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Calm classical music for quiet concentration

Delve into a calming classical music soundtrack with peaceful piano works by Laufey and a soothing symphony from Erland Cooper.

Find peace of mind with a calming classical soundtrack to guide you during your quiet time and help you focus. Journeying through lush orchestral works by Erland Cooper and Luke Faulkner, beautiful piano music by Sova and Polly Carter, alongside timeless masterpieces from Gustav Holst and George Frideric Handel.

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Pastoral Symphony, "Pifa" (Arr. L. Stokowski)

    Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Performer: José Serebrier.
    • This is Handel.

  • Laufey

    Nocturne (Interlude)

    Performer: Laufey.
    • Bewitched.

  • Adolphe Hasselmans

    La Source

    Performer: Isabelle Perrin.
    • Arabesque.

  • Sova

    Through the Smoke We See Each Other

    • Alight!.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie, L. 68 - Arr. for Cello and Piano by Olivier Hébert-Bouchard

    Performer: Stéphane Tétreault. Performer: Olivier Hébert-Bouchard.
    • Claude Debussy: Images oubliées, L. 87.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Clouds (Orchestral)

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Clouds (Orchestral).

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Confesión

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • Confesión.

  • Erland Cooper

    Sula bassana - Excerpt II

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sula bassana.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst: The Planets, II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace.

  • Polly Carter

    Soft Skies

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • Soft Skies.

  • Harold Arlen

    Over the Rainbow - Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca

    Performer: Christian-Pierre La Marca. Performer: Nathanaël Gouin. Performer: Members of the Orchestre de Paris.
    • Wonderful World.

  • Amy Beach

    Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, Op. 80: Theme. Lento di molto

    Performer: Ambache.
    • Beach: Piano Quintet, Piano Trio & Theme and Variations for Flute and String Qua.

  • Rachel Grimes

    Forces Gathering

    Performer: Rachel Grimes. Performer: Jacob Duncan. Performer: Scott Moore.
    • The Doctor from India (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Hahn: Chansons grises: No. 5, L'heure exquise (Version for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Refreshing Classics.

  • Adam Josef

    Memories of Arcidosso

    Performer: Adam Josef.
    • Music to Soothe the Soul.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Suite; II Orford Ness: Allegretto grazioso

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Carwithen: ODTAA, Piano Concerto, Bishop Rock & Suffolk Suite.

  • Koshun Nakao

    Birds In The Valley

    Performer: Koshun Nakao.
    • Birds In The Valley.

  • Tanya Ekanayaka

    Agidu

    Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka.
    • 18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms.

  • Jules Massenet

    La Vierge / Scene 4: The Assumption - Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.
    • Méditation de Thaïs and other works.

  • Jeanne Leleu

    En Italie: IV. Les Compagnons de saint François. Lentement, et avec infiniment d

    Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Jeanne Leleu, une consécration éclatante, Vol. 1: Musique de chambre et mélodies.

  • Peter Warlock

    Serenade for Strings

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Neville Marriner.
    • Fantasia on Greensleeves.

  • Roan Kearsey-Lawson

    My Love for You

    Performer: Roan Kearsey-Lawson.
    • BBC Introducing.

  • Donghun Ko

    Minor Ballad

    Performer: Niwamori Piano.
    • Obsequies for the Cello.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata no.2 in F major, Op.99 Second movement - Adagio affetuoso

    Performer: Sterling Elliott.
    • Cello Sonata no.2 in F major, Op.99 Second movement - Adagio affetuoso.

  • GéNIA

    Night Sky

    Performer: GéNIA.
    • Night Sky.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Dust

    Composer: Rolando Marchesini. Performer: Alanna Crouch. Performer: Rolando Marchesini.
    • Dust (Solo Piano).

Broadcast

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