Michael James Wong curates a classical playlist to help your mind and body breathe
Let yourself be in the moment and take in the stillness in and around you - with a selection of serene classics curated by writer and modern mindfulness teacher Michael James Wong
Let yourself breathe, be in the moment and take in the stillness in and around you - with a selection of serene instrumental sounds curated by writer and modern mindfulness teacher Michael James Wong.
Featuring a host of music with a quiet power to soothe the mind: by Lili Boulanger, Karen Tanaka, Marianna Martines, Dobrinka Tabakova, Imogen Holst, Hania Rani and others.
Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for 鶹 Sounds
Music Played
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Florence Price
Adoration
Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.- America.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 14.
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Clara Schumann
4 Pieces fugitives Op. 15: No. 1 Larghetto
Performer: Junghwa Lee.- Centaur Records, Inc..
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: II. Adagio
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Performer: Maxim Rysanov.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Lili Boulanger
D'un jardin clair
Performer: Émile Naoumoff.- Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
- Marco-Polo.
- 1.
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Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio
Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist.- CPO.
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Hania Rani
Dreamy
- Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
The Blue Bird
Music Arranger: Paul Hillier. Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland.- RTÉ Lyric.
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Amy Beach
Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92, No. 1
Performer: Christopher O’Riley.- Delos.
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Charles Koechlin
Sonatine modale for Flute and Clarinet, Op. 155a: IV. Assez large, expansif
Performer: Markus Brönnimann. Performer: Jean-Philippe Vivier.- RSK Entertainment Limited.
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Nadia Boulanger
3 Pieces for cello and piano: In E Flat Minor
Performer: Émile Naoumoff.- Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
- Marco-Polo.
- 1.
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Anne Boyd
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hiller.- Ars Nova Records.
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Fernando Sor
24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": Study No. 17 in D Major
Composer: Andrés Segovia. Performer: Timo Korhonen.- Ondine.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.- Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 "Pathétique", 14 "Moonlight", 17 "The Tempest",.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Nancy Dalberg
String Quartet No. 1 in D minor: III. Adagio
Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet.- Dacapo.
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Karen Tanaka
Water Dance I
Performer: Signe Bakke.- Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
- 2L.
- 2.
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major: Canon
Orchestra: Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean‐François Paillard.- Pachelbel & Fasch: Orchestral Works.
- Warner Classics International.
- 1.
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Thomas Adès
Arcadiana, Op. 12: VI. O Albion
Performer: Signum Quartett.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Sarabande
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.- Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 6.
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Johann Sebastian Bach & Jean‐Guihen Queyras
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007: IV. Sarabande
- harmonia mundi.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Piano Étude No. 38 in A Minor
Performer: Clare Hammond.- BIS.
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Imogen Holst
String Trio No. 1: III. Un poco lento
Performer: Simon Hewitt Jones. Performer: Oliver Coates. Performer: Tom Hankey.- NMC Recordings Limited.
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Bryce Dessner
Suite for Harp: Movement II
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- The Glass Effect (The Music of Philip Glass & Others).
- Masterworks.
- 3.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo
Performer: Trio Chausson.- Mirare.
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Ethel Bilsland
The Birthday Party: II. Peep-Bo
Performer: Samantha Ege.- Four Women: Music for Solo Piano by Price, Kaprálová, Bilsland and Bonds.
- Wave Theory Records.
- 5.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Aria, Op. 48 No. 1: I.
Performer: Joséphine Olech. Performer: Sélim Mazari.- Souvenirs de Hongrie.
- 1001 Notes.
- 17.
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Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso
Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Brahms, Chopin & Franck: Cello Sonatas.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Nocturne
Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin.- LYS.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Marianna Martines
Piano Concerto in A Major: II. Andante comodo
Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmonía Ibérica. Performer: Melani Mestre.- Guenter Haenssler.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Romance in A Major
Performer: Adalberto Maria Riva.- Femmes Compositrices: Martines - Szymanowska - Hünerwadel - Schumann - Cambiasi.
- Cascavelle.
- 10.