Music

Welcome to Arcadia, where visions of pastoral bliss, such as the lark rising on the wing, the swan gliding effortlessly on a mirror lake, the bee buzzing its purposeful way among endless fields of flowers will transport you to paradise.

In our crowded age of technology and mass-production, the beauty of the natural world has the power to bring us back to ourselves. Composers across the centuries have been inspired by the simple pleasures of fresh air, clear water, sunshine and rain to create music of profound loveliness. Welcome to Arcadia, a musical haven where interest rates are unknown, petrol prices are irrelevant, and your time is blissfully your own!

Track Listing

1. BEETHOVEN Allegretto from Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
2. DELIBES Flower Duet (Sous le dome epais) from Lakme
3. CHABRIER Idylle from Suite Pastorale
4. VIVALDI Spring (Allegro - first movement) from The Four Seasons
5. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Flight of the Bumble Bee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
6. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending (excerpt)
7. SAINT-SAENS The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
8. TRAD. MONGOLIAN Pastoral Song
9. SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela from Lemminkainen Suite
10. RODRIGO Pastoral (Allegretto) from Concierto madrigal
11. TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
12. GRAINGER Beautiful Fresh Flower
13. RESPIGHI The Nightingale from The Birds
14. MUSSORGSKY Dawn on the Moscow River from Khovanshchina
15. JS BACH Schafe konnen sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze) from Cantata No. 208
16. GRIEG Morning Mood from Peer Gynt