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Gentle classical sounds to bring you warmth and positivity

Warm and serene harmonies to uplift your soul on even the gloomiest day - and help soothe your mind when the working day bites.

Warm and serene harmonies to uplift your soul on even the gloomiest day - and help soothe your mind when the working day bites.

Featuring sweet melodies by Mélanie Laurent, Luciano Berio and Beethoven, plus calming sounds from Peter Sculthorpe, JS Bach and Rebecca Clarke.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media production for ѿý Sounds.

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1 hour, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Gerald Finzi

    Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op. 26 - Amen

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Lyricist: Richard Crashaw. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Music Arranger: Paul Mealor.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • William Grant Still

    Suite for Violin and Piano: II. Mother and Child

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 8 in E Flat Major, H.30

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • At ѿý Classical Edition.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 146.
  • Eldbjørg Hemsing

    Winter Meditation (after The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto, RV 297: II. Largo)

    Composer: Ketan Bhatti. Ensemble: Hestia String Quartet.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen (The Mother), Op. 41, FS 94: Tagen letter (The Fog is lifting)

    Ensemble: Ensemble MidtVest.
    • CPO.
  • Philip Glass

    STRING QUARTET NO. 3 "MISHIMA": II. NOVEMBER 25: ICHIGAYA

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Naxos.
  • Charles Koechlin

    Wind Septet, Op. 165: V. Serenite

    Ensemble: Ensemble Initium.
    • TIMPANI.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell To Stromness

    Performer: Richard Casey.
    • ASC Records.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo

    Ensemble: Miró Quartet.
    • Pentatone.
  • Luciano Berio

    6 Encores: 3. Wasserklavier

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • The Persian Hours: Mystical Piano Music.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 13.
  • Amy Beach

    Three Compositions, Op. 40: No. 2, Berceuse

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Cedille Records.
  • Peter Sculthorpe

    A Little Book of Hours: VI. Singing Sun

    Performer: Elena Riu.
    • Linn Records.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri, Op. 70

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The World Of Elgar.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 18.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Pas des ésharpes, Op. 37

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: II. Adagio

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Hubert Clifford

    Five English Nursery Tunes: IV. Curly Locks

    Composer: Edgar Bainton.
    • Chandos.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Prelude

    Performer: Robert Plane.
    • Clarke, R: Viola Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Carl Orff

    Musik zur Nacht: Siziliano für Violine und Violoncello, Klavier-Übun

    Ensemble: Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble.
    • Orff-Schulwerk, Vol. 1: Musica Poetica.
    • Celestial Harmonies.
    • 40.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: 2. Largo - attacca

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Federico Mompou

    Musica callada I Angelico

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
    • Volodos plays Mompou.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 14.
  • Kevin Volans

    IV. White Man Sleeps

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Pieces of Africa.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 10.
  • Mélanie Laurent

    éܳ

    • En t'attendant.
    • ٳDzéܱ.
    • 1.
  • Mieczysław Weinberg

    Aria, Op. 9

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
    • Weinberg: Aria, Op. 9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir - Arr. for Bassoon and Piano

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: Sélim Mazari.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
  • Baal HaSulam

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

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles: 2. Lento

    Performer: Nicola Hall.
    • The Art Of The Guitar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    For A Moment

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • VIII.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe", Cantata BWV 156 - Sinfonia

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Conductor: Radoslaw Szulc.
    • Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Pequena Suíte, W064: V. Melodia

    Performer: Yuko Miyagawa. Performer: Aki Kuroda.
    • Black Swan.
    • Odradek Records.
    • 12.
  • Anne Boyd

    As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

    Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Ars Nova Records.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia, Pt. 2, Mammy

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.