Float into a world of classical calm
Allow this classical mix to transport you to a place of complete calm.
Allow this three hour mix of classical music to transport you to a place of complete calm. Featuring the subtle piano melodies of Alexis Ffrench and Maurice Ravel, the floating vocals from William Henry Harris and Hildegard Von Bingen, and orchestral warmth from Ralph Vaughan Williams and Florence Price.
Produced by Katie Hill
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- The Last Night of the Proms Collection.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 5.
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Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante
Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Conductor: Ryan Cockerham. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava.- Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
- Albany Records.
- 3.
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Anthony R. Green
The Green Double: II. Dance Reflections
Orchestra: Lowell Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Orlando Cela.- Navona.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: René Clausen.- High Flight.
- Signum Records.
- 11.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata In C minor. F XVI No. 1, II. Largo
Ensemble: Eroica Trio.- The Most Relaxing Vivaldi Album In The World... Ever!.
- Angel Records.
- 18.
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Amy Beach
By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. for 2 Guitars)
Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.- Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Maurice Ravel
Antar (After N. Rimsky-Korsakov): No. 7, Allegretto
Performer: André Dussollier. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.- Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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Howard Skempton
Lento
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- NMC Recordings.
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Isobel Waller-Bridge
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
Composer: Charles Mackesy. Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Louise Farrenc
Cello Sonata, Op. 46: II. Andante Sostenuto (Arr. for Violin and Strings)
Music Arranger: Ellie Consta. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.- Cello Sonata, Op. 46: II. Andante Sostenuto (Arr. for Violin and String Ensemble.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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William Byrd
Ave verum corpus
Lyricist: Pope Innocent VI. Ensemble: Lamentabile Consort.- Music from the Renaissance.
- Proprius.
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Alexis Ffrench
The Way It Was
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Classical Soul Vol. 1.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Luigi Boccherini
Minuet from String Quintet in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5
Conductor: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Cellissimo (CC).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 8.
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Roderick Elms
Visions of St Anne, Symphony for Orchestra: III. Lamentosa
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Roderick Elms: Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral Works.
- Signum Records.
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Eleanor Daley
Grandmother Moon
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- All Things Are Quite Silent.
- Signum Records.
- 11.
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Alexander Glazunov
Meditation, Op. 32
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.- Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos.
- Warner Classics International.
- 93.
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Francisco Tárrega
á
Performer: Julian Bream.- Bream Collection Vol. 11 - Romantic Guitar.
- RCA Gold Seal.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio
Conductor: Ivan Podyomov. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.- Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita".
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
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Maurice Ravel
Sonatine, M. 40: I. Modéré
Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.- Ravel: Sonatine, M. 40: I. Modéré.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Trad.
Deep River
Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.- Traditional: Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Kanneh-Mason).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr, H.385: VI. June. Serenade, allegro
Performer: Gaia Sokoli.- Piano Classics.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.- Prokofiev: Violin Concertos / Sonata for 2 Violins.
- Warner Classics.
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Cerys Hafana
Yr Elen
Performer: Cerys Hafana.- Edyf.
- Cerys Havana Hickman.
- 10.
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JP Jofre
Como El Agua
Performer: JP Jofre. Performer: Wei-Yang Andy Lin.- Progressive Sounds.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Sequentia O, Jerusalem, aurea civitas
Performer: Barbora Kabátková. Performer: Hana Blažíková. Performer: Margit Übellacker. Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble.- Von Bingen: Ego sum homo.
- Ricercar.
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Ruth Gipps
Cringlemire Garden, Op. 39
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 06.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14.
- Ondine.
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Daniel Bernard Roumain
Lecolion Loops: after Uti Vår Hage
Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.- Legacy.
- Albany Records.
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Edward Elgar
Dream Children, Op. 43: I. Andante
Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Scenes from Childhood.
- Warner Classics.
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Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria
Choir: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.- Naked Byrd.
- Signum Records.
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Henri Büsser
Les cygnes
Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.- Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
- Sony Classical.
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Margaret Bonds
Credo: No. 5, I Believe in the Prince of Peace
Performer: Lara Downes. Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Conductor: Grant Gershon.- Credo: No. 5, I Believe in the Prince of Peace.
- Rising Sun Records.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 - 2. Adagio sostenuto
Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Francis.- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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John Ireland
Ex ore innocentium
Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Allegri Miserere.
- Signum Records.
- 2.
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Antonín Dvořák
8 Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Music Arranger: Oskar Morawetz. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Collaborations - Works by Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Halvorsen, Walton and Williams.
- Sony Classical.
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Gabriel Fauré
Elégie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. for Cello Ensemble)
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Ashok Klouda. Performer: Nick Trygstad. Performer: Caroline Dearnley. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Josephine Knight. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Chris Murray. Performer: Robert Max. Music Arranger: Simon Parkin.- Elgar.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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William Henry Harris
Bring Us, O Lord God
Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell.
- Signum Records.
- 15.
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