The first three

Here are the first three song. They are here for these reasons…

Chopin - Nocturne in E Flat Major Op.9 No.2 (5 minutes)

Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2, a song by Frédéric Chopin, Elisabeth Leonskaja on Spotify

Soothing

Easy to listen to, this is a great tune when you want to wind down with a glass of wine.


Chopin composed this tune in 1831, dedicating it to Marie, wife of Camille Pleyel, a French virtuoso pianist, publisher, and owner of French piano company Pleyel et Cie.

This is one of the most well-known tunes among Chopin’s 21 nocturnes . When people refer to a “Chopin nocturne,” this No.2 is it. Nocturne No.2 is heavily influenced by the work of John Field, an Irish composer, pianist, known as the first composer to write a nocturne.

Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No.1 in D Major Op.11: II Andante Cantabile (7 min)

String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile, a song by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, New Haydn Quartet on Spotify

Relaxing

Evokes nostalgia and serenity.


Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed three string quartets while he worked as an instructor at the Moscow Conservatory, which is one of the top three music schools in the world (the school changed its name in 1940 to commemorate the centennial of, Tchaikovsky’s birth. The two other schools are Conservatoire de Paris and The Julliard School in New York).

Tchaikovsky composed this quartet in February 1871. The famous melody of the second movement was inspired by a Ukranian folk song.

The three other movements of this quartet also contain beautiful melodies and dynamic music.

Mozart - Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” (11 min)

Symphony No.41 In C, K.551 - "Jupiter": 1. Allegro vivace - Live, a song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado on Spotify

Gorgeous

This is Mozart at his best. Ebullient and beautiful.


Mozart’s 41st is his last symphony, composed in 1788.  Together with No.39 and No.40 composed during the same year, “Jupiter” is regarded as one of the greatest symphonies in classical music.

The late Romantic German composer Richard Strauss, who admired Mozart, praised this symphony in his letter to another German composer Ludwig Thuille, referring to it as one of the greatest music he has ever heard.