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Moving melodies to help you unwind

Relax with some of the most memorable and delicate melodies in classical music.

Relax with some of the most memorable and delicate melodies in classical music. Featuring both new music and older classics, combined with flowing soundscapes from the natural world.

With music from John Rutter, Clara Schumann, Gabriel Fauré. And lyrical pieces from J.S. Bach, Mozart, Ruth Gipps, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for 鶹Լ Sounds, MM

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2 hours

Music Played

  • John Rutter

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

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Classical Tranquillity.
    • Collegium.
    • 5.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Lyricist: Manfred Grafe. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
    • Under the Stars.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Together Without You

    • Together Without You.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air on a G String

    Performer: HAUSER. Music Arranger: Robin Smith. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Classic.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Sally Beamish

    In the Stillness

    Composer: Katrina Shepherd. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Binge: Elizabethan Serenade, Scottish Rhapsody & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.
  • Amy Beach

    The Hermit thrush at eve Op.92 no.1

    Performer: Christopher O’Riley.
    • Delos.
  • Edward Elgar

    They Are at Rest

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Equinox.
    • VCM Records.
    • 21.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

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

    Bring Me All Your Dreams

    Ensemble: 鶹Լ Singers.
  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Debussy: Driving Classics.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Lyricist: Romain Bussine.
    • Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: I. Prelude in C Major

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 / Prelude & Fugue in C.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Rinaldo / Act II: 'Lascia ch'io pianga'

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

    Henry V: 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.
  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio

    Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Gaudenz.
    • CPO.
  • William Grant Still

    Vignettes: II. Carmela

    Performer: Clifford Panton Jr.. Performer: Jason Alfred.
    • Centaur.
  • György Ligeti

    Sonatina for Piano 4 Hands: II. Andante

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard. Performer: Irina Kataeva.
    • György Ligeti Edition, Vol. 6: Keyboard Works.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring: VI. Meno mosso

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

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Light Eternal – The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.
  • Hania Rani

    Preludium Es-dur

    Performer: Dobrawa Czocher.
    • Biała flaga (Remastered 2021).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Liszt - My Piano Hero.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • 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.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River

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

    33 Miniatures for Piano: No. 22, Grazioso

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.
    • Michael Dreyer - Hugo Gaido GbR.
  • 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.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Lullaby for Nick

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Butterflying: Piano Music By Elena Kats-Chernin.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 10.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Vientulais Engelis: Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra

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