The Personal Website of Mark W. Dawson
Containing His Articles, Observations, Thoughts, Meanderings,
and some would say Wisdom (and some would say not).
The
Relaxing Power of Classical Music
With all the inane happenings in today’s America, it is easy to become stressed and anxious about events. Whenever this happens to me, I resort to playing relaxing Classical music to calm my nerves. This webpage contains my favorite short, relaxing, soulful, and lyrical Classical Music pieces.
- Albinoni: Adagio
- Bach: Air On The G String
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Beethoven: Adagio Cantabile
- Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major for Strings, III. Notturno: Andante
- Brahms: Waltz in A flat Major
- Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9, No. 2
- Debussy: Claire de lune
- Dvorak: Songs my mother taught me
- Faure: Pavane
- Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46. Morning mood
- Khachaturian: Gayne's adagio
- Kreisler: Liebesleid
- Liszt: Un Sospiro Concert Étude No. 3
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor: Adagietto
- Mascagni: Intermezzo
- Massenet: "Thais" Meditation
- Mendelssohn: Sweet Remembrance
- Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K.261
- Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
- Pachelbel: Canon
- Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
- Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
- Rubinstein: Melody
- Saint-Saëns : Le Cygne (Carnaval des animaux)
- Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
- Schubert: Ständchen (transcribed by Liszt)
- Schumann: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen No. 7
- Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau)
- Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
- Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Williams:
Schindler´s List Theme
- Traditional:
For my thoughts on and my passion for Classical Music I would direct you to my webpages on Classical Music:
- Classical Music Appreciation An Introduction for those that know little or nothing about Classical Music.
- Classical Music Chirps - Paragraph sized, succinct comments, and recommendations for listening to some of the most understandable and enjoyable Classical Music by all who listen to it, even those who are not all that interested in Classical Music.
- Classical Music Lists - Various lists relating to Classical Music.
- Classical Music Recommendations - Recommended compositions of Classical Composers, with associated YouTube videos.