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Maybe I should begin with a disclaimer: this one is different from the previous mixes.After publishing many ambient mix-collages (87 and counting!), I decided to challenge myself. What if I combined ambient soundscapes and classical music? Would that work out?
This proved to be more difficult than I expected. It proved to be much easier to combine abstract atmospheric music than ambient music with 'program music' like classical. It proved even more difficult when choosing from 'classical classical' music such as baroque music, polyphonic choir music, or music from the absolute giants (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.). Maybe because I definitely wanted to retain an introspective atmosphere, but also include some 'tension - release dynamics' to avoid the mix becoming too 'easy listening'.
With only two exceptions, the 'classical' fragments come from contemporary composers. Also, this mix features fewer layers playing simultaneously (compared to my previous mixes). In that respect, this is more like a 'mix-tape' than a 'collage'. All titles used in this mix are fragments, only small parts of the original compositions. So: if you hear something you like (and I hope you do), please check out the original.


I must admit that I had some doubts about publishing this mix. Would it possibly appeal to an ambient music-oriented audience? And what would aficionados of classical music think of it? Is this a musical blasphemy?But then again, I found myself listening to it regularly, enjoying it for what it has become. So why not publish it and see what happens? Let's see.
I'm curious to know what you think about this particular mix experiment!


Tracklist



00:00 Anton Friisgaard - You Never Wanna Do Anything FunMinor Blossoms, 2024


02:10 Alexander Knaifel - O ComforterLukomoriye, 2018Lege Artis Choir, Boris Abalian


03:44 Erik K. Skodvin - Alone In The DarkDarkness OST, 2025


05:04 Djivan Gasparyan - MemoriesProvenance, 2011Maya Beiser - Cello


06:04 Markus Guentner - HiveBlack Dahlia, 2025


09:16 Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Hidden - Past And PresentRhizoma, 2011


10:27 Arvo Pärt - Solitudine - Stato D'AnimoLamentate, 2005SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko


11:59 Paul Beaudoin - That Empty RoomEarly January, 2024


14:44 Jane Antonia Cornish - YügenSeascapes, 2019


16:59 Arvo Pärt - The Deer's CryChoral Music, 2014Polyphony, Stephen Layton


18:16 Jane Antonia Cornish - YügeSeascapes, 2019


19:33 Chihei Hatakeyama - MizarNorma, 2012


20:44 Krzysztof Penderecki - The Awakening Of Jacob (aka The Dream Of Jacob)The Shining Complete Soundtrack, 2005Polish Radio National Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki


24:44 Jana Irmert - No Ground To Fall OnWhen I Dissolve, 2024


26:30 Kloob - Whispers Of The Ethereal CurrentDrone Islands - Borealis, 2024


27:29 Valentin Silvestrov - Hymn 2001Leggiero, Pesante, 2002Valentin Silvestrov - piano


31:04 Julien Demoulin - A Trial Of Distances (.Foundation Rework)A Trial Of Distances, 2025


34:00 Henryk Górecki - Wislo Moja, Wislo Szara Opus 46Miserere, 1994Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus, John Nelson


36:52 George Frideric Handel - Xerxes - LarghettoNight Music 8, 1991Capella Istropolitana, Richard Edlinger


40:21 Jóhann Jóhansson & BJ Nilsen - ShowerI Am Here, 2014


40:30 Erik K. Skodvin - Alone In The DarkFrom Darkness OST, 2025


41:55 Enrique Crespo - Brückner Etude Für Das Tiefe BlechNew Trombone Collective, 2007


45:08 Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Hidden InwardsRhizoma, 2011


46:24 Traditional - El Cant De La Sibil-La - La Catalunyala Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall


50:17 Kenji Kawai - Type 2052 HadalyInnocence, Ghost In The Shell 2, 2004


51:19 We Like We & Jacob Kirkegaard - Ganymede & ZeusTime Is Local, 2019





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