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You are here: Home / Musical Activities For... / Preschoolers / 10 Best Classical Music Tracks For Calm And Tranquility

10 Best Classical Music Tracks For Calm And Tranquility

March 25, 2021 By Sara Mullett 24 Comments

Classical music has an incredible ability to change and enhance a mood or atmosphere. If you need convincing, you have only to think of your favourite films or TV programmes and see if you remember the music.

The best films are the ones that engage you on all levels and the soundtrack has a huge effect on that.If you think back to your own childhood, there will be songs and music which you associate with the best things you remember.

My father loved 40’s dance band music and so whenever I hear it played, those warm childhood memories come flooding back and I think of him. I love that music just as much now.

Calming music for kids

Give some thought to the music that you play in your home while your children play and when you are relaxing together. You can choose music to create different moods.

There are lots of brilliant tracks for when kids need to blow of some steam and it’s awful weather outside. But equally, when they’re in need of calming down it’s very useful to have just the right piece of music to play for that particular vibe.

Creating A Calm Atmosphere

If you put some music on while your kids are playing or doing some art activities, it really encourages and stimulates creativity and imagination, as well as building a love of classical music. So here is a list of 10 different tracks chosen especially to enhance calm and tranquillity in your home.

People often ask what equipment I use for playing musical excerpts in music lessons. Of course if  you have the original CDs you can play them with a conventional music player using a remote control for stopping and starting.

But these days the easiest way is to play them straight from youtube by using your phone or ipad and some handy bluetooth speakers. Here are two really good choices; I’d recommend the Anker Soundcore for use in an average sized room, but these JBL Flip 4 speakers pack a bit more of punch if you’re in a bigger space.

10 Best Classical Music Tracks For Calm And Tranquility

Handel : Water Music

Pachelbel : Canon In D

Satie :  Trois Gymnopedies

Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube

Debussy: Clair De Lune

Debussy: Prelude Apres Midi D’un Faune

Beethoven : Moonlight Sonata

Pergolesi : Stabat Mater

Bach : Air On A G String

Chopin : Raindrops

Would you add any to this list? We’d love you to come and share you suggestions in the comments below, or over on our Facebook page! and check out our Classical Music for Kids Pinterest board below.

 Story of the Orchestra : Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music!  This is a great resource for anyone wanting to introduce children to the world of Classical music. Composers and instruments brought to life in a kid friendly way.

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Comments

  1. Minna says

    February 21, 2019 at 2:35 pm

    Hi, I think your blog might be having browser compatibility
    issues. When I look at your website in Safari, it looks
    fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping.
    I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other then that, superb blog!

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      February 22, 2019 at 1:00 pm

      Thanks for the heads up Minna, but yes our website responds best on the most popular browsers like google chrome or safari.

      Reply
  2. Ann Stokman says

    December 4, 2018 at 12:23 pm

    Very good list of classical music for calm and tranquility

    Reply
  3. Sarah says

    April 7, 2016 at 8:52 pm

    Just played the first one and my 3 yr old daughter fell straight to sleep…off to buy a cd now!!

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      April 7, 2016 at 9:20 pm

      Perfect! I bet she’ll have lovely dreams ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. David Brinton says

    August 28, 2015 at 2:19 am

    Throughout my wife’s prenancy I played Pachelbel’s Canon from my cellphone on her tummy. When our son was born, he wouldn’t stop crying. I pulled out the cellphone and turned on the Canon, he immediately quieted down. We’ve had it playing all night every night since. He began violin lessons at 4 1/2. He’s now turning six years old and we decided it’s time for him to have an alarm clock. I tried a rooster. He hated it. I tried the various bells and buzzes. No. The alarm will also play an MP4, so I asked him, “Ok, what sound would wake you up without annoying you?” He answered, “Beethoven. Dee Dee Dee Dummmm…”

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      August 28, 2015 at 9:06 am

      What a great story! I’m not surprised at all that he is growing up to be such a musical little boy! Keep up the good work! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  5. Kristina says

    February 6, 2015 at 7:19 pm

    Hi

    Do you have a spotify playlist with these tracks on you can share?

    Thank you

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      February 7, 2015 at 1:29 pm

      No, sorry Kristina – do post it here if you end up putting one together though!

      Reply
  6. Sandra Madden says

    December 6, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Do you have the best ten calming classical track for calm in a C D format or just off the Utube thank you

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      December 7, 2014 at 12:50 am

      Hi Sandra,
      Sadly I don’t own any of the tracks so I can’t put them onto CD to sell. If you click the title of each song it takes you to Amazon where you can buy them as MP3 downloads and then maybe you can copy them to a CD?
      Hope this helps!
      Sara

      Reply
  7. Fariba Parvaneh says

    October 7, 2014 at 10:06 pm

    Great
    So beautiful

    Reply
  8. catanya says

    May 3, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    all links are broken ๐Ÿ™ the account has been deleted…

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      May 3, 2014 at 5:28 pm

      Thanks for letting me know – will fix them ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply

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