VA - Classical Chillout [2 CD] (2001)
Artist: VA
Title: Classical Chillout
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: EMI Records Ltd., Gala Records
Genre: Chillout, Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, Covers)
Total Time: 02:30:50
Total Size: 633 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Classical Chillout
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: EMI Records Ltd., Gala Records
Genre: Chillout, Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, Covers)
Total Time: 02:30:50
Total Size: 633 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1:
01. Barber - Adagio for Strings (from the film 'Platoon')
02. Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 (from the film 'My Dinner with Andre')
03. Jenkins - Adiemus (from the Delta Airliness TV ad)
04. Preisner - Farewell
05. Puccini - O mio babbino caro (from the film 'A Room with a View')
06. Albinoni - Adagio (from the film 'Gallipoli')
07. Bellini - Casta Diva (Norma) (from the film 'The Bridges of Madison County')
08. Part - Spiegel Im Spiegel
09. Delibes - Flower Duet (Lakme) (from the British Airliness TV ad)
10. Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First The Promise (from the film 'The Piano')
11. Faure - Cantique De Jean Racine (from the film 'Babe')
12. Unge & Mason - The Ashokan Farewell (from the TV series The Civil War)
13. Bowie - Metheny - This Is Not America
14. Debussy - Clair De Lune (from the film 'Frankie and Johnny')
15. Allegri - Miserere Mei, Deus (from the film 'Angela's Ashes')
CD2:
01. Horner - My Heart Will Go On (from the film 'Titanic')
02. Jeffes - Perpetuum Mobile
03. J.S. Bach - Concerto For Violin & Oboe In D Minor
04. Gуrecki - Symphony No.3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs)
05. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
06. Satie - Gnossienne No.1 (from the film 'Chocolat')
07. Reich - Nagoya Marimbas
08. Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1 In G Minor
09. Tavener - Song for Athene
10. Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe (from the film 'The Mission')
11. Craig Armstrong - Weather Storm
12. Morricone - Chi Mai (from the TV series 'The Life & Times Of David Lloyd George')
13. Faure - In Paradisum (from the film 'The Thin Red Line')
14. Catalani - Ebben? Ne Andro Iontana (from the film 'Diva')
15. Vivaldi - Winter (The Four Seasons)
16. J.S. Bach - Piano Concerto No.5 (from the film 'Hannah And Her Sisters')
17. Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus (from the film 'Lorenzo's Oil')
The only thing wrong with this compilation is the title: "Chillout" hardly seems the right word to describe such a well-balanced collection which, while it includes such relaxing music as Debussy's Clair de lune and Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending, also has pieces as wired as Steve Reich's exciting Nagoya Marimbas and Simon Jeffes' Perpetuum Mobile. All the performances are good and have been juxtaposed with some wit: a piece which celebrates nocturnal luminescence, Clair de lune, is followed by a work traditionally performed in darkness, Allegri's Miserere. The aria "Ebbenne andr? lontana" (used in the film Diva) in which a woman reveals that she is going to live on the freezing summit of a mountain, is followed by the slow movement of Vivaldi's "Winter". There are no notes, translations or blurbs, so if you want to find out more about a piece you'll have to pull out the encyclopaedia or get on the net. But that aside, this is a thoroughly enjoyable compilation.