A collection of some of my favourite smooth classics; and haunting choral and operatic works.
1. LEROY ANDERSON, Plink, Plank, Plunk (For starters)
2. Carissimi - Jephte - Plorate filii Israel.This oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi is from around 1650 and is about a father telling his daughter he’s got to sacrifice her for God.
3. Madame Butterfly. Coro a boca cerrada.(Humming Chorus) G. Puccini
4. Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - BBC Proms 1994
5. Hilary Hahn - Barber & Meyer: Violin Concerto, Opus 14 - I-(Allegro)
6. Hilary Hahn - Barber & Meyer: Violin Concerto, Opus 14 - II-(Andente)
7. Hilary Hahn - Barber & Meyer: Violin Concerto, Opus 14 - III-(Presto)
8. Hilary Hahn - Bruch: 1. Violinkonzert ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Hilary Hahn ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada
9. Sol Gabetta - Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor op.85
10. Sol Gabetta - adagio con variazioni respighi
11. The Sixteen - Miserere Mei Deus - This piece is Psalm 51, first set to music by Gregorio Allegri around 1630.
12. Patrick Cassidy and Hans Zimmer - vide cor meum - based on Dante's La Vita Nuova, specifically on the sonnet "A ciascun'alma presa", in chapter 3.
13. John Williams - 7 years in Tibet - Yo-Yo My Cello Soloist
14. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5
15. Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Oundjian · Toronto Symphony Orchestra
16. Thao Nguyen Xanh - Sad Romance
17. Vivaldi - Four Seasons
18. Hilary Hahn - Vaughan Williams "The Lark Ascending
19. Hilary Hahn - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E Minor OP.64
20. Gustavo Dudamel ~ Danzón No. 2 (Marquez) ~ Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
21. Concierto de Aranjuez ( Joaquin Rodrigo), Recuerdos de la Alhambra ( Francisco Tarrega)
22. Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber LIVE
Full Playlist.