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Classical Sounds For Summer Days

Soundtrack the start of your summer with a collection of relaxing classical music and calming sonic landscapes.

Relax, as you soundtrack the start of your summer with a collection of classical music. Featuring soothing sonic landscapes to calm your body and mind. With flowing textures from Handel, J.C. Bach, and Chopin and lyrical melodies from Amy Beach, William Grant Still and Ernest Tomlinson. Produced by James C Taylor An Overcoat Media Production for 鶹Լ Sounds, MM.

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1 hour, 60 minutes

Music Played

  • John Ireland

    The Holy Boy

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Lyricist: Herbert S. Brown. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ireland: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo, Act II: Lascia ch'io pianga

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Conductor: Monika Razynska. Lyricist: Giacomo Rossi. Lyricist: Aaron Hill. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia. Lyricist: Torquato Tasso.
    • New Seasons - Händel für Oboe und Orchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner, L. 113: V. The Little Shepherd

    Performer: Johan Smith. Music Arranger: Johan Smith.
    • Children's Corner: Music for Guitar.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Dora Bright

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor: II. Intermezzo - Andante espressivo

    Performer: Samantha Ward. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Bright & Gipps: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Will Todd

    In This Place

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Will Todd: Lux Et Veritas - Music for Peace and Reflection.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.
  • Amy Beach

    3 Compositions, Op. 40: No. 2, Berceuse

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Cedille.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: 4. Sicilienne

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Faure: Pelléas et Mélisande.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

    Performer: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Conductor: Anthony Weeden. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra.
    • é.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D Flat Major. Lento sostenuto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Mark Butler

    Dona nobis pacem

    Ensemble: 鶹Լ Singers.
  • Roger Quilter

    Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: No. 1a Rainbow Land

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends / Country Pieces.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • Johann Christian Bach

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

    Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • J. Chr. Bach: Sinfonien.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major: Prelude

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op.87.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Moorside Suite, H. 173: Nocturne

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Naxos.
  • Amy Beach

    Peace I Leave with You

    Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Song for Orchestra, Op. 33

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • John Cage

    In A Landscape

    Performer: Marshall McGuire.
    • McGuire: charM - 20th Century Music For Harp.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 5.
  • Philip Stopford

    Do Not Be Afraid

    Choir: Ecclesium Choir. Conductor: Philip Stopford.
    • Priory Records Ltd.
  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: George Weldon.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Ludus pro Patria: La Nuit et l'Amour

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.
    • Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 04.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Largo. "Ombra mai fu"

    Orchestra: Budapest Strings. Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi.
    • Handel at Christmas.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 4.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor: II. Andante ma non troppo

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Black History Month: Classical.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 7.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    6 Romances sans paroles, Op. 76: No. 1, Souvenance

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chaminade: Piano Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Frederick Delius

    3 Small Tone Poems: No. 3, Spring Morning

    Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Anon.

    Blue Moon

    Performer: Maki Kasai. Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Music Arranger: H. Kawano.
    • OMF.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

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

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

    3 Visions: II. Summerland

    Performer: Mark Boozer.
    • Naxos.