Mood - Wind Down

Coates: By the sleepy lagoon

Waltzing on a Desert Island

Brahms: 4 Songs, Op 46 (iv. An die Nachtigall)

Forest foliage and flight created in a piano

Ireland: Earth's call, 'A sylvan rhapsody'

Mother Nature sings!

Barber: Dover Beach, Op 3

Deep sea, deeper thoughts

Vaughan Williams: 4 Last Songs

Sentimental tearjerkers to stir the hands, eyes and heart

Gurney: By a bierside

Heart-breakingly sad

Fauré: Requiem

If you want a glimpse of Heaven...

Shostakovich: The Gadfly (Romance)

Sentimental pining for a lost love and carefree youth

Britten: A Charm of lullabies, for mezzo-soprano and piano, Op 41

Night night Mummy

Pärt: Cantus in Memoriam

Bells toll in the distance

Mendelssohn: Easter Sonata

Lost for 150 years, and worth finding!

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op 102

Happy birthday Maxim!

Puccini: Crisantemi

Opera's king weeps for his friend

Górecki: Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of sorrowful songs'

From the past The Lost call to us

Britten: Folksong arrangements, vol 1 (The Ash Grove)

Memories of a missing lover in Wales of yesteryear

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op 15

A piano virtuoso's calling card

Tavener: Song for Athene

A work composed in memory of a good friend

Gurney: The Fields Are Full

An antidote to war's devastation

Barber: 3 Songs, Op 10 (ii, Sleep now)

The voice of the winter is heard at the door

Barber: 4 Songs, Op 13 (iv, Nocturne)

Love in the moonlight

Bennett: Four Weddings and a Funeral - music from the film (love scene)

"I Think I Love You"

Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G major, Op 96

A duet of love while cannons boom

Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op 27 (No. 4, Morgen)

Everything is awesome!

Strauss: 8 Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Op 10 (No. 8, Allerseelen)

Recalling lost love on All Souls' Day

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge

A tribute to Shropshire and the Welsh borders

Beethoven: Quintet in C major, Op 29

Smooth and mellow? Violas and cello

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K 467

Joy and optimism flows through the fingers

Schubert: Incidental music from Rosamunde

Music for the rose-mouthed Princess of Cyprus

Howells: Lost Love

English song inflected with oriental flavour

Beethoven: Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op 7

A piece that looks both forward and back in different styles

Beethoven: Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No. 2, 'Moonlight'

Envelop yourself in a mysterious dreamlike fog

Bridge: Enter Spring

After a long winter, here comes the sun

Warlock: Sleep

A lullaby with hidden depths

Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren Willen!)

Like listening to a private conversation

Dowland: Flow my tears, 'Lachrimae'

Elizabethan melancholy in descending melodies

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (No. 12, Urlicht)

Earthly suffering and transcendent bliss

Handel: With plaintive Notes and am'rous moan (Samson, Act 2)

A beautiful song about a drastic haircut

Dowland: I saw my lady weep

A lute sets the tone of this plaintive, sorrowful song

Chopin: 3 Mazurkas, No. 1 in A minor, Op 59/1

Three Polish dances in triple time

Fauré: 3 Songs, Op 7 (No. 1, Apres un Reve)

A dream within a dream

Handel: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (Alcina - Act 2 Scene 3)

Magic rings, heroics knights, kindly magicians and flying horses!

Fauré: Pelleas et Melisande suite, Op 80

A mystical masterpiece

Duparc: Chanson triste

Nostalgic, melancholy and a rare gem

Debussy: Images, Set 1

"Well, he's only gone and changed the course of music"

Fauré: Pavane for orchestra, Op 50

The missing link between Iron Maiden and S Club 7

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World'

Did Neil Armstrong bring this music all the way to the Moon?

Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

A frenzied farewell to civilian life

Wolf: Morike Lieder (No. 25, Schlafendes Jesuskind)

The dreams of baby Jesus in song

Fauré: Élégie, Op 24

An instant hit of emotions, from melancholy to fiery

Massenet: Meditation from 'Thais', arr. Marsick

A melody you'll feel you've always known

Hahn: A Chloris

A spellbinding song of love and passion

Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op 117 (ii)

Autumnal reflections

Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op 42

Music packed with emotional insight into life and marriage

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite

Swans may be serene, but there is frantic paddling below the surface

Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op 47

A work inspired by traditional Hebrew melodies

Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, K 618

A choral glimpse of heaven

Brahms: 2 Songs, Op 91

Wedding bells in reflection

Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

The sound of a faun enjoying the pleasures of a warm afternoon

Holst: Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op 24

Indian-inspired experimentation

Ravel: Mother Goose

A fairytale fantasy with a majestic finish

Schumann: Myrthen, Op 25 (No. 7, Die Lotosblume)

An extraordinary song of wedded bliss

Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20

Only strings attached

Fauré: 2 Songs, Op 46 (No. 2, Clair de lune)

The quintessential sound of France

Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op 12

A musical love letter

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op 66a

The best bits from a fairytale battle between good and evil

Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (Act 1, No. 2b, 'Au fond du temple saint')

Can a friendship survive love rivalry?

Butterworth: A Shropshire lad

Folky gloom in the shadow of the Boer War

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Swelling strings to stir emotions

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

The music of Middle Eastern nights

Brahms: Wiegenlied

A timeless and calming lullaby

Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114

A final burst of imagination in twilight years

Vieuxtemps: Elegie, Op.30

A little masterpiece on viola

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

A chamber orchestra plays underneath his lady's chamber

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Impressions of a calling bird

Fauré: La Bonne chanson, Op 61, arr. for voice, Piano & string quartet

A joyful cycle of vitality

Mood – Energise

Mood – Focus

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