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Comforting classical music for warmth and positivity

Warming, gentle classical music to help you boost your energy and positivity.

Warming, gentle classical music to help you boost your energy and positivity. With well-known classics from Edward Elgar and Dmitri Shostakovich, as well as calming picks from Angela Morley, Philip Herbert and Clara Schumann.

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  • Edward Elgar

    2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Music UK Limited,Warner Music UK Limited.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet, Op. 2: II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 25.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Gadfly, Op. 97: III. Youth (Romance)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • °δΎ±²ΤΓ©³Ύ²Ή.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.
  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon: II. Adagio contemplativo

    Performer: MiloΕ‘ KaradagliΔ‡. Conductor: Ben Gernon. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1: "Ombra mai fu" (Arr. for Oboe)

    Performer: Edward Brewer. Performer: Randall Wolfgang. Lyricist: Silvio Stampiglia. Lyricist: NicolΓ² Minato. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Baroque Highlights.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    All Things Majestic (String Lake)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    RΓͺverie, L. 68: RΓͺverie

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • フィール・フェルパール クラシック.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.
  • Anna Clyne

    Within Her Arms

    Ensemble: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Anna Clyne: SHORTHAND.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1, Wie Melodien zieht es mir

    Performer: Martin FrΓΆst. Performer: Roland PΓΆntinen.
    • BIS.
  • John Pickard

    Ave maris stella

    Ensemble: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 8.
  • Julia Perry

    Prelude for Strings

    Music Arranger: Roger Zahab. Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.
    • American Counterpoints.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 2.
  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    24 PrΓ©ludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D Flat Major. Sostenuto "Raindrop"

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Book (Encore Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Asaggio: Andante

    Performer: GΓΆran SΓΆllscher. Music Arranger: Per-Olof Johnson.
    • Eleven String Baroque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • George Fenton

    Antarctic Mystery

    Conductor: George Fenton. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra.
    • Frozen Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 5.
  • Robert A. Harris

    O how can I keep from singing

    Ensemble: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Angela Morley

    Reverie

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Spotlight.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 5, May. White Nights

    Performer: Viktoria Postnikova.
    • Tchaikovsky: Complete Piano Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 79.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Chandos.
  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Beatrice Nicholas.
    • Beatrice Nicholas.
  • Hubert Parry

    Songs of Farewell: I. My Soul, there is a Country

    Composer: Henry Vaughan. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Songs of Farewell: I. My soul, there is a country.
    • CORO.
    • 1.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony No. 1: II. Adagio: Lento ma non troppo

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hailstork: Orchestral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata con tre violini (XXI from Canzoni et Sonate, 1615)

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli.
    • Baroque and More.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Max & Maestro.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 12.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    Lament and Elegy: Death Hath Deprived Me

    Composer: Thomas Tomkins. Conductor: Lionel Meunier. Ensemble: Vox Luminis.
    • Purcell, Morley & Tomkins: English Royal Funeral Music.
    • Ricercar.
    • 8.
  • CΓ©cile Chaminade

    Thème varié, Op. 98

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 3, 'At Play'.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 2.
  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7: II. Romance. Andante non troppo con grazia

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Conductor: Holly Mathieson. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Federico Mompou

    Suite compostelana: II. Coral

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 13.
  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    In Paradisum

    Performer: Sumino Hayato.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Job, a Masque for Dancing, Scene 9: Epilogue

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Walton : Belshazzar's Feast & Vaughan Williams : Job - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.
  • Philip Stopford

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Conductor: David Bannister. Ensemble: The Choir of St John's College, Oxford.
    • News of Great Joy: Christmas from St John's College, Oxford.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.
  • Erik Satie

    6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent

    Performer: Anne QueffΓ©lec.
    • Satie: 3 GymnopΓ©dies - 6 Gnossiennes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Amy Beach

    Romance Op. 23

    Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Julia Okruashvili.
    • Beach: Romance, Op. 23 (Musical Moments).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto In E Flat - II: Andante

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir - Arr. for Bassoon and Piano

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: SΓ©lim Mazari.
    • IMPRESSIONS.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude & Fugue in C Major: I. Prelude

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Book (Encore Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Samuel Barber

    Reincarnations, Op. 16: III. The Coolin'

    Ensemble: Conspirare. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

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