VA - Contemplation (2026)

Artist: Various Artists, Nikolai Lugansky, Aldo Ciccolini, Sir John Barbirolli, Alexandre Tharaud, Renaud Capucon, Vasily Petrenko, Thomas Dunford, Yuri Temirkanov, Emmanuel Pahud, Gidon Kremer, Paavo Järvi, Stephen Cleobury
Title: Contemplation
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 8:05:14
Total Size: 4.38 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Contemplation
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 8:05:14
Total Size: 4.38 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Nikolai Lugansky – Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor (02:06)
2. Sergei Babayan – Pärt: Für Alina (03:08)
3. Thomas Dunford – Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Version for Theorbo) (03:13)
4. David Parkhouse – Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folk-Song: No. 2, Andante sostenuto (01:39)
5. Jacob Mühlrad – In Retrospect (Solo Piano Version) (02:17)
6. Thibaut Garcia – Bach & Gounod: Ave Maria (Meditation After Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846) (02:52)
7. Julian Lloyd Webber – Hahn: Chansons grises: No. 5, L'heure exquise (Version for Cello and Piano) (03:57)
8. Aldo Ciccolini – Debussy: Rêverie, CD 76, L. 68 (04:55)
9. Sir John Barbirolli – Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (09:50)
10. Aldo Ciccolini – Debussy: Préludes, Livre I, CD 125, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin (02:48)
11. Maria João Pires – Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 13, Der Dichter spricht (02:56)
12. Sir Neville Marriner – Delius: 2 Aquarelles: No. 1, Slow (Arr. Fenby for String Orchestra) (02:13)
13. Choir of King's College, Cambridge – Bax: Mater ora Filium (02:26)
14. Alexandre Tharaud – Bach, JS: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio (After Marcello's Oboe Concerto) (03:54)
15. Bertrand Chamayou – Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43: V. La vallée des cloches (06:06)
16. Michel Beroff – Saint-Saëns: 6 Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135: No. 5, Élégie (05:39)
17. Tönu Kaljuste – Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 37: VI. Bogoroditse Devo (02:43)
18. Büşra Kayıkçı – Olive Tree (02:32)
19. Dezsö Ránki – Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Book II: No. 45, Meditation (00:46)
20. Lisa Strauss – Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Cello and Piano) (07:45)
21. Gabriela Montero – Montero: Aria (After Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988) (07:36)
22. Marcelle Meyer – Rameau: Deuxième livre de pièces de clavecin, Suite en ré majeur: I. Les tendres plaintes (02:37)
23. Daniel Lozakovich – Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly (02:50)
24. Paavo Järvi – Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (03:27)
25. Leif Ove Andsnes – Mompou: Paisajes: No. 2, El lago (04:01)
26. Bertrand Chamayou – Cage: Prelude for Meditation (01:20)
27. Maxence Cyrin – Horizon (01:54)
28. Fatma Said – Brahms: 4 Lieder, Op. 70: No. 2, Lerchengesang (Version with Harp) (02:24)
29. les Arts Florissants – Rameau: Quam dilecta: IV. Altaria tua (02:14)
30. Anne Queffélec – Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave (02:47)
31. Carlo Maria Giulini – Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (06:58)
32. Renaud Capuçon – Schubert: Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 148, D. 897 "Notturno" (08:40)
33. Michel Corboz – Mendelssohn: 3 Hymns, Op. 96, MWV A19: No. 1, Andante. "Lass, o Herr, mich Hülfe finden" (04:35)
34. Alexandre Tharaud – Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 208 (04:14)
35. Georges Pludermacher – Strauss, R: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9: No. 2, An einsamer Quelle (02:32)
36. Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer – Mozart: Serenade for Winds No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran partita": III. Adagio (05:24)
37. RIOPY – Meditation 3 (03:50)
38. Michel Beroff – Mussorgsky: Meditation "Album Leaf" (02:25)
39. Philip Ledger – Purcell: Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C (Second Verse) (02:20)
40. John Ogdon – Scriabin: 5 Préludes, Op. 74: No. 4, Lent, vague, indécis (01:48)
41. Eliot Fisk – Barrios Mangoré: Contemplación (05:11)
42. José Serebrier – Glazunov: Meditation, Op. 32 (04:15)
43. Pierre Pierlot – Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Adagio (06:06)
44. Tönu Kaljuste – Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 2, The Sea Under the Swing (03:17)
45. Maria Tipo – Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2 (05:32)
46. Renaud Capuçon – Massenet: Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation (05:17)
47. Michel Plasson – Berlioz: Tristia, Op. 18, H 119: I. Méditation religieuse, H 56b (04:59)
48. Matteo Myderwyk – Sincère (03:23)
49. Sir Neville Marriner – Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno (Orchestral Version) [Excerpt] (04:00)
50. Michel Corboz – Charpentier: Messe pour les trépassés, H. 2: V. Symphonie - Agnus Dei (05:22)
51. Julian Lloyd Webber – Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko: Song of the Indian Guest. "Ne shest' almazov vkammenykh peshcherakh" (Version for Cello and Harp) (03:08)
52. Gautier Capuçon – Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: II. Adagio (04:33)
53. Dalal – Beving: Seelenkind (03:34)
54. Sabine Devieilhe – Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: "Tu del ciel ministro eletto" (Bellezza) (06:36)
55. Il Giardino Armonico – Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Mandolins in G Major, RV 532: II. Andante (03:27)
56. Viktoria Postnikova – Tchaikovsky: 18 Pieces, Op. 72: No. 5, Meditation (05:01)
57. Emmanuel Pahud – Poulenc: Flute Sonata, FP 164: II. Cantilena (04:14)
58. Sir Neville Marriner – Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4: III. Sentimental Saraband (07:10)
59. Emmanuel Pahud – Takemitsu: Air (06:51)
60. Mikhail Rudy – Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book I: No. 2, A Blown-Away Leaf (02:15)
61. Huw Montague Rendall – Duparc: Chanson triste (03:27)
62. Gustav Leonhardt – Couperin, F: Les Nations, Quatrième ordre "La Piémontoise": V. Sarabande (01:57)
63. Diane Andersen – Pierné: Premier nocturne, Op. 31 (04:01)
64. Aurélien Pontier – Debussy: Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque (04:35)
65. Sir Simon Rattle – Messiaen: Éclairs sur l'au-delà...: VII. Et Dieu essuiera toute larme de leurs yeux (03:31)
66. les Arts Florissants – Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206, Magnificat: Deposuit (01:55)
67. Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Bach, JS: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 39, Aria. "Erbarme dich" (06:02)
68. Carlo Maria Giulini – Verdi: 4 Pezzi sacri: No. 1, Ave Maria (05:57)
69. Carlos Cipa – Hibernate (03:29)
70. Paavo Järvi – Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 18, Solveig's Song (04:51)
71. Oleg Kagan – Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": II. Adagio molto espressivo (06:43)
72. Gautier Capuçon – Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: Song to the Moon (Instrumental Version) (05:44)
73. André Previn – Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 3, Scene 2: No. 50, Amoroso (03:24)
74. David Fray – Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major (06:24)
75. Sir Simon Rattle – Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, Tableau II: Pas de deux. Apollon et Terpsichore (1947 Version) (03:50)
76. Mariam Batsashvili – Liszt: 6 Consolations, S. 172: No. 3, Lento placido (03:40)
77. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16: No. 3, Farben (04:13)
78. Sir John Barbirolli – Mahler: Rückert-Lieder: No. 2, Ich atmet' einen linden Duft! (02:41)
79. London Philharmonic Orchestra – Elgar: The Light of Life, Op. 29: Meditation (05:56)
80. Ton Koopman – Telemann: Essercizii musici: Trio Sonata No. 3 for Violin, Oboe and Continuo in G Minor, TWV 42:g5: III. Andante (03:27)
81. Emmanuel Pahud – Bach, CPE: Flute Concerto in G Major, Wq. 169: II. Largo (07:15)
82. Martin Kohlstedt – NIODOM (06:04)
83. Stephen Cleobury – Rossini: Petite messe solennelle: XII. Sanctus (04:38)
84. Sir John Barbirolli – Corelli & Barbirolli: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in F Major: III. Sarabanda. Largo (02:30)
85. Aurélien Pontier – Gluck: Melodie from Orfeo ed Euridice (03:19)
86. Choir of King's College, Cambridge – Pärt: The Beatitudes (05:56)
87. Sir Charles Groves – Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26, Group 2: No. 3, Funeral Chant (03:53)
88. Helen Jane Long – Long: Porcelain (03:40)
89. Chanticleer – Palestrina: Motettorum liber tertius: No. 26, O bone Jesu (03:02)
90. Soeur Marie Keyrouz – Bruckner: Ave Maria, WAB 7 (Orch. Dupin) (05:50)
91. Marie-Claire Alain – Franck: Fantaisie in C Major, Op. 16, FWV 28: IV. Adagio (02:53)
92. Jean-François Heisser – Granados: Escenas románticas: No. 2, Berceuse (02:59)
93. Yuri Temirkanov – Khachaturian: Suite No. 2 from Spartacus: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (04:45)
94. Steven Isserlis – Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 7 in G Major, G. 480: II. Adagio (04:07)
95. Ernest Bour – Górecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo (Excerpt) (05:23)
96. Choir of King's College, Cambridge – Kodály: Missa brevis: V. Sanctus (02:32)
97. Gérard Lesne – Pergolesi: Salve Regina in F Minor: I. Salve regina (04:16)
98. Paavo Berglund – Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 "Legends of the Kalevala": No. 2, The Swan of Tuonela (08:45)
99. The Hilliard Ensemble – Desprez: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (04:47)
100. Alsfelder Vokalensemble – Lasso: Al dolce suon del mormorar de l'onde (03:06)
101. David Orlowsky – Flow My Tears (03:55)
102. Marie-Nicole Lemieux – Joncières: La Mer: II. Contemplation (05:27)
103. Hilliard Ensemble – Byrd: Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae, Liber I: No. 37, Ave verum corpus (03:56)
104. Thomas Dunford – Marais: Pièces de viole, Livre IV, Suite d'un goût étranger: La Rêveuse (04:58)
105. Rockwell Blake – Lully: Persée, LWV 60, Act 3: "Ô tranquille sommeil" (Mercure) (04:11)
106. Gidon Kremer – Silvestrov: Post scriptum: II. Andantino (03:57)
107. Alicia de Larrocha – Falla: 4 Piezas españolas: No. 3, Montañesa (04:12)
108. András Schiff – Smetana: Memories of Bohemia in the Form of Polkas, Op. 12: No. 2 in E Minor (06:23)
109. Vasily Petrenko – Tavener: Mahãshakti: Shakti (08:05)
110. Marie-Claire Alain – Widor: Organ Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 13 No. 1: VI. Méditation (04:28)
111. Quatuor Kandinsky – Chausson: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30: II. Très calme (09:20)
112. Turibio Santos – Prado: Livro para Seis Cordas: II. Meditação (01:08)
113. London Symphony Orchestra – Puccini: Crisantemi (07:01)
Unlock the door to inner stillness with Contemplation. This thoughtfully curated compilation gathers some of the most emotionally resonant and profoundly peaceful works from the classical canon. Experience the quiet joy of Mozart’s adagios, the tender introspection of Chopin's nocturnes, and the serene beauty of Satie’s Gymnopédies. Each piece, chosen for its slow tempo and inherently positive mood, acts as a gentle balm for the spirit. Let the timeless melodies guide you to a place of quiet reflection, fostering a sense of calm, hope, and deep inner peace.