Music for Concentration: Home Office
A carefully chosen selection of music exuding calm and concentration to help you get in the zone when working from home.
- Cage • Dream (1948)
- Bingen • Symphonia virginum: O dulcissime amator • I. Symphonia virginum: O dulcissime amatorSymphonia virginum: O dulcissime amator
I. Symphonia virginum: O dulcissime amatorAnonymous 4
Ruth Cunningham (Soprano), Marsha Genensky (Soprano), Johanna Maria Rose (Soprano), Susan Hellauer (Mezzo-soprano)November 1996, Weston, Campion Center - Bingen • Instrumental Piece (after Hildegard of Bingen's D-modes) • I. Instrumental Piece (after Hildegard of Bingen's D-modes)Instrumental Piece (after Hildegard of Bingen's D-modes)
I. Instrumental Piece (after Hildegard of Bingen's D-modes)Sequentia
Barbara Thornton (Keyboards), Elizabeth Gaver (Fiddle)1994, Köln, The Church of St. Pantaleon - Satie • Gnossiennes for Piano (1889-1897) • No. 4 Lent
- Jóhannsson • Orphée (2016) • 1. Flight from the CityOrphée (2016)
1. Flight from the CityJóhann Jóhannsson (Piano), Yuki Numata Resnick (Violin), Tarn Travers (Violin), Ben Russell (Viola), Clarice Jensen (Violoncello), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Violoncello), Anthony Weeden
Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra, Theatre of Voices℗ 2016 - Debussy • Préludes, Book I L 125 (117) • 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair). Très calme et doucement expressif
- Moody • A Lion´s Sleep • I. A Lion´s SleepA Lion´s Sleep
I. A Lion´s SleepTrio Mediæval
Anna Maria Friman (Soprano), Linn Andrea Fuglseth (Soprano), Torunn Østrem Ossum (Soprano)℗ 2004 - Bach • French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816 • I. Allemande
- Bingen • O felix anima
- Cage • In a Landscape (1948)
- Brahms • Intermezzi op. 117 • Intermezzo No. 1 in E flat major. Andante moderatoIntermezzi op. 117
Intermezzo No. 1 in E flat major. Andante moderatoAdam Laloum (Piano)℗ 2010 - Feldman • Rothko Chapel (1971)Rothko Chapel (1971)Kim Kashkashian (Viola), Sarah Rothenberg (Celesta), Steven Schick (Percussion), Sonja Bruzauskas (Mezzo-soprano), Lauren Snouffer (Soprano), Robert Simpson
Houston Chamber Choir℗ 2015 - Luther Adams • Become Ocean (2013)
- Debussy • Préludes, Book I L 125 (117) • 2. Voiles (Veils/Sails). ModéréPréludes, Book I L 125 (117)
2. Voiles (Veils/Sails). ModéréPaavali Jumppanen (Piano)℗ 2018 - Elgar • Serenade for String Orchestra in E minor op. 20 • II. LarghettoSerenade for String Orchestra in E minor op. 20
II. LarghettoSakari Oramo, Ostrobothnian Chamber OrchestraNovember 2014, Kokkola, Snellman Hall - Anonymous (Traditional) • Now found is the fairest of roses (Arr. for String Quartet)Now found is the fairest of roses (Arr. for String Quartet)Danish String Quartet
Frederik Øland (Violin), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (Violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (Viola), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (Violoncello)℗ 2017 - Brahms • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 77 • II. AdagioConcerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 77
II. AdagioMaxim Vengerov (Violin), Daniel Barenboim
Chicago Symphony Orchestra℗ 1999 - Debussy • Préludes, Book I L 125 (117) • 10. La cathédrale engloutie (The Submerged Cathedral). Profondément calme
- Purcell • Fantasia à 4 in F major Z 737
- Previn • Tango, Song and Dance (1998) • 2. Song. Simply
- Mozart • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C major KV 503 • II. AndanteConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C major KV 503
II. AndantePiotr Anderszewski (Piano), Piotr Anderszewski
Chamber Orchestra of Europe℗ 2018 - Anonymous • Chiaccona a 4 in C major
- Debussy • Préludes, Book I L 125 (117) • 4. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir (The sounds and fragrances swirl through the evening air). Modéré
- Górecki • Totus Tuus op. 60 (1987) • Lento assai - Molto espressivoTotus Tuus op. 60 (1987)
Lento assai - Molto espressivoStephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge2013 - 2014, Cambridge, Chapel of King’s College - Bach • French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816 • III. SarabandeFrench Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816
III. SarabandePiotr Anderszewski (Piano)℗ 1999 - Adams • Shaker Loops (1983) (Version for String Orchestra) • II. Hymning SlewsShaker Loops (1983) (Version for String Orchestra)
II. Hymning SlewsChristopher Warren-Green, London Chamber Orchestra℗ 1990 - Glass • Metamorphosis (1988) • Metamorphosis II