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Essential Classics for focus and concentration

Georgia Mann with a playlist of classical tracks to keep you focused, help you concentrate and be at your most productive. Featuring music from Bach, Mozart, Errollyn Wallen and Rachel Portman.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.
    • Orchestral Lollipops: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz.
    • RPO.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Arr. Spindler for English Horn, Strings and Or

    Music Arranger: Matthias Spindler. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Vital Julian Frey. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Spartacus (Adagio)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Great British TV Themes.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 23.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • Chandos.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite, Op 39 (Romance)

    Performer: Antal Doráti. Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes etc: Detroit SO, Dorati.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a (Arabian Dance)

    Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 6.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (Visions)

    Performer: Itamar Zorman. Performer: Ieva Jokubaviciutė.
    • First Hand Records.

  • Rachel Portman

    Emma (Main title)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Emma.
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 1.

  • Traditional Catalan

    Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Ensemble: Cellos of the City of Birmingham Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Nocturne, Op.54 No.4

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • AVIE.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Simple and Flowing (5 Postcards)

    Performer: Anton Miller. Performer: Rita Porfiris.
    • Five Postcards.
    • CD Baby.
    • 9.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Conductor: Silvio Varviso.
    • DECCA.

  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima - Closing

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Music Arranger: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Glass: String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (Arr. P. Kuusisto for Chamber Orchestra).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 'Eroica'; 3. Scherzo

    Performer: Claire Huangci. Music Arranger: Ferdinand Ries. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.