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Music for Concentration: Classical

Let the balanced melodies and lucid instrumentation of music composed in the Classical period conjure up an atmosphere of calm concentration and focus. This playlist of purely instrumental music brings together music by Classical period’s great composers – and some lesser-known figures – to provide a clear-thinking backdrop to productivity, all presented in the finest recordings.

  • Mozart
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    Serenade No. 10 in B flat major KV 361 “Gran Partita”
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    III. Adagio
  • Mozart
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    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C major KV 467
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    II. Andante
  • Beethoven
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    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major op. 19
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    II. Adagio
  • Stamitz
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    Concerto for Viola d'amore and Orchestra No. 1 in D major
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    II. Andante grazioso
  • Haydn
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    Symphony No. 102 in B flat major Hob. I:102
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    II. Adagio
  • Mozart
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    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 8 in C major KV 246 “Lützow”
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    II. Andante
  • Hoffmeister
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    Double Bass Quartet No. 3 in D Major
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    II. Adagio
  • Mozart
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    String Quintet No. 5 in D major KV 593
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    II. Adagio
  • Beethoven
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    Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano in E flat major op. 16
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    II. Andante cantabile
  • Rossini
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    Sonata for Strings No. 1 in G major
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    II. Andante
  • Stamitz
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    Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 7 in E flat major
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    II. Adagio
  • Mozart
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    Serenade No. 13 in G major KV 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
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    II. Romance. Andante
  • Boccherini
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    String Quintet No. 11 in E major op. 11/5 G 275
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    I. Amoroso
  • Beethoven
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    Trio for Piano, Clarinet (Violin) and Violoncello in B flat major op. 11 “Gassenhauertrio”
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    II. Adagio
  • Mozart
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    Divertimento for Violin, Viola and Violoncello in E flat major KV 563
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    II. Adagio
  • Beethoven
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    Sonata for Piano No. 3 in C major op. 2/3
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    II. Adagio
  • Clementi
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    Symphony No. 2 in D major WoO 33
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    II. Larghetto cantabile
  • Mozart
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    Sinfonia concertante in E flat major KV 297b (spurious)
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    II. Adagio
  • Mozart
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    Sinfonia concertante in E flat major KV 297b (spurious)
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    III. Andantino con variazioni
  • Beethoven
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    Andante favori for Piano in F major WoO 57
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    Andante grazioso con moto