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Shimmering classical sounds for long winter nights

Keep your mind calm, relaxed and uplifted through the darkest nights of the year - with a shimmering sequence of beautiful classical sounds.

Keep your mind calm, relaxed and uplifted through the darkest nights of the year - with a shimmering sequence of beautiful classical sounds.

Featuring sweet and soothing melodies by Howard Skempton, Tan Dun and Florence Price, plus gently warming harmonies from JS Bach, Rued Langgaard and John Sheppard.

Produced by Steven Rajam and James Taylor
An Overcoat Media production for 蜜芽传媒 Sounds.

1 hour, 59 minutes

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Music Played

  • Alexander Scriabin

    24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 21 in B Flat Major

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • Scriabin: 24 Preludes - Sonatas Nos. 4 & 10.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 21.

  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio

    Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Gaudenz.
    • CPO.

  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59/3, D. 776

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora. Lyricist: Friedrich R眉ckert.
    • Schubert: Songs without Words.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons, 'Winter': II. Largo

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Tan Dun

    8 Memories in Watercolor: No. 7. Floating Clouds

    Performer: Susan Chan.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • John Sheppard

    Media vita in morte sumus: II. Media vita in morte sumus (Antiphona)

    Ensemble: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Inventa Records.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E Major, 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, No. 4 - Upright Piano

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1, Wie Melodien zieht es mir

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo

    Conductor: David Fray. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Bach: Piano Concerto No. 5, BWV 1056.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Eri Ishibashi

    Blue Moon

    Performer: Maki Kasai.
    • OMF.

  • J贸n Leifs

    Requiem, Op. 33b

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Director: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • BIS.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Tuesday Suit

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 18.

  • Maurice Ravel

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

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

  • Joachim Raff

    Cello Sonata in D major, Op.183: III. Andante

    Performer: Christoph Crois茅. Performer: Oxana Shevchenko.
    • Avie.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem K. 626: Lacrimosa

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Mozart : Requiem.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 05.

  • Erik Satie

    Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy. Conductor: J茅r么me Kaltenbach.
    • Satie: Parade, Gymnop茅dies, Mercure & Rel芒che.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Vardapet Komitas

    Chinar es

    Ensemble: Aznavoorian Duo.
    • Gems from Armenia.
    • Cedille.
    • 1.

  • Rued Langgaard

    Rosengaardsviser: II. Behind The Wall Stand The Little Roses

    Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Tam谩s Vet艖.
    • Rose Garden Songs (Rued Langgaard).
    • Dacapo.
    • 05.

  • Howard Skempton

    Kettle's yard canon

    Performer: Andrew Sparling. Performer: Nancy Ruffer.
    • Huddersfield Contemporary Records.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: III. Forlane

    Performer: Julien Libeer.
    • Lignes Claires.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 15.

  • Ross Edwards

    Maninyas - Concerto for Violin & Orchestra: II. Chorale

    Performer: Dene Olding. Conductor: Stuart Challender. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Joy of Being 鈥� Guided Meditations and Music with the Lifeflow Meditation Cen.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 26.

  • Thomas Farnon

    Impromptu, No. 1

    • Two Impromptus.
    • Chromium Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: III. Poco adagio

    Ensemble: Aoi Trio.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies, Op. 5: Andante soave

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Baricades mist茅rieuses

    Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • Insomnia.
    • Deutsche Grammophone.
    • 16.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Opus

    Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger.
    • Wonderworld.
    • Universal Music China.
    • 7.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos Records Limited.