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Classical music to inspire you

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Mozart, Poulenc, and Dobrinka Tabakova.

Relax to a soothing mixtape of music including Arvo Part's Da pacem Domine, arranged for string orchestra, the Agnus Dei from Francis Poulenc's Mass in G major, and Whispered Lullaby by Dobrinka Tabakova.

Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cavatina (Miniatures Op.75a)

    Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.
    • Praga.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Da pacem Domine (Version for String Orchestra)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra.
    • Arvo Pärt: Credo.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Gjeilo: Winter (Version for Harp & String Trio)

    Performer: Alis Huws. Performer: Ellie Consta. Performer: Ben Norris. Performer: Deni Teo.
    • Cosy Nights by the Fire.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Agnus Dei (Mass in G major)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Figure Humaine: Choral Works by Francis Poulenc.
    • Signum.
    • 5.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Whispered lullaby

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • AVIE.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 (2nd mvt: Adagio)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart Momentum - 1786.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 7, HWV 325: III. Largo

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 103.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    2 Sérénades (Arr. K. Aho for Violin & Orchestra): No. 1, Sérénade pour mon amour

    Performer: Simone Lamsma. Music Arranger: Kalevi Aho. Conductor: Robert Treviño. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.
    • Lost Landscapes.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    2 Sérénades (Arr. K. Aho for Violin & Orchestra): No. 2, Sérénade pour la vie

    Performer: Simone Lamsma. Music Arranger: Kalevi Aho. Conductor: Robert Treviño. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.
    • Lost Landscapes.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.

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