'50 Shades of Grey' Soundtrack Coming
If you were looking for music to go with readings of "50 Shades of Grey" or BDSM activity inspired by the hit series of books, you're in luck. EMI Classics announced today that it will release "Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album," a 15-track album featuring classical music curated by author E.L. James.
Fans of the books know that Grey, the billionaire entrepreneur with a flair for bondage, often plays classical music to set the mood for his sessions with young Anastasia. Now, creating a "mysterious and alluring atmosphere with just the slightest hint of danger" need no longer be a mystery.
The album will be available for download in the U.S. Aug. 21; a physical disc will be released Sept. 18. MTV posted a track listing:
1.) Lakmé (Act I): Flower Duet (Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet)
2.) Bach: Adagio from Concerto #3 BWV 974 (Alexandre Tharaud)
3.) Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilerias #5 - Cantilena (Barbara Hendricks)
4.) Verdi: La Traviata Prelude (Riccardo Muti / Philharmonia Orchestra)
5.) Pachelbel: Canon in D (Sir Neville Marriner/ Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields)
6.) Tallis: Spem in Alium (The Tallis Scholars)
7.) Chopin: Prelude #4 in E minor, Largo (Samson François)
8.) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 - Adagio Sostenuto (Cecile Ousset, Sir Simon Rattle / CBSO)
9.) Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Sir Adrian Boult / LPO)
10.) Canteloube: Chants d'auvergne, Bailero (Arleen Auger)
11.) Chopin: Nocturne #1 in B-flat minor (Samson François)
12.) Faure: Requiem - In Paradisum (Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury)
13.) Bach: Goldberg Variation - Aria (Maria Tipo)
14.) Debussy: La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (Moura Lympany)
15.) Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Alexis Weissenberg)