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Flowing classical melodies for total relaxation

Find your flow with this calming playlist of classical music.

Find your flow with this calming playlist of classical music paired with soothing soundscapes from the natural world. This mix features warm orchestral textures by Cipriani Potter and Ludwig Van Beethoven, reflective piano pieces by Maurice Ravel and Jon Batiste, and string quartets by Florence Price and George Walker.

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, MWV O 3: II. Andante

    Performer: Jan Mráček.
    • SUPRAPHON a.s..

  • Imogen C Holst

    Suite for Strings Orchestra: I. Prelude

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
    • 11.

  • Jon Batiste

    Processional

    • Jon Batiste - Black Mozart.

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque, CD 82: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for Guitar)

    Performer: Yuval Te'eni.
    • Suite bergamasque, CD 82: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for Guitar by Francis Kleynja.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 6 in A Minor: III. Andante moderato: a. Andante moderato

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Belle Chen

    Rise

    Conductor: Ben Palmer. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Platoon.

  • Peter Allwood

    Waterfalls

    Performer: Ralph Allwood. Ensemble: The Enigma Ensemble. Performer: Peter Allwood.
    • Pretty Decent Music Records Limited.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Violin in D Major, RV 233: II. Largo non molto

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Ensemble: I Solisti Aquilani.
    • Vivaldi 100. 13 Violin Concertos.
    • Arcana.
    • 20.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, M. 57b (Arr. for 2 Pianos)

    Performer: François-Xavier Poizat. Performer: Vyacheslav Gryaznov.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, M. 57b (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Vyacheslav Gr.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.

  • Catrin Finch

    Caerdroea an Ceol (After Pietro Locatelli)

    Composer: Aoife Ní Bhriain. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Aoife Ní Bhriain.
    • bendigedig.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio - Live at the Palau de la Musica de Valencia

    Performer: Alexander Liebreich. Conductor: Ana Vidović. Orchestra: Orquesta de Valencia.
    • Accentus Music.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vespers - All-night vigil: Bogoroditse Devo (Ave Maria)

    Conductor: Peter Dijkstra. Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir.
    • BR Klassik.

  • Danny Elfman

    Edward Scissorhands: Ice Dance

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Ice Dance (From "Edward Scissorhands").
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    All Things Majestic (String Lake)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Ken Burton

    Many are the Wonders

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Cantabile in D Major

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: James Stephenson. Choir: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Paganini.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Midnight Dreamer

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Midnight Dreamer.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Joshua Pacey

    Now the Day is Over

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
    • Now the Day is Over.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in G Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: II. Adagio

    Performer: Mark Kaplan. Performer: David Kaplan.
    • Brahms: The Violin Sonatas.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 2.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique

    Performer: Anouchka Hack. Performer: Katharina Hack.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo

    Performer: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmoniker.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.

  • Christian Forshaw

    Immersion

    Performer: Grace Davidson. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Performer: Christian Forshaw.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Franz Schubert

    Sanctus Variation (After Deutsche Messe, D.872: No. 5, Zum Sanctus)

    Composer: Julian Riem. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Ensemble: Goldmund Quartet.
    • Sanctus Variation (After Deutsche Messe, D.872: No. 5, Zum Sanctus).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • François Couperin

    Première leçon de ténèbres à une voix: He (Arr. for Cello and Synthesizer)

    Performer: Sonia Wieder‐Atherton. Performer: Marius Atherton. Music Arranger: Sonia Wieder‐Atherton.
    • Or. Couperin & Vivaldi.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

  • George Walker

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Six Canonic Studies, Op. 56: No. 1, Con moto egual'e dolce

    Music Arranger: Robin Holloway. Conductor: Paul Mann. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Brahms by Arrangement, Vol. Two: Orchestrations by Robin Holloway.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 13.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Tal Walker.
    • L. Boulanger: Nocturne (Arr. for Piano by Tal Walker).
    • Antarctica Records.
    • 1.

  • Max Richter

    Now We Can Sing - Edit

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Florence Price

    Drink to me only (5 Folksongs in Counterpoint)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, K. 496: II. Andante

    Ensemble: Susato Trio.
    • W. A. Mozart: Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, K. 496: II. Andante.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 1.

  • Hildegard of Bingen

    O splendidissima gemma

    Performer: Lieselot De Wilde. Performer: Tristan Driessens. Choir: Illuminans Tenebras.
    • Ramée.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium

    Performer: Irena Grafenauer. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Georg Hörtnagel. Performer: Edith Salmen-Weber.
    • Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Organ Symphony.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation G. Cellos

    Performer: Edwin Rutten. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra & the Big Band.
    • Warner Music Benelux.
    • 12.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 35a: II. Quasi andante

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 2.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 4 (Transcr. for Guitar)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang.
    • Satie: Gnossienne No. 4 (Transcr. for Guitar by Xuefei Yang).
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Becky McGlade

    Missa Brevis: Sanctus & Benedictus

    Choir: Boosey & Hawkes. Conductor: James Davey.
    • Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.

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