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Fifty Shades Of Grey - The Classical Album: a guide
E.L. James' book Fifty Shades Of Grey has inspired an album of fantastic classical music - here's our track by track guide!
- 1. Delibes: The Flower Duet (Mady Mesplé / Danielle Millet)
- 2. Bach: Adagio, Piano Concerto No. 3 (Alexandre Tharaud)
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3. Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilerias (Barbara Hendricks)
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4. Verdi: Prelude to La Traviata (Riccardo Muti / Philharmonia Orchestra)
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5. Pachelbel: Canon in D (Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner)
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6. Tallis: Spem in Alium (The Tallis Scholars)
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7. Chopin: Largo, Prelude No. 4 in E minor (Samson Francois)
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8. Rachmaninov: 'Adagio sostenuto', Piano Concerto No. 2 (Ceile Ousset / Sir Simon Rattle / CBSO)
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9. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Sir Adrian Boult / LPO)
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10. Canteloube: Chants d'auvergne, Bailero (Arleen Auger)
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11. Chopin: Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor (Samson François)
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12. Faure: Requiem - In Paradisum (Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury)
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13. Bach: Goldberg Variation - Aria (Maria Tipo)
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14. Debussy: La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (Moura Lympany)
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15. Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Alexis Weissenberg)
Bach: Goldberg Variation - Aria (Maria Tipo)
Bach’s 1741 Goldberg Variations are often played on the harpsichord, the instrument for which they were originally written. This slow ‘Aria’ can sometimes get lost in the harpsichord’s plucked strings but when played on the piano it takes on an almost ethereal quality.
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