mellowest music

[Justin Ignaz Franz Bieber]

what is the most mellow, calm, laid-back, quiet, serene, tranquil, cool, placid, etc music you can think of?

i'll go first:
alonso lobo - o quam suavis est domine
bach - various sarabandes, & the allemande from cello suite 6
marais - les voix humaines, l'arabesque
gesualdo - miserere
josquin - ave maria

[Harry]

The sound of Silence.
And if that is out of the question, than lute music from Dowland.

[bhodges]

John Cage: Inlets (1977) for conch shells, in which the players pour water from one to another. 

--Bruce

[PerfectWagnerite]

Brahms Violin Sonatas.

[George]

Satie - Many of his piano works.

Part - Fratres

[Todd]

Most anything by Deliuzzzz.

[BachQ]

Morton Feldman: String Quartet

[hornteacher]

what is the most mellow, calm, laid-back, quiet, serene, tranquil, cool, placid, etc music you can think of?

The Brahms Clarinet compositions (Quintet, Trio, and two Sonatas)

[Brian]

John Cage: Inlets (1977) for conch shells, in which the players pour water from one to another. 

--Bruce

A blatant plagiarism from ancient Persian and Eastern musical traditions!

My personal favorite "mellow" music: Josef Suk's Serenade for Strings.

[btpaul674]

2nd mvt of Poul Ruder's first symphony

[val]

There are so many!

Some examples:

LASSUS: "Nuit froide et sombre"

BACH: Sarabande from the 3rd Suite Française / Allemande from the Partita BWV 826

MOZART: 2nd movement of the Violin Concerto K 216

BEETHOVEN: Adagio from the piano Sonata opus 31/1

WAGNER: Prelude of the first act of Lohengrin

BRUCKNER: Adagio of the 2nd Symphony

BARTOK: Adagio of the 5th Quartet

[Grazioso]

Pärt--Summa

[Ten thumbs]

Debussy is the most obvious composer of cool music, especially:
Sonata for flute, viola and harp.
Another favourite of mine:
Fanny Hensel Mélodie No6 (Op5) - Andante soave
Suave it is, and incredibly beautiful.

[Grazioso]

The adagios of Vivaldi's cello sonatas can be very mellow.

[carlos]

Famous nocturno from Borodin's second SQ

[karlhenning]

This is the perfect thread for WCRB . . . now listening to some Vivaldi; go on! I dare ya!

http://wcrb.com/

[Ephemerid]

Morton Feldman: String Quartet

MOST but not *all* of the second quartet.  I remember when I first bought my recording of the Flux Quartet's recording & cranked up the volume and sat very close to the speakers (having read it was a very soft piece for the full 5+ hours) and about five minutes into it there's a passage that erupts out nowhere & I jumped, scared out of my wits!  LOL

OK, here's my list of softies but goodies:

Feldman: Piano & String Quartet
Feldman: Palais de Mari
Cage: Dream
Cage: In a Lanscape
Lou Harrison's Suite for cello and harp
Adams: China Gates
Part: Spiegel im Spiegel
Part: Fur Alina
Part: Variations for the Healing of Arinushka
Shostakovich: Second movement from Piano Concerto No. 2
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of aFaun
Debussy: Clair de Lune
Debussy: Footprints in the Snow
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola & harp (definitely, Ten Thumbs!)
Satie: Sarabandes
Satie: Gymnopedies
Satie: Gnossiennes
Silvestrov: Postludium No. 3 for cello & piano
Beethoven: 3rd movement 16th string quartet
Messiaen: the final section from Quartet for the End of Time
Schubert: Nacht und Traume

oh, and the second movement from Vivaldi's Guitar Concerto No. 15

That's off the top of my head...

[Brian]

The sound of Silence.

Hello Darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again...

[Harry]

Hello Darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again...

Very good!

[Sergeant Rock]

what is the most mellow, calm, laid-back, quiet, serene, tranquil, cool, placid, etc music you can think of?

Elevator music

Sarge