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Daydreams

A playlist to accompany that lazy daytime drift into half-dream and semi-sleep.

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  • Beach
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    Sketches for Piano op. 15 (1892)
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    3. Dreaming. Andante con molto espressione
  • Ireland
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    In Those Days (1895)
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    1. Daydream
  • Mahler
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    Rückert-Lieder (Version for Voice and Piano)
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    Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
  • Mahler
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    Rückert-Lieder (Version for Voice and Piano)
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    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
  • Brahms
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    Lieder (Songs) op. 86
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    2. Feldeinsamkeit
  • Adaskin
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    Daydreams for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1968, rev. 1972)
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  • Brahms
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    Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano in A minor op. 114
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    II. Adagio
  • Schubert
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    Octet in F major op. posth. 166 D 803
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    II. Adagio
  • Popper
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    Im Walde, Suite for Violoncello and Orchestra op. 50
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    3. Andacht
  • Schubert
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    Sonata for Piano No. 18 in G major op. 78 D 894
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    I. Molto moderato e cantabile
  • Schumann
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    Impromptu for Piano in E major WoO 21
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    Allegro ma non troppo
  • Liszt
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    Études d'exécution transcendante S 139
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    Etude No. 3 in F major "Paysage"
  • Chopin
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    Sonata for Piano No. 3 in B minor op. 58 B. 155
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    III. Largo
  • Mozart
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    Divertimento for Violin, Viola and Violoncello in E flat major KV 563
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    II. Adagio
  • Schubert
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    Du bist die Ruh op. 59/3 D 776 (Arr. for String Quartet)
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    Langsam
  • Tchaikovsky
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    String Sextet in D minor op. 70 TH 118 “Souvenir de Florence”
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    II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
  • Strauss
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    Aus Italien op. 16 TrV 147
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    III. Am Strande von Sorrent. Andantino
  • Tchaikovsky
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    Spiashchaia krasavitsa (The Sleeping Beauty), Ballet Suite op. 66a TH 234
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    4. Panorama (Act II)
  • Ketèlbey
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    Bells Across the Meadows: Characteristic Intermezzo (1921)
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    Bells Across the Meadows: Characteristic Intermezzo
  • Mahler
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    Blumine (Originally composed as 2nd movement of Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan')
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  • Rautavaara
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    Manhattan Trilogy (2004)
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    1. Daydreams
  • Strauss
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    Die Liebe der Danae op. 83 TrV 278: Interlude (Act III)
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    Sehr getragen
  • Vaughan Williams
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    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910, rev. 1913-1919) “Tallis Fantasia”
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    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910, rev. 1913-1919) "Tallis Fantasia"

A quick sit down on a couch to doze off; lying on the back in the grass, watching wispy clouds drift by in the blue sky, the sunlight still detectable through briefly closed eyelids. The daydream is fleeting, that quick nap coloured by the knowledge that the day's work is far from over. A refreshing rest – tinged with melancholy but made all the special by its brevity.