Gentle classical music for peace and calm

Eric Coates

By the Sleepy Lagoon

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

• 40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems.
• Warner Classics International.
• 27.

Hayato Sumino

Larghetto

Composer: Frédéric Chopin. Performer: Hayato Sumino.

• Larghetto.
• Sony Classical.
• 1.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, K. 373

Performer: Oleg Kagan. Ensemble: Latvijas Valsts filharmonijas kamerorķestris. Conductor: Tovijs Lifšics.

• Mozart: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, K. 373 (Digitally Remastered).
• EMG Classical.
• 1.

Elizabeth Poston

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

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

• All Things Are Quite Silent.
• Signum Records.
• 2.

Fanny Mendelssohn

String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H-U 277: III. Romanze

Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

• Haydn, Ligeti & Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
• Solo Musica.
• 8.

Alexis Ffrench

Closer to Forever

Performer: Alexis Ffrench.

• Closer to Forever.
• Sony Classical.
• 1.

Martin Phipps

New Start (From BBC Series "North & South")

Performer: Martin Phipps.

• The Aftermath (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
• Hollywood Records.
• 10.

Will Todd

In This Place

Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.

• Will Todd: Lux Et Veritas - Music for Peace and Reflection.
• Signum Records.
• 9.

Robin Holloway

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 70: IV. Andante/Adagio

Performer: Alda Dizdari. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Alexander Walker.

• Holloway: Violin Concerto & Solo Sonata.
• Resonus Classics.
• 4.

Henri Dumont

Cantica sacra: No. 40, Allemanda Gravis

Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: Sébastien Daucé.

• Henry du Mont: O mysterium.
• harmonia mundi.
• 7.

Dobrinka Tabakova

Sun Triptych: III. Dusk

Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Dobrinka Tabakova.

• Tabakova: Sun Triptych.
• ECM New Series.

R. Nathaniel Dett

Ave Maria

Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.

• Marquis Classics.

Emilie Mayer

Symphony No. 6 in E Major: II. Marcia funebre. Andante maestoso

Conductor: Marc Niemann.

• Naxos Music UK Ltd.

Josef Suk

Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 6: I. Andante con moto

Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.

• Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 6: I. Andante con moto.
• Nimbus Records.
• 1.

Mark Butler

Dona nobis pacem

Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

Mario Pasquale Costa

Era de maggio

Performer: Andrea Cicalese. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Music Arranger: Tim Allhoff.

• Era de maggio (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Tim Allhoff).
• Sony Classical/Sony Music.
• 1.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

The Adventures of Robin Hood (Love Scene)

Orchestra: City Light Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Griffiths.

• The Adventures of Robin Hood (Love Scene).
• Prospero Classical.
• 1.

Florence Price

Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - II. Andante ma non troppo

Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

• Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
• 6.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Clavier-Übung III: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676

Performer: Ton Koopman.

• Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 5 (At the Great Organ of the Freiberg Cathedral).
• Warner Classics.
• 9.

George Frideric Handel

Rinaldo: Act II - "Lascia ch'io pianga"

Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Monika Razynska. Lyricist: Giacomo Rossi. Lyricist: Aaron Hill. Lyricist: Torquato Tasso. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.

• Handel: Summer Evening.
• UME - Global Clearing House.
• 434.

Kosaku Yamada

Aka tombo

Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.

• Yamada: Aka tombo (Arr. Hough for Piano).
• Hyperion.
• 1.

Samuel Barber

Violin Concerto, Op. 14: II. Andante

Performer: Stella Chen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.

• Beethoven & Barber: Violin Concertos.
• Platoon.
• 5.

Hildegard von Bingen

O Virtus Sapientiae

Performer: Marion Frère. Performer: Mar' et Balt'. Performer: Balthazar Naturel.

• Bingen: O Virtus Sapientiae.
• Evidence Classics.
• 1.

Marianna Martines

Piano Sonata in A Major: II. Adagio

Performer: Adalberto Maria Riva.

• Femmes Compositrices: Martines - Szymanowska - Hünerwadel - Schumann - Cambiasi.
• Cascavelle.
• 2.

Trad.

She Moved Through the Fair

Performer: Jonathan Martindale. Performer: Lauren Scott. Music Arranger: John Rutter. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.

• Classical Tranquillity.
• Collegium.
• 1.

Undine Smith Moore

We shall walk through the valley

Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

Margaret Bonds

Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

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

• African American Voices II.
• Linn Records.
• 06.

Johannes Brahms

Variations on the Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 10. Poco Adagio

Performer: Anastasiya Evsina.

• Variations on the Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Var. 10. Poco Adagio.
• Prima Classic.
• 1.

Sophie Hutchings

Billow Gently

Performer: Lavinia Meijer.

• Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Romance in G Major, Op. 39

Performer: Klaus Reimann.

• Beatclap.

Max Richter

To the Stars

Conductor: Ben Foster. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra.

• To The Stars (From "Ad Astra" Soundtrack).
• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
• 1.

Hania Rani

At Dawn

Performer: Hania Rani.

• Venice - Infinitely Avantgarde (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
• XXIM Records.
• 13.

Sir George Dyson

Woodland Suite: I. At Evening Bell

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

• Chandos Records Limited.