Classical Embrace

By UMS

This is part of a playlist series, developed in partnership with Michigan Medicine’s Gifts of Art Program, for which curators periodically gather tracks that inspire, uplift and soothe anyone who finds music a balm to the soul in these trying times. Learn more at ums.org/giftsofart

16 songs

  1. 1.
    4 Short Pieces, H. 104: 2. Spring Song (Arr. Parkin)Frank Bridge, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, The Heath Quartet • Elgar
    2:160:30
  2. 2.
    Serenade in C Major, Op.48: II. ValseA Far Cry • Debut
    4:020:30
  3. 3.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: II. AdagioCamille Saint-Saëns, Carlos Villa, Luc Devos • Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75 - Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45
    5:090:30
  4. 4.
    3 Compositions for Violin and Piano, Op. 40: No. 2, BerceuseAmy Beach, Stephen Hough, Steven Isserlis • Great Women Composers In Classical Music: Amy Beach
    3:150:30
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    Songs Without Words, Op. 19b: I. Andante con moto in E MajorFelix Mendelssohn, Matthias Kirschnereit • Songs Without Words (Complete Edition)
    3:150:30
  6. 6.
    Dichterliebe Op. 48: Im wundersschönen Monat MaiRobert Schumann, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake • Schumann: Liederkreis & Dichterliebe etc
    1:320:30
  7. 7.
    Shen khar venakhiThe King's Singers • Finding Harmony
    3:220:30
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    Appalachian Spring: I. Very SlowlyAaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic • Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid & Fanfare for the Common Man
    2:420:30
  9. 9.
    The Bear & the SquirrelJeremy Turner, yMusic • Balance Problems
    5:260:30
  10. 10.
    String Sextet, Op. 48: II. Dumka (Elegie). Poco allegrettoAntonín Dvořák, Jerusalem Quartet, Veronika Hagen, Gary Hoffman • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48
    6:570:30
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    Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV. 297 'Winter': II. LargoAntonio Vivaldi, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini • Vivaldi Favourites
    1:460:30
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    Ellis IslandMeredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker, Ursula Oppens • Meredith Monk: Piano Songs
    3:020:30
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    From the Black Belt: VI. Brown GirlWilliam Grant Still, Music for Webster Symhony Orchestra, Siegfried Landau • Still, W.G.: From the Black Belt / Ives, C.: Violin Sonata No. 4 / Coolidge, P.S.: New England Autumn (Under an American Sky)
    2:440:30
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    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: 2. Adagio assaiMaurice Ravel, Krystian Zimerman, Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales
    9:230:30
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    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con graziaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Teodor Currentzis, musicAeterna • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"
    7:420:30
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    Dream Colored Mobile II, Op. 58aTakashi Yoshimatsu, Joe Houghton, Kate Wilson, Manchester Camerata, Sachio Fujioka • Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto, "Memo Flora" / And Birds Are Still …, / While an Angel Falls Into A Doze
    6:540:30

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