Classical Music for Studying: Romantic and Warm, Chopin, Beethoven and Liszt

Quiet, affectionate classical music for reading and reflection, shaped around Chopin and companions. The titles on screen name composer and performer, with short historical notes along the way. 0:00:00 Chopin · Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (Frank Levy) 0:04:30 Weber · Oberon, J. 306: Overture (military band arr.) (US Navy Band) 0:14:22 Mozart · The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture (Musopen Symphony) 0:21:02 Chopin · Nocturne in C-sharp minor 'Lento con gran espressione', B. 49 (Frank Levy) 0:24:45 Schumann · Papillons, Op. 2: No. 6 (Greg Tait) 0:25:54 Beethoven · Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60: III. Allegro vivace (Skidmore College Orchestra) 0:32:06 Chopin · Mazurka in G major, B. 16 No. 1 (Edward Neeman) 0:33:23 Haydn · Piano Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI:23: III. Finale, Presto (Ivan Ilic, CC BY) 0:36:08 Beethoven · Wind Sextet in E-flat major, Op. 71: IV. Rondo, Allegro (Skidmore Wind Ensemble) 0:39:57 Chopin · Nocturne in F-sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 (Luke Faulkner) 0:48:12 Liszt · Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163: IV. Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Ava Nazar, CC BY) 0:56:50 Schumann · Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 6, Sehr langsam (Aurelia Vișovan, CC BY) 1:00:31 Chopin · Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72 No. 1 (Luke Faulkner) 1:05:01 Liszt · 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558: No. 2, Auf dem Wasser zu singen (Claudia Klinkenberg, CC BY) 1:09:39 Schubert · Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 (Maren Matthias, CC BY) 1:19:30 Schumann · Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major 'Rhenish', Op. 97 (Flatirons Community Orchestra, CC BY) 1:24:00 Chopin · Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 41 No. 1 (Christoph Zbinden, CC BY) 1:27:22 Wagner · Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Overture (Skidmore College Orchestra) 1:38:59 Schumann · Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (Chris Borovas, Georgia Tsolaki) 1:58:11 Chopin · Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 (Markus Staab, CC BY) 2:04:00 Beethoven · Trio in E-flat major, Op. 38: VI. Andante con moto, Alla marcia, Presto (Pitman, Arnold, Lee) 2:12:26 Liszt · Mazeppa, S. 100: Finale (United States Marine Band) 2:17:58 Chopin · Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 (Frank Levy) 2:22:57 Beethoven · Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (abridged, recorder ensemble arr.) (Papalin, CC BY) 2:25:21 Liszt · Ave Maria I, S. 20: 1st version, S. 20/1 (1846) (Papalin, CC BY) 2:30:42 Chopin · Nocturne in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 (Olga Gurevich) 2:34:36 Schubert · Piano Sonata No. 7 in E-flat major, D. 568: II. Andante molto (Paul Pitman) 2:41:30 Beethoven · Eroica Variations, Op. 35: Theme, Variations 1 to 14 (Ivan Ilic, CC BY) 2:52:40 Chopin · Mazurka in C major, Op. 56 No. 2 (Xuan He) 2:54:30 Cramer · 60 Studies selected by Bülow: Etude No. 1 in C major (Zina Hawadi) 2:55:17 Beethoven · Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 No. 1: II. Variations; III. Rondo (Timothy Jones) 3:06:55 Chopin · Mazurka in A minor, B. 134 (Edward Neeman) 3:11:07 Liszt · Fantaisie romantique sur deux mélodies suisses, S. 157 (Christoph Zbinden, CC BY) Recordings marked CC BY or attribution are used under their Creative Commons licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/), with the performer credited. Changes: loudness normalised and silence at start and end trimmed. All other recordings are in the public domain or CC0.