Relaxing Classical

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Relaxing Classical

The world can be a busy and unforgiving place. Whether you’re letting go of the day or just taking a little break, this classical mix will help guide you toward a more balanced, relaxed state of mind. Breathe deep, unwind, rest, and return. These selections are regularly updated by our classical editors. If you like a piece, add it to your library.

Pietro Locatelli
Introduttione No. 3 in B‑Flat Major, Op. 4/3 · “Introduzione teatrale”
II. Andante
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV1068
II. Air (Live)
Vienna Philharmonic, Tugan Sokhiev
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV1056
II. Largo
Beatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, B. 108, Op. Posth, C. 128
Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, Op. Posth.
Justin Taylor
Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD82
III. Clair de lune (Arr. for String Quartet by Hao Zhou)
Viano Quartet
Franz Liszt
Liebesträume, S. 541
No. 3 in A-Flat Major. Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Mariam Batsashvili
Ludwig van Beethoven
7 Variations on 'Bei Männern' in E‑Flat Major, WoO 46
Var. 6
Lorraine Campet, Nathanaël Gouin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
6 Songs, Op. 16, TH95
No. 1, Lullaby (Cradle Song) [Version for Piano]
Bruce Liu
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ in F Minor, BWV639 · “I call to You, Lord Jesus Christ”
Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Transcr. for Piano by Ferruccio Busoni)
Tim Allhoff
Josephine Lang
6 German Lieder, Op. 14
No. 1, O sehntest du dich so nach mir (Arr. for Double Bass and Piano by Lorraine Campet)
Lorraine Campet, Nathanaël Gouin
Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626
Dido's Lament (Arr. Diluka for Piano)
Shani Diluka
C. Pedrell: Página Romántica
Página Romántica
Carlotta Dalia
Alexander Scriabin
12 Etudes, Op. 8
No. 4 in B Major. Piacevole
Yevgeny Sudbin
Sergei Prokofiev
Music for children, Op. 65
No. 11, Evening
Denis Kozhukhin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV1011
IV. Sarabande
Anastasia Kobekina
Franz Liszt
Tröstungen, S. 172 · “6 Consolations”
No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento placido
Leif Ove Andsnes
Johann Sebastian Bach
Flute Sonata No. 2 in E‑Flat Major, BWV1031
II. Siciliano (Transcr. for Piano Left Hand by Paul Wittgenstein)
Yeol Eum Son
Miguel Llobet
El Noi de la Mare, “The Mother's Child; Our Lady's Child”
No. 15, El noi de la mare
Raphaël Feuillâtre
Frédéric Chopin
Prelude No. 26 in A‑Flat Major, B. 86
Prelude in A-Flat Major, KK IVb/7. Presto con leggierezza
Jan Lisiecki
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218, KV218 · “Strassburg Concerto”
II. Andante cantabile
Chloe Chua, Hans Graf, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Kreisler
Caprice Viennois, Op. 2
II. Andante con moto
Raphaël Feuillâtre, María Dueñas Fernández
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Children's Album, Op. 39, TH141
No. 4, Mama
Denis Kozhukhin
Philip Glass
Etudes
No. 2 (Edit)
Vanessa Wagner
Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse in D‑Flat Major, Op. 57, B. 154
Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
Benjamin Grosvenor
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No. 20 in C‑Sharp Minor, B. 49, Op. Posth · “Reminiscence”
Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.
Justin Taylor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 1 for Keyboard in B‑Flat Major, BWV825 · “German Suite”
Gigue (Transcr. for Piano Left Hand by Paul Wittgenstein)
Yeol Eum Son
Arvo Pärt
Für Alina
Für Alina (Version 1)
Georgijs Osokins
Maurice Ravel
Prélude, M.  65
Prélude in A Minor, M. 65
Seong-Jin Cho
Arno Babajanian
Prelude
Prelude
Jean-Paul Gasparian
Claude Debussy
Douze études, L. 136, CD143
XI. Pour les arpèges composés
Kirill Gerstein
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Violin Sonata No. 7 in G Major, C. 144
IV. Ciacona
Bojan Čičić, The Illyria Consort
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 143
IV. Gavotta
Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 · “Pathétique”
II. Adagio cantabile
Nobuyuki Tsujii
George Enescu
Scherzino
I. Aria. Lent
Oleg Caetani, Philharmonia Orchestra, Susanna Stefani Caetani, Charlie Siem
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No. 2 in E‑Flat Major, Op. 9/2, B. 54/2 · “Murmures de la Seine 2”
No. 2 in E-Flat Major. Andante (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Pablo Ferránndez and Julien Quentin)
Julien Quentin, Pablo Ferrández
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV1012
IV. Sarabande (Arr. Thomas for Cello & String Orchestra)
Manchester Collective, Abel Selaocoe
John Field
Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H 58
Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58
Alice Sara Ott
Erik Satie
Gnossiennes
No. 1, Lent (Transcr. for Guitar by Francis Kleynjans)
Xuefei Yang
Nadia Boulanger
Cantique, “Lux Aeterna”
Cantique (Arr. Vennart for Saxophone & Ensemble)
Jess Gillam, Jess Gillam Ensemble
Amy Beach
4 Sketches, B61, Op. 15
No. 3, Dreaming (Version for Cello & Piano)
Julia Rinderle, Marilies Guschlbauer
H. Chrétien: Trois pièces pour violoncelle et piano
No. 1, Sérénité
Camille Belin, Natacha Colmez
George Rochberg
Caprice Variations
Variation 27. Aria
Laura Lootens
Manuel de Falla
Canciones populares españolas, G. 40 · “Popular Spanish Songs”
No. 3, Asturiana (Transcr. Llobet & Pujol for Violin & Guitar)
Randall Goosby, Plínio Fernandes
Frédéric Chopin
12 Études, Op. 10
No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse" (Arr. in F Major for Cello and Piano by C. Thomas)
Julien Brocal, Camille Thomas
Mel Bonis
Soir, matin, Op. 76 · “Evening, Morning”
I. Soir
Neave Trio
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op. 39
No. 1, in der Fremde (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Juliette Herlin)
Kevin Ahfat, Juliette Herlin
Manuel de Falla
Canciones populares españolas, G. 40 · “Popular Spanish Songs”
No. 5, Nana (Transcr. Llobet & Pujol for Violin & Guitar)
Plínio Fernandes, Randall Goosby
Philip Glass
New Chaconne
New Chaconne
Anne Akiko Meyers, Emmanuel Ceysson
Enrique Granados
Escenas románticas, H57, DLRV:7 · “Romantic Scenes”
VI. Epílogo (Transcr. Feuillâtre for Guitar)
Raphaël Feuillâtre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457, KV457
II. Adagio
Angela Hewitt
George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata in C Minor, HWV386a
III. Andante
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
Georg Philipp Telemann
Oboe Concerto in G Major, TWV51:g2
I. Andante [Performed on Soprano Saxophone]
Jess Gillam, Jess Gillam Ensemble
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E Major, RV269, Op. 8/1 · “Spring from The Four Seasons”
II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
Manchester Camerata, Daniel Pioro
Valentin Silvestrov
Kitsch Musik
No. 4, Moderato
Alexei Lubimov
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum Corpus in D Major, K. 618, KV618
Ave verum corpus (After Ave verum corpus, K. 618)
Thomas Enhco
Frédéric Chopin
Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65, B. 160
III. Largo
Gautier Capuçon, Yuja Wang
Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F‑Sharp Minor, Op. 11
II. Aria (Live)
Philipp Lynov
Franz Schubert
Nacht und Träume in B Major, D827, Op. 43/2 · “Night and Dreams”
Nacht und Träume, D. 827 (Transcr. for Cello by Pablo Ferrández)
Julien Quentin, Pablo Ferrández
Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV806
V. Sarabande
Francesco Tristano
Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l'oye Suite, M.  60 · “Mother Goose”
V. Le Jardin féerique. Lent et grave
Samson Tsoy, Pavel Kolesnikov
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F‑Sharp Minor, Op. 23 · “States of the Soul”
III. Andante (Live)
Elia Cecino
Josephine Lang
Herbstgefühl
No. 16, Herbst-gefühl (Arr. for Double Bass and Piano by Lorraine Campet)
Lorraine Campet, Nathanaël Gouin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV1068
II. Air
Simone Dinnerstein, Baroklyn
Byrd: Pavana Lachrymae
Pavana Lachrymae (After Dowland's "Flow My Tears")
Shani Diluka
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102
II. Andante
Yuja Wang, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Alexander Scriabin
5 Preludes, Op. 16
No. 1, Andante
Yevgeny Sudbin
John Field
Nocturne No. 3 in A‑Flat Major, H 26
Nocturne No. 3 in A-Flat Major, H. 26
Alice Sara Ott
Francis Poulenc
Mélancolie, FP105 · “Melancholy”
Mélancolie, FP 105
Joseph Moog
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19
III. Andante
Martin Helmchen, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B‑Flat Minor, BWV891 · “The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2”
Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891: I. Prelude
Aaron Pilsan
Arvo Pärt
Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka, “Variations for the Healing of Arinushka”
Variations for the Healing of Arinushka
Georgijs Osokins
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma
Casta Diva (Arr. for Piano by Justin Taylor)
Justin Taylor
Fanny Mendelssohn
6 Lieder, Op.  1
No. 1, Schwanenlied (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Anouchka & Katharina Hack)
Anouchka Hack, Katharina Hack
Anne Dudley
Poldark
Medhel an Gwyns
Esther Abrami, Irene Delgado-Jiménez, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Antonín Dvořák
Rusalka, B203, Op. 114
Song to the Moon (Transcr. for Cello by Pablo Ferrández)
Pablo Ferrández, Svenska Kammarorkestern, Martin Fröst
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
III. Poco allegretto (Live, Hamburg, 2020)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Alan Gilbert
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 · “Memory of a Dear Place”
No. 3, Mélodie
Valery Polyansky, The Russian State Philharmonic, Natalia Lomeiko
Armas Järnefelt
Berceuse, “Kehtolaulu”
Berceuse in G Minor
Lea Birringer, Benjamin Shwartz, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie
Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626
When I Am Laid in Earth (Arr. for String Orchestra by Leopold Stokowski)
United Strings of Europe, Julian Azkoul
M. Weinberg: Improvisation & Romance for String Quartet
II. Romance. Andante
Arcadia Quartet
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
II. Adagio
Hans Christian Aavik, Gemma New, Odense Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, KV622
II. Adagio
Alan Gilbert, Wenzel Fuchs, Berlin Philharmonic
Mikis Theodorakis
Margarita
Margarita, Daughter of May
Danae Dörken

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