Classical sounds for moments of calm

Richard Strauss

Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major Op. 7

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

Gerald Finzi

Love's Labour's Lost, Op. 28, Soliloquy 1

Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.

• Decca Music Group Ltd..

Chilly Gonzales

Armellodie

Performer: Olga Scheps.

• Sony Classical/Sony Music.

Frederick Delius

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Orchestra: BBC Orchestras.

Undine Smith Moore

We Shall Walk Through The Valley

Ensemble: Apollo5.

• VOCES8 Records.

Antonio Caldara

Sinfonia in D Major: Grave

Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.

• Sony Classical.

Arvo Pärt

Für Alina

Performer: Alexander Malter.

• ECM New Series.

Anthony Collins

Symphony for Strings No.1: II. Adagio molto

Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

• Dutton Epoch.

Robert Schumann

Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5. Mondnacht

Performer: Robert Kulek. Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott.

• ORFEO International Music GmbH.

Maurice Ravel

Menuet in C-Sharp Minor, M. 42

Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.

• Erato/Warner Classics.

Cerys Hafana

Nant Yr Arian

Performer: Cerys Hafana.

• Cerys Havana Hickman.

Max Richter

The Poetry of Earth (Geophony)

Performer: Max Richter.

• Decca (UMO) (Classics).

Louise Farrenc

Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile

Orchestra: Philzuid. Conductor: Duncan Ward.

• Fuga Libera.

Eric Whitacre

Water Night

Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.

• Decca (UMO).

Samuel Barber

Adagio For Strings

Performer: BBC Orchestras.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: II. Romance. Andante cantabile

Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.

• Warner Classics.

Florence Price

Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: II. Andante cantabile

Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.

• Naxos.

William Walton

Two Pieces For Small Orchestra: 2. Touch Her Soft Lips And Part

Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Johann Pachelbel

Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major

Orchestra: Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean‐François Paillard.

• Warner Classics International.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Cameos, Op. 56: III. Andante

Performer: Waka Hasegawa.

• Metropolis Group.

Eleanor Daley

Upon Your Heart

Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.

• Signum Records.

Frank Bridge

Berceuse (arr. for viola and piano)

Performer: Eniko Magyar. Performer: 平形忠司(今井正).

• Naxos.

Alex Baranowski

Wiosna

Conductor: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.

• Les Productions Analekta Inc..

Margaret Bonds

Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.

• Linn Records.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sheep May Safely Graze

Performer: Leon Fleisher.

• Sony Classical.

Nino Rota

Clarinet Sonata in D Major: I. Allegretto scorrevole

Performer: Goran Gojevic.

• Naxos.

Henry Purcell

In Nomine A7

Ensemble: Phantasm.

• Simax Classics.

Nkeiru Okoye

African Sketches: II. Dusk

Performer: Rochelle Sennet.

• Albany Records.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major: III. Largo

Performer: Enzo Caroli. Performer: Anna Martignon.

• Urania Records.

Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Concerto pour violon No. 9 en sol majeur, Op. 8: Largo

Orchestra: Orchestre Bernard Thomas. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.

• Arion.

Ottorino Respighi

The Nightingale (from The Birds)

Orchestra: BBC Orchestras.

George Walker

Lyric for Strings

Orchestra: BBC Orchestras.