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Chilled-out classical music for summer daydreaming

Relax in summer light and long evenings with mellow classical sounds.

Embrace long summer evenings - with music that you can relax and sink into... and let your cares disappear.

With gorgeous rich tones from Frederick Delius, Becky McGlade and Rebecca Dale, plus delicate textures and melodies by VOCES8, Reynaldo Hahn and Leslie Osborne to soothe your soul.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media production for ѿý Sounds, MM

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2 hours

Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    Intermezzo and Serenade from Hassan

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Music Arranger: Thomas Beecham.
    • Fantasia on Greensleeves.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Becky McGlade

    Missa Brevis: Sanctus & Benedictus

    Ensemble: Boosey & Hawkes Singers. Conductor: James Davey.
    • Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Lyricist: Reynaldo Hahn. Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Conductor: Mathias Mönius.
    • Bonjour Paris.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Notturno

    Performer: Polina Osetinskaya.
    • Quartz Music Ltd.
  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: I. when you're broken open

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: DANCE • Elgar: Cello Concerto.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.
  • Roger Quilter

    Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: No. 2 Rosamund

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends / Country Pieces.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 3.
  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in Counterpoint: No. 3, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 15.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

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

    8 Memories in Watercolor: No. 7. Floating Clouds

    Performer: Susan Chan.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Christopher H. Harris

    Bring Me All Your Dreams

    Ensemble: ѿý Singers.
  • Emilie Mayer

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

    Ensemble: Klenke Quartett.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia concertante in E flat for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon: 2. Adagio

    Performer: John Anderson. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto K.299; Sinfonia concertante K.297b.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Edward Elgar

    Elegy for Strings, Op. 58

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Fantasia on Greensleeves.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • óԲ

    Fljótavík (Arr. Lawson for Ensemble)

    Composer: Georg Hólm. Performer: Thomas Gould. Composer: Kjartan Sveinsson. Performer: Emma Denton. Composer: Orri Páll Dýrason. Performer: Sam Becker. Ensemble: VOCES8. Lyricist: óԲ. Lyricist: Georg Hólm. Lyricist: Kjartan Sveinsson. Lyricist: Orri Páll Dýrason. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson.
    • Fljótavík (Arr. Lawson for Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Rachel Portman

    I'd Miss You

    • Their Finest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Music.Film.
    • 2.
  • Alma Deutscher

    I Think of You

    • From My Book of Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, HWV 287: III. Sarabande. Largo

    Performer: Anthony Camden. Conductor: Nicholas Ward. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Handel (The Very Best Of).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Ivo Antognini

    Come to Me

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Lyricist: Christina Rossetti.
    • Ivo Antognini: Come to Me in the Silence of the Night - Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Dreams, Op. 38, No. 5

    Performer: Earl Wild.
    • Pictures & Songs.
    • Cavi-Music.
    • 24.
  • Dan Jones

    Walk in the Meadows

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Dan Jones.
    • Sur la plage de Chesil (Bande originale du film).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll bid my heart be still

    Performer: Philip Dukes.
    • Clarke, R: Viola Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Leslie Osborne

    Lullaby for Penelope

    Orchestra: Studio 2 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Reginald Kilbey.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Symphony for Flute, Oboe, Horn and Strings in D Major: II. Andantino

    Orchestra: Chopin Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Winston Dan Vogel.
    • Salieri: Veneziana (La) / Cimarosa: Symphony in D Major / Paisiello: Symphony in.
    • Dynamic.
    • 2.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio Sonata No. 3 in D Major: VI. Aria affettuoso

    Ensemble: Amarillis.
    • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: Judith & Sémélé.
    • Evidence (LTR).
    • 10.
  • Claude Debussy

    Bruyères - ѿý Session

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1, Wie Melodien zieht es mir

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • BIS.