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Essential Classics for a positive mindset

Georgia Mann with an hour of mood-enhancing classical tracks, specially chosen to put a smile on your face. The line-up includes music from Bach and Handel, Fela Sowande and Alma Deutscher. MM

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon, HWV 67)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • A Baroque Feast (Extended).
    • Analekta.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse (Dolly Suite)

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • BIS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz (Serenade for Strings)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 703.

  • Alma Deutscher

    For Antonia (Variations on a Melody in G Major)

    • From My Book of Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 6.

  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Frank Renton.
    • Classic Brass.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor, WoO.59, 'F眉r Elise'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • The Works of Beethoven.
    • 2014 Ameritz Music Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ballet in G major (Rosamunde - Incidental music)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: G眉nter Wand.
    • RCA.

  • Carl Orff

    Street Song (Schulwerk)

    Composer: Gunild Keetman. Ensemble: T枚lzer Knabenchor.
    • Musica Poetica 鈥� Orff Schulwerk.
    • RCA.
    • 14.

  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia Brass.
    • Sinfonia Varsovia Brass.
    • WM Poland/WMI.
    • 1.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    La Musica Notturna delle strade di Madrid Op.30 No.6

    Performer: Richard Tognetti. Performer: Timothy Landauer. Performer: Bruce Dukov. Performer: Simon Oswell. Performer: Steve Erdody.
    • Decca.

  • Claude Debussy

    Cort猫ge (Petite Suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Debussy: Night in Granada, Clair de Lune, etc.: Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 10.

  • Philip Glass

    Dance 8

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.

  • Florence Price

    Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR CLASSICS.

  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La fille mal gard茅e)

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 "Double Concerto": I. Vivace

    Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • J.S. Bach & P盲rt: Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 108.