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Michael James Wong curates a classical playlist to help your mind and body breathe

Let yourself be in the moment and take in the stillness in and around you - with a selection of serene classics curated by writer and modern mindfulness teacher Michael James Wong

Let yourself breathe, be in the moment and take in the stillness in and around you - with a selection of serene instrumental sounds curated by writer and modern mindfulness teacher Michael James Wong.

Featuring a host of music with a quiet power to soothe the mind: by Lili Boulanger, Karen Tanaka, Marianna Martines, Dobrinka Tabakova, Imogen Holst, Hania Rani and others.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for 大象传媒 Sounds

1 hour, 59 minutes

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Music Played

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • America.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.

  • Clara Schumann

    4 Pieces fugitives Op. 15: No. 1 Larghetto

    Performer: Junghwa Lee.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: II. Adagio

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Performer: Maxim Rysanov.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: 脡mile Naoumoff.
    • Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio

    Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist.
    • CPO.

  • Hania Rani

    Dreamy

    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Music Arranger: Paul Hillier. Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland.
    • RT脡 Lyric.

  • Amy Beach

    Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92, No. 1

    Performer: Christopher O鈥橰iley.
    • Delos.

  • Charles Koechlin

    Sonatine modale for Flute and Clarinet, Op. 155a: IV. Assez large, expansif

    Performer: Markus Br枚nnimann. Performer: Jean-Philippe Vivier.
    • RSK Entertainment Limited.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces for cello and piano: In E Flat Minor

    Performer: 脡mile Naoumoff.
    • Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Anne Boyd

    As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hiller.
    • Ars Nova Records.

  • Fernando Sor

    24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": Study No. 17 in D Major

    Composer: Andr茅s Segovia. Performer: Timo Korhonen.
    • Ondine.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Path茅tique": II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 "Path茅tique", 14 "Moonlight", 17 "The Tempest",.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Nancy Dalberg

    String Quartet No. 1 in D minor: III. Adagio

    Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet.
    • Dacapo.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance I

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
    • 2L.
    • 2.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major: Canon

    Orchestra: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard.
    • Pachelbel & Fasch: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Arcadiana, Op. 12: VI. O Albion

    Performer: Signum Quartet.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Sarabande

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach & Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007: IV. Sarabande

    • harmonia mundi.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano 脡tude No. 38 in A Minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.

  • Imogen Holst

    String Trio No. 1: III. Un poco lento

    Performer: Simon Hewitt Jones. Performer: Oliver Coates. Performer: Tom Hankey.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Suite for Harp: Movement II

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • The Glass Effect (The Music of Philip Glass & Others).
    • Masterworks.
    • 3.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D minor Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo

    Performer: Trio Chausson.
    • Mirare.

  • Ethel Bilsland

    The Birthday Party: II. Peep鈥�-鈥婤o

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Four Women: Music for Solo Piano by Price, Kapr谩lov谩, Bilsland and Bonds.
    • Wave Theory Records.
    • 5.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Aria, Op. 48 No. 1: I.

    Performer: Jos茅phine Olech. Performer: S茅lim Mazari.
    • Souvenirs de Hongrie.
    • 1001 Notes.
    • 17.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Brahms, Chopin & Franck: Cello Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • LYS.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Marianna Martines

    Piano Concerto in A Major: II. Andante comodo

    Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmon铆a Ib茅rica. Performer: Melani Mestre.
    • Guenter Haenssler.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Romance in A Major

    Performer: Adalberto Maria Riva.
    • Femmes Compositrices: Martines - Szymanowska - H眉nerwadel - Schumann - Cambiasi.
    • Cascavelle.
    • 10.