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. Maybe because I wanted to retain an introspective atmosphere, but also include some ‘tension – release dynamics’ to avoid the mix becoming too ‘easy listening’.
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.
Full tracklist in the comments; download option available on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2025-04/opus-mix/
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@DreamScenes you may have to come up with new name for a genre that combines Classical and ambient elements together in a modern context. Clambient? Lol. Post-classical-acoustic-ambient-minimalism?
Althoud 'Clambient' sounds a bit seafood-ish, I added it to the ambient subgenre definition page:
https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2006-12/the-ambient-subgenre-definitions/
@DreamScenes yes definitely too shellfish. Class-bient? Hehe. What would Eno do? Or Arvo?
Blasphemy? No way...Bliss-phemy! Perfect balance between the classical and ambient worlds! Keep it up!
:-) Thank you! :-)
Tracklist
00:00 Anton Friisgaard – You Never Wanna Do Anything Fun
Minor Blossoms, 2024
02:10 Alexander Knaifel – O Comforter
Lukomoriye, 2018
Lege Artis Choir, Boris Abalian
03:44 Erik K. Skodvin – Alone In The Dark
Darkness OST, 2025
05:04 Djivan Gasparyan – Memories
Provenance, 2011
Maya Beiser – Cello
06:04 Markus Guentner – Hive
Black Dahlia, 2025
09:16 Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hidden – Past And Present
Rhizoma, 2011
10:27 Arvo Pärt – Solitudine – Stato D’Animo
Lamentate, 2005
SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko
11:59 Paul Beaudoin – That Empty Room
Early January, 2024
14:44 Jane Antonia Cornish – Yügen
Seascapes, 2019
16:59 Arvo Pärt – The Deer’s Cry
Choral Music, 2014
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
18:16 Jane Antonia Cornish – Yüge
Seascapes, 2019
19:33 Chihei Hatakeyama – Mizar
Norma, 2012
20:44 Krzysztof Penderecki – The Awakening Of Jacob (aka The Dream Of Jacob)
The Shining Complete Soundtrack, 2005
Polish Radio National Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
24:44 Jana Irmert – No Ground To Fall On
When I Dissolve, 2024
26:30 Kloob – Whispers Of The Ethereal Current
Drone Islands – Borealis, 2024
27:29 Valentin Silvestrov – Hymn 2001
Leggiero, Pesante, 2002
Valentin 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 46
Miserere, 1994
Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus, John Nelson
36:52 Handel – Xerxes – Larghetto
Night Music 8, 1991
Capella Istropolitana, Richard Edlinger
40:21 Jóhann Jóhansson & BJ Nilsen – Shower
I Am Here, 2014
40:30 Erik K. Skodvin – Alone In The Dark
From Darkness OST, 2025
41:55 Enrique Crespo – Brückner Etude Für Das Tiefe Blech
New Trombone Collective, 2007
45:08 Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hidden Inwards
Rhizoma, 2011
46:24 Traditional – El Cant De La Sibil-La – La Catalunya
la Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall
50:17 Kenji Kawai – Type 2052 Hadaly
Innocence, Ghost In The Shell 2, 2004
51:19 We Like We & Jacob Kirkegaard – Ganymede & Zeus
Time Is Local, 2019