Discover morning calmness with soothing classical music
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 uplifting and enchanting melodies from Helena Munktell, Frank Bridge, and Vincent d'Indy. Professor Catherine Loveday explores the role of personality in music taste, and Sian takes a breath and finds joy in walking through the mud.
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    ![]()  Eleanor DaleyUpon Your Heart Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.- SIGNUM.
 
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    ![]()  Ethel SmythPiano Piece in E major Performer: Liana Șerbescu.- jpc.
 
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    ![]()  Frank BridgeSerenade Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales.- CHANDOS.
 
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    ![]()  Edin KasoSummer's Wind Performer: Edin Kaso.- Edin Kaso Music.
 
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    ![]()  Imogen HolstVariations on an Elizabethan Theme Conductor: Jac van Steen. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.- NMC.
 
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    ![]()  Nicola MatteisSarabanda (Adagio) Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.- ALPHA.
 
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    ![]()  Philip GlassOrphée, arr for piano duet (Act 2: 10th mvt, 'La Chambre d'Orphée') Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.- DG.
 
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    ![]()  Tõnu KõrvitsSongs From Dolores's Songbook (No 7, 'Azure') Conductor: Risto Joost. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.- Ondine.
 
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    ![]()  Sergey RachmaninovPiano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (2nd mvt) Performer: Yuja Wang. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.- DG.
 
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    ![]()  Helena MunktellViolin Sonata in E flat major, Op 21 (3rd mvt) Performer: Tobias Ringborg. Performer: Peter Friis Johansson.- Naxos.
 
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    ![]()  Vincent d’IndyKaradec Suite, Op 34 (2nd mvt, 'Chanson') Conductor: Darrell Ang. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.- Naxos.
 
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    ![]()  Giovanni Battista ViottiViolin Concerto No 22 in A minor (2nd mvt) Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: Lawrence Foster. Orchestra: Juilliard Orchestra.- Warner.
 
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    ![]()  Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPiano Concerto No 12 in A major, K 414 (2nd mvt) - Forlane.
 
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    ![]()  Franz SchubertString Quartet No 9 in G minor, D173 (2nd mvt) Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- BIS.
 
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    ![]()  Clara Schumann3 Romances, Op 22, Transcribed for oboe and piano (2nd mvt) Performer: Gabriel Pidoux. Performer: Jorge González Buajasán.- Alpha.
 
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    ![]()  Trad.Salley Gardens Performer: VOCES8.
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    ![]()  John BrunningConcerto Magna Carta (2nd mvt) Performer: Xuefei Yang. Conductor: Clark Rundell. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- Platoon Ltd.
 
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    ![]()  Ralph Vaughan WilliamsSerenade in A minor (3rd mvt, 'Intermezzo and Trio') Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Vocalion.
 
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    ![]()  André CampraMesse de requiem (4th mvt, 'Agnus Dei') Singer: Wynford Evans. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.- WARNER.
 
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    ![]()  Gerald FinziCello Concerto in A minor, Op 40 (2nd mvt) Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.- CHANDOS.
 
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    ![]()  Noel DaCostaA Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin (No 2, 'Neumedia') Performer: Rachel Barton Pine.- Cedille.
 
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    ![]()  Claude DebussyClair De Lune (arr for theremin and voice) Performer: Carolina Eyck. Music Arranger: Carolina Eyck.- Neumeister.
 
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    ![]()  Johann Sebastian BachBrandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt) - The Classical Label.
 
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    ![]()  Ryuichi SakamotoIchimei (Small Happiness) Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.- KAM.
 
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    ![]()  Gabriel FauréFantaisie, Op 79 Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- DECCA.
 
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    ![]()  André Bangambula VinduLullaby (Congolese) Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.- MSR.
 
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    ![]()  Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt) Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.- Warner.
 
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    ![]()  Florence PriceDance in the Canebrakes (No 3, 'Silk Hat and Walking Cane') Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.- Cedille.
 
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    ![]()  Johanna Müller-HermannViolin Sonata in D minor, Op 5 (2nd mvt) Performer: Daniel Gaede. Performer: Oliver Triendl.- ±áä²Ô²õ²õ±ô±ð°ù.
 
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    ![]()  William Grant StillFrom the Black Belt (No 6, 'Brown Girl') Orchestra: Westchester Symphony Orchestra.- Vox.
 
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    ![]()  Nikolai GolovanovCherubic Hymn Performer: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Signum.
 
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