Classical music to soothe the soul
A collection of classical tunes to soothe the soul.
A collection of classical tunes to ease the mind and soothe the soul.
Revel in the pensive piano of Erik Satie and Rosey Chan, the choral glow of Eric Whitacre and Paul Mealor, and the orchestral beauty of Jean Sibelius and Gustav Holst.
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Jean Sibelius
Andante festivo, JS 34b
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.- BIS.
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Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite: II. Air
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.- EM Records.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
The Beatitudes (Adagio)
Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Capricorn. Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.- Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2.
- Warner Classics International.
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Ruth Gipps
Oboe Sonata No. 2, Op. 66: II. Adagio
Performer: Juliana Koch. Performer: Michael McHale.- Gipps: Piper of Dreams.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Harry Burleigh
My Lord, What a Morning (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble)
Music Arranger: Philip Spray. Ensemble: Alchymy Viols. Conductor: Philip Spray.- Deep River.
- Navona.
- 05.
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Cipriani Potter
Symphony in B-Flat Major: II. Andante
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- CPO.
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Jung Jae-il
Psalm 22.21
Choir: VOCES8.- Nightfall.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Erik Satie
Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Erik Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I, Scene 2: No. 8, The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- De Notenkraker.
- Parlophone UK.
- 24.
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Eric Whitacre
The Seal Lullaby
Lyricist: Rudyard Kipling. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Light & Gold.
- Decca (UMO).
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Undine Smith Moore
Afro American Suite: I. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See; Brother Will You Pray fo
Performer: Marcus Eley.- Afro American Suite: I. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See; Brother Will You Pray fo.
- Imaginary Animals.
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Isobel Waller-Bridge
For A Moment
Conductor: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- For A Moment.
- Mercury Classics.
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Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa "Humming Chorus"
Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.- カラヤン・べスト100.
- Universal Music LLC.
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Frederick Delius
Serenade
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- Maltworms & Milkmaids.
- EMF Endeavours.
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Florence Price
The Deserted Garden
Performer: Laura Kobayashi. Performer: Susan Gray.- Feminissimo!.
- Albany Records.
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David Bowie
Where are we now?
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Ben Dawson. Performer: John Harle. Music Arranger: John Harle. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Rise.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Rosey Chan
Infinity
Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sonic Apothecary.- Rosey Chan.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2
Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Lyricist: Pierre Beaumarchais. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Complete Mozart Edition).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Kerensa Briggs
Media Vita
Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.- Media Vita.
- Signum Records.
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Claude Debussy
La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117
Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Lavinia Meijer.- Baby Classics - Calm Music to Help Children Fall Asleep.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Arr. for Violin and Piano)
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Lyricist: DuBose Heyward. Lyricist: Dorothy Heyward.- Roots.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5 - No. 2, Serenade. Andante molto
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Dvořák: String Quartet, Op. 106; Coleridge-Taylor: Fantasiestücke.
- Hyperion.
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John Pickard
3 Latin Motets: No. 1, O nata lux
Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Vladimir Cosma
Promenade sentimentale (From "Diva")
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Symphonic Cinema.
- Warner Classics.
- 26.
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Gerald Finzi
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 40: II. Andante quieto
Performer: Timothy Hugh. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.- Finzi: Cello Concerto - Grand Fantasia and Toccata - Eclogue.
- Naxos.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Le carnaval des animaux, R 125: VII. Aquarium
Performer: Béatrice Muthelet. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Esther Hoppe. Performer: Florent Jodelet. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Michel Dalberto. Performer: Renaud Capuçon.- Symphonic Cinema.
- Warner Classics.
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Sarah Class
Drought
Performer: Elizabeth Purnell. Performer: Sarah Class. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Edward Elgar
Lux aeterna [from 'Nimrod' of 'Enigma' variations]
Music Arranger: John Cameron. Choir: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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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.
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Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II Andante cantabile (Arr. for String Ensemble)
Music Arranger: Jonathan Colbert. Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi.- Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Character Pieces, MA Ms. 44 (selections): II. Andante, in G Major
Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.- Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Sonata in G Minor / 6 Character Pieces.
- BIS.
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Stanley Myers
Cavatina (From "The Deer Hunter")
Performer: Thibaut Garcia.- Symphonic Cinema.
- Warner Classics.
- 40.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
Conductor: David Zinman.- Brahms: Symphonies 1-4.
- RCA Red Seal.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
3 Latin Motets, Op. 38: III. Beati quorum via
Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge.- Stanford: 3 Motets & Other Choral Music.
- Hyperion.
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Isobel Waller-Bridge
Emma and Mr Knightley (A Kiss Before They Wed)
Composer: David Schweitzer. Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Performer: David Schweitzer.- MONDO.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Zdes' khorosho ('How Fair This Spot'), Op. 21, No. 7
Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.- Reflections.
- Sony Classical.
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Arvo Pärt
Für Alina
Performer: Alexander Malter.- Arvo Pärt: Alina.
- ECM New Series.
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Paul Mealor
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (Four Madrigals On Rose Texts)
Performer: Paul Mealor. Lyricist: Alfred Tennyson. Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.- A Tender Light.
- Decca (UMO).
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