" one. He imagined "the nativity scene, the thing hovering over and I could see the shepherds in the fields and this weird, ethereal music was drifting into the air and they were 'what the heck is that'?" But he "had no ideas about trying to write a hit record."

 
Scottish band Assynt performing "Aidan Jack Jigs"


 
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