Shelves may be groaning under the weight of the dozens of chillout/smooth/calm classical compilations available but they are going to have to make room for another, The Very Best of Relaxing Classics. A quick glance at the tracklisting reveals the usual suspects--Pachelbel's Canon in D, Barber's Adagio for Strings and the slow movement of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto ...

Manufacturer: Universal Classics

Manufacturer: Silva Screen

"Saigon. Shit, I'm still only in Saigon." So begins Francis Ford Coppola's epic journey down the rivers of the Vietnam War into a world paralysed by rationalised insanity and ritual murder. The horror of this alternate reality is scrutinised on this collection, which contains not only the film's score, written by the director and his father, but also a hefty portion of the original dialogue and ...

Manufacturer: Elektra

Manufacturer: Capitol

Manufacturer: RCA Victor

Manufacturer: Critic's Choice
Starring: Judith Anderson, Henry Armetta, Tallulah Bankhead, Ralph Bellamy, Benny Goodman

Manufacturer: Primetime

Manufacturer: CD41

This attractive three-CD compilation does exactly what it claims to do--that is, contain more than three hours of relaxing music. Surprisingly, it also includes a few left-field gems in with the usual suspects, thus in addition to Grieg's "Morning" from the Peer Gynt Suite No.1 (smoothly played by the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra) and "Vocalise" by Rachmaninov (USSR Symphony Orchestra) ...

Manufacturer: Classic FM

Manufacturer: Nonesuch