Imaginary

Visual Arts

• Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Girls Picking Flowers in a Meadow (1890)
• Alfred Sisley, Small Meadows in Spring (1880)
• Claude Monet, Walk in the Meadows at Argenteuil (1873)
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Young Man Walking with Dogs in Fontainbleu Forest(1866)

Music: Composers, artists, and major works

Music of Frederic Delius

• North Country Sketches
• A Walk to the Paradise Garden
• In a Summer Garden
• Violin Sonatas (4): No. 1; No. 2; No. 3; Sonata in B major, Op. Posth.

Western "classical" works:

• Debussy, Suite Bergamasque: here are links to performances by Rudolf Firkusny, Jean-Effiam Bavouzet and Kathryn Stott.
• Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, “Pastoral” (1801): calm, reflective, unrushed (performances by Goode, Barenboim and Ashkenazy)
• Gubaidulina, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1996) is the antithesis of calmness.
• Francesco Canova di Milano: Lute works

Albums:

• Áine Minogue, “Celtic Meditation Music”
• Liquid Mind IX, “Lullaby”
• Los Angeles Guitar Quintet, various tracks
• Hikari Oe, “Music of Hikari Oe” and “Music of Hikari Oe 2”
• Frank Kimbrough, “Solstice”
• Bryan Rahija, “Timber”
• Coşkun Karademir, Derya Türkan, Tord Gustavsen & Ömer Arslan, “Silence”
• Chris Dingman, “Indian Sitar: Relaxing Traditional Indian Music for Meditation”

Indian classical ragas:

• Raga Bhimpalasi (Bheempalasi, Bhimpalas, Palasi) is an early afternoon Hindustani classical raag, which has been shown to have a calming effect. Linked performances are by Shahid Parvez Khan, Banerjee and Bhattacharya.
• Raga Asavari, a Hindustani classical rag for morning (performances by Amir Khan, Imrat Khan and Bhimsen Joshi)
• Raga Jaunpuri, a Hindustani classical rag for late morning, which is also popular in Carnatic circles (performances by Sharafat Hussain Khan, Bhimsen Joshi and Ali Akbar Khan)

Music: songs and other short pieces

• Carlos Salzedo, 5 Preludes for Harp, No. 1: Quietude
• Franz Schubert (composer), Meeres Stille (Calm Sea), D. 216 (1815) (lyrics)