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Mindful Mix: New Year Calm

Christmas Music Christmas Chill

An uplifting selection of rejuvenating classical music to bring in the new year.

An uplifting selection of rejuvenating classical music to bring in the new year.

Featuring orchestral pieces from William Walton and Will Todd, soaring choral lines from Robert H. Harris and Eric Whitacre, and thoughtful solo piano from Hania Rani and Maurice Ravel.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 3 Unwind. MM

2 hours, 60 minutes

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Music Played

  • William Walton

    Two Pieces For Small Orchestra: 2. Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

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

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concerto pour flute et piano: III. Nocturne

    Ensemble: California Parall猫le Ensemble. Conductor: Nicole Paiement. Orchestra: UC Santa Cruz Orchestra.
    • La Musique de Germaine Tailleferre Vol. II.
    • Helicon Records.
    • 13.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.

  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Klavierst眉cke, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • c.1300-c.2000.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 18.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op. 48: 7. In paradisum

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

  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major: II. Largo

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn & Hummel: Trumpet Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Together Without You

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Together Without You.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

    Conductor: George Weldon. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra.
    • British Light Classics.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Lyricist: Rudyard Kipling. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Children of Light: Crowned Eagle

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
    • 2L.
    • 16.

  • Max Richter

    Infra 8

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Infra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin, M.68 - 3. Menuet

    Performer: Ralph Gomberg. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ravel.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 3.

  • V铆t臎zslava Kapr谩lov谩

    Dubnov谩 Preludia (April Preludes), Op. 13: III. Andante semplice

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Wave Theory Records Limited.

  • Juan Guti茅rrez de Padilla

    Circumdederunt me

    Ensemble: The Queen鈥檚 Six.
    • Journeys to the New World: Hispanic Sacred Music from the 16th & 17th Centuries.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Will Todd

    Concerto for Emma: II. Ballad

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.
    • Nimbus Alliance.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 14: III. Adagio con molta espressione

    Ensemble: Klenke Quartett.
    • Mayer: Symphony No. 4, Piano Concerto, String Quartet & Piano Sonata.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 3.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Gianni Schicchi: "O mio Babbino caro"

    Lyricist: Giovacchino Forzano. Lyricist: Dante Alighieri. Music Arranger: G. Alexander. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra.
    • Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Sonatina for Piano 4 Hands: II. Andante

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Performer: Irina Kataeva.
    • Gy枚rgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 6: Keyboard Works.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Duo No. 3, Op. 16: I. Andantino

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christian Rivet.
    • Around The World.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 19.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Masterpieces in Miniature.
    • SFS Media.
    • 2.

  • Carl Orff

    Musik zur Nacht: Siziliano, Klavier-脺bung I

    Ensemble: Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble.
    • Orff-Schulwerk, Vol. 1: Musica Poetica.
    • Celestial Harmonies.
    • 40.

  • William Bolcom

    3 Ghost Rags: No. 1. The Graceful Ghost

    Performer: Spencer Myer.
    • Steinway and Sons.

  • Franz Danzi

    Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 3: II. Andante moderato

    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Bl盲serquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante d茅funte

    Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 10.

  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No. 3 'Mishima': II. November 25: Ichigaya

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Hania Rani

    Dreamy

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 11, No. 1: II. Andante

    Music Arranger: Dominique-Ren茅 de Lerma. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 1: Chevalier de Saint-Georges (Remastered).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Carl Vine

    5 Bagatelles: No. 5, Threnody (For All of the Innocent Victims)

    Performer: Martin Kesuma.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • John Cage

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 1, Cookfield

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
    • Mode Records.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Bei dir ist es traut

    Performer: Iris Vermillion. Lyricist: Rainer Maria Rilke. Music Arranger: Colin Matthews. Music Arranger: David Matthews. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy/Mahler, A. Lieder.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If Ye Love Me

    Performer: Jeffrey Skidmore. Conductor: Andrew Fletcher. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra.
    • The Sound Corporation.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Chillout Classics.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Prelude in A Minor, M. 65

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 21.

  • Frank Bridge

    4 Short Pieces for Violin & Piano, H. 104: No. 2, Spring Song

    Performer: Antony Ingham. Performer: Gerald Peregrine.
    • Folk Tales.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

    Conductor: Clark Rundell. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Isak Roux

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Music for an Imaginary Film": II. The Lonely Lady

    Performer: Jonathan Miller. Performer: Randall Hodgkinson. Performer: Sharan Leventhal. Ensemble: Gramercy Trio.
    • Navona.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46: 3. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Rory MacDonald. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • 麻豆约拍coming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Robert A. Harris

    April Rain Song

    Lyricist: Langston Hughes. Conductor: Bob Chilcott. Choir: The Oxford Choir.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat, Op. 20 No. 1: 3. Affettuoso e sostenuto

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Haydn: Sonnen-Quartette op.20.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'oc茅an: Tr猫s souple de rythme

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Ravel: Ma M猫re L'Oye; Bol茅ro etc..
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Franz Schmidt

    Symphony No. 1 in E Major: II. Langsam

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.
    • Accentus Music.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    The Willow Tree

    Performer: Doremi Takehashi.
    • Tutti.