Comforting classical music for warmth and positivity
Warming, gentle classical music to help you boost your energy and positivity.
Warming, gentle classical music to help you boost your energy and positivity. With well-known classics from Edward Elgar and Dmitri Shostakovich, as well as calming picks from Angela Morley, Philip Herbert and Clara Schumann.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Edward Elgar
2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin
Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.- Warner Music UK Limited,Warner Music UK Limited.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet, Op. 2: II. Andante con moto
Orchestra: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Dmitry Shostakovich
The Gadfly, Op. 97: III. Youth (Romance)
Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Joby Talbot
Ink Dark Moon: II. Adagio contemplativo
Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Conductor: Ben Gernon. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1: "Ombra mai fu" (Arr. for Oboe)
Performer: Edward Brewer. Performer: Randall Wolfgang. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Jennifer Higdon
All Things Majestic (String Lake)
Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.- Naxos.
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Claude Debussy
R锚verie, L. 68: R锚verie
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Universal Music LLC.
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Anna Clyne
Within Her Arms
Ensemble: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.- Sony Classical.
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Johannes Brahms
5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1, Wie Melodien zieht es mir
Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.- BIS.
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John Pickard
Ave maris stella
Ensemble: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Julia Perry
Prelude for Strings
Music Arranger: Roger Zahab. Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.- Bright Shiny Things.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
24 Pr茅ludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D Flat Major. Sostenuto "Raindrop"
Performer: Lang Lang.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Johan Helmich Roman
Asaggio: Andante
Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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George Fenton
Antarctic Mystery
Conductor: George Fenton. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Robert A. Harris
O how can I keep from singing
Ensemble: London Voices.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Angela Morley
Reverie
Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 5, May. White Nights
Performer: Viktoria Postnikova.- Warner Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Chandos.
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Florence Price
Clouds
Performer: Beatrice Nicholas.- Beatrice Nicholas.
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Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell: I. My Soul, there is a Country
Composer: Henry Vaughan. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.- CORO.
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Adolphus Hailstork
Symphony No. 1: II. Adagio: Lento ma non troppo
Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata con tre violini (XXI from Canzoni et Sonate, 1615)
Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli.- Archiv Produktion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
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Thomas Weelkes
Lament and Elegy: Death Hath Deprived Me
Composer: Thomas Tomkins. Conductor: Lionel Meunier. Ensemble: Vox Luminis.- Ricercar.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Th猫me vari茅, Op. 98
Performer: Sarah Cahill.- First Hand Records.
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Philip Herbert
Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- NMC Recordings.
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Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7: II. Romance. Andante non troppo con grazia
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Conductor: Holly Mathieson. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Federico Mompou
Suite compostelana: II. Coral
Performer: Sean Shibe.- PENTATONE.
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Gabriel Faur茅
In Paradisum
Performer: Hayato Sumino.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Job, a Masque for Dancing, Scene 9: Epilogue
Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.- Warner Classics International.
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Philip Stopford
Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Conductor: David Bannister. Ensemble: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.- Resonus Classics.
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Erik Satie
6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent
Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.- Warner Classics.
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Amy Beach
Romance Op. 23
Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Julia Okruashvili.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.- Simax Classics.
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Claude Debussy
Beau soir - Arr. for Bassoon and Piano
Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: S茅lim Mazari.- EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude & Fugue in C Major: I. Prelude
Performer: Lang Lang.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Samuel Barber
Reincarnations, Op. 16: III. The Coolin'
Ensemble: Conspirare. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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