Music and art are inexorably bound together, and this playlist of inspirational and relaxing classical works provides the perfect background to time spent drawing and painting. From the iconic ? rst notes of Promenade from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, to Murphy's sublime Scintillation from And then at night I paint the stars, these works span a multitude of hues and tones, from Higdon's Pale Yellow to Bliss's Purple. Prime your canvas, prepare your palette and immerse yourself in a world of colour and sound.

Artists

Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Adam Neiman (piano), Shin-ichi Fukuda (guitar), Miroslav Safar (oboe), Peter Nagy (piano), Mathieu Dufour (flute), Joseph Genualdi (violin), Rami Solomonow (viola), Brant Taylor (cello), Irina Kulikova (guitar), Judy Loman (harp), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Chamber Orchestra of New York, Orchestre National de Lyon, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Cypress String Quartet, English Northern Philharmonia, Theodore Kuchar, Salvatore Di Vittorio, Jun Märkl, Andreas Herm Baumgartner, Robert Craft, David Lloyd-Jones