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Flowing rivers, rippling lakes, and crashing waves – water has long inspired composers in many different ways. Dive in, and explore the sounds of the aquatic.
Water
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1. En bateau
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet3:46
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Britten: 4 Sea InterludesFour Sea Interludes Op. 33a (from Peter Grimes) (1976 Digital Remaster): III. Moonlight (Andante comodo e rubato)
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn4:24
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit1. Ondine
Alice Sara Ott6:50
Higdon: All Things MajesticII. String Lake
Nashville Symphony Orchestra7:07
Handel: Water musicHandel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: I. (Allegro)
Sir Neville Marriner2:07
Rachmaninov: 12 SongsNo. 11. Vesenniye vodi (Spring Waters)
Lyubov Petrova2:26
Respighi: Fontane di RomaII. La fontana del Tritone al mattino
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra2:36
Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 1257. Aquarium
Pascal Rogé and 3 others2:31
Grofe: Death Valley SuiteDesert Water Hole
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra3:55
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F major2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado12:21
Tippett: The Rose LakeThe lake begins to sing
London Symphony Orchestra;Sir Colin Davis2:51
Wagner: Das RheingoldVorspiel
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan4:35
Smetana: Má Vlast, JB1:1122. Vltava
Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine (Live)11:59
Elgar: Sea Pictures1. Sea Slumber Song
Della Jones, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras4:59
Griffes: 3 Tone-PicturesThe Lake at Evening
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra3:33
R. V. Williams: Symphony No.1Vaughan Williams : A Sea Symphony : III Scherzo - The Waves
Andrew Davis7:58
Debussy: La mer1. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti8:26
Whitacre: Water NightWater Night
London Symphony Orchestra6:06
Takemitsu: I Hear the Water DreamingI Hear the Water Dreaming
Patrick Gallois, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis10:45
Beach: By the Still WatersBy the Still Waters, Op. 114
Margaret Mills2:17
Copland: Old American Songs Set 2 - Voice and orchestra (1958)At the River (from Old American Songs, Set No.2)
Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth3:26
Tippett: A Child of our Time - Arr. Tippett for unaccompanied chorus / Part 3Deep River
Schola Cantorum Of Oxford, Nicholas Cleobury3:20
Mendelssohn: Overture in B minorThe Hebrides, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Sir John Eliot Gardiner and London Symphony Orchestra9:53
Debussy: Petite Suite
Curated by
Guy Jones
Head of Curation
About this playlist
Flowing rivers, rippling lakes, and crashing waves – water has long inspired composers in many different ways. Dive in, and explore the sounds of the aquatic.
Curated by
Guy Jones
Head of Curation
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