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Autumnal classical sounds to soothe your mind

Warm up this autumn with a selection of rich harmonies and textures to help you stave off the fading light and bring calm to your soul.

Warm up this autumn with a selection of rich harmonies and textures to help you stave off the fading light and bring calm to your soul.

Featuring glowing musical embers by Zenobia Powell Perry, Puccini and Tailleferre, plus rich musical embraces from William Grant Still, George Walker and Florence Price.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds.

1 hour, 58 minutes

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Music Played

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    3 Spirituals for Orchestra: No. 2, Kum Ba Ya

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

  • Claude Debussy

    BruyΓ¨res - ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Session

    Performer: VΓ­kingur Γ“lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly / Act 2: Coro a bocca chiusa

    Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Lyricist: Luigi Illica.
    • Relaxing Adagios.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Florence Beatrice Price

    Negro Folksongs for String Quartet: No. 2, Somebody's Knockin' At Yo Do'

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 6.

  • Ethel Bilsland

    The Birthday Party: II. Peep​-​Bo

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Wave Theory Records.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 9, No. 2 in E Flat Major

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

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concerto pour flute et piano: III. Nocturne

    Ensemble: California Parallèle Ensemble. Orchestra: University of California, Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicole Paiement.
    • La Musique de Germaine Tailleferre Vol. II.
    • Helicon Records.
    • 13.

  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Piano Potpourri: No. 5, A Jazz Trifle

    Performer: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.
    • Cambria.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Song.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Children of Light: Crested Ibis

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
    • 2L.
    • 14.

  • Charles Koechlin

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

    Performer: Markus BrΓΆnnimann. Performer: Michael Kleiser.
    • Koechlin & Emmanuel: Music for Flute, Clarinet and Piano.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

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

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Sony.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Performer: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A Major

    Orchestra: Budapest Strings. Conductor: BΓ©la BΓ‘nfalvi.
    • Acoustic Wellness.
    • Delta Music Entertainment.
    • 5.

  • Seckou Keita

    Ceffylau

    Composer: Catrin Finch.
    • Astar Artes Recordings Limited.

  • HΓ©lΓ¨ne de Montgeroult

    Piano Γ‰tude No. 37 in G Major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Georges PrΓͺtre. Lyricist: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti. Lyricist: Guido Menasci.
    • Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.

  • Harry Burleigh

    My Lord, What a Mornin'

    Choir: Chattanooga Choral Arts Society.
    • Gothic.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt, Op. 23: No. 13, Morning Mood

    Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Lyricist: Henrik Ibsen.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt; Piano Concerto; Symphony.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Bach: Orchestral transcriptions by Respighi & Elgar.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    The Last Waltz

    Performer: Andrea Dieci.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Charles Wuorinen

    Josquiniana: I. Helas madame

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

  • Tan Dun

    8 Memories in Watercolor: No. 7. Floating Clouds

    Performer: Susan Chan.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Florence Beatrice Price

    Piano Quintet in E Minor: II. Andante

    Performer: Michelle Cann. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 21.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart, W.A.: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 21 & 27.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Threefold Amen

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Records.
    • 44.

  • Max Richter

    Dream 3 (in the midst of my life)

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick.
    • From Sleep.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission (Excerpt)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: Roma Sinfonietta. Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • Appassionato.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Guiding Light

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

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn Records.