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Pensive classical tracks to focus your attention

Slip into deep focus with this collection of soothing classical music.

Slip into deep focus with this collection of soothing classical music.

Beautifully matched with naturally calming soundscapes, this mix includes Beethoven鈥檚 Violin Concerto in D Major and Sibelius鈥� Valse Triste. Also listen out for piano tracks by Alexis Ffrench and Alberto Ginastera, choral beauty from Lucy Walker and Vincente Lusitano, and a couple of new releases from saxophonist Jess Gillam and vocal ensemble Cantus.

Produced by Katie Hill
Made in Cardiff by Overcoat Media for 91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": 9. Nimrod (Adagio)

    Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Dan Jones.
    • Sur la plage de Chesil (Bande originale du film).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: I. Tema con variazione. Andante

    Performer: Cocomi. Performer: Ryota Higashi. Performer: Meguna Naka. Performer: Yusuke Yabe.
    • Universal Music LLC.
  • Ernst Enno

    Randaja ohtulaul, ETW 93

    Composer: Eva Eensaar. Choir: Estonian National Male Choir. Conductor: Mikk 脺leoja.
    • Divine Art.
  • Yu鈥怭eng Chen

    Under the Moonlight

    Performer: Yu鈥怭eng Chen. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Philipp Schupelius. Conductor: Liang Zhang. Orchestra: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:g2: I. Andante

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • PRISM, Vol. 2.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Grace Williams

    Elegy

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Welsh Music for Strings.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.
  • Erland Cooper

    Sula Bassana

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton.
    • Sula bassana.
    • Mercury Classics / Universal Music Group.
    • 3.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Colbert. Performer: Sphinx Virtuosi.
    • Songs for Our Times.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Song 20

    Conductor: Jeremy West. Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Head Space: Candlelight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune Variation (After Suite Bergamasque CD 82/L.75: III. Clair de Lune)

    Composer: Tim Allhoff. Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Clair de Lune Variation (After Suite Bergamasque CD 82/L.75: III. Clair de Lune).
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo: Adagio

    Performer: Nikita Mndoyants. Ensemble: Ensemble Appassionato. Conductor: Mathieu Herzog.
    • Appassionato, le label.
  • Lucy Walker

    Give Me Your Stars

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1

    Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd. Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Linn Records.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Oboes in D Minor, RV 535: III. Largo

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Prince鈥怣onaco. Conductor: Gianluca Capuano.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per vari strumenti II.
    • Na茂ve, a Label of Believe Group.
    • 16.
  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Sinfonietta No. 1: II. Song Form-Largo

    Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.
    • American Counterpoints.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 4.
  • Quirino Mendoza y Cort茅s

    Cielito lindo

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in D Major: II. Andante

    Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Gadfly, Suite Op. 97a: No. 8 Romance

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane. Music Arranger: Levon Atovmyan.
    • Zzz - Classical Dream. Music for Deep Sleep.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 48.
  • Steven Sametz

    We Two: No. 4, Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes

    Ensemble: Cantus.
    • The Secret Letter.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: II. Andantino in moto di canzone

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4.
    • SFS Media.
    • 2.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Where Worlds Collide

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Evolution.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Imogen Holst

    Suite for String Orchestra: III. Intermezzo

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
    • 13.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance No. 1, Op. 22

    Performer: Orit Wolf. Performer: Kristina Reiko Cooper.
  • Henriette Reni茅

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Believe International.
  • Jules Massenet

    Melodie-Elegie (Arr. for Violin, Piano, Guitar & Orchestra)

    Performer: David Garrett. Performer: Franck van der Heijden. Performer: Julien Quentin. Music Arranger: David Garrett. Music Arranger: Franck van der Heijden. Orchestra: Orchestra the Prezent.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Rebecca Dale

    true love

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Klara Romac. Performer: Tom Walley. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Star Fantasy

    Performer: Kristina Arakelyan.
    • Platoon.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Alberto Ginastera

    Milonga, Op. 3/1

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: II. Adagio

    Orchestra: European Camerata. Conductor: Laurent Qu茅nelle.
    • Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Lachrymae, Two Portraits & Simpl.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto Variation (After Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: II. Langsam)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel. Performer: Jan Vogler. Ensemble: Moritzburg Festival Ensemble.
    • Schumann Cello Concerto Variation (After Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: II..
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Zhou Tian

    Three Chinese Songs: III. Transience

    Performer: Alex Lee. Performer: Jingwei Yuan.
    • Transience - Kindred.
    • Blue Griffin Recording.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schafe k枚nnen sicher weiden

    Lyricist: Alexander Kilian. Music Arranger: Jan Pascal. Ensemble: Caf茅 del Mundo.
    • Sofa Songs.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 7.
  • Vicente Lusitano

    Regina Caeli

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • Lusitano: Regina Caeli.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.
  • Hildegard of Bingen

    Spiritus sanctus vivificans

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Conductor: Oleg Caetani. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

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