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Comforting classical for mindful meditation

Relax into three hours of comforting classical tunes to keep you grounded.

Relax into three hours of comforting classical tunes to keep you grounded.

This mix features violin concertos from Antonio Vivaldi and Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, sumptuous piano pieces from Rosey Chan and Johann Sebastian Bach, and spine-tingling choral works from Stephen Paulus and Gregorio Allegri.

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Music Played

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo

    Performer: Danny Driver. Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess, a Symphonic Picture, VII. Bess, You Is My Woman Now

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • An American Dream?.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Music of the Stars: I. Music of the Stars

    Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Cecilia McDowall: Cantatas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse

    Performer: Pascal Rogé. Performer: Elena Font.
    • Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 9 in G Major, Op. 8: II. Largo

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barré. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • Saint-George: Violin Concerto No. 9 in G Major, Op. 8: II. Largo.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phantasy Quintet (Prelude)

    Ensemble: Piatti Quartet. Performer: Zahra Benyounes.
    • Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet: I. Prelude.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Holst

    7 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides, H. 146: No. 4, Ah Me! Farewell

    Lyricist: Euripides. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Ensemble: St Paul's Girls School - Paulina Voices. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.
    • Fide et literis.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Marguerite Canal

    Elevation

    Ensemble: Duo Alma.
    • Indesens Calliope Records.

  • Dolores O’Riordan

    Dreaming My Dreams

    Performer: Ashley Jackson.
    • Cover Girl.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 4.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous": IV. Slowly and reverently

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Still & Bonds - Symphonies & Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Robert Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

    Performer: Kenji Miura.
    • Heimat: Beethoven, Schumann & Brahms.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.

  • William Walton

    Sinfonia Concertante: II. Andante comodo

    Performer: Clare Hammond. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Vass.
    • BIS.

  • Nino Rota

    Parla Più Piano

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Music Arranger: Wolfgang Renz. Ensemble: I Solisti di Pavia.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Božidar Vukotić.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Esther Birringer.
    • Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fairy Ballads (Perf. on Bassoon): No. 2, Alone with Mother

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Amy Harman.
    • The Bassoonist’s Songbook.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 15.

  • Peter Warlock

    The First Mercy

    Composer: Bruce Blunt. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Maltworms & Milkmaids.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 21.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Rosey Chan

    Compassion

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Ensemble: Sonic Apothecary.
    • Rosey Chan.

  • Stephen Paulus

    To Be Certain of the Dawn: Hymn to the Eternal Flame

    Performer: Eleonore Cockerham. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • To Be Certain of the Dawn: Hymn to the Eternal Flame.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59 No. 3, D. 776 (Arr. for Piano Trio)

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Jérémie Moreau. Performer: David Moreau. Music Arranger: David Moreau. Music Arranger: Edgar Moreau. Music Arranger: Jérémie Moreau.
    • Schubert: Du bist die Ruh.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Adagetto, SC 51

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Trio in D Minor: II. Andante

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: VI. Thema con variazoni. Andante quasi allegretto

    Performer: Johannes Hustedt. Performer: Sontraud Speidel.
    • Audite.

  • Sarah Class

    Up in the Clouds

    Performer: Sarah Class. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell.
    • Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 14.

  • Alexander Pierce Hill

    Receive Me Today

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • Draw Near.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 2.

  • Betty Jackson King

    Summer Interlude

    Performer: Beatrice Nicholas.
    • Beatrice Nicholas.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carneval Des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne. Andantino Grazioso

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 9, RV 236: II. Largo

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

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Tom Winpenny.
    • Price: Organ Works.
    • Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Hubert Clifford

    Five English Nursery Tunes IV. Curly Locks

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 17 in B-Flat Major, K. 570: II. Adagio

    Performer: Cláudio Cruz. Performer: Olga Kopylova.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Vol. 4.
    • Azul Music.
    • 8.

  • Mieczysław Weinberg

    Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 52: I. Adagio

    Performer: Kristina Reiko Cooper. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian. Orchestra: Kauno Miesto Simfoninis Orkestras.
    • Hidden Legacies.
    • Delos.
    • 5.

  • Josephine Lang

    An den See Variation (After 6 Deutsche Lieder, No. 4, An den See)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Sophie Pacini.
    • Josephine Lang: An den See Variation (After 6 Deutsche Lieder, No. 4, An den See.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei Deus

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.

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