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Usher in sunshine with warming classical music

A selection of uplifting classical sunshine and gentle textures to brighten up the rainiest of early spring days.

A selection of uplifting classical sunshine and gentle textures to brighten up the rainiest of early spring days. Featuring relaxing melodies by Chopin, Donizetti and Tailleferre, plus sweetly singing music by Yiruma, Alice Tegnér and Zenobia Powell Perry.

Produced by: Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for 鶹Լ Sounds

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2 hours

Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
  • Alice Tegnér

    Violin Sonata in A Minor: III. Andante

    Composer: Leo Johanni Svensson Sander. Performer: Bernt Lysell.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Lyricist: Sully Prudhomme.
  • Julius Röntgen

    Ein Cyclus von Phantasiestücken, Op. 5: II. Andante con espressione

    Performer: Mark Anderson.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat Major: I. Andante sostenuto

    Conductor: László Kovács.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    3 Préludes sur des airs populaires irlandais: No 3, The

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    L'amant anonyme, Ouverture: II. Andante

    Performer: Tafelmusik.
  • Tan Dun

    8 Memories in Watercolor: No. 7. Floating Clouds

    Performer: Susan Chan.
  • Nancy Dalberg

    String Quartet No. 1 in D minor: III. Adagio

    Performer: Nordic String Quartet.
  • Louis Aubert

    Feuille d'images: No. 1. Confidence

    Composer: Richard Maubert. Performer: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in C major

    Performer: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    3 Morceaux, Op. 33: No. 1. Prelude

    Performer: Olga Solovieva.
  • Leos Janáček

    Suite for String Orchestra: V. Adagio

    Performer: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    The Last Waltz

    Performer: Andrea Dieci.
  • Albéric Magnard

    Suite d'orchestre dans le style ancien, Op. 2: II. Sarabande:

    Performer: Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg. Conductor: Fabrice Bollon.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Barcarolle Op. 65 No. 6

    Music Arranger: Trevor Wye. Performer: Pascal Amoyel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto

    Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic: II. Nocturne

    Performer: Jennifer Koh.
  • Piero Piccioni

    Amore mio aiutami

  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Performer: Jeroen van Veen.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Ensemble: German Wind Soloists.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Berceuse

    Performer: Sara Chenal.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major, 'Raindrop'

    Performer: Ach Duo.
  • Yiruma

    Kiss the Rain

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, Suite No. 3, P. 172: I. Italiana

    Performer: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Nocturne

    Performer: Deanne Tucker.
  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Lieder, Op. 96,1: Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht

    Performer: Haruma Sato. Lyricist: Heinrich Heine.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Piano Trio in G Minor: II. Andante con espressione

    Performer: Bernt Lysell.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    53 Sheep May Safely Graze

    Performer: Leon Fleisher. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.