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2 hours of calming classical music to focus the mind

Take a moment for relaxation with a mix of calming classical tracks and soundscapes from the natural world, to help you reset and focus.

Take a moment for relaxation with a mix of calming classical tracks and soundscapes from the natural world, to help you reset and focus.

Featuring tranquil melodies from Edward Elgar, FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin, and Lili Boulanger, and soothing soundscapes from Peter Warlock, Mozart, and Bach.

Produced by James Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds, MM.

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1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite: Pied-en- l'air

    Performer: Nicholas Kraemer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: Γ‰mile Naoumoff.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden Op.39

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
  • Hania Rani

    Preludium Es-dur

    Performer: Dobrawa Czocher.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5: 2. Largo

    Ensemble: Aeolian String Ensemble.
  • EugΓ¨ne YsaΓΏe

    Si vous saviez

    Performer: Georgiy Dubko. Performer: Marc Bouchkov.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op. 40: 2. Sarabande (Andante)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Violin Concerto, Op. 48: II. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande

    Performer: Sarah Christ.
  • Franz Schubert

    Minuet in A major, D. 334

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    Lux aeterna: III. O nata lux

    Orchestra: I Virtuosi Italiani. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
  • Wu Tong

    Rain Falling from the Roof

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

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

    Ensemble: ACh Duo.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43: I. Andante

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43: II. Allegretto

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
  • HΓ©lΓ¨ne de Montgeroult

    Piano Γ‰tude No. 37 in G Major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
  • Catrin Finch

    Gobaith

    Performer: Seckou Keita.
  • Robert Schumann

    Abendlied, Op. 85: No. 12

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
  • Michael Haydn

    Notturno in F Major, P. 106: III. Adagio

    Ensemble: Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux

    Performer: Irena Grafenauer. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
  • Ken Burton

    A Prayer

    Ensemble: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Opus

    Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger.
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Asaggio

    Performer: GΓΆran SΓΆllscher. Music Arranger: Per-Olof Johnson.
  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and expressively

    Performer: David Singer. Orchestra: A Far Cry.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne (Arr. for Solo Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
  • John Rutter

    5 Meditations for Orchestra: No. 4, Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.