Café Classics: Music for Reflecting, Relaxing and Watching the World Go By

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1La Vie en rose
recording of:
La Vie en rose (English translation)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi)
translator:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
La Vie en rose (French original)
Marlene Dietrich2:43
2"Dawn" from Daphnis et Chloe
choir vocals:
Schola Cantorum (New York, fka the MacDowell Chorus, renamed in 1912) (on 1961-03-13)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1961-03-13)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1961-03-13)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan (on 1961-03-13)
recording of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2: I. Lever du jour (on 1961-03-13)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1909 until 1912)
publisher:
Durand S.A. Editions Musicales (1909–1947)
part of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2
Ravel5:42
31st Gymnopedie
producer:
Georges Kadar
piano:
Daniel Varsano (pianist) (from 1979-03-21 until 1979-03-23)
recorded at:
Église Notre‐Dame du Liban in Paris (from 1979-03-21 until 1979-03-23)
recording of:
Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux (Gymnopédie no. 1) (from 1979-03-21 until 1979-03-23)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (from 1888-02 until 1888-04)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 4)
part of:
Gymnopédies
Satie3:38
4La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
piano:
Paul Crossley (pianist)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre II, L. 123: VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune. Lent (Préludes, Book II: 7. La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1911 until 1912)
part of:
Préludes, Livre II, L. 123
Debussy4:23
5Prelude no. 2
piano:
Katia Labèque (pianist) and Marielle Labèque (pianist)
recording of:
Three Preludes: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
arrangement of:
Three Preludes: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (original version for piano)
Gershwin4:36
6“Summertime”
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-08-18)
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-08-18)
bass clarinet:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1958-08-18)
bass trombone:
Dick Hixson (trombonist) (on 1958-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-08-18)
flugelhorn:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1958-08-18)
flute:
Romeo Penque (on 1958-08-18) and Jerome Richardson (on 1958-08-18)
French horn:
Willie Ruff (on 1958-08-18), Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer) (on 1958-08-18) and Julius Watkins (on 1958-08-18)
trombone:
Joe Bennett (trombonist) (on 1958-08-18), Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1958-08-18) and Frank Rehak (US jazz trombonist) (on 1958-08-18)
trumpet:
Johnny Coles (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-08-18), Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1958-08-18), Bernie Glow (on 1958-08-18), Louis Mucci (trumpetist) (on 1958-08-18) and Ernie Royal (on 1958-08-18)
tuba:
Bill Barber (Jazz tuba player) (on 1958-08-18)
conductor:
Gil Evans (Canadian–American jazz pianist and composer) (on 1958-08-18)
arranger:
Gil Evans (Canadian–American jazz pianist and composer)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan (on 1958-08-18)
instrumental cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1958-08-18)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Gershwin / M. Davis53:20
7Pavane pour une Infante defunte
piano:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
premiered in:
Paris (on 1902-04-05)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 13), Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19) and Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 59)
Ravel6:27
8Andantino from String Quartet
recording engineer:
Buddy Graham (classical sound engineer) (from 1989-10-13 until 1989-10-14)
producer:
Gary Schultz (composer, arranger, sound engineer, and producer)
cello:
Joel Krosnick (American cellist) (from 1989-10-13 until 1989-10-14)
string quartet:
Juilliard String Quartet (from 1989-10-13 until 1989-10-14)
viola:
Samuel Rhodes (violist) (from 1989-10-13 until 1989-10-14)
violin:
Robert Mann (US violinist) (from 1989-10-13 until 1989-10-14) and Joel Smirnoff (violinist) (from 1989-10-13 until 1989-10-14)
recorded at:
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall in Princeton (from 1989-10-13 until 1989-10-14)
recording of:
Quartetto in E minor: II. Andantino (from 1989-10-13 until 1989-10-14)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1873)
part of:
Quartetto in E minor
Verdi7:04
9Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune
orchestra:
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Debussy10:49
10Allegro from String Serenade
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1970-10-22)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1970-10-22)
recorded at:
David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side (on 1970-10-22)
recording of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina (on 1970-10-22)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Tchaikovsky11:09
11“Rain” from “The Four Seasons: Winter”
engineer:
Pauline Heister (from 1992-05-10 until 1992-05-13)
producer:
Georges Kadar
flute:
Jean‐Pierre Rampal (flautist) (from 1992-05-10 until 1992-05-13)
orchestra:
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra) (from 1992-05-10 until 1992-05-13)
conductor:
János Rolla (violinist and conductor) and Jean‐Pierre Rampal (flautist) (from 1992-05-10 until 1992-05-13)
flute arranger:
Jean‐Pierre Rampal (flautist)
concertmaster:
János Rolla (violinist and conductor) (from 1992-05-10 until 1992-05-13)
recorded at:
Instituto Italiano di Cultura (Italian Institute of Culture) in Budapest (from 1992-05-10 until 1992-05-13)
recording of:
Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”: II. Largo (from 1992-05-10 until 1992-05-13)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno” (Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “Winter”)
Vivaldi1:59
12“Raindrop” Prelude
piano:
Cyprien Katsaris (French-Cypriot pianist)
recording of:
Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1836 until 1839)
part of:
24 Préludes pour le piano, op. 28
Chopin6:02
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1Opening from Glassworks
instruments:
Philip Glass Ensemble (US musical group by composer Philip Glass)
recording of:
Glassworks: I. Opening
composer:
Philip Glass (US composer & pianist) (in 1981)
part of:
Glassworks
Glass6:23
2Prelude from English Suite no. 2
piano:
Glenn Gould (pianist) (on 1971-05-23)
recording of:
Englische Suite Nr. 2 a-Moll, BWV 807: I. Prélude (on 1971-05-23)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Englische Suite Nr. 2 a-Moll, BWV 807 (English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807)
Bach4:33
3Nocturne from String Quartet no. 2
instruments:
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Alexander Borodin8:31
4Nocturne, op. 9 no. 1
piano:
傅聰 (Fou Ts’ong, pianist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 9 no. 1: Larghetto
composer:
Frédéric Chopin (composer) (from 1830 until 1832)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 9 (original for piano)
Chopin4:56
5Adagio from “Emperor” Piano Concerto
producer:
Howard H. Scott (classical music producer)
piano:
Leon Fleisher (pianist and conductor) (from 1961-03-03 until 1961-03-04)
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra (from 1961-03-03 until 1961-03-04)
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer) (from 1961-03-03 until 1961-03-04)
recorded at:
Severance Hall in Cleveland (from 1961-03-03 until 1961-03-04)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”: II. Adagio un poco mosso (from 1961-03-03 until 1961-03-04)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1809)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”
Beethoven8:27
6Valse triste
orchestra:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (in 1990-09, from 1990-09-24 until 1990-09-26)
conductor:
Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor and composer) (in 1990-09, from 1990-09-24 until 1990-09-26)
recorded at:
Berwaldhallen (Berwald Hall) in Stockholm (in 1990-09) and Berwald Hall in Stockholm (from 1990-09-24 until 1990-09-26)
recording of:
Valse triste, op. 44 no. 1 (for orchestra) (from 1990-09-24 until 1990-09-26)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1903)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1904)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1904-04-25)
premiered at:
Svenska Teatern (Swedish Theatre, theatre in Helsinki, Finland) in Helsinki (on 1904-04-25)
part of:
2 Pieces from Kuolema, op. 44
revision of:
Kuolema, JS 113: No. 1. Tempo di valse lente (for orchestra)
recording of:
Valse triste, op. 44 no. 1 (for orchestra) (in 1990-09)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1903)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1904)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1904-04-25)
premiered at:
Svenska Teatern (Swedish Theatre, theatre in Helsinki, Finland) in Helsinki (on 1904-04-25)
part of:
2 Pieces from Kuolema, op. 44
revision of:
Kuolema, JS 113: No. 1. Tempo di valse lente (for orchestra)
Sibelius4:28
7Cantilena
solo cello:
Carl Stern (on 1963-02-06)
soprano vocals:
Netania Davrath (soprano) (on 1963-02-06)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1963-02-06)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1963-02-06)
recorded at:
David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side (on 1963-02-06)
recording of:
Bachianas Brasileiras nº 5, W389: I. Aria (Cantilena) (for voice and cellos) (on 1963-02-06)
composer:
Heitor Villa‐Lobos (Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist and classical guitarist) (in 1938)
part of:
Bachianas Brasileiras nº 5, W389 (for voice and cellos)
Villa‐Lobos6:48
8Flamenco Sketches
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut (on 1959-04-22)
producer:
Irving Townsend
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1959-04-22)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-04-22)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-04-22)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-04-22)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-04-22)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-04-22)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan (on 1959-04-22)
recording of:
Flamenco Sketches (on 1959-04-22)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Bill Evans (pianist)
Miles Davis4.159:25
9Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez
guitar:
John Williams (Classical guitarist)
orchestra:
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla (Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
José Buenagu (conductor)
recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
part of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
Rodrigo10:56
10Recuerdos de la Alhambra
recording of:
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra)
composer:
Francisco Tárrega (Spanish composer and guitarist)
Tárrega3:34
11Oiseaux tristes
piano:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
recording of:
Miroirs: II. Oiseaux tristes
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1904 until 1905)
part of:
Miroirs
Ravel4:02
12Clair de lune
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
violin:
Isaac Stern (violinist) (on 1963-06-14)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra (on 1963-06-14)
conductor:
Milton Katims (violist and conductor) (on 1963-06-14)
arranger:
Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan (on 1963-06-14)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (catch-all for arrangements) (on 1963-06-14)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
arrangement of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
Debussy4:41