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Enchanting classical music to clear your mind

Press play and feel your spirit lifted with this collection of relaxing classical music.

Press play and feel your spirit lifted with this collection of relaxing classical music. Music from across the ages, paired with beautiful soundscapes from the natural world.

Pieces in this mix include concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Edward Gregson, choral works by Francis Poulenc and Ralph Vaughan Williams, and contemporary delights from Yu-Peng Chen and Roberto Sierra.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio

    Performer: Nicolas Baldeyrou. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens. Orchestra: Kölner Akademie.
    • Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol. 2.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Six Canonic Studies, Op. 56: No. 1, Con moto egual'e dolce (Arr. for Orchestra)

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

  • John Ireland

    Cello Sonata in G Minor: II. Poco largamente

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Naxos.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble)

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Blackbird Rising

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Blackbird Rising & Blackbird Returns.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Joanna Borrett

    Then

    Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Borrett: Then.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet in C-Sharp Minor, M. 42

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Romance in B Major for String Orchestra

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 7.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Salve Regina, FP 110

    Conductor: Lionel Sow. Choir: NFM Chorus Wroclaw.
    • Dialogue.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.

  • Olivia Belli

    Laertes - Sleep Rework

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Ithaca Flow.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61: III. Adagio espressivo

    Performer: Enrico Dindo. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • FAB 0084 Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 - Symphony No. 2 in C Majo.
    • Amadeus Best.
    • 6.

  • Christopher Tye

    In pace, in idipsum

    Ensemble: Cinquecento.
    • Tye: The Peterhouse Mass & Other Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Grace Mary Williams

    Elegy for String Orchestra

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.
    • Grace Williams: Violin Concerto, Elegy for String Orchestra & Sinfonia concertan.
    • Lyrita Recorded Edition.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Greensleeves (Arr. for Harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Greensleeves (Arr. Huws for Harp).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    Lieder, O. 12: No. 2, Liebst du um Schonheit (Arr. for Bassoon & Piano)

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Amy Harman.
    • The Bassoonist’s Songbook.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu, "Largo"

    Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi. Ensemble: Budapest Strings.
    • Christmas Meditation.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 1.

  • William Grant Still

    Miniatures (No 1, I Ride an Old Paint)

    Performer: Calico Winds. Music Arranger: Adam Lesnick.
    • Vintage America.
    • Albany Records.
    • 11.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Schwedische Weisen und Tänze, Op. 6 (Arr. for Nyckelharpa and Piano Trio)

    Composer: Julius Röntgen. Performer: Eléonore Billy. Ensemble: Trio Ernest.
    • The Wonderful Adventures of Amanda Maier.
    • Aparté.
    • 15.

  • Richard Flury

    Symphony No. 1 in D Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Richard Flury: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Deux arabesques, CD 74, L. 66: 1ère Arabesque, Andantino con moto

    Performer: Jean-Michel Serres.
    • Allemagne.

  • Roberto Sierra

    Salseando: II. Tiempo di Bolero

    Performer: Pacho Flores. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Albares.
    • PM Classics Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve (Arr. for Viola and Piano)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Jonathan Ware.
    • Alto appassionato.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.

  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57: Var. III. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Marina Tarasova. Conductor: Sergei Kondrashev. Orchestra: Orpheus Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Northern Flowers.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Purple Horizon

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen.
    • A Day in Sketches - C.Y.P - Colors of Time.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Marguerite Canal

    Idylle, Op. 20

    Ensemble: Duo Alma.
    • Indesens Calliope Records.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mantegna "Into the Woods My Master"

    Performer: James Orford. Choir: Dulwich Choral Society. Conductor: William Vann.
    • Albion Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross, BWV 622 (Arr. for Orchestra)

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 9.

  • Ingo Höricht

    Sea Waltz

    Performer: Katerina Chatzinikolaou. Performer: Sissi Rada. Performer: Ingo Höricht. Performer: Ingo Höricht.
    • Cross The Border Productions.

  • Frederick Delius

    Suite for Violin and Orchestra: I. Pastorale

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Performer: Frédéric Chaslin. Music Arranger: Frédéric Chaslin. Ensemble: Capriccio Quartet.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 5.

  • Florence Price

    Rhapsody in E-Flat Major

    Performer: Dinara Klinton.
    • Rhapsody in E-Flat Major.
    • ABRSM Sounds.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sheherazade, Op 35 (3rd mvt, 'The Young Prince and the Young Princess')

    Performer: Sergey Galaktionov. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino.
    • Teahouse Records.

  • Edward Gregson

    Tuba Concerto: II. Lento e mesto

    Performer: Ross Knight. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • A Vision in A Dream.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Margaret Ruthven Lang

    Twilight

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • Divine Art Recordings.

  • Will Todd

    I Shall be an Angel of Peace

    Composer: Ben Dunwell. Performer: Sarah Sexton. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Angel of Peace.
    • CORO.
    • 3.

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