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Alexis Ffrench handpicks a classical selection to centre your soul

Allow yourself a moment of calm to let the everyday slip away - with a selection of classics old and new handpicked by composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench.

Allow yourself a moment of calm to let the everyday slip away - with a selection of classics old and new handpicked by composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench.

Features soothing sounds from Marianna Martines, Charles Wuorinen, George Walker, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Anna Clyne.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆约拍 Sounds

1 hour, 58 minutes

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Music Played

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Papillon

    • Evermore (Solo Piano Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Summa

    Conductor: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on.
    • P盲rt: Tabula Rasa - Summa.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma, Act I: Casta Diva arranged for cello & orchestra

    Music Arranger: Jan Vogler. Performer: Jan Vogler.
    • Norma, Act I: Casta Diva (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Jan Vogler) (Radio Edit).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    For Now I Am Winter

    Composer: Arn贸r Dan. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Winter.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • George T Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Performer: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn Records.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No. 1 in G Minor Op. 11: II. Andante

    Ensemble: Trio Parnassus.
    • MDG.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 11, No. 1: II. Andante

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 1: Chevalier de Saint-Georges (Remastered).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio

    Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.

  • Marianna Martines

    Ouverture in C Major: II. Andante ma non troppo

    Performer: La Floridiana.
    • Marianna Martines: Il Primo Amore.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Isak Roux

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

    Performer: Gramercy Trio.
    • Navona.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 9 No. 2 in E Flat Major (transcribed for violin and piano)

    Music Arranger: Pablo de Sarasate. Performer: Bomsori.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E Flat Major (Transcr. Sarasate for Violin an.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Charles Wuorinen

    Josquiniana: I. Helas madame

    Ensemble: Brentano String Quartet.
    • Class of '38.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - Sarabande (Andante)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Neville Marriner.
    • Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Swan of Tuonela/Grieg: Holberg Suite.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Nils Frahm

    Late

    • Old Friends New Friends.
    • LEITER Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir

    F贸lk f忙r andlit

    • F贸lk f忙r andlit.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Michael Haydn

    Notturno in F Major: III. Adagio

    Performer: German Chamber Academy Neuss.
    • Classic Produktion Osnabr眉ck.

  • Stanley Myers

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    • Azica Records.

  • Carl Orff

    Musik zur Nacht: Siziliano

    Ensemble: Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble. Performer: Jason Vieaux.
    • Orff-Schulwerk, Vol. 1: Musica Poetica.
    • Celestial Harmonies.
    • 40.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in F Sharp Minor, Op. 5 no 3: II. Adagio non troppo

    Performer: Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble.
    • Grand Piano.

  • John Cage

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 1, Cookfield

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Mode Records.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 X. Melodrama

    Performer: Arditti Quartet.
    • Halidon.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Gianni Schicchi, Act 1: "O mio babbino caro"

    Performer: Pavel Lyubomudrov. Performer: Metamorphose String Orchestra.
    • Un violon 脿 Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: I. when you're broken open

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on.
    • Anna Clyne: DANCE - Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the Field

    Conductor: Anthony Weeden. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra. Performer: Inbal Segev.
    • 翱谤辫丑茅别.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Performer: J贸hann J贸hannsson.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • John Field

    Field: Nocturne No. 8 in E Flat Major, H.30

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter.
    • At 麻豆约拍 Classical Edition.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 146.

  • Frederick Delius

    Two Aquarelles: Lento, ma non troppo

    Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • English Music for Strings.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 8.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Guiding Light

    • Truth - The Solo Piano Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.