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Soothe your mind and soul with classical sounds

A selection of gently flowing melodies and warm textures to help you reset and relax.

A selection of gently flowing melodies and warm textures to help you reset and relax. Featuring soothing tracks by George Frideric Handel, Cécile Chaminade and Nathaniel Dett, as well as contemporary sounds from Akira Nakada, Arvo Pärt and Hania Rani.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Sounds

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1 hour, 60 minutes

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

    Performer: Denis Matsuev. Performer: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Mariinsky.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Six Pieces, Op. 51, TH 143: VI. Valse Sentimentale

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Stanislav Soloviev.
    • None but the Lonely Heart.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10, HWV 328: V. Allegro

    Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock. Performer: Anthony Pleeth. Performer: Robert Woolley. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Handel: Orchestral Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 114.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove: II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.
  • Hania Rani

    La Luce

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Scoring Berlin. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • LYS.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Le Chat Noir

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 39: III Adagio

    Performer: Daniele Orlando. Performer: Linda di Carlo.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Étude No. 37 in G Major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.
  • Georgs Pelēcis

    Concertino bianco: 1. Con intenerimento

    Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch. Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Into Silence: Pärt _ Vasks _ Górecki _ Pelēcis.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Diana Doherty. Ensemble: Ironwood.
    • The Bach Album: Concertos For Oboe And Oboe d'Amore.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 2.
  • Erik Satie

    Pièces froides: Ed. Robert Caby: 3. Airs à fair fuir III

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Erik Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133: V. Silent Woods

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin, Cellists. Music Arranger: Lothar Niefind. Music Arranger: Gunter Ribke.
    • Dvorák: From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133: V. Silent Woods (Arr. Niefind.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Pas des ésharpes, Op. 37

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 14.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297 II. Largo

    Performer: Iona Brown. Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Ralph de Souza. Performer: Briony Shaw.
    • äԲ.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Für Alina

    Performer: Alexander Malter.
    • Arvo Pärt: Alina.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 4.
  • Hubert Clifford

    Five English Nursery Tunes: IV. Curly Locks

    Performer: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Bagatelle III

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • Hélène Grimaud plays Valentin Silvestrov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Op. 47: VII. Elegie

    Performer: Deborah Sipkai. Performer: János Bálint.
    • Flute & Harp: Beautiful Classical Duets.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 17.
  • Amy Beach

    Berceuse No. 2 from Three Compositions, Op. 40

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Cedille.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Viola Concerto in G Major: Largo

    Performer: Ladislav Kyselák. Conductor: Richard Edlinger. Orchestra: Capella Istropolitana.
    • Largo.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Baal HaSulam

    Melodies of the Upper Worlds: To Proclaim in the Morning About Your Mercy

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin, M.68: 3. Menuet

    Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Performer: Ralph Gomberg. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works Vol.2.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • John Tavener

    Exhortation and Kohima: Exhortation

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Lyricist: Trad.. Lyricist: Laurence Binyon.
    • 50 Classical Chillout - by Classic FM.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 26.
  • Akira Nakada

    12 Songs for Guitar: No. 7. A Song of Early Spring

    Performer: Shin-ichi Fukuda & Duardo Fernandez.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Jean Sibelius

    2 Pieces, Op. 77: I. Cantique

    Performer: Nils‐Erik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • BIS.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: Richard Casey.
    • Prima Facie.