Savour the moment with restorative classical music
Take some time to unwind with this calming, serene collection of classical music.
Take some time to unwind with this calming, serene collection of classical music. With music from Franz Schubert, Stanley Myers, Margaret Bonds and Gustav Holst, alongside contemporary excellence from Sophie Hutchings and Hania Rani.
Produced by Katie Hill
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Léo Delibes
Coppélia, Act 3: No. 20c, Fête de la cloche. La prière
Conductor: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon.- Les plus belles musiques de ballet - Radio Classique.
- Warner Classics.
- 16.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra.- The Last Night of the Proms Collection.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 5.
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Edward John Margetson
A few more years shall roll
Conductor: Edward John Margetson. Ensemble: London Voices.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Max Richter
Dream 13 (Short Edit)
Performer: Clarice Jensen. Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Max Richter.- Sleep (Remixes).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 13.
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JoaquÃn Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Performer: Turibio Santos. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- Rodrigo : Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia, Tonadilla, Zapateado & Fandango.
- Warner Classics International.
- 2.
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Claude Debussy
2 Arabesques, L. 66: I. Andantino con moto
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Chamber Sonata No. 3 in D Major: I. Grave
Ensemble: Musica Fiorita.- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Peter Warlock
The First Mercy
Composer: Bruce Blunt. Composer: Raymond Bennell. Performer: Nadine Benjamin. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- EMF Endeavours.
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Charlotte Sohy
Premier Quatuor, Op. 25: II. Sérénité
Ensemble: Quatuor Hermès.- Charlotte Sohy: Chamber Music.
- La Boîte à Pépites.
- 2.
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William Walton
Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part
Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.- This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
- Collegium.
- 15.
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Adolphus Hailstork
Spirituals Suite: Wade in the Water
Performer: James Kosnik. Ensemble: Eastern Virginia Brass Quintet.- Amazing Grace: Organ Music of Adolphus Hailstork.
- Albany Records.
- 5.
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Frank Bridge
Summer
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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George Frideric Handel
Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: Die Torrente in via bibet
Performer: Angela Kazimierczuk. Performer: Katherine Fuge. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.- Vivaldi: Gloria / Handel: Dixit Dominus.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 26.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata no.1 in C minor Op.4 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 - 3.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
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Arvo Pärt
Summa
Performer: Renaud Capuçon.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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John Rutter
A Choral Amen
Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.- O Praise the Lord of Heaven.
- Collegium.
- 12.
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Sakiko Nagashima
Pouter
Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.- OMF.
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William Walton
Sonata for String Orchestra: III. Lento
Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Olivia Belli
Grain Moon
Performer: Anna Lapwood. Performer: Olivia Belli.- Grain Moon.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Errollyn Wallen
Pace
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
- Kings College Cambridge.
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Zenobia Powell Perry
Pavanne
Performer: Josephine Gandolfi.- Zenobia Powell Perry: Piano Works.
- Cambria.
- 8.
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Leroy Anderson
Irish Suite: V. The Last Rose of Summer
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra.- Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 - Irish Suite / Scottish Suite / Alma Mat.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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William Alwyn
2 Irish Pieces: No. 1, From the Countryside
Performer: Ashley Wass.- Alwyn, W.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 - 12 Preludes / Contes Barbares / Movements.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
King Arthur, "The British Worthy": II. Air
Lyricist: John Dryden. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.- Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / King Arthur / Dioclesian / Timon of Athens / 3 Odes.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 25.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto
Performer: Ji Liu.- Pure Chopin.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Adagio
Performer: Pierre Pierlot. Conductor: Claudio Scimone. Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti.- Albinoni : Oboe & Violin Concertos - Apex.
- Warner Classics International.
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Johann Pachelbel
Suite For Lute In F Sharp Minor, 3: Sarabande
Performer: Göran Söllscher. Music Arranger: Göran Söllscher.- A Baroque Guitar Weekend.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 23.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 85: No. 6 Allegretto con moto
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang. Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer.- Blue Hour – Weber, Brahms, Mendelssohn.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: 2. Adagio
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra.- Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Son of Mary
Ensemble: London Voices.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Malcolm Arnold
Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
- Delphian Records.
- 14.
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Thomas Tallis
If Ye Love Me
Performer: Andrew Fletcher. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- The Sound Corporation.
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Judith Lang Zaimont
Serenade (version for piano trio)
Performer: Awadagin Pratt. Performer: Melissa White. Performer: Paul Wiancko.- Navona.
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Jules Massenet
La Vierge, Pt. 4: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.- Massenet: Scènes dramatiques, Scènes de féérie, Scènes alsaciennes & Scènes pitt.
- Warner Classics International.
- 8.
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Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 - 7. Träumerei
Performer: Martha Argerich.- Schumann: Kinderszenen – Meisterwerke.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante
Performer: Philippe Graffin. Conductor: Michael Hankinson. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra.- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor • Dvořák: Violin Concertos.
- AVIE Records.
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Philip William John Stopford
Do Not Be Afraid
Conductor: Philip Stopford. Choir: Ecclesium Choir.- Priory Records Ltd.
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Hania Rani
Spring
Performer: Hania Rani.- Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopédie No. 1
Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestrator: Jérôme Ducros. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.- Satie: Masterpieces.
- Warner Classics.
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Gabriel Fauré
Requiem, Op. 48: Offertoire
Performer: Lisa Beckley. Performer: Nicholas Gedge. Performer: Jeremy Summerly. Choir: Oxford Camerata. Choir: Schola Cantorum of Oxford. Conductor: Colm Carey.- Faure: Requiem / Messe Basse.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
- 2.
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