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Calming strings and piano to still your mind

Step back and unwind - with calming strings and piano to still your mind. Featuring rich textures from Amy Beach, Saint-SaΓ«ns and Messiaen alongside soothing tracks by John Cage, Olivia Belli and Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

Producer: Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds

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1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Hania Rani

    Preludium c-moll

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • BiaΕ‚a flaga.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.
  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7 Traumerei

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Schumann: Scenes From Childhood.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Henry V

    Touch her soft lips and part

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • This is the day.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    O sacrum convivium!

    Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.
    • Bluebird - Music Of Contemplation.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 18.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Winter Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    The Swan

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Summer In The Park.
    • Angel Records.
    • 8.
  • Olivia Belli

    Island II

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Island II.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Adagio

    Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos No. 1, Op. 3 and Nos. 2 and 10.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • JΓ³hann JΓ³hannsson

    A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

    Conductor: Anthony Weeden. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra.
    • °Ώ°ω±θ³σΓ©±π.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Requiem, Op. 48 No. 7 In paradisum

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de MontrΓ©al.
    • 50 Classical Chillout - by Classic FM.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Conductor: David Fray. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Bach: Piano Concerto No. 5, BWV 1056.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Arvo PΓ€rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Daniel Hope.
    • This Must Be The Place.
    • Indigo Film Srl.
    • 5.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • Joy of the Cello.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 28.
  • Amy Beach

    The Hermit thrush at eve Op.92 no.1

    Performer: Christopher O’Riley.
    • Amy Beach: Cabildo - an opera premiere and Six Short Pieces.
    • Delos.
    • 11.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Daniel Hope.
    • America.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.
  • Erik Satie

    3 GymnopΓ©dies: No. 1 Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Satie: The Complete solo piano music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio

    Ensemble: German Wind Soloists. Conductor: Richard Edlinger.
    • Classical Chill.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • John Cage

    Dream

    Performer: Alexei Lubimov.
    • John Cage: As It Is.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.
  • Philip Glass

    Glassworks: VI. Closing

    Performer: Philip Glass. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • Glassworks.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • Pentatone.
    • 9.
  • Jean Sibelius

    6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu VI

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Sibelius.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico

    Conductor: Georges PrΓͺtre. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.
    • Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.
  • Γ“lafur Arnalds

    We Contain Multitudes - piano reworks

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • We Contain Multitudes β€” piano reworks.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.
  • Rachel Portman

    much loved

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Ask the River.
    • Node Records.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso

    Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Je n'aime pas Beethoven, mais Γ§a j'aime bien !.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Carl Vine

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

    Performer: Martin Kesuma.
    • Detours.
    • Centaur.
    • 5.