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Gentle classical music for ultimate relaxation

Indulge in three hours of relaxing classical music to accompany your day.

Indulge in three hours of relaxing classical music to accompany your day and soothe your soul.

This edition features chamber music from Elisabeth Kuyper and Chiquinha Gonzaga, choral favourites from Morten Lauridsen and Samuel Barber, and orchestral works from Bernard Hermann and Samuel Coleridge Taylor.

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Music Played

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite: I. At Evening Bell

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    6 Pieces, Op. 19: No. 4, Nocturne. Andante sentimentale

    Performer: Mikael Samsonov. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
    • Halidon.

  • Laurie Christman

    Meadow Suite: II. Sarabande

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Navona.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble)

    Music Arranger: Guy du Cheyron. Ensemble: Ensemble Ouranos.
    • Constellations.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Anna Lapwood

    Arise, Shine

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Arise, Shine.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Idyll, Op. 44

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 "Raindrop Prelude"

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Chopin Orbit.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Concert Fantasy, Op. 25: II. Lento assai

    Composer: Pablo de Sarasate. Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Lalo, Saint-Saens & Sarasate: Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 11.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Lua Branca (Arr. for Oboe and Piano)

    Performer: Serol Yapici. Performer: Tudor Cioceanu.
    • Lua Branca (Arr. for Oboe and Piano by Serol Yapici).
    • Télès Music.
    • 1.

  • Max Reger

    3 Six-Part Choirs, Op.39: II. Abendlied

    Conductor: Ralph Allwood. Conductor: Ben Parry. Ensemble: The Rodolfus Choir.
    • Abendlied: 19th century Romantic German partsongs & motets.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Adagio for Strings

    Ensemble: Ambrosia Quartet.
    • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
    • Albany Records.
    • 12.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. for Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Hélène Mercier. Music Arranger: Michael Press.
    • Rachmaninov: Vocalise.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 3, Moonlight

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Britten:Sinfonia da Requiem, Peter Grimes/Holst:The Perfect Fool, Egdon Heath.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • JB Dunckel

    Melo Walk (Version for String Quintet)

    Performer: Cécile Tête. Performer: Grégoire Vecchioni. Performer: Cyrille Lacrouts. Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Shuichi Okada. Conductor: JB Dunckel.
    • Paranormal Music Chamber.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 1 Ich stand in dunklen Träumen

    Performer: Sarah Jeffery. Music Arranger: Sarah Jeffery.
    • My Favourite Melodies.
    • SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH & Co KG.
    • 24.

  • Judith Bingham

    Ave Virgo Sanctissima

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Head Space: Candlelight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C Major, BWV 846

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Bach: Prelude in C Major, BWV 846.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Guirne Creith

    Violin Concerto in G Minor: II. Adagio con intimo sentimento

    Performer: Geneviève Laurenceau. Orchestra: Orchestre de Picardie. Conductor: David Niemann.
    • Creith: Violin Concerto in G minor - II. Adagio con intimo sentimento.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 1.

  • Moses Hogan

    Hear My Prayer

    Ensemble: SKRUK.
    • Starry Crowns in Heaven.
    • Kirkelig Kulturverksted.
    • 14.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Suite No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 42: II. Sommer-Idylle

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • MacDowell: Orchestral Works Vol. 2.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 (Arr. for Flute and Piano)

    Performer: Noemi Gyori. Performer: Zoltán Fejérvári.
    • L'après-midi d'une nymphe.
    • Rubicon.
    • 6.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Hope, Ascending

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Iyad Sughayer.
    • Esther Abrami.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": II. Andante cantabile

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Symphonies, Serenades & Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 54.

  • Kurt Weill

    Je ne t'aime pas

    Music Arranger: Bill Elliott. Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bill Elliott.
    • Mademoiselle in New York.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Frank Ticheli

    Earth Song

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 29.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water (Arr. for Viola & Piano)

    Performer: Jonathan Bagg. Performer: Mimi Soloman.
    • New Focus Recordings.

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op. 36 "Enigma": IX. "Nimrod"

    Ensemble: Northern String Quartet.
    • Música Clasica Relajante para Estudiar en Grupo.
    • Silent Star Music.
    • 32.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Objective Contemplation

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Performer: Joshua Hickin.
    • Objects.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 8, RV 332: II. Largo

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Vivaldi Opus 8+ Vol. 2.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    3 Melodies, Op. 5: No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Andante soave

    Performer: Pierpaola Porqueddu.
    • Halidon Classical.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Souvenir du voyage: III. Andantino: Canto amoroso

    Ensemble: Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble.
    • Herrmann: Souvenir du voyage: III. Andantino: Canto amoroso.
    • Antarctica Records.
    • 1.

  • Elisabeth Kuyper

    Trio in D Major, Op. 13: III. Andante Con Moto

    Performer: Alessandra Doninelli. Performer: Mario Patuzzi. Performer: Maristella Patuzzi.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Tune in G

    Performer: Roderick Elms. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two Cities.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 6.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phantasy Quintet: III. Alla Sarabanda

    Performer: Zahra Benyounes. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Phantasy.
    • Rubicon.
    • 3.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Conductor: David Flood.
    • A Canterbury Christmas.
    • Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.
    • 9.

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