Gentle lullabies and quiet music combine to form this special program of music to invite sleep. Unlike most calming programs, this release relies on real instruments and fine classical music, progressing gradually into calmer and quieter waters, growing slower and more repetitive, and eventually fading away into sweet rest for the listener!

WE'LL MEET AGAIN - Romantic Songs of the War Years

Original Charleston (The) - Rhythms of the Roaring Twenties

A Family Christmas - Songs and Music for the Festive Season

Gentle, classical tunes played by that most seductive of instruments, the concert harp. Superb new arrangements of masterworks of the past include Pachelbel's 'Canon', Massenet's 'Meditation', Bach's 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring' and music by Satie, Boccherini and others to uplift and inspire.

Fascinatin' Rhythm

Great Organ Classics

Fine Traditional music from the farthest reaches of the Celtic lands. Authentic, atmospheric and relaxing melodies for harp, pipes and voice express tales of love, nature, home and heroic deeds.

Music from the swinging twenties and thirties, perfect for cocktails and dancing. Broadway hits and unforgettable melodies by gershwin, Cole Porter, 'Fats' Waller, Scott Joplin and others invite us to sit back and enjoy or even get up and shake a leg or two!

CROSBY, Bing: Swinging with Bing (1945-1957)

Heavenly voices raise in honor of the Christmas season. Inspirational choral music for Christmas comes from one of England's finest choirs in a program of the greatest church music of the past. This diverse program melds the clarity and precision of medieval carols and the emotional intensity of Russian Orthodox music to elucidate the season for "we who wait."

Calm music to help you while away a lazy day and be a little self-indulgent! Put your feet up, read your favorite book, open a box of chocolates and relax in the company of some of the world's greatest composers.

Late night classics. At the end of a long day, and on into the night, this lovely album of relaxing music will help banish those cares and worries and promote a calm and tranquil atmosphere. A Nocturne, some Moonlight and some gentle adagios, harp, piano and orchestra, create a peaceful world of sound.

White Christmas - Seasonal Hits of the 1930S and 1940S

An atmospheric medieval mass recorded by men's voices. A sumptuous sound bringing the inner peace of this timeless music - Gregorian chant - which formed the bedrock of the liturgy of the early church and whose calm intensity still speaks to US with equal clarity today.

LYNN, Vera: Sincerely Yours (1939-1953)

2 CD set in an elegant, book-like package. Sacred choral music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance sung by Magdala directed by David Skinner. Music from both manuscript and printed sources of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; a mix of English and Italian polyphony with music from all corners of the Holy Roman Empire, including Robert Fayrfax's splendid Mass Tecum principium.

CAROLS FROM OXFORD

Music for Opera Lovers

BIG BAND CLASSICS (1931-1940)

Music for Henry VIII a collection of glorious sacred music which was presented as a gift to Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1526 by the city of Florence. Music by the great European composers of the day which was known to Henry and heard in his great chapels throughout the land, in an atmospheric recording by Oxford's finest mixed-voice choir.

Far Away Places: Nostalgic Songs of Travel

'Over hill over dale, through bush, through briar...' An atmospheric album of favourite poetry and music on the theme of fairies, including music by Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Purcell, and poetry from Shakespeare, Herrick and Keats. Children will love it but so will the grown-ups!

Shall we dance? the exciting rhythms and speeds of ballroom dancing - from whirling romps and sizzling beats to stately waltzes - are encapsulated in this remarkable disc. Both modern and traditional dances abound. If you've followed ballroom dancing on television and want to give it a try yourself, this is the place to start!

Garden themes from our musical heritage. An album of fragrant songs and instrumental pieces from centuries of musical tradition. Titles include 'Greensleeves', 'Where the Bee sucks', 'Summer is icumen in' and 'Roses in Bloom', in a delightful evocation of a great English garden.