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Serene sounds to reset your mind and soul

Take a step back from the busy world with a selection of serene harmonies and calming melodies to help reset your mind and soul.

Take a step back from the busy world with a selection of serene harmonies and calming melodies. Featuring soothing instrumental textures by Beethoven, Britten and Massenet, plus uplifting and inspiring sounds by Frederick Delius, William Byrd, and Fanny Mendelssohn.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Sounds. MM

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1 hour, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Adagio

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Halász.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537 "Coronation": II. Larghetto

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hear my Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15

    Conductor: Christopher Monks. Ensemble: Armonico Consort.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: No. 4. Larghetto, con moto

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Conductor: Thomas Sanderling.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 "Snégourotchka": X. Melodrama

    Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Rafał Blechacz. Music Arranger: Myra Hess.
  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en trio, Op. 59: II. Pastorale

    Performer: Tatjana Ruhland. Performer: Florian Wiek. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les tendres plaintes

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphony in C minor: 2. Adagio espressivo

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Dämmrung senkte sich von Oben

    Performer: Marina Thibeault. Performer: Marie-Ève Scarfone.
  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions: II. Summerland

    Performer: Mark Boozer.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: Sinfonia

    Composer: Martin Luther. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4: III. Larghetto

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Lyricist: Romain Bussine.
  • Frederick Delius

    2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
  • Anon.

    Blue Moon

    Performer: Maki Kasai. Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Music Arranger: Hisatoshi Kawano.
  • Anthony Collins

    Symphony for Strings No.1: II. Adagio molto

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
  • William Byrd

    Ne Irascaris, Domine

    Conductor: Peter Phillips. Choir: Tallis Scholars.
  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Lyricist: Louis Gallet. Lyricist: Anatole France.
  • Jean Sibelius

    6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu VI

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees": I.

    Performer: Jason Vieaux. Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis.
  • Chad Lawson

    fields of forever

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Peter Gregson. Conductor: James Southall.
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Dubnová Preludia (April Preludes), Op. 13: III. Andante semplice

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord

    Performer: Matthew Barley.
  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Piano Potpourri: No. 5, A Jazz Trifle

    Performer: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma, Act I: Casta Diva

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.