Classical Chill [Metro]

by CLASSICAL CHILL / VARIOUS

Overview

Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listeners. Creative marketing concepts aside, it wouldn't be a bad idea for a few young people with adventurous listening habits to pick this one up: The selectors did a good job of picking evocative works with at least a small degree of crossover. From Einojuhani Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus Concerto to Philip Glass' Violin Concerto to Toru Takemitsu's Toward the Sea, Classical Chill intersperses the more staid sound of string trios and quartets with more abstract, conceptual pieces with genuine appeal to those who appreciate the ambitious sound worlds of Roeyksopp, Koop, and others in the downbeat subgenre that spawned this compilation. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	05/21/2002
Label:	NAXOS
UPC:	0730099121019

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61~Suo (The Marsh)  - Hannu Lintu  - Einojuhani Rautavaara  -  Royal Scottish National Orchestra
2. Adam Zero, ballet in one scene, Op. 67, F. 1a~Approach of Autumn  - Arthur Bliss  -  English Northern Philharmonia  - David Lloyd-Jones
3. Trio for strings in G major, R. 59~Adagio  -  Maggini Quartet  - E.J. Moeran  -  Members of the Maggini String Quartet members
4. Violin Concerto~2.  - Adele Anthony  - Philip Glass  -  Ulster Orchestra  - Takuo Yuasa
5. Bagatelles (5) for clarinet & piano, Op. 23~Romance: Andante tranquillo  - Gerald Finzi  - Howard Griffiths  - Robert Plane  -  Royal Northern Sinfonia
6. Valse Triste, for orchestra (from Kuolema), Op. 44/1  - Jorma Panula  - Jean Sibelius  -  Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Om m¿¿gna ¿¿r, for piano (Fr¿¿s¿¿blomster, Book 3 "I Sommarhagen," No. 7)  - Wilhelm Peterson-Berger  - Niklas Sivelov
8. Cornish Dances (4), for orchestra, Op. 91~Andantino  - Malcolm Arnold  - Andrew Penny  -  Queensland Symphony Orchestra
9. Pr¿¿ludes (12) for piano, Book I, L. 117~Des pas sur la neige  - Claude Debussy  - Andrew Penny  - Francois-Joel Thiollier
10. Toward the Sea II, for alto flute, harp & strings~The Night  - Petri Alanko  - Okko Kamu  - Toru Takemitsu  -  Tapiola Sinfonietta
11. Mazurkas (20) for piano, Op. 50, M56~No. 3  - Martin Roscoe  - Karol Szymanowski
12. Tabula rasa, concerto for 2 violins (or violin & viola), prepared piano & string orchestra~Ludus (excerpt)  - Lesley Hatfield  - Rebecca Hirsch  - Arvo Part  -  Ulster Orchestra  - Takuo Yuasa
13. Symphony No. 7 for soprano, small female chorus & orchestra with narrator ad lib ("Sinfonia Antartica")~Landscape: Lento  - Kees Bakels  -  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra  - Ralph Vaughan Williams
14. Song for Athene, for chorus  - Christopher Robinson  -  St. John's College Choir  - John Tavener
15. Sancta Maria, for voice, keyboards and tape  - Thomas Bloch

Disc 2

16. Piano Concerto in G major~Adagio assai  -  Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice  -  Polish Radio and Television National Symphony Orchestra  - Maurice Ravel  - Francois-Joel Thiollier  - Antoni Wit
17. Prelude for string orchestra in F minor, Op. 25  - Gerald Finzi  - David Lloyd-Jones  -  Royal Ballet Sinfonia
18. Sospiri, adagio for strings, harp & organ, Op. 70  - Edward Elgar  -  English Northern Philharmonia  - David Lloyd-Jones
19. Partsongs (8), Op. 119~No. 3, The Blue Bird  -  Oxford Camerata  - Charles Villiers Stanford  - Jeremy Summerly
20. Mass for soloists & chorus in G minor~Kyrie  - Noel Edison  -  Elora Festival Singers  - Ralph Vaughan Williams
21. Chelsea Reach, for piano (from "London Pieces")  - John Ireland  - John Lenehan
22. Fantasiest¿¿cke (8 Fantasy Pieces), for piano, Op. 12~Des Abends  - Benjamin Frith  - Robert Schumann
23. Apollo e Dafne (La Terra ¿¿ Liberata), dramatic cantata for soprano, bass & orchestra, HWV 122~Felicissima quest'alma  -  European Union Baroque Orchestra  - Roy Goodman  - George Frederick Handel  - Olga Pasichnyk  - Olga Pasiecznik
24. Divertimento No. 15 for 2 horns & strings in B flat major ("Lodron Serenade No 2"), K. 287 (K. 271H)~Adagio  -  Capella Istropolitana  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  - Harald Nerat
25. Serenade No. 10 for winds in B flat major ("Gran Partita"), K. 361 (K. 370a)~Adagio  -  German Wind Soloists  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
26. Pastoral Suite, for orchestra, Op. 19~Romance  -  Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra  - Okko Kamu  - Lars-Erik Larsson
27. Lyric Suite for orchestra (orchestration of Op. 54)~Shepherd's Boy  -  Cssr State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner  -  Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra  - Richard Edlinger  - Edvard Grieg
28. Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63~Andante assai  - Tedi Papavrami  -  Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice  -  Polish Radio and Television National Symphony Orchestra  - Sergey Prokofiev  - Antoni Wit
29. The Lord's Prayer, for chorus (1982)  - Christopher Robinson  -  St. John's College Choir  - John Tavener

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Andrew Penny   Primary Artist,Conductor
John Lenehan   Primary Artist,Piano
European Union Baroque Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
German Wind Soloists   Primary Artist,Ensemble
CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner   Primary Artist
Royal Scottish National Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Royal Ballet Sinfonia   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Benjamin Frith   Primary Artist,Piano
Ulster Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Thomas Bloch   Primary Artist,Harmonica (Glass)
Jeremy Summerly   Primary Artist,Conductor
Lesley Hatfield   Primary Artist,Violin
Niklas Siveloev   Primary Artist,Piano
Maggini Quartet   Primary Artist
Rebecca Hirsch   Primary Artist,Violin
Queensland Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Petri Alanko   Primary Artist,Flute
Tapiola Sinfonietta   Primary Artist,Orchestra
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Royal Northern Sinfonia   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice   Primary Artist
Okko Kamu   Primary Artist,Conductor
Harald Nerat   Primary Artist,Conductor
Adele Anthony   Primary Artist,Violin
Kees Bakels   Primary Artist,Conductor
Richard Edlinger   Primary Artist,Conductor
Hannu Lintu   Primary Artist,Conductor
Roy Goodman   Primary Artist,Conductor
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Capella Istropolitana   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Christopher Robinson   Primary Artist,Conductor,Choir Director
Francois-Joel Thiollier   Primary Artist,Piano
Olga Pasichnyk   Primary Artist,Soprano
Tedi Papavrami   Primary Artist,Violin
Robert Plane   Primary Artist,Clarinet
Elora Festival Singers   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Jorma Panula   Primary Artist,Conductor
Takuo Yuasa   Primary Artist,Conductor
English Northern Philharmonia   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Antoni Wit   Primary Artist,Conductor
Martin Roscoe   Primary Artist,Piano
Oxford Camerata   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Noel Edison   Primary Artist,Conductor
Howard Griffiths   Primary Artist,Conductor
David Lloyd-Jones   Primary Artist,Conductor
Members of the Maggini String Quartet   Ensemble
Olga Pasiecznik   Soprano (Vocal)
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice)   Orchestra
Polish Radio and Television National Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra

Technical Credits

Arvo Paert   Composer
Maurice Ravel   Composer
E.J. Moeran   Composer
Karol Szymanowski   Composer
Royal Ballet Sinfonia   Performer
Ulster Orchestra   Performer
Thomas Bloch   Composer
Jeremy Summerly   Performer
Charles Villiers Stanford   Composer
Gerald Finzi   Composer
Lawrence Ashmore   Arranger
Lars-Erik Larsson   Composer
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger   Composer
Queensland Symphony Orchestra   Performer
Einojuhani Rautavaara   Composer
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice   Performer
John Ireland   Composer
Arthur Bliss   Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Composer
Malcolm Arnold   Composer
Edward Elgar   Composer
Royal Scottish National Orchestra   Performer
Edvard Grieg   Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams   Composer
Christopher Robinson   Performer
Toru Takemitsu   Composer
John Tavener   Composer
Sergey Prokofiev   Composer
Antoni Wit   Performer
Jean Sibelius   Composer
Robert Schumann   Composer
Claude Debussy   Composer
George Frederick Handel   Composer
Philip Glass   Composer