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Calming classical music for mindful moments

Relax with a playlist of chilled-out classical music, to help transport you to moments of calm.

Relax with a playlist of soothing classical music, to help transport you to moments of calm. With music by Debussy, Saint‐Saëns and Tomás Luis de Victoria. Plus soft melodies from Walton, Coleridge-Taylor, and Mahler to gently soothe your mind and soul.

Produced by James Taylor
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1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan

    Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Summer In The Park.
    • Angel Records.
    • 8.
  • Maurice Ravel

    ʰéܻ

    Performer: André Laplante.
    • Ravel: Miroirs, Jeux D'Eau, Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte.
    • Analekta.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297 II. Largo

    Performer: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • äԲ.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony in B flat, Op. 18, No. 2

    Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • J. Chr. Bach: Sinfonien.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Requiem Mass, 1605: Communion, Lux aeterna

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Victoria: Requiem Mass, 1605.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Ludus pro Patria: La Nuit et l'Amour: Interlude de l'ode symphonique

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
    • Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 04.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony of a Thousand Piano Variation

    Performer: Louis Philippson. Music Arranger: Tim Allhoff.
    • Mahler: Symphony of a Thousand Piano Variation (From Symphony No. 8, Arr. for Pi.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io piangia

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: III. Andante moderato

    Conductor: Heinz Holliger. Music Arranger: Charles Koechlin. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Lyricist: Maurice Maeterlinck.
    • Koechlin: Orchestral Works.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 3.
  • Georges Bizet

    Chants du Rhin, WD 52: Les rêves

    Performer: Nathanaël Gouin.
    • Mirare Productions.
  • Ólafur Arnalds

    For Now I Am Winter

    Composer: Arnór Dan. Ensemble: VOCES8. Lyricist: Ólafur Arnalds. Lyricist: Arnór Dan.
    • Winter.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Clara Schumann

    12 Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling, Op. 37: No. 11, Warum willst du andre fragen

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Performer: Dionysis Grammenos.
    • Schumann & Schubert - Transcriptions for Clarinet & Harp.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Johannes Brahms

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

    Orchestra: Budapest Strings. Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi.
    • Acoustic Wellness.
    • Delta Music Entertainment.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: II. Adagio

    Performer: Jenő Jandó.
    • Naxos.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du menestrel for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 71

    Performer: Alexander Rudin. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Golovschin.
    • Glazunov, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 11 - Concerto Ballata / Chant Du Menestre.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Romance

    Performer: John Williams. Conductor: William Goodchild. Music Arranger: John Williams. Orchestra: String Orchestra.
    • The Ultimate Guitar Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs

    Performer: Sergei Babayan.
    • Rachmaninoff: ʰéܻs; Études-Tableaux; Moments musicaux.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Lyricist: Rudyard Kipling.
    • Light & Gold.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques: No. 1 in E Major

    Performer: François‐Joël Thiollier.
    • Debussy: Piano Works, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 39: III. Adagio

    Performer: Daniele Orlando. Performer: Linda di Carlo.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre Régional Avignon Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Believe International.
  • Olivia Belli

    Island II

    • Island II.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.
  • John Tavener

    Exhortation and Kohima: Exhortation

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Lyricist: Trad.. Lyricist: Laurence Binyon.
    • 50 Classical Chillout - by Classic FM.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 26.
  • Franz Schubert

    Wiegenlied, Op. 98, No. 2

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Breiner.
    • The Ultimate Lullaby Collection.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Music Arranger: Maud Powell.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.
  • Nico Muhly

    The Street (harp solo): Station IV. Jesus meets his Mother

    Performer: Parker Ramsay. Composer: Alice Goodman.
    • The Street: Nico Muhly & Alice Goodman.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 10.
  • Howard Skempton

    Campanella 3

    Performer: John Tilbury.
    • Skempton: Well, well Cornelius.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.
  • William Walton

    Two Pieces For Small Orchestra From "Henry V": 2. Touch Her Soft Lips And Part

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On "Greensleeves"; The Lark Ascending / Delius: Two P.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia, Pt. 2: Mammy

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Vientulais Engelis: Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
    • Mari.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.