Music CD.

As its title implies
Heavenly Adagios is a collection of slow
reflective pieces of an inspirational nature
though it is not limited to sacred works.
The two discs offer a sampling of religious music
excerpts from symphonic movements
intermezzos from operas
and orchestral arrangements of piano pieces
all of which are presented with an emphasis on beauty and tranquility.
The quality of the performances is high
and Decca's roster of artists is stellar
with many great conductors
soloists
and orchestras turning in good work.

01.
Cantata No.
147
''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
'' BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu
joy of man's desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

02.
Mé
ditation
violin & orchestra version and various arrangements (from opera ''Thä
is'') - Jules Massenet - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Richard Bonynge - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Nigel Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - National Philharmonic Orchestra - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

03.
Requiem
for 2 solo voices
chorus
organ & orchestra
Op.
48: In Paradisium - Gabriel Fauré
- Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Charles Dutoit - Iwan Edwards - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus - Marie Goosens - Bantock

04.
Gymnopedie for piano No.1 - Erik Satie - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Charles Dutoit - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

05.
Lakmé

opera: Dô
me é
pais le jasmin (Flower Duet) - Lé
o Delibes - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Joan Sutherland - Jane Berbié
- Richard Bonynge - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

06.
Carnival of the Animals
zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Swan - Camille Saint-Saë
ns - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Marie Goossens - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Jascha Silberstein - Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

07.
Cantata No.
140
''Wachet auf
ruft uns die Stimme
'' BWV 140 (BC A166): Sleepers awake - Johann Sebastian Bach - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Raymond Agoult - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - New Symphony Orchestra of London - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

08.
Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly)
opera: Humming Chorus - Giacomo Puccini - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Iona Brown - Vienna State Opera Chorus - Herbert von Karajan - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

09.
Enigma Variations
for orchestra
Op.
36: Nimrod - Edward Elgar - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Georg Solti - Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

10.
A Village Romeo & Juliet
lyric drama
RT i/6: Walk to the paradise garden - Frederick Delius - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Charles Mackerras - Karl Mü
nchinger - Welsh National Opera Orchestra - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

11.
Pavane
for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor
Op.
50 - Gabriel Fauré
- Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Charles Dutoit - Iwan Edwards - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus - Marie Goosens - Bantock

12.
Panis angelicus for tenor
organ
harp
cello & bass - Cé
sar Franck - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - James Judd - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

13.
Serse (Xerxes)
opera
HWV 40: Ombra mai fu (Largo) - George Frideric Handel - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - English Sinfonia - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Choir of Uppingham School - Neil Page - Marie Goosens - Bantock

14.
The Lark Ascending
romance for violin & orchestra - Ralph Vaughan Williams - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Neville Marriner - Academy of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

15.
Clair de lune
for orchestra or various other arrangements (from ''Suite Bergamasque'' for piano)
L.
75/3 - Claude Debussy - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

16.
Cantata No.
208
''Was mir behagt
'' (Hunt Cantata)
BWV 208 (BC G1
G3): Sheep may safely graze - Johann Sebastian Bach - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

17.
Symphony No.
3
Op.
36 (''Symphony of Sorrowful Songs''): Second movement (excerpt) - Henryk Mikolaj Gó
recki - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Kazimierz Kord - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra - Joanna Kozlowska - Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

18.
Stabat mater
for soprano
alto
strings & organ in F major: Stabat Mater - Giovanni Pergolesi - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Franco Caracciolo - Michael Kennedy - Maureen Lehane - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - RAI Orchestra and Chorus
Naples - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Judith Raskin - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

19.
Ave Maria - Giulio Caccini - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - James Judd - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

20.
Quintet for 2 violins
viola & 2 cellos in C major
D.
956 (Op.
posth.
163): Adagio (excerpt) - Franz Schubert - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Taká
cs String Quartet - Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

21.
Ave verum Corpus
motet for chorus
strings & organ
K.
618 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - St.
John's College Choir
Cambridge - George Guest - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Peter White - Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

22.
Symphony No.
6 in F major (''Pastoral'')
Op.
68: Andante molto mosso: Scene by the brook (excerpt) - Ludwig van Beethoven - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

23.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Melody)
various arrangements (from ''Orfeo ed Euridice'') - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

24.
Symphony No.
9 in E minor (''From the New World'')
B.
178 (Op.
95) (first published as No.
5): Largo (excerpt) - Antonin Dvorá
k - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Colin Davis - Iona Brown - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

25.
Wiegenlied (''Guten Abend
gut Nacht'')
song for voice & piano
Op.
49/4 - Johannes Brahms - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

26.
Symphony No.
2 in E minor
Op.
27: Adagio (excerpt) - Sergey Rachmaninov - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Iona Brown - Valery Gergiev - Michael Kennedy - Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Orchestra - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock

27.
Orchestral Suite No.
3 in D major
BWV 1068: Air ''Air on a G string'' - Johann Sebastian Bach - Marisa Robles - Marisa Robles - Claude Debussy - Neville Marriner - Academy of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields - Iona Brown - Michael Kennedy - Julian Lloyd Webber - Karl Mü
nchinger - Mikló
s Peré
nyi - Pascal Rogé
- Anthony Way - Marie Goosens - Bantock