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Dreamlike classical music to boost productivity

Get in the zone as you move across centuries of classical music, from Romantic lyricism and orchestral elegance to intimate chamber works and contemporary minimalism.

Get in the zone with Romantic lyricism, delicate chamber music, and atmospheric contemporary composition carefully threaded through this wide-ranging classical mix. Erik Satie, Felix Mendelssohn, and Frédéric Chopin meet the expressive worlds of Amanda Maier and Rachel Portman, alongside contemporary voices including Elena Kats-Chernin, Rebecca Dale, Olivia Belli, and Erland Cooper.

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Music Played

  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave

    Music Arranger: Claude Debussy. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • The Sound of Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker.

  • John W. Duarte

    Suite piemontese, Op. 46: II. Canzone

    Performer: Antogoni Goni.
    • Duarte: Guitar Music.

  • Rosey Chan

    Infinity

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sonic Apothecary.
    • Infinity.

  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Anthony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales 2.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Natural Light

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.
    • Natural Light.

  • Isabel Pine

    Fables

    Performer: Isabel Pine.
    • Fables.

  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    6 Pieces for Violin & Piano: No. 3, Lento

    Performer: Liv Migdal. Performer: Mario Häring.
    • Beyond Horizons.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Andris Nelsons.
    • Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District.

  • Rachel Portman

    Flight

    Performer: Rachel Portman. Featured Artist: Jess Gillam.
    • Firedove.

  • Yiruma

    non è la fine

    Performer: Yiruma.
    • Sound Of Winter.

  • John Rutter

    4 Miniatures for Orchestra: No. 3, Lullaby

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Reflections.

  • Carlos Cipa

    and she was

    Performer: Carlos Cipa.
    • Retronyms.

  • Lavinia Meijer

    Open Window: Part II

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Winter.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    1720

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislow.
    • Ancient Letters.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto for Violin, Piano & Strings in D Minor, MWV O4 II Adagio

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings.

  • Erland Cooper

    St Magnus of Hamnavoe - Daniel Pioro Rework

    Composer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Daniel Pioro.

  • Athana Siva

    Free

    Performer: Athana Siva.
    • Free.

  • John Dowland

    A Dream

    Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Songs of Passion.

  • Trevor Wensley

    Solandis

    Performer: Telin.
    • Solandis.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Jo's Theme

    Performer: Ben Dawson. Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Night Seasons.

  • Dolores O’Riordan

    Dreaming My Dreams

    Performer: Ashley Jackson.
    • Cover Girl.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Love's Labour's Lost Suite, Op. 28a: VII. Soliloquy No.1, The King's Poem

    Performer: Howard Griffiths. Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • A Finzi Anthology.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21: 2. Larghetto

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev. Performer: Consano Quartet. Performer: Jan Zahourek.
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21: 2. Larghetto.

  • Cassie To

    For Max

    Performer: Cassie To.
    • Heart Songs.

  • Philip Glass

    Metamorphosis Two

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Metamorphosis Two.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Bach Trios.

  • Edward Charles Cross

    The Day Before

    Performer: Edward Cross.
    • The Day After.

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