
Start your day with uplifting classical sounds
Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Featuring serene and enchanting music from Gerald Finzi, Anna Lapwood, and Aaron Copland, this episode explores the emotional effect that live music has on us. Plus, Sian dips her feet in the sea.
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Georges Bizet
L'Arlessiene (3rd mvt, Adagietto)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- NAIVE.
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Franz Schubert
Adagio in E flat Major for Piano and Strings, D987
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- CRD Records.
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Rebecca Dale
Materna Requiem: In Paradisum ('If I Should Go')
Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Clark Rundell.- Decca.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
I Pagliacci: Intermezzo
- Ultimate Classix.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Suite for Violin and Piano ('Cavatina')
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.- Decca.
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Frank Merrick
Suite in the 18th Century Style (Siciliano)
Performer: Steven Isserlis.- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto in F H 18.3 (2nd mvt, Largo cantabile)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.- CHANDOS.
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Josef Suk
Serenade in E flat for String Orchestra (1st mvt, Andante con moto)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- WARNER.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasia in D minor K 397
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.- ѿý.
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Gerald Finzi
Violin Concerto (2nd mvt, Molto Sereno)
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Tarik O’Regan
Locus iste
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Timothy Brown.- King's College Cambridge.
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Haydn Wood
Concert for Piano and Orchestra in D minor (2nd mvt, Andante)
Performer: Hamish Milne. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Hyperion.
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Henry Purcell
Fantazia No 5 in B flat major
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Warner.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
5 Variants of Dives & Lazarus
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.- ѿý.
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Nkeiru Okoye
African Sketches for piano ('Dusk')
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Albany Records.
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Adrian Sutton
5 Theatre Miniatures ('Polperro Beach')
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.- CHANDOS.
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Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces ('Notturno')
Performer: Unknown.- Extreme Music Library Ltd..
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.- ѿý.
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Edward Elgar
Sospiri
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Somm.
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Clara Schumann
Piano Sonata in G minor ('2nd mvt, Adagio)
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- DECCA.
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Anna Lapwood
O Nata Lux
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- Signum Records.
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Florence Price
Symphony No 1 in E minor (2nd mvt, Largo maestoso)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- DECCA.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon in Double Echo a 12
Performer: Eric Crees. Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra.- LSO Live.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Concerto for violin in Bb major, Op 7 No 2 ('Adagio')
Performer: Fumika Mohri.- NAXOS.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne Op 27 No 2 in D fat major
Performer: Mieczysław Horszowski.- ѿý.
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William Walton
Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V ('Death of Falstaff')
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.- 2014 Ameritz Music Ltd.
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Aaron Copland
Concerto for clarinet, strings, harp and piano ('Slowly and expressively')
Performer: David Shifrin. Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Warenr Classics.
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Cecilia McDowall
Trinity Triptych ('O Nata Lux')
Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Conductor: Christopher Gabbitas.- Harmonia Mundi.
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