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Essential Classics for relaxing and recharging

An hour of de-stressing and re-energising classical music to recharge your batteries and get you back into the swing of things. This specially curated sequence takes you from Beethoven to Bernstein, from moonlit lakes to tap dancing through the streets of Manhattan! MM.

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV.630

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Jan Waterfield. Director: Christian Curnyn.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart Asks Pleasure First (Theme from The Piano)

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite no.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in D flat major, Op 64 No 1, 'Minute'

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.40 in G minor, K.550 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Jos van Immerseel. Ensemble: Anima Eterna.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation (The Orangery)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.

  • Robert Schumann

    Vanitas vanitatum (5 Pieces in the Popular Style)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.

  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in counterpoint: no 4, Shortnin' Bread. Allegro

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.

  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Gran Vals

    Performer: Fernando Espi.

  • Georges Bizet

    Danse boheme (Carmen Suite No.2)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Franz Liszt

    6 Grandes etudes de Paganini S.141 (La Campanella)

    Performer: Andr茅 Watts.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore 'Stowkoski version'

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV.1067 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    On the Town (Times Square)

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.