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Soothing classical sounds for a positive state of mind

Keep away those January blues with a mix of uplifting classical music to keep your mind and soul serene.

Keep away those January blues with a mix of uplifting classical music to keep your mind and soul serene.

Featuring glowing orchestral sounds by Karl Weigl, Germaine Tailleferre and Howard Skempton, plus sweetly swinging melodies from JS Bach, Carl Vine and Zenobia Powell Perry.

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

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1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Isak Roux

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

    Ensemble: Gramercy Trio.
    • Navona.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

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

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Lyricist: Louis de Cahusac. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une symphonie imaginaire.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 16.
  • Charles Koechlin

    Sonatine modale for Flute and Clarinet, Op. 155a: I. Andante moderato

    Performer: Markus Br枚nnimann. Performer: Jean-Philippe Vivier.
    • Koechlin & Emmanuel: Music for Flute, Clarinet and Piano.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 13.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    The Willow Tree

    Performer: Doremi Takahashi.
    • Tutti.
  • Karl Weigl

    Pictures and Tales Suite: IV. Sleep, Baby, Sleep

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: J眉rgen Bruns.
    • CapriccioNR.
  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance I

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

    Concerto pour flute et piano: III. Nocturne

    Ensemble: California Parall猫le Ensemble. Orchestra: UC Santa Cruz Orchestra. Conductor: Nicole Paiement.
    • La Musique de Germaine Tailleferre Vol. II.
    • Helicon Records.
    • 13.
  • Ethel Bilsland

    The Birthday Party: II. Peep鈥-鈥婤o

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Wave Theory Records.
  • Robert Schumann

    5 St眉cke im Volkston, Op. 102: II. Langsam

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Arranger: Rolf Martinsson.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Dario Marianelli

    A Letter From Prison

    • Paddington 2.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 7.
  • William Bolcom

    The Graceful Ghost Rag

    Performer: Spencer Myer.
    • Steinway and Sons.
  • Franz Schubert

    Lob der Tr盲nen, S.557/R.242

    Performer: Val茅rie Milot. Performer: Antoine Bareil. Performer: St茅phane T茅treault.
    • Trios for Violin, Cello and Harp.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 10.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris (Arr. For Cor Anglais & Orchestra)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Conductor: Mathias M枚nius. Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Bonjour Paris.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.
  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Howard Skempton

    Kettle's yard canon

    Performer: Andrew Sparling. Performer: Nancy Ruffer.
    • Huddersfield Contemporary Records.
  • Georgs Pel膿cis

    Concertino bianco: 1. Con intenerimento

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Into Silence: P盲rt _ Vasks _ G贸recki _ Pel膿cis.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 1.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Sonata: 2. Pastorale

    Performer: Marshall McGuire.
    • Resonances: Music For Harp.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 38.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Bach: Goldberg Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 01.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    La nuit froide et sombre

    Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet. Music Arranger: Sini Simonen.
    • La nuit froide et sombre (Arr. for String Quartet by Sini Simonen).
    • 2022 Delphian Records Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Joseph Horovitz

    Clarinet Sonatina in B-Flat Major: II. Lento, quasi andante

    Performer: Antonio Salguero. Performer: Pedro Gavil谩n.
    • IBS Classical.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Sunrise Mass: I. The Spheres

    Performer: Westminster Williamson Voices. Performer: James Jordan. Orchestra: Sunrise Mass Orchestra.
    • GIA ChoralWorks.
  • Amy Beach

    The Hermit thrush at eve Op.92 no.1

    Performer: Christopher O鈥橰iley.
    • Delos.
  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: I. when you're broken open

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: DANCE - Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma m猫re l'Oye, M. 60: I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ravel: La Valse, Ma M猫re l'Oye, Valses nobles et sentimentales & Daphnis et Chlo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Carl Vine

    5 Bagatelles: No. 5, Threnody (For All of the Innocent Victims)

    Performer: Martin Kesuma.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..
  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Orchestral Suite: Stillness

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andr茅e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 8.
  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Nocturne

    Performer: Deanne Tucker.
    • Cambria.
  • Louis Aubert

    Feuille d'images: No. 1. Confidence

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • SWR Classic Archive.
  • Earl Wild

    7 Virtuoso Etudes After Gershwin: No. 4, Embraceable You

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Rhapsody - Wild: 7 Virtuoso Etudes After Gershwin: No. 4, Embraceable You.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.