Berceuse - Classics For Relaxing And Dreaming

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Cat No: 8556610

Release Date: 02 January 2000

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

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Barcode: 730099661027

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: BERCEUSE - CLASSICS FOR RELAXING AND DREAMING

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BERCEUSE is the French word for a cradle-song, and in this album we recapturethose moments of tranquillity and dreams fashioned bythose memorable melodies from the world of classical music. Thirteen tracks havebeen selected from the extensive Naxos catalogueof compact discs...?áPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky brings to life that magical worldof fantasy in his ballet, The SleepingBeauty. It is the well-known story of the Princess put to sleep by the evilwitch until the handsome Prince comes to wake her with a kiss. The graceful Adagio forms part of the happy and colourful third act, perfectly picturing the grace of theballerinas.The year1802 was a turbulent one in the life of Ludwigvan Beethoven. He was thirty-two and had fallen in love with the Countess Giulietta Guicciardi who was justseventeen. Sadly it was a one-sided love, and the following year her hand wasplaced in marriage elsewhere. His mixed emotions surfaced in the Piano Sonatas he was composing at thetime. The tenderness of the 'Moonlight'sonata contrasts with the stormy eruptions of 'The Tempest' sonata. Yet in the eye of the storm comes a moment ofquiet resignation in the Adagio.The musicof the 17th century Italian composer, AntonioVivaldi, has entered the world of 'pop' classicswith his atmospheric The Four Seasons.In his later life he directed music at a school for orphaned and abandonedgirls, and musicians travelled from afar to hear thewonderful orchestra and soloists from Piet?á. Many ofhis concertos were written to demonstrate their brilliance, while the centralslow movements pictured a feminine lyricism.A centurylater Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wasthe celebrated prodigy, writing music of value by the age of five. Central tohis vast catalogue of works was the imposing series of symphonies. TheThirty-fifth, the 'Haffner', was completed in 1782,having started out life as a Serenade commissioned by the Haffnerfamily in Salzburg.He later condensed the six movements to four, with a particularly warm-toned Adagio. Mozart also wrote concertos foralmost every instrument, including twenty-seven keyboard concertos. TheFourteenth was written in 1784 for his pupil, Barbara Ployer,and has a most innocent a restful Andantecentral movement.It lookedas if Louis Spohrwas following in Mozart's footsteps, composing and playing the violin to aprofessional standard at the age of eight. As a virtuoso violinist, conductorand composer, he was to become one of the highest paid musicians of his day. Hewas eventually placed in charge of the finest orchestra and opera house in Germany, andthat provided the stimulus for a series of operas and major orchestral works. Todayhe is largely remembered by his chamber music, though his series of violinconcertos are acclaimed as outstanding examples of music from that period. TheSeventh dates from 1814, and contains an elegant Adagio as the second movement.Fryderyk Chopinappears to have had no love for his native Poland,and from 1830 enjoyed the adulation of his audiences i
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