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Essential Classics for night owls

If you love the moonlight and the peace of the dark hours, you鈥檒l need this playlist to keep you company.

If it鈥檚 been a long day, or you are just more of an owl than a lark, then this playlist is for you. Georgia Mann introduces a selection of classical music for the dark hours, from the glimmering marimba of Evelyn Glennie, to the ethereal sounds of Schumann鈥檚 dreamscape, with moonlight from Debussy and Beethoven, and an African sunset from Foday Musa Suso. MM.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Jesse Diener-Bennett. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Golijov: Azul.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik": II. Romanze.

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.
    • Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" - Serenade No. 13.
    • Cascavelle.
    • 9.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Light in darkness for marimba

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • RCA Victor.

  • Foday Musa Suso

    Tilliboyo [Sunset]

    Performer: Foday Musa Suso. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Robert Schumann

    Tr盲umerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • V铆kingur 脫lafsson - From Afar.
    • DG.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Panorama)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Obbligato to Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • A Lionel Tertis Celebration.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 14.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ancient Suite

    Music Arranger: Jonas Forssell. Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 24.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Norman, Giacomini.
    • Philips.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Petits-Fours: Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • William Grant Still

    Wood Notes: III. Moon Dusk: Slowly and expressively

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 - Wood Notes.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die II

    Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • A Second of Silence.
    • Ancalagon LLC.
    • 9.