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Relax this Christmas with the perfect peaceful soundtrack

Sit back and reflect on the past year with a warm and soothing mix of seasonal classical music and uplifting Christmas sounds

Sit back and reflect on the past year with a warm and soothing mix of seasonal classical music and uplifting Christmas sounds.

Featuring beautiful and wintry textures from JS Bach, Elizabeth Poston and Claude Bolling, plus sweet melodies by Handel and Danny Elfman.

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

1 hour, 60 minutes

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Performer: Leon Fleisher. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.
    • Two Hands.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt. Lyricist: Trad..
    • Light Eternal 鈥� The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruy猫res, L. 123

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Voyage.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major: Canon

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard.
    • Pachelbel & Fasch: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.

  • Gabr铆el 脫lafs

    Frost

    Performer: Gabr铆el 脫lafs.
    • Frost.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.

  • Jules Massenet

    Tha茂s / Act 2: M茅ditation

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Lyricist: Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Lyricist: Anatole France. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • 笔辞猫尘别.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux: Aquarium

    Performer: Irena Grafenauer. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: The Carnival of the Animals / Meschwitz: Tier-Gebete / Ridout: Litt.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op. 40: 2. Sarabande (Andante)

    Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Edvard Grieg - A Monument of Classics.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 54.

  • Trad.

    Silent Night

    Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Bach: Orchestral transcriptions by Respighi & Elgar.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Petite Valse Op. 26

    Performer: Olesya Urusova.
    • 3724474 Records DK.

  • Charles Ives

    A Christmas Carol

    Music Arranger: Paul Echols.
    • Reflections.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 6.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Le Cygne)

    Performer: Han鈥恘a Chang. Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Summer In The Park.
    • Angel Records.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, For the second Day of Christmas: No 10. Sinfonia

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Lyricist: Christian Friedrich Henrici. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Bach for Breakfast - The Leisurely Way to Start Your Day.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Gary Schocker

    Winter Jasmine for Flute and Piano

    Performer: Jasmine Choi. Performer: Hugh Sung.
    • Jasmine Choi.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Chansons grises: V. L'heure exquise

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora. Lyricist: Paul Marie Verlaine.
    • Mischa Maisky - Apr猫s un r锚ve.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Ensemble: Helsingin juniorijouset. Conductor: Csaba Szilvay. Conductor: G茅za Szilvay.
    • Works for Strings.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Performer: Christopher Parkening.
    • Christopher Parkening: The Great Recordings.
    • Angel Records.
    • 14.

  • Trad.

    Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.

  • Danny Elfman

    Ice Dance (Edward Scissorhands)

    Ensemble: The Paulist Choristers of California. Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Shirley Walker.
    • Edward Scissorhands.
    • Geffen.
    • 7.

  • Anonymous

    El cant dels ocells

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Deborah Nemtanu. Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Intuition.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Peteris Vasks

    Gadalaiki:1. Balt膩 ainava

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • 101 Peaceful Piano.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 73.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8: III.

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Corelli: 6 Concertos Grosso Op.6.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 20.

  • Samuel Barber

    Sure on this shining night, Op. 13, No. 3

    Ensemble: Conspirare. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Largo. 'Ombra mai fu'

    Orchestra: Budapest Strings. Conductor: B茅la B谩nfalvi.
    • Handel at Christmas.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH. 57: Variazione III: Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Tchaikovsky for Meditation.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 112.

  • Mykola Leontovych

    Carol of the Bells

    Choir: National Choir of Ukraine "Dumka".
    • Melodiya.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations, S. 172: No. 3, Lento placido

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Labyrinth.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Panis Angelicus

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Lyricist: Trad.. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd. Music Arranger: David Cullen.
    • Cello Moods.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.