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The Sound of Music Box

Discover "The Sound of Music Box," a playlist that's perfect for a lazy afternoon or a dreamy evening. This collection carries you through whimsical melodies and gentle rhythms with tracks like "Cloud Castles" by Irving Simon and Romeo's Music Box's "Country Mornings." It features a mix of soothing lullabies like "Sleep Tight" by Box the Music and "Sweet Love, Sweet Dreams" by Louis Pope, along with timeless classics including "Ave Maria" by Sriningsih and "Amazing Grace" by Leslie Cyzner. With a touch of nostalgia in "Over The River And Through The Woods" by Jennifer Michaels and the playful charm of "Caterpillar Waltz" by Samantha Ant, this playlist promises a delightful escape into the simplicity and enchantment often found within a music box's delicate tunes.

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October 25, 2026

Relaxing Classical Cello
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Gabriel Fauré•
Alexander Glazunov•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Edward Elgar•
Samuel Barber•
Benjamin Britten
28 tracks
October 25

"Golden Notes: Classical Masterpieces"
George Frideric Handel•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin
80 tracks
October 25

Relaxing Classical Cello
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Gabriel Fauré•
Alexander Glazunov•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Edward Elgar•
Samuel Barber•
Benjamin Britten
28 tracks
October 23

Chopin: Nocturnes
Frédéric Chopin•
Pavel Kolesnikov
22 tracks
October 23

"A River of Harmony": Classical Piano Works
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Claude Debussy•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Erik Satie•
Johannes Brahms•
George Frideric Handel•
Robert Schumann•
Franz Schubert
74 tracks
October 23

"A River of Harmony": Classical Piano Works
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Claude Debussy•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Erik Satie•
Johannes Brahms•
George Frideric Handel•
Robert Schumann•
Franz Schubert
74 tracks
October 23

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Gustavo Gimeno•
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
30 tracks
October 23

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Munich Radio Orchestra•
Oscar Jockel
1 tracks
October 23

Coventry Carol (Arr. for Piano by Leah Arbor)
Traditional
1 tracks
October 23

Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65, III. Largo
Frédéric Chopin
1 tracks
October 23

Layers
Traditional•
Páll Ragnar Pálsson
17 tracks
October 22

Classical Chill
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Antonín Dvořák•
Johannes Brahms•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Franz Schubert•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Robert Schumann•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Paul Wranitzky
35 tracks
October 21

Classical for Sleep
Frédéric Chopin•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann•
John Field•
Claude Debussy•
Jules Massenet•
Erik Satie•
Manuel Blancafort•
Valentin Silvestrov•
Edvard Grieg•
Hidemaro Konoye•
Edward Elgar
35 tracks
October 20

Classical Lullabies
Johannes Brahms•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Erik Satie•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
John Field•
Robert Schumann•
Jules Massenet•
Edvard Grieg•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Edward Elgar•
Gabriel Fauré•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy
40 tracks
October 18

"October Interlude: Classical Works"
Antonio Vivaldi•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
George Frideric Handel•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Claude Debussy•
Franz Schubert•
Francis Poulenc•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Johannes Brahms•
Erik Satie
80 tracks
October 18

"October Interlude: Classical Works"
Antonio Vivaldi•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
George Frideric Handel•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Claude Debussy•
Franz Schubert•
Francis Poulenc•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Johannes Brahms•
Erik Satie
80 tracks
October 18

The Essential Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Marin Alsop•
Jenő Jandó•
Eldar Nebolsin
30 tracks
October 17

Chopin: Works
Frédéric Chopin
6 tracks
October 17

"15 Sinfonias": Classical Piano Works
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Claude Debussy•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Frédéric Chopin•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Schubert•
Franz Liszt•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Erik Satie
80 tracks
October 17

"15 Sinfonias": Classical Piano Works
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Claude Debussy•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Frédéric Chopin•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Schubert•
Franz Liszt•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Erik Satie
80 tracks
October 16

Auld Lang Syne
Traditional
1 tracks
October 16

Mémoires vivantes
Traditional
15 tracks
October 16

"Classical for the Brain" - Mozart & More
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Robert Schumann•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Maurice Ravel•
Claude Debussy
80 tracks
October 16

Chopin: Polonaises
Frédéric Chopin•
Janne Mertanen
7 tracks
October 16

"Classical for the Brain" - Mozart & More
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Robert Schumann•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Maurice Ravel•
Claude Debussy
80 tracks
October 16

"Butterfly" - Fluttering Through the Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Adolphe Adam•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Goedicke•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alexander Tcherepnin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Poulenc•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
Henry Purcell•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johannes Brahms•
John Dowland•
Robert Schumann•
Vladimir Cosma•
William Byrd•
William Walton•
Witold Lutosławski
193 tracks
October 16

Great Concertos for Violin
Itzhak Perlman•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christian Sinding•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Henri Vieuxtemps•
Jean Sibelius•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Max Bruch•
Niccolò Paganini•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Oskar Rieding•
Pablo de Sarasate•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Samuel Barber•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
87 tracks
October 15

"The Quiet Night: Bach, Mozart & more"
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
George Frideric Handel•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Frédéric Chopin•
Franz Schubert•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Claude Debussy•
Maurice Ravel
79 tracks
October 15

"The Quiet Night: Bach, Mozart & more"
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
George Frideric Handel•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Frédéric Chopin•
Franz Schubert•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Claude Debussy•
Maurice Ravel
79 tracks
October 14

"Serenade for a Silent Forest: Classical Works"
George Frideric Handel•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Maurice Ravel•
Claude Debussy•
Erik Satie•
Franz Schubert•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Liszt
80 tracks
October 14

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58, TH 28: I. Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto (Excerpt)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León•
Thierry Fischer
1 tracks
October 14

Autumn Classics by Chandos
Claude Debussy•
Edvard Grieg•
Gustav Holst•
Robert Schumann•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Antonio Vivaldi
30 tracks
October 14

"Serenade for a Silent Forest: Classical Works"
George Frideric Handel•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Maurice Ravel•
Claude Debussy•
Erik Satie•
Franz Schubert•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Liszt
80 tracks
October 13

Solo Classical Piano
Claude Debussy•
Erik Satie•
Franz Liszt•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Franz Schubert•
Robert Schumann•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Alexander Scriabin•
Maurice Ravel•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Edvard Grieg•
Johannes Brahms
30 tracks
October 13

"Camellia": Classical Flowers
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Erik Satie•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Antonio Vivaldi•
George Frideric Handel•
Joseph Haydn•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Johannes Brahms•
Franz Liszt•
Claude Debussy
78 tracks
October 13

"Camellia": Classical Flowers
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Erik Satie•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Antonio Vivaldi•
George Frideric Handel•
Joseph Haydn•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Johannes Brahms•
Franz Liszt•
Claude Debussy
78 tracks
October 12

"Notes from Another Century: Classical Masterpieces"
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Frédéric Chopin•
George Frideric Handel•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Franz Schubert•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Maurice Ravel•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Claude Debussy
80 tracks
October 12

"Notes from Another Century: Classical Masterpieces"
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Frédéric Chopin•
George Frideric Handel•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Franz Schubert•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Maurice Ravel•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Claude Debussy
80 tracks
October 11

"When the Garden Turns to Gold: Classical Works"
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arcangelo Corelli•
George Frideric Handel•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Claude Debussy•
Franz Schubert•
Robert Schumann•
Johannes Brahms•
Sergei Rachmaninoff
76 tracks
October 11

"When the Garden Turns to Gold: Classical Works"
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arcangelo Corelli•
George Frideric Handel•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Claude Debussy•
Franz Schubert•
Robert Schumann•
Johannes Brahms•
Sergei Rachmaninoff
76 tracks

October 25, 2026

Relaxing Classical Cello
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Gabriel Fauré•
Alexander Glazunov•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Edward Elgar•
Samuel Barber•
Benjamin Britten
28 tracks
October 25

Relaxing Classical Cello
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Gabriel Fauré•
Alexander Glazunov•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Edward Elgar•
Samuel Barber•
Benjamin Britten
28 tracks
October 25

"Golden Notes: Classical Masterpieces"
George Frideric Handel•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin
80 tracks
October 23

Layers
Traditional•
Páll Ragnar Pálsson
17 tracks
October 23

Chopin: Nocturnes
Frédéric Chopin•
Pavel Kolesnikov
22 tracks
October 23

"A River of Harmony": Classical Piano Works
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Claude Debussy•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Erik Satie•
Johannes Brahms•
George Frideric Handel•
Robert Schumann•
Franz Schubert
74 tracks
October 23

"A River of Harmony": Classical Piano Works
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Claude Debussy•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Erik Satie•
Johannes Brahms•
George Frideric Handel•
Robert Schumann•
Franz Schubert
74 tracks
October 23

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Gustavo Gimeno•
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
30 tracks
October 22

Classical Chill
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Antonín Dvořák•
Johannes Brahms•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Franz Schubert•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Robert Schumann•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Paul Wranitzky
35 tracks
October 21

Classical for Sleep
Frédéric Chopin•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann•
John Field•
Claude Debussy•
Jules Massenet•
Erik Satie•
Manuel Blancafort•
Valentin Silvestrov•
Edvard Grieg•
Hidemaro Konoye•
Edward Elgar
35 tracks
October 20

Classical Lullabies
Johannes Brahms•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Erik Satie•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
John Field•
Robert Schumann•
Jules Massenet•
Edvard Grieg•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Edward Elgar•
Gabriel Fauré•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy
40 tracks
October 18

"October Interlude: Classical Works"
Antonio Vivaldi•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
George Frideric Handel•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Claude Debussy•
Franz Schubert•
Francis Poulenc•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Johannes Brahms•
Erik Satie
80 tracks
October 18

"October Interlude: Classical Works"
Antonio Vivaldi•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
George Frideric Handel•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Frédéric Chopin•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Claude Debussy•
Franz Schubert•
Francis Poulenc•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Johannes Brahms•
Erik Satie
80 tracks
October 18

The Essential Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Marin Alsop•
Jenő Jandó•
Eldar Nebolsin
30 tracks
October 17

"15 Sinfonias": Classical Piano Works
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Claude Debussy•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Frédéric Chopin•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Schubert•
Franz Liszt•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Erik Satie
80 tracks
October 17

Chopin: Works
Frédéric Chopin
6 tracks
October 17

"15 Sinfonias": Classical Piano Works
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Claude Debussy•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Frédéric Chopin•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Schubert•
Franz Liszt•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Erik Satie
80 tracks
October 16

Chopin: Polonaises
Frédéric Chopin•
Janne Mertanen
7 tracks
October 16

Great Concertos for Violin
Itzhak Perlman•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christian Sinding•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Henri Vieuxtemps•
Jean Sibelius•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Max Bruch•
Niccolò Paganini•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Oskar Rieding•
Pablo de Sarasate•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Samuel Barber•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
87 tracks
October 16

Mémoires vivantes
Traditional
15 tracks

October 23, 2026

Coventry Carol (Arr. for Piano by Leah Arbor)
Traditional
1 tracks
October 23

Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65, III. Largo
Frédéric Chopin
1 tracks
October 23

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Munich Radio Orchestra•
Oscar Jockel
1 tracks
October 16

Auld Lang Syne
Traditional
1 tracks
October 14

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58, TH 28: I. Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto (Excerpt)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León•
Thierry Fischer
1 tracks
October 10

Chopin Prelude No.17 Op.28
Frédéric Chopin
1 tracks
October 9

Guest: Suo Gân
Traditional•
Huw Williams•
The Choir Of Bath Abbey
1 tracks
October 7

Greensleeves
Traditional
1 tracks
October 2

Tchaikovsky: De Seizoenen, Op. 37a: X. Oktober: Herfstlied (Versie met poëzie)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Marie François
1 tracks
October 2

Chopin: Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 63 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin•
Edoardo Torbianelli
1 tracks
September 28

Molfar's Rhapsody
Traditional
1 tracks
September 25

Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 6, Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
1 tracks
September 25

Massey: Now Tell Us, Gentle Mary
Traditional•
Huw Williams•
The Choir Of Bath Abbey
1 tracks
September 25

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: IIa. March
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Berliner Philharmoniker•
Mstislav Rostropovich
1 tracks
September 21

Chopin: Waltz in B minor Op. 69 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin
1 tracks
September 18

Kolo Vivo (Arr. for String Quartet by Eric Mouret & Raphaël Maillet)
Traditional•
Quatuor Zaïde
1 tracks
September 11

Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 28, Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
1 tracks
September 11

Chopin: Études, Op. 25: No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor
Frédéric Chopin•
Aaron Pilsan
1 tracks
September 11

Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (From "The Nutcracker") [Remastered 2026]
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Berliner Philharmoniker•
Mstislav Rostropovich
1 tracks
September 5

Sri Ganesha Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Traditional
1 tracks