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Classical melodies for summer relaxation

Relaxing classical melodies to help you find peace and clarity this summer.

Unwind on a summer's day to this mindful collection of classical tracks and relaxing soundscapes.

Featuring beautifully warm textures from Britten, Handel and Purcell, and soaring vocal lines from Whitacre, Walton and Gibbons.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media production for 麻豆约拍 Sounds. MM.

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Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10: II. Larghetto affettuoso

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Azica Records.
    • 11.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord

    Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • Around Britten.
    • Signum Records.
    • 22.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

    Performer: Mikhail Rudy. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Symphony No. 1.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Largo From Sonata In C minor. F XVI No. 1

    Ensemble: Eroica Trio.
    • The Most Relaxing Vivaldi Album In The World... Ever!.
    • Angel Records.
    • 18.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus

    Performer: Andrew Fletcher. Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Ex Cathedra.

  • Henri B眉sser

    Les cygnes

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring: VI. Meno mosso

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Barber: Adagio for Strings & Copland (without digital booklet).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

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

    Conductor: B茅la B谩nfalvi. Orchestra: Budapest Strings.
    • Handel at Christmas.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 4.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op. 48: 7. In paradisum.

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Choir: Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montr茅al.
    • Faur茅: Requiem; Pell茅as et M茅lisande; Pavane for Orchestra and Choir.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Max Richter

    Mercy

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 27.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma m猫re l'Oye, M. 60: I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ravel: La Valse, Ma M猫re l'Oye, Valses nobles et sentimentales & Daphnis et Chlo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • William Walton

    A Litany: Drop, Drop Slow Tears

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • Walton: The Twelve, Coronation Te Deum & Missa Brevis.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Charles Koechlin

    Sonata, Op. 71: II. Nocturne

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: S茅lim Mazari.
    • IMPRESSIONS.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
    • 11.

  • Claude Debussy

    Symphony in B Minor: II. Un poco lento, cantabile

    Conductor: Jun M盲rkl. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59/3, D. 776

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora.
    • Schubert: Songs without Words.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19: No. 6 Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Gunars Upatnieks. Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer. Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Blue Hour: Mendelssohn Edition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Paul Mealor

    Locus iste

    Performer: Lucy Hole. Conductor: David J. Smith. Ensemble: Choir of King's College, Aberdeen.
    • O Sacrum Convivium.
    • Vox Regis.
    • 18.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: III. Poco adagio

    Ensemble: Aoi Trio.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto In E Flat - Ii Andante

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Performer: Tine Thing Helseth.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 2.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Kwong Song

    Ensemble: Acacia Quartet.
    • Blue Silence.
    • Vexation840.
    • 06.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    12 Songs, Op. 21 - V. Lilacs

    Performer: Sergei Babayan.
    • Classical Moods: Rachmaninoff.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 76.

  • Florence Price

    The Deserted Garden

    Performer: Laura Kobayashi. Performer: Susan Gray.
    • Feminissimo!.
    • Albany Records.
    • 6.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Threefold Amen

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

  • Heinrich Baermann

    Adagio for Clarinet & Strings in D-Flat Major

    Performer: Jack Brymer. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Marriner & The Academy - 20th Century Classics.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Cerys Hafana

    Nant Yr Arian

    • Edyf.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.
    • 8.

  • Josef Rheinberger

    Abendlied, Op. 69 No. 3

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Lighten Our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day.
    • Collegium.
    • 7.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano 脡tude No. 37 in G Major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris (Arr. For Cor Anglais & Orchestra)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Conductor: Mathias M枚nius. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Bonjour Paris.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.

  • Henry Purcell

    In Nomine a7

    Performer: Phantasm.
    • Simax Classics.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Three Songs Of Faith: I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Lyricist: E. E. Cummings.
    • Light & Gold.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 12.