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Mellow classical tunes for blissful relaxation

Sink into a blissful state of calm with this collection of relaxing classical music.

Sink into a blissful state of calm with this collection of relaxing classical music.

Paired with soundscapes from the natural world, this edition features Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet. Also included are soothing gems from Erik Satie, William Grant Still and Leonard Bernstein, and new releases by J.A. Monteiro, Donna McKevitt and Daniel Ludford-Thomas.

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Act I, Scene XIX, Balcony Scene

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • LSO Live.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Duo concertant for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in A major op. 14 II. Andantino

    Performer: Alican Süner. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Conductor: Julian Trevelyan.
    • CPO.

  • Donna McKevitt

    O vos

    Conductor: Donna McKevitt. Ensemble: The Marian Consort.
    • McKevitt: O vos (after Gesualdo's "o vos omnes").
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne. Allegretto molto moderato

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Franck: Symphony in D Minor – Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Hope, Ascending

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. for 5 Cellos)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Max Ruisi.
    • Song.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions: II. Summerland

    Performer: Mark Boozer.
    • STILL: Piano Music.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Henriëtte Bosmans

    Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: III. Molto lento - Allegro giocoso

    Performer: Gemma Rosefield. Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertos.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 6.

  • Christopher Rouse

    Flute Concerto: V. Amhran

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno for Strings and Harp

    Performer: Jane Berthe. Conductor: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle Époque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Canzonetta, Op. 8

    Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Dan Ludford-Thomas

    One

    Conductor: Dan Ludford-Thomas. Ensemble: Vox Urbane.
    • One.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria, D. 839

    Performer: Yulia Stefanovich. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
    • Pavel Liubamudrau.

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: II. Air

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.
    • Fide et literis.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 6.

  • J A Monteiro

    Seven Last Words: III. Woman, behold your son

    Conductor: Matthew Swann. Ensemble: Happenstance Singers.
    • Monteiro: Seven Last Words.
    • Ulysses Arts.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48: III. Elegy. Larghetto elegiaco

    Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade and Andante Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 3.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring: XI. Thema & Variations. The Gift to Be Simple (1944 Version)

    Conductor: Hugh Wolff. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Chillout Classics.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 17.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Flora (Arr. for Harp)

    Performer: Danielle Riegel.
    • Einaudi: Flora (Arr. for Harp by Danielle Riegel).
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge Taylor (Non Protect)

    5 Fairy Ballads (Perf. on Bassoon): No. 4, The Stars

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Amy Harman.
    • The Bassoonist’s Songbook.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 17.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Her Ensemble.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 3

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Gnossienne No. 3.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Pieces de clavecin I, Suite No. 2 in G Minor: V. Sarabande

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Max Bruch

    In der Nacht

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.
    • In der Nacht, Op. 72 (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra by Jan-Peter Klöpfel).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Dalia's Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 3.

  • Alberto Barberis

    Munasterio's Santa Chiara (arr. for violin & piano)

    Performer: Andrea Cicalese. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Music Arranger: Tim Allhoff.
    • Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Tim Allhoff).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Three Dance Episodes (From "On the Town"): II. Lonely Town: Pas de Deux

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Bernstein: Fancy Free Ballet & Three Dance Episodes (From \"On the Town\") &.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Jane Grey, Op. 15

    Performer: Alex Mitchell. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Gipps: Jane Grey, Op. 15.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste, WAB 23

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Fedir Yakymenko

    Ange [Angel]

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Ukrainian Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 6.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Before Dawn (Arr. for Violin Ensemble)

    Performer: Andreas Bernitt.
    • Prisma Music.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    la pioggia

    Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Orchestra Città di Ferrara.
    • Songs of Hope: The Essential Joe Hisaishi Vol. 2.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 2.

  • Angela Morley

    Reverie

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Spotlight.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte I, Op. 19b: No. 2, Andante espressivo, MWV U80

    Performer: Sevin.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte I, Op. 19b: No. 2, Andante espressivo, MWV.
    • Nordic Traditional Records.
    • 1.

  • Shuteen Erdenebaatar

    Echoes of Life: I. Awakening

    Performer: Shuteen Erdenebaatar. Ensemble: Arcis Saxophon Quartett.
    • arcis records.

  • Philip Stopford

    In My Father's House

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records Ltd.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 2 in A Minor, B. 64

    Performer: Vittorio Forte.
    • OnClassical.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring, Concert Suite; I. Very Slowly

    Composer: Morton Gould. Conductor: Walter Süsskind. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring / Gould: Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra.
    • Everest Records.
    • 1.

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