Most Beautiful Music You Listen To, When You Need Calm?

[foalpatrol]

Handel's Water Music Suites.

[Loa]

I'm a big Enya fan (listened to her when I couldn't sleep for the noise in Bali!) but I also love talking hypnosis and relaxation.

[Desert Rose]

Lately I've been running my relax music nonstop There's several artists I absolutely love that makes such beautifull relaxing, calm almost fantasylike music:

David Arkenstone
Llewellyn
Enya
Mike Rowland

Those are my absolute favourties but I always keep searching on Youtube and find random songs everywhere that are great too

[Icecrystalline]

Wow beautiful music everyone! I'm going to try to listen to one track from each artist suggested tonight whilst cooking tonight

[Broken Irishwoman]

Oasis by Tarja Turunen! 

[Sonata]

Sigur Rós ! Or classical music.

[Vertefae]

Jazz or Big Band swing always calms me down

[Beldarna]

Enya, Sarah Brightman, Clannad and Loreena McKennit.

[Kaeldre]

Joe Hisaishi and game soundtracks.

More specifically

Mass Effect
Heavy Rain
Legend of Mana
Portal 2
Final Fantasy

[Koudoawaia]

Classical music and anything by Steve Green or Wes King does it for me.

[BrightSide]

I tend to listen to Florence + the Machine 'Shake it Out' if I need to keep myself calm like before something important, or I'm feeling really stressed out

I listen to the unplugged version when I need to stay strong.. such an inspirational song ^^ <3

Going to agree with Yiruma, Clannad and Sigur Ros.. Lucy Rose is an artist I adore at the moment, her music is serene.. I think Tori Amos' music is beautiful also, and Beth Orton.

[mlp4me]

Duncan Sheik or America... no particular songs, but they work wonders...

[Rainbow Dash]

Ironically, Enya has the exact opposite effect on me- nails on a chalkboard.  Oh gosh, I can't stand her at all.

The music I find relaxing is Air Supply, Bread, Gordon Lightfoot, and the Carpenters.  Since I see America's been mentioned I will echo them.

So I'll toss a link to one song each:

Air Supply: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWbrPUxidao

Bread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vOq6UPhvDE

Carpenters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-nlLQEfxx8

Gordon Lightfoot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqMG3VR5PP4

[sarafina]

Enya, Loreena McKennitt, and Sigur Ros.  Listening to the Beatles or solo-Beatles music always cheers me up, though if I'm looking for a calm mood, those first three usually do the trick.

[Pheasant]

Anything by Clannad; especially Eirigh Suas A Stoirin, Eleanor Plunkett, Skelling, and Coinleach Ghlas an Fhomhair.(Their The Celtic Voice edition has some stunning vocals at the end; if you listen to any versions of it, find that one.) Enya was actually a member of Clannad; so if you enjoy her music, you will enjoy theirs.

A few other calming songs by random bands are;
Please - Turn Off The Stars
Ships In The Night - Mat Kearney (This one is pretty upbeat, but it always brings up my mood)
Best Is Yet To Come - Red
Let It Burn - Red (Very sad, but a gorgeous song.)

I've also found some video game soundtracks to be very calming as well; most notably the Spyro Dawn of the Dragon soundtrack. Try listening to songs such as The Valley of Avalar and Burned Lands 2. The Fire Emblem - Path of Radiance soundtrack has some vocals such as Life Returns, Grace, and Rafiel's Aria that have a wonderfully calm feeling. <3