Classical music for calming reflection

Ernest Farrar

English Pastoral Impressions: I. Spring Morning

Performer: Howard Shelley. Conductor: Alasdair Mitchell. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra.

• Chandos.

Joby Talbot

Ink Dark Moon

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.

• Decca Music Group Ltd..

Jean Françaix

Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1986): III. Andante

Ensemble: Trio Solis.

• MSR Classics.

Charles Villiers Stanford

Beati Quorum Via

Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.

• Signum Records.

Teresa Carreño

Plainte elegia, No. 1, Op. 17

Performer: Clara Rodriguez.

• Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.

Franz Schubert

Ave Maria

Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.

• Sony Classical.

Valgeir Sigurðsson

I Offer Prosperity and Eternal Life

Performer: Valgeir Sigurðsson.

• Bedroom Community.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

String Quartet in C Minor: II. Andantino

Ensemble: Verdi-Quartett.

• CPO.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.

• Warner Classics.

Hanna Raniszewska

Time

Performer: Hania Rani.

• Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.

Vicente Lusitano

Emendemus in melius

Ensemble: BBC Singers.

Anna Clyne

DANCE: I. when you're broken open

Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.

• AVIE Records.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2

Ensemble: I Musici.

• Decca Music Group Ltd..

Alexis Ffrench

The Way It Was

Performer: Alexis Ffrench.

• Sony Classical.

Barnaby Taylor

Mountains

Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: Chinese Ensemble. Conductor: Barnaby Taylor.

• Parlophone UK.

Tatsuji Toyozumi

Alto Saxophone Sonatina: II. Arioso

Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.

• OMF.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2

Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Lyricist: Pierre Beaumarchais. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

• Decca.

John Field

Nocturne No. 16 in C Major, H.60

Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.

• Decca Music Group Ltd..

Leonora Duarte

Sinfonia No. 4

Performer: Amy Domingues. Performer: Elizabeth Weinfield. Performer: Jude Ziliak. Performer: Shirley Hunt. Performer: Toma Iliev. Ensemble: Sonnambula.

• Centaur Records, Inc..

Kerensa Briggs

Requiem: IX. In Paradisum

Performer: Anita Monserrat. Performer: Richard Gowers. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.

• Delphian Records.

Alma Deutscher

In Memoriam (Adagio from Piano Concerto)

Performer: Alma Deutscher.

• Sony Classical.

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.

Michael Berkeley

Cradle Song

Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: BBC Singers.

• Orchid Classics.

Joseph Haydn

String Quartet No. 62 in C Major, No. 3: "Emperor": II. Poco adagio - cantabile

Ensemble: Kodály Quartet.

• Cobra Entertainment LLC..

Sofia Gubaidulina

Serenade

Performer: Oleg Timofeyev.

• Naxos.

Omar Sosa

Mesticanza

Composer: Paolo Fresu. Performer: Omar Sosa. Performer: Paolo Fresu.

• Tuk Music.

Herbert Howells

Like as the Hart

Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge.

• Naxos.

José White Lafitte

Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo

Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Daniel Hege. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.

• Cedille.

Ferdinand Ries

Sextet in G Minor, Op. 142: II. Adagio con moto

Orchestra: Franz Ensemble.

• Dabringhaus Und Grimm Audiovision GmBH.

Bryce Dessner

Ornament 2

Performer: Vanessa Wagner.

• THE BACK OFFICE.

Jennifer Higdon

Breeze Serenade (Dance Card)

Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.

• Cedille.

César Franck

Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso

Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Jeremy Denk.

• Sony Classical.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "on the G String"

Performer: David Bell. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Arvo Pärt

The Beatitudes

Performer: Andrew Reid. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.

• Warner Classics International.