Tranquil melodies for peaceful reflection

Margaret Bonds

Spiritual Suite for Piano: II. The Bells

Performer: Rochelle Sennet.

• Albany Records.

Sir George Dyson

Woodland Suite: I. AT Evening Bell

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

• CHANDOS.

Orlande de Lassus

La nuit froide et sombre

Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.

• 2022 Delphian Records Ltd..

Maurice Ravel

Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Rebecca Dale

There Will Come

Performer: Steven Isserlis. Conductor: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.

• Signum Records.

Clara Schumann

3 Romances, Op. 22 - No. 1, Andante molto

Performer: Sophie Kauer. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Thomas Tallis

Salvator mundi

Conductor: Jeremy Summerly. Choir: Oxford Camerata.

• Naxos.

Federico Mompou

Suite Compostelana: II. Coral

Performer: Krzysztof Meisinger.

• CHANDOS.

Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major: II. Largo

Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

• Warner Classics.

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Kr. 76 "Die Rettung der Andromeda durch Perseus"

Conductor: Hanspeter Gmür. Orchestra: Failoni Chamber Orchestra Budapest.

• Naxos.

Frank Bridge

Berceuse

Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.

• Naxos Music UK Ltd.

John Ireland

The Holy Boy

Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

• CHANDOS.

Alex Patterson

Meditation

Choir: BBC Singers.

Francis Poulenc

Cello Sonata, FP 143: II. Cavatine

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

• Warner Classics.

Florence Price

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante

Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Conductor: Ryan Cockerham. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava.

• Albany Records.

Fanny Mendelssohn

Notturno in G Minor

Performer: Heather Schmidt.

• Naxos.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 "Snégourotchka": X. Melodrama

Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.

• Halidon.

Eric Coates

By The Sleepy Lagoon

Performer: Martin Loveday. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.

• Sony Classical.

Undine Smith Moore

Afro American Suite: I. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Giovanna Moraga-Clayton. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.

• Imaginary Animals.

Johannes Brahms

Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.

• Masterworks.

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 11, No. 1: II. Andante

Music Arranger: Dominique-René de Lerma. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.

• Sony Classical.

Dora Pejačević

Piano Concerto, Op. 33: II. Adagio con estro poetico

Performer: Peter Donohoe. Performer: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

• CHANDOS.

Robert Schumann

Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 5, Eusebius

Performer: Claudio Arrau.

• SWR Classic.

George Frideric Handel

Concerto Grosso in B Minor, Op. 6, No. 12: III. Larghetto, e piano

Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock. Performer: Anthony Pleeth. Performer: Robert Woolley. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Conductor: Simon Standage. Orchestra: The English Concert.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Adolphus Hailstork

God be merciful

Conductor: Adolphus Hailstork. Choir: London Voices.

• Oxford University Press Music.

Amy Beach

Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23.

Performer: Usha Kapoor. Performer: Edward Leung.

• Resonus Classics.

William Alwyn

2 Irish Pieces: No. 1, From the Countryside

Performer: Ashley Wass.

• Naxos.

Jóhann Jóhannsson

A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

Performer: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Conductor: Anthony Weeden. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Isobel Waller-Bridge

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

Composer: Charles Mackesy. Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.

• Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

Igor Stravinsky

The Firebird - Ballet Suite (1911): IV. The Princesses' Round Dance

Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

• Sony Classical.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sinfonia (3-Part Invention) No. 11 in G Minor (Transcr. for Harp)

Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Jules Massenet

La Vierge / Scene 4: The Assumption - Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge

Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.

• UME - Global Clearing House.

Edward Elgar

Salut d'amour

Performer: Teiko Maehashi.

• Sony Music Labels Inc..

Josquin des Prez

O virgo virginum

Ensemble: Chanticleer.

• Warner Classics International.

Georgs Pelēcis

Concertino bianco - 1. Con intenerimento

Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

• Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).