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Contemplation

by Valentin Silvestrov

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RELEASED: Jun 01
TYPE: ALBUM
RUNTIME: 8:05:14
ARTIST: Valentin Silvestrov
SPOTIFY: 40rgq3fZIlu5Altl0KsNfk

TRACKLIST

01

Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor

2:06
02

Pärt: Für Alina

3:08
03

Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Version for Theorbo)

3:13
04

Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folk-Song: No. 2, Andante sostenuto

1:39
05

In Retrospect (Solo Piano Version)

2:17
06

Bach & Gounod: Ave Maria (Meditation After Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846)

2:53
07

Hahn: Chansons grises: No. 5, L'heure exquise (Version for Cello and Piano)

3:58
08

Debussy: Rêverie, CD 76, L. 68

4:55
09

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

9:51
10

Debussy: Préludes, Livre I, CD 125, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

2:49
11

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 13, Der Dichter spricht

2:57
12

Delius: 2 Aquarelles: No. 1, Slow (Arr. Fenby for String Orchestra)

2:13
13

Bax: Mater ora Filium

2:26
14

Bach, JS: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio (After Marcello's Oboe Concerto)

3:54
15

Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43: V. La vallée des cloches

6:06
16

Saint-Saëns: 6 Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135: No. 5, Élégie

5:40
17

Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 37: VI. Bogoroditse Devo

2:43
18

Olive Tree

2:32
19

Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Book II: No. 45, Meditation

0:46
20

Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Cello and Piano)

7:46
21

Montero: Aria (After Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988)

7:37
22

Rameau: Deuxième livre de pièces de clavecin, Suite en ré majeur: I. Les tendres plaintes

2:37
23

Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly

2:50
24

Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum

3:28
25

Mompou: Paisajes: No. 2, El lago

4:01
26

Cage: Prelude for Meditation

1:21
27

Horizon

1:54
28

Brahms: 4 Lieder, Op. 70: No. 2, Lerchengesang (Version with Harp)

2:24
29

Rameau: Quam dilecta: IV. Altaria tua

2:14
30

Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave

2:47
31

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

6:59
32

Schubert: Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 148, D. 897 "Notturno"

8:41
33

Mendelssohn: 3 Hymns, Op. 96, MWV A19: No. 1, Andante. "Lass, o Herr, mich Hülfe finden"

4:35
34

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 208

4:15
35

Strauss, R: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9: No. 2, An einsamer Quelle

2:33
36

Mozart: Serenade for Winds No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran partita": III. Adagio

5:24
37

Meditation 3

3:51
38

Mussorgsky: Meditation "Album Leaf"

2:25
39

Purcell: Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C (Second Verse)

2:21
40

Scriabin: 5 Préludes, Op. 74: No. 4, Lent, vague, indécis

1:48
41

Barrios Mangoré: Contemplación

5:12
42

Glazunov: Meditation, Op. 32

4:16
43

Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Adagio

6:06
44

Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 2, The Sea Under the Swing

3:18
45

Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2

5:32
46

Massenet: Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation

5:18
47

Berlioz: Tristia, Op. 18, H 119: I. Méditation religieuse, H 56b

5:00
48

Sincère

3:23
49

Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno (Orchestral Version) [Excerpt]

4:00
50

Charpentier: Messe pour les trépassés, H. 2: V. Symphonie - Agnus Dei

5:23
51

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko: Song of the Indian Guest. "Ne shest' almazov vkammenykh peshcherakh" (Version for Cello and Harp)

3:08
52

Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: II. Adagio

4:34
53

Beving: Seelenkind

3:35
54

Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: "Tu del ciel ministro eletto" (Bellezza)

6:37
55

Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Mandolins in G Major, RV 532: II. Andante

3:28
56

Tchaikovsky: 18 Pieces, Op. 72: No. 5, Meditation

5:01
57

Poulenc: Flute Sonata, FP 164: II. Cantilena

4:14
58

Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4: III. Sentimental Saraband

7:10
59

Takemitsu: Air

6:52
60

Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book I: No. 2, A Blown-Away Leaf

2:15
61

Duparc: Chanson triste

3:27
62

Couperin, F: Les Nations, Quatrième ordre "La Piémontoise": V. Sarabande

1:58
63

Pierné: Premier nocturne, Op. 31

4:02
64

Debussy: Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque

4:36
65

Messiaen: Éclairs sur l'au-delà...: VII. Et Dieu essuiera toute larme de leurs yeux

3:32
66

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206, Magnificat: Deposuit

1:55
67

Bach, JS: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 39, Aria. "Erbarme dich"

6:02
68

Verdi: 4 Pezzi sacri: No. 1, Ave Maria

5:57
69

Hibernate

3:29
70

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 18, Solveig's Song

4:52
71

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": II. Adagio molto espressivo

6:43
72

Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: Song to the Moon (Instrumental Version)

5:44
73

Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 3, Scene 2: No. 50, Amoroso

3:25
74

Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major

6:24
75

Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, Tableau II: Pas de deux. Apollon et Terpsichore (1947 Version)

3:51
76

Liszt: 6 Consolations, S. 172: No. 3, Lento placido

3:40
77

Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16: No. 3, Farben

4:13
78

Mahler: Rückert-Lieder: No. 2, Ich atmet' einen linden Duft!

2:42
79

Elgar: The Light of Life, Op. 29: Meditation

5:56
80

Telemann: Essercizii musici: Trio Sonata No. 3 for Violin, Oboe and Continuo in G Minor, TWV 42:g5: III. Andante

3:27
81

Bach, CPE: Flute Concerto in G Major, Wq. 169: II. Largo

7:16
82

NIODOM

6:05
83

Rossini: Petite messe solennelle: XII. Sanctus

4:39
84

Corelli & Barbirolli: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in F Major: III. Sarabanda. Largo

2:31
85

Gluck: Melodie from Orfeo ed Euridice

3:19
86

Pärt: The Beatitudes

5:56
87

Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26, Group 2: No. 3, Funeral Chant

3:54
88

Long: Porcelain

3:40
89

Palestrina: Motettorum liber tertius: No. 26, O bone Jesu

3:03
90

Bruckner: Ave Maria, WAB 7 (Orch. Dupin)

5:50
91

Franck: Fantaisie in C Major, Op. 16, FWV 28: IV. Adagio

2:53
92

Granados: Escenas románticas: No. 2, Berceuse

3:00
93

Khachaturian: Suite No. 2 from Spartacus: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

4:46
94

Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 7 in G Major, G. 480: II. Adagio

4:07
95

Górecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo (Excerpt)

5:23
96

Kodály: Missa brevis: V. Sanctus

2:33
97

Pergolesi: Salve Regina in F Minor: I. Salve regina

4:17
98

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 "Legends of the Kalevala": No. 2, The Swan of Tuonela

8:45
99

Desprez: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia

4:48
100

Lasso: Al dolce suon del mormorar de l'onde

3:07
101

Flow My Tears

3:55
102

Joncières: La Mer: II. Contemplation

5:27
103

Byrd: Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae, Liber I: No. 37, Ave verum corpus

3:57
104

Marais: Pièces de viole, Livre IV, Suite d'un goût étranger: La Rêveuse

4:58
105

Lully: Persée, LWV 60, Act 3: "Ô tranquille sommeil" (Mercure)

4:12
106

Silvestrov: Post scriptum: II. Andantino

3:57
107

Falla: 4 Piezas españolas: No. 3, Montañesa

4:13
108

Smetana: Memories of Bohemia in the Form of Polkas, Op. 12: No. 2 in E Minor

6:23
109

Tavener: Mahãshakti: Shakti

8:05
110

Widor: Organ Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 13 No. 1: VI. Méditation

4:29
111

Chausson: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30: II. Très calme

9:20
112

Prado: Livro para Seis Cordas: II. Meditação

1:08
113

Puccini: Crisantemi

7:02

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METADATA

RELEASED: Jun 01
TYPE: ALBUM
RUNTIME: 8:05:14
ARTIST: Valentin Silvestrov
SPOTIFY: 40rgq3fZIlu5Altl0KsNfk