Now that’s What I Call Music (NTWICM), the UK’s biggest and longest-running compilation brand, has released a new album just in time for Christmas. It’s called Now That’s What I Call Relaxing ...

From Michael Nyman to Meredith Monk, we bliss out in some of the most mesmerising, hypnotic and calming minimalist music ever written. The guiding principle of minimalist music, said founding father ...

Scientists have performed extensive feline tests to determine what music cats prefer when they're undergoing surgery, with Barber's Adagio for Strings coming out on top. The study, which was ...

If you were shopping in the music department of the Borders store near the Galleria recently, you might have noticed a display for something called The Most Relaxing Classical Album. .. Ever! This CD, ...

A few nights ago I was fortunate enough to listen to the New York Philharmonic play a beautiful program of Schumann and Brahms at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. At a dinner graciously hosted by a ...

Taking your cat to the vet is never a pleasant experience. Not for you, and certainly not for Mr. Tiddles. But new research has shown classical music played during surgery can actually help to relax ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In a recent paper (Kosiuk and Szmolyan (2011)), the authors discuss a relaxation oscillator which apparently has not been put in standard ...

If you were shopping in the music department of your local Borders recently, you might have noticed a display for something called "The Most Relaxing Classical Album . . . Ever!" This CD, a ...