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A journey to classical serenity

Follow along on a journey that takes you to a place of peace.

Follow along on a classical journey that takes you to a place of peace with three hours of hand-picked classical music. This edition features the orchestral tones of Francis Poulenc and Dorothy Howell, the soothing solo instrumentation of Francesco da Milano and Frederic Chopin, and beautiful choral arrangements from Errollyn Wallen and Benjamin Britten.

All this, alongside new releases from Mystery Sonata, The King’s Singers, and Esther Abrami and captivating natural soundscapes to help you drift off into a world of calm.

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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les animaux modeles, FP 111: I. Le petit jour

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Erik Satie

    6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent

    Performer: Etienne Gara. Orchestra: Delirium Musicum.
    • Satie: 6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent (Orch. Bersanetti).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Pace

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 3.

  • Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen

    String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 3: I. Andantino

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cobalt.
    • Reflets du temps.
    • GFN Classics.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Dido's Lament (Arr. for Piano)

    Performer: Shani Diluka. Music Arranger: Shani Diluka.
    • Purcell: Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma" - 9. Nimrod (Adagio)

    Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Sur la plage de Chesil (Bande originale du film).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Pièce in C Major for Cello and Orchestra

    Performer: David Delacroix. Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel.
    • Chausson: Pièce in C Major for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 39 (Orch. by Jacques Gai.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Will Todd

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Performer: Paul Jones. Conductor: Mark Edwards. Ensemble: Will Todd Ensemble. Ensemble: Voices of Hope.
    • Will Todd: All Will Be Well.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

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

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1056.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Leos Janáček

    Jenůfa (Její pastorkyňa), JW I/4, Act III Scene 12: Odešli. Jdi také!

    Performer: Agneta Eichenholz. Performer: Aleš Briscein. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Janáček: Jenůfa.
    • LSO Live.
    • 17.

  • Dorothy Howell

    Divertissements: II. Three Divertissements

    Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Danny Boy

    Lyricist: Frederick Edward Weatherly. Music Arranger: Joshua Pacey. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op. 23

    Performer: Chelsea Wang. Performer: Himari.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

    Piano Concert in C Major, Op. 26 No. 3, StWV 151: II. Largo cantabile

    Performer: Nataša Veljković. Conductor: Johannes Moesus. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Music of the Stars: I. Music of the Stars

    Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Cecilia McDowall: Cantatas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.

  • Harry Thacker Burleigh

    From the Southland Suite: V. On Bended Knees

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
    • Albany Records.
    • 27.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio

    Performer: Wenzel Fuchs. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622, II. Adagio.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Francesco Canova da Milano

    Recercar

    Performer: Mignarda.
    • Recercar.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Robert Alexander Schumann

    Fantasiestucke, Op. 73: I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

    Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Nathanaël Gouin.
    • Aparte.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 5.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Angry Planet, Part 3: III. 3am

    Conductor: David Hill. Ensemble: BBC Singers. Ensemble: The Bach Choir. Ensemble: Finchley Childrens Music Group. Ensemble: The Young Singers.
    • Bob Chilcott: The Angry Planet.
    • Signum Records.
    • 19.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major. Lento

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Trio No. 5 in C Major, K. 548: II. Andante cantabile

    Ensemble: Trio Bagatelle.
    • Paraty.

  • Esther Abrami

    Transmission

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 16.

  • Xie Yueli

    just before you spoke

    Performer: Xie Yueli.
    • Karma Sounds.

  • Max Reger

    8 Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 138: No. 3, Nachtlied

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (Arr. for Piano)

    Performer: Martin Stadtfeld. Music Arranger: Martin Stadtfeld.
    • Handel Variations.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Fernando Sor

    24 Exercices très faciles, Op. 35: No. 22 in B Minor

    Performer: Michel Grizard.
    • Fernando Sor: 24 Exercices très faciles, Op. 35: No. 22 in B Minor.
    • Mirare.
    • 1.

  • María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

    Re/fractions: I. -

    Ensemble: Mystery Sonata.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 (Arr. for Flute and Piano)

    Performer: Noemi Gyori. Performer: Zoltán Fejérvári.
    • Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Seckou Keita

    Gobaith

    Composer: Catrin Anna Finch. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Concert Fantasy, Op. 25: II. Lento assai

    Composer: Pablo de Sarasate. Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Lalo, Saint-Saens & Sarasate: Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 11.

  • 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.
    • 2.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn to the Virgin

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • The Britten Collection.
    • CORO.
    • 1.

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