Classical Music for Mindfulness

Music is a perfect opportunity to practise mindfulness: to become fully aware of the present moment, opening ourselves to the physical and emotional experience of listening, here and now.

ABC Classics has collaborated with mindfulness experts Smiling Mind to develop this collection of calming classical music: perfect both for experienced practitioners of meditation and for those simply looking for a moment of tranquillity to escape from the pressures of the day.

From the intricate clarity of Bach to the pure stillness of Arvo Pärt and Erik Satie, this album offers a musical journey into the spirit of sound itself.

Contents:
Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror within Mirror)
Jonathan Price - Rustin
Franz Schubert - ‘Ständchen’ (Serenade), from Schwanengesang (Swansong)
Alessandro Marcello arr. Johann Sebastian Bach - Adagio, from Concerto in D minor
Camille Saint-Saëns - ‘The Swan’, from Carnival of the Animals
James Scott Skinner - The Cradle Song
Claude Debussy - ‘Clair de Luneª (Moonlight), from Suite Bergamasque
Traditional arr. Benjamin Britten - The Salley Gardens
Philip Glass - Opening
Elena Kats-Chernin - Butterflying
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata No.1 in G minor for Solo Violin: I. Adagio
Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No.1 in G major for Solo Cello: I. Prelude
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1
Arvo Pärt - Pari intervallo (At an Equal Distance)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude in C major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier
Michael Nyman - ‘Gloomy Winter’, from The Piano
Elena Kats-Chernin - The Rain Puzzle
Edvard Grieg - ‘Morning Mood’, from Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Ludovico Einaudi - I giorni (The Days)