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Classical Hugs (2CD)
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Various Artists

    Classical Hugs (2CD)

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    Product Code: 0196292554168

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    With so many of us cut off from loved ones, ABC Classic is reaching out to music lovers across the country and around the world with this album of musical hugs: gentle, reassuring classical favourites that speak straight to the heart, no matter the miles that may keep us apart.

    Classical Hugs has become a regular feature of the Breakfast program on ABC Classic: shortly after 8am each morning, listeners are treated to a piece of music specially chosen for its warm, encouraging, calming qualities. This is music that puts its arm around us to offer sympathy and understanding, music that steadies us and cheers us, music full of contentment and hope.

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    With intimate piano music by Bach, Brahms and Chopin, luxuriant orchestral classics by Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams and Samuel Barber, choral gems by Fauré and Puccini, and featuring performances by Jayson Gillham, Karin Schaupp, Slava Grigoryan, Diana Doherty, Emily Sun, Sara Macliver, Gondwana Voices and some of Australia’s finest symphony orchestras, this is an album to bring comfort, inspiration and joy.

    TRACK LIST

    CD1
    1. BACH Air on the G String
    from Orchestral Suite No. 3
    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
    2. BACH / HESS Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
    Jayson Gillham
    3. FAURÉ Pavane, Op. 50
    Sydney Symphony Orchestra
    4. CANTELOUBE Baïlèro
    from Songs of the Auvergne
    Sara Macliver
    5. ANNE CAWRSE Songs Without Words:
    II. Lied
    Benaud Trio
    6. FAURÉ Requiem: Sanctus
    Cantillation
    7. MASCAGNI Intermezzo
    from Cavalleria rusticana
    Orchestra Victoria
    8. BACARISSE Guitar Concertino in A Minor:
    II. Romanza
    Karin Schaupp
    9. VINE Love Me Sweet
    Gondwana Voices
    10. BRAHMS Intermezzo in A major,
    Op. 118 No. 2
    Roger Woodward
    11. GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits
    from Orphée et Eurydice
    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
    12. FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine
    Cantillation
    13 BEETHOVEN Cavatina
    from String Quartet, Op. 130
    Goldner String Quartet
    14 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    CD2
    1. BACH Vergnügte Ruh' (Contented Rest)
    Sally-Anne Russell
    2. MONTEVERDI Pur ti miro (I gaze on thee) from The Coronation of Poppea
    Sara Macliver and Sally-Anne Russell
    3. DEBUSSY Clair de lune
    Emily Sun
    4. BACH /GOUNOD Ave Maria
    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
    5. PUCCINI Humming Chorus
    from Madama Butterfly
    Opera Queensland Chorus
    6. RACHMANINOFF Vocalise
    Diana Doherty
    7. CHOPIN Nocturne in E-Flat Major,
    Op. 9 No. 2
    Roger Woodward
    8. BACH Concerto for Two Violins:
    II. Largo ma non tanto
    Richard Tognetti and Helena Rathbone
    9. VIVALDI Lute (Guitar) Concerto in D major, RV93: II. Largo
    Slava Grigoryan
    10. VAVILOV (CACCINI) Ave Maria
    Gondwana Voices
    11. LILI BOULANGER Nocturne
    Emily Sun
    12. GLANVILLE-HICKS Gymnopédie No. 1
    Sydney Symphony Orchestra
    13. TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile, Op. 11
    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
    14. BARBER Adagio for Strings
    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra