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Music to Sleep to (Classical)

Classical music to help you sleep.

A playlist to help you drift off when you need a great night’s sleep. Find your favourite pillow and turn out the lights. Make yourself comfortable, close your eyes and let ABC Classic lull you to sleep.

Playlist

Ludivico Einaudi: I Giorni
Sally Whitwell (piano), Sally Maer (cello)
Celtic Cello

Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)
Classic Getaway

Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux, VII. Aquarium
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope (conductor)
The Finest Music of France

Erik Satie: Gymnopédies Nos. 1-3 for piano
Stephanie McCallum (piano)
1000 Years of Classical Music

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Roger Woodward (piano)
Raindrops: The exquisite music of Chopin

Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria
Choir of Trinity College University of Melbourne, Michael Leighton (conductor)
Ave Maria - The Immortal Song of Inspiration

Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert (conductor)
Classic 100 - Love

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor: Part III: IV Adagietto
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Markus Stenz (conductor)
Mahler: Symphony No 5

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV1068: Air (Air on the G-string)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope (conductor)
Tranquillity: The Classical Music of Calm

Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Sally Whitwell (piano) and Sally Maer (cello)
Cello Swoon

Jules Massenet: Méditation from 'Thaïs'
Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope (conductor)
Classic 100 - Love

Gustav Holst - The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Gustav Holst - The Planets

Claude Debussy: Clair de lune, Op. 46/2 from Suite Bergamasque
Roger Woodward (piano)
Classic 100 Piano: The Top Ten and Selected Highlights

Johann Sebastian Bach: O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross, chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 24), BWV 622
Flinders Quartet
Reinventions

Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium, motet for 40 voices, P. 299
Cantillation, Antony Walker (conductor)
1000 Years of Classical Music

Anonymous: Euge serve bone et fidelis
Singers of St Laurence, Neil McEwan (conductor)
1000 Years of Classical Music

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Oboe, BWV 1059R, II. Adagio
Diana Doherty (oboe), Ironwood
The Bach Album: Concertos for oboe and oboe d'amore

Hildegard von Bingen: O tu suavissima virga
Singers of St Laurence, Neil McEwan (conductor)
Mysteries of Gregorian Chant

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