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Serene classical music for summer journeys

A blissful soundtrack to your summer break whether you're by the pool in a far-flung land or cloud-gazing in your garden. Close your eyes and be transported to a place of serenity.

A blissful soundtrack to your summer break, whether you're by the pool in a far-flung land or cloud-gazing in your garden.

Close your eyes and be transported to a place of serenity.

Featuring music by JS Bach, Rachel Portman and Florence Price to help melt away your cares, plus slow, soothing harmonies by Penderecki, Fanny Mendelssohn and William Byrd.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media production for 91热爆 Sounds

Release date:

2 hours, 2 minutes

Music Played

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Traditional: Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Kanneh-Mason).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Gabr铆el 脫lafs

    The Lily

    • The Lily.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449: II. Andantino

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Sonatina for Piano 4 Hands: II. Andante

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Performer: Irina Kataeva.
    • Gy枚rgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 6: Keyboard Works.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Ich steh mit einem Fu脽 im Grabe', Cantata BWV 156: Sinfonia

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Conductor: Radoslaw Szulc.
    • Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Charles Koechlin

    Sonatine modale for Flute and Clarinet, Op. 155a: I. Andante moderato

    Performer: Markus Br枚nnimann. Performer: Jean-Philippe Vivier.
    • Koechlin & Emmanuel: Music for Flute, Clarinet and Piano.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 13.
  • Rachel Portman

    Recollection

    • The Orchard Enterprises.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat, H.III No. 78 Op. 76, No. 4: 'Sunrise'

    Ensemble: Aeolian Quartet.
    • Haydn: The Complete String Quartets.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 262.
  • Federico Mompou

    M煤sica callada: Llibre I: VI. Lento

    Performer: Adolf Pla.
    • Mompou: Complete Works for Piano.
    • La Ma de Guido.
    • 131.
  • Franz Schubert

    Wiegenlied, Op. 98, No. 2, D.498

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Breiner.
    • Stor musik f枚r sm氓 枚ron.
    • Naxos Sweden.
    • 34.
  • George Walker

    String Quartet No. 1 'Lyric': II. Molto adagio

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 08.
  • Erik Satie

    Pi猫ces froides: Airs 脿 faire fuir - III. S'inviter

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • Satie Gymnopedie.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 20.
  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs for String Quartet: No. 3, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 15.
  • Claude Debussy

    Symphony in B Minor: II. Un poco lento, cantabile

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin: Pi猫ces pour piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.
  • Max Richter

    Infra 4

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Infra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 52: 1b. Sinfonia - Allegretto un poco agitato

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Grzegorz Ciechowski

    翱诲肠丑辞诲锄膮肠

    Performer: Hania Rani. Composer: Zbigniew Krzywa艅ski. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Music Arranger: Hania Rani.
    • Bia艂a flaga.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue in D Major: I. Canon

    Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard. Orchestra: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra.
    • Pachelbel & Fasch: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.
  • Ernst Gottlieb Baron

    Sonata in B flat

    Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • Eleven String Baroque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.
  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    3 Pieces in Old Style: No. 1, Aria

    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Penderecki: Sinfoniettas - Oboe Capriccio.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Spheres

    Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Tiempo de Relax 2.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 17.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No. 5 In F, Op. 24, 'Spring': 2. Adagio molto espressivo

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Peter Gregson

    Recomposed: y: II. Allemande (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet)

    Ensemble: Signum Saxophone Quartet.
    • Echoes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Quarter Note = 108

    Performer: Adele Anthony. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.
    • Glass, P.: Violin Concerto / Company / Prelude From Akhnaten.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Le Chat Noir

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Sinfonia No. 5 in B-Flat Major, MWV N5: II. Andante

    Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Ward.
    • Mendelssohn: String Symphonies, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • William Byrd

    Mass for Four Voices: V. Agnus Dei

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 19.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies, Op. 5: Andante soave

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.