Soft Winter: A Gentle Classical Holiday Playlist
This is a winter playlist made for unhurried moments. For mornings that begin slowly and evenings that soften as they go.
The selections lean away from the obvious. Instead of grandeur or celebration, the focus is on ease, melody, and flow. These are pieces that breathe. Music that accompanies rather than commands, chosen for their warmth, clarity, and natural sense of movement.
Familiar composers appear, but through their gentler works. Nothing here asks for attention through force. Each piece settles into the next, creating a listening experience that feels continuous and light, almost suspended in time.
1. F. Price: Song for Snow
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Jessica Cottis, Chloe Flower
2. Andreé: Christmas Spirit
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Jessica Cottis, Chloe Flower
3. Stephan Moccio: The Sound of Snow
4. Tchaikovsky: No.10, The Magic Castle on the Mountain of Sweets
5. J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion
No. 17, Chorale. Ich will hier bei dir stehen (Arr. for Piano by Rosey Chan)
6. Cameron Segal: First Snow
7. Jóhann Jóhannsson: Beauty
Alice Sara Ott
8. Jóhann Jóhannsson: The Theory of Everything
Alice Sara Ott
9. C. V. Alkan: Recueil de Chants: No. 6 Barcarolle
Bruce Liu
10. A. Scriabin: No. 21 in B-flat Major. Andante
Mikhail Pletnev
This is not music for festivities. It is music for presence. For quiet rooms, winter light, and the kind of beauty that reveals itself slowly. Thoughtfully curated, slightly unexpected, and meant to be returned to, long after the season has passed.