MY PLAYLIST FOR DRAWING AND PAINTING

Music and art are inexorably bound together, and this playlist of inspirational and relaxing classical works provides the perfect background to time spent drawing and painting. From the iconic first notes of Promenade from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, to Murphy’s sublime Scintillation from And then at night I paint the stars, these works span a multitude of hues and tones, from Higdon’s Pale Yellow to Bliss’s Purple. Prime your canvas, prepare your palette and immerse yourself in a world of colour and sound.

Tracklist

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Ravel, Maurice - Arranger
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Kuchar, Theodore (Conductor)
1Promenade01:41
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Kuchar, Theodore (Conductor)
Respighi, Ottorino
Chamber Orchestra of New York (Orchestra)
Di Vittorio, Salvatore (Conductor)
2Trittico botticelliano, P. 151: III. La nascita di Venere: Allegro moderato05:00
Chamber Orchestra of New York (Orchestra)
Di Vittorio, Salvatore (Conductor)
Higdon, Jennifer
Meyers, Anne Akiko (violin)
Weilerstein, Alisa (cello)
Neiman, Adam (piano)
3Piano Trio: I. Pale Yellow07:56
Meyers, Anne Akiko (violin)
Weilerstein, Alisa (cello)
Neiman, Adam (piano)
Debussy, Claude
Lyon National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Märkl, Jun (Conductor)
4La mer: No. 2. Jeux de vagues07:09
Lyon National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Märkl, Jun (Conductor)
Takemitsu, Tōru
Fukuda, Shin-ichi (guitar)
5Mori no naka de (In the Woods): I. Wainscot Pond (after a painting by Cornelia Foss)04:04
Fukuda, Shin-ichi (guitar)
Hutter, Gregory
Safar, Miroslav (oboe)
Baumgartner, Andreas Herm (Conductor)
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
6Still Life10:24
Safar, Miroslav (oboe)
Baumgartner, Andreas Herm (Conductor)
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mendelssohn, Felix
Nagy, Péter (piano)
7Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 1, Op. 19: No. 1 in E Major, MWV U8602:58
Nagy, Péter (piano)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Ravel, Maurice - Arranger
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Kuchar, Theodore (Conductor)
8III. Tuileries00:56
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Kuchar, Theodore (Conductor)
Stravinsky, Igor
Massine, Leonide - Lyricist
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
9Pulcinella: I. Overture01:56
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Craft, Robert (Conductor)
Harbison, John
Dufour, Mathieu (flute)
Genualdi, Joseph (violin)
Solomonow, Rami (viola)
Taylor, Brant (cello)
106 American Painters: No. 1. Bingham02:29
Dufour, Mathieu (flute)
Genualdi, Joseph (violin)
Solomonow, Rami (viola)
Taylor, Brant (cello)
Vassiliev, Konstantin
Kulikova, Irina (guitar)
113 Forest Paintings: No. 2. Snowdrops03:25
Kulikova, Irina (guitar)
Murphy, Kelly-Marie
Loman, Judy (harp)
12And then at night I paint the stars: III. Scintillation03:55
Loman, Judy (harp)
Higdon, Jennifer
Cypress String Quartet (Ensemble)
13Impressions: I. Bright Palette08:44
Cypress String Quartet (Ensemble)
Bliss, Arthur
English Northern Philharmonia (Orchestra)
Lloyd-Jones, David (Conductor)
14A Colour Symphony: I. Purple: Andante maestoso06:23
English Northern Philharmonia (Orchestra)
Lloyd-Jones, David (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
English Northern Philharmonia (Orchestra)
Lloyd-Jones, David (Conductor)
15Job - A Masque for Dancing: Scene VII: Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty. Pavane of the Sons of the Morning06:08
English Northern Philharmonia (Orchestra)
Lloyd-Jones, David (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:08