VA – 100 Best Relaxing Piano (2018)

The collection gathers the best relaxing tunes from the piano repertoire performed by most eminent musicians: Piotr Anderszewski, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamayou, Aldo Ciccolini, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, Nicolai Lugansky, Maria-João Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Anne Queffélec, Alexandre Tharaud and Alexis Weissenberg.

Works

Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria
Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056: II. Largo
Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’: Adagio cantabile
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’: Adagio sostenuto
Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in A flat major
Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major ‘Tristesse’
Chopin: Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
Chopin: Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1
Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post.
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11: Romance
Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor
Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Debussy: Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
Debussy: Rêverie
Fauré: Nocturne No. 1 in E flat minor, Op. 33 No. 1
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16: Adagio
Handel: Sarabande from Suite in D minor, HWV437
Liszt: Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major
Liszt: Liebesträume, S541 Nos. 1-3
Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 1 (Nocturne in A flat major)
Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 2 (Nocturne in E flat major)
Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
Rachmaninov: Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: Aquarium
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K8 in G minor
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor
Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Träumerei
Scriabin: Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor

Conductors

Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Baudo, Serge
Corboz, Michel
Hager, Leopold
Kitayenko, Dmitri
Klemperer, Otto
Kletzki, Paul
Labadie, Bernard
Pappano, Antonio
Pletnev, Mikhail
Zinman, David

Groups & Artists

Adni, Daniel
Alexeev, Dmitri
Anderszewski, Piotr
Andsnes, Leif Ove
Angelich, Nicholas
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Barenboim, Daniel
Barto, Tzimon
Bax, Alessio
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Béroff, Michel
Buchbinder, Rudolf
Chamayou, Bertrand
Ciccolini, Aldo
Collard, Jean-Philippe
Cziffra, Georges
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Duchâble, François-René
Egorov, Youri
François, Samson
Gavrilov, Andrei
Grimaud, Hélène
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Hough, Stephen
Kovacevich, Stephen
Leonskaja, Elisabeth
Lugansky, Nikolai
Lympany, Dame Moura
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Nash Ensemble, The
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestre de Paris
Philharmonia Orchestra
Pires, Maria João
Pletnev, Mikhail
Pollini, Maurizio
Pommier, Jean-Bernard
Queffélec, Anne
Rana, Beatrice
Rudy, Mikhail
Sinfonia Varsovia
Staier, Andreas
Tharaud, Alexandre
Tomes, Susan
Violons du Roy, Les
Weissenberg, Alexis
Zacharias, Christian

Tracklist:
CD 1
1 J.S. BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 1.56 / Christian Zacharias, 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 très expressif) 5.44 / Kun Woo Paik, piano
7 CHABRIER Pièces pittoresques: VI. Idylle 3.17 / Aldo Ciccolini, piano
8 SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XII. Kind im Einschlummern 1.46 / Maria-João Pires, piano
9 RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai 9.22 / Hélène 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 Kovacevich, piano
14 J.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: II Largo 3.12 / Maria-João 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 & conductor • Sinfonia Varsovia
2 GRANADOS 12 Danzas españolas, 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 Rêverie, 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-João Pires, piano
15 SÉVERAC Cerdaña: 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, piano
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 / Hélène 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 Anderszewski, 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 / Daniel 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 / Beatrice 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, piano
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 Zacharias, 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-João 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 à 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 Mère 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