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Thaïs: Meditation

by Alexander Markov & Dmitriy Cogan · from 40 Most Beautiful Violin Classics

1995Classical4:51Track 25

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Review by Mira Okafor★★★Sample

I respect it more than I love it. “Thaïs: Meditation” is undeniable though.

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an album you don't listen to so much as live inside for a month.

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1
Theme From "Schindler's List"
sample avg 4.1
4:49
2
The Lark Ascending
sample avg 3.9 · Sir Andrew Davis & BBC Symphony Orchestra
6:04
3
Ave Maria
sample avg 3.1 · Alexander Markov & Dmitriy Cogan
4:47
4
The Swan Lake Op. 20: Act III - Prince's Variation
sample avg 3.6 · Alexander Markov & Alexander Markovich
1:20
5
The Gadfly Suite Op. 97a: VIII. Romance
sample avg 3.4 · BBC Symphony Orchestra & Maxim Shostakovich
5:57
6
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major K. 219: II. Adagio
sample avg 3.1 · Armin Jordan, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne & Pierre Amoyal
11:12
7
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
sample avg 3.5 · Gérard Jarry, Jean-François Paillard, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard & Pierre Amoyal
7:30
8
Violin Sonata in A Major: I. Allegretto poco mosso
sample avg 4.0 · Mikhaïl Rudi & Pierre Amoyal
5:58
9
Violin Concerto No. 8 in A Minor, Op. 47, "In modo di scena cantate": II. Adagio
sample avg 3.8 · Armin Jordan & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
8:05
10
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, "Spring": II. Adagio molto espressivo
sample avg 3.2 · Malcolm Frager & Thomas Zehetmair
5:30
11
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: I. Allegro non troppo
sample avg 4.0 · Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Paul Paray & Pierre Amoyal
8:09
12
Carmen Fantasia
sample avg 3.3 · Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Maxim Vengerov & Zubin Mehta
10:00
13
Cantabile, Op. 17
sample avg 3.3 · Alexander Markov
3:39
14
Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: III. Sarabande - Double
sample avg 3.3 · Thomas Zehetmair
5:40
15
Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50 (Excerpt)
sample avg 3.0 · The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Thomas Zehetmair
2:00
16
Märchenbilder, Op. 113: IV. Langsam mit melancholischem Ausdruck
sample avg 3.9 · Cyprien Katsaris & Thomas Zehetmair
4:51
17
The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Act I - Variation d'Aurore
sample avg 3.0 · Alexander Markov & Alexander Markovich
2:52
18
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28
sample avg 3.0 · Philharmonia Orchestra, Pierre Amoyal & Vernon Handley
9:09
19
Humoresque, Op.10
sample avg 3.7 · Alexander Markov & Alexander Markovich
2:49
20
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: III. Rondo - Allegro spirituoso
sample avg 3.3 · Alexander Markov, Marcello Viotti & Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra
8:56
21
Meditation Op. 42 No. 1
sample avg 3.4 · Alexander Markov & Alexander Markovich
9:35
22
Song Without Words Op. 2 No. 3
sample avg 3.0 · Alexander Markov & Alexander Markovich
3:19
23
Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 45: I. Allegro molto e appassionato
sample avg 3.3 · Mikhaïl Rudi & Pierre Amoyal
8:40
24
Mélodie
sample avg 3.5 · Alexander Markov & Dmitry Cogan
3:30
25
Thaïs: Meditation
sample avg 3.6 · Alexander Markov & Dmitriy Cogan
4:51
26
Violin Sonata in G Minor, "Devil's Trill'": I. Larghetto
sample avg 3.6 · Edoardo Farina & Pierre Amoyal
4:38
27
Suite populaire espagnole: IV. Canción
sample avg 4.1 · Daniel Hope & Sebastian Knauer
1:33
28
Adagio Appassionato, Op. 57
sample avg 3.8
10:44
29
Valse-Scherzo for Violin & Orchestra, Op.34
sample avg 3.5
5:49
30
Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 27: I. L'Aurore
sample avg 4.2 · Rachel Kolly d'Alba
3:29
31
Music-Poem No. 4, Op. 18, "Apotheosis - Elegy": IV. Tempo de la prima stanza
sample avg 3.0 · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Hope & Sakari Oramo
4:19
32
Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
sample avg 4.0 · Thomas Zehetmair
3:38
33
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante
sample avg 3.0 · Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur & Maxim Vengerov
7:58
34
Violin Sonata No. 4, Op. 27: II. Sarabande
sample avg 3.8 · Rachel Kolly d'Alba
2:55
35
Sorochintsky Fair: Gopak
sample avg 4.1
1:55
36
Sérénade mélancolique, Op.26
sample avg 3.6 · Alexander Markov & Alexander Markovich
9:10
37
Estrellita
sample avg 3.3 · Alexander Markovich & Vadim Repin
3:28
38
14 Songs, Op.34: XIV. Vocalise
sample avg 3.1 · Alexander Markov & Dmitry Cogan
5:38
39
Peter and the Wolf, Op.67 (Excerpt)
sample avg 3.1 · Alexander Markov & Dmitriy Cogan
3:36
40
Légende in G Minor, Op. 17
sample avg 3.9 · Alexander Markov & Dmitry Cogan
7:06