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Classical sounds to help your evening wind down

A selection of soothing classical harmonies to help you find calm at the end of a busy day.

A selection of soothing classical harmonies to help you find calm at the end of a busy day. With restful string textures from JS Bach, Isak Roux and Marianna Martines - plus gently rippling melodies by John Cage, Imogen Holst and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

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

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1 hour, 60 minutes

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite, L. 65: I. En bateau

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Qu茅bec. Music Arranger: Henri B眉sser. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Performer: Gerald Moore.
  • Olivia Belli

    Island II

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
  • Dario Marianelli

    A Letter From Prison

  • John Cage

    Dream

    Performer: Alexei Lubimov.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    3 Spirituals for Orchestra: No. 2, Kum Bab Yah

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op. 48: 7. In paradisum

    Choir: Orchestre Symphonique de Montr茅al Chorus. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al.
  • Thomas Farnon

    Impromptu, No. 1

  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord

    Performer: Matthew Barley.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: 2. Largo

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
  • Max Richter

    Mercy

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto In E Flat: II. Andante

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth.
  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions: II. Summerland

    Performer: Mark Boozer.
  • Jules Massenet

    Tha茂s, Act 2: M茅ditation

    Lyricist: Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Lyricist: Anatole France. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Performer: Joshua Bell.
  • Imogen Holst

    String Trio No. 1: III. Un poco lento

    Performer: Simon Hewitt Jones. Performer: Oliver Coates. Performer: Tom Hankey.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3. Andante

    Composer: Ottorino Respighi. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Bor茅ades, Act IV: Entr茅e de Polymnie

    Lyricist: Louis de Cahusac. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: 脡mile Naoumoff.
  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    For Now I Am Winter

    Composer: Arn贸r Dan. Ensemble: VOCES8.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Sonata: 2. Pastorale

    Performer: Marshall McGuire.
  • Howard Skempton

    Kettle's Yard Canon

    Performer: Andrew Sparling. Performer: Nancy Ruffer.
  • Claude Debussy

    R锚verie, L. 68 (Arr. Badzura)

    Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester. Music Arranger: Christian Badzura. Performer: Daniel Hope.
  • Isak Roux

    Piano Trio No. 1 'Music for an Imaginary Film': II. The Lonely Lady

    Performer: Gramercy Trio. Performer: Jonathan Miller. Performer: Randall Hodgkinson. Performer: Sharan Leventhal.
  • Marianna Martines

    Piano Concerto in A Major: II. Andante comodo

    Performer: Melani Mestre.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Cameos, Op. 56: III. Andante

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Performer: Maxim Rysanov.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor

    Performer: Edward Wolanin.