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Lose yourself in flowing melodies

Take a moment to unwind, relax and focus - with some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music.

Enjoy time to unwind with this selection of some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music - the perfect escape from the stresses of the everyday.

Featuring glowing harmonies by Jules Massenet, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Gabriel Faur茅, and gorgeous pieces from Florence Price, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Eric Whitacre and more.

Produced by James C Taylor.
An Overcoat Media production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind, MM.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 6 Mar 2026 06:00

Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    M茅ditation from Tha茂s

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • RT脡 Lyric.
  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite: I. At Evening Bell

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apr猫s un r锚ve, Op. 7, No. 1

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Joe Hisaishi

    la pioggia

    Performer: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Orchestra Citt脿 di Ferrara.
    • Universal Music LLC.
  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major: II. Adagio

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Cedille.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise Op.34

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
  • Seckou Keita

    Gobaith

    Composer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Pr茅lude

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johannes Brahms

    16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-Flat Major

    Performer: 陌dil Biret.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre 茅t茅, l'apr猫s-midi

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • UGC Images/ADA France.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Violin Concerto, Op. 48: II. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Tebe poem (from Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom)

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Opalescence, Op. 72

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • ASC Records.
  • Vincent d鈥橧ndy

    Suite de Karadec, Op. 34b: II. Chanson

    Orchestra: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard.
    • Warner Classics.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove: II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.
  • John Rutter

    What Sweeter Music

    Ensemble: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2

    Performer: Christopher Hopkins.
    • Arabesque Recordings.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Six Canonic Studies, Op. 56: No. 1, Con moto egual'e dolce

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and Expressively

    Performer: David Singer. Orchestra: A Far Cry.
    • Naxos.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia On Greensleeves

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • William Lloyd Webber

    The Moon

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Florence Maude Ewart

    Prelude no.3

    Performer: Jeanell Carrigan.
    • Wirripang.
  • Donna McKevitt

    Lumen

    Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Hyperion.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: 2. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Francis.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Sancho Panza Records.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Love's Labour's Lost, 1. Soliloquy 1: So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Andante soave

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Eleanor Dunnet

    Exhale

    Ensemble: 麻豆社 Singers.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Bluebird

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Naxos.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Opus

    Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger.
    • Universal Music China.
  • John Sheppard

    Media vita in morte sumus: II. Media vita in morte sumus (Antiphona)

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell Records.
  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Piano Trio: II. Andante con espressione

    Performer: Lucia Negro. Performer: Bernt Lysell. Performer: Ola Karlsson.
    • Musica Sveciae.
  • Augusta Holm猫s

    La Nuit et l'Amour: Interlude de l'ode symphonique

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Composer: Samuel Friedmann.
    • Marco Polo.
  • Thomas Farnon

    Impromptu, No.1

    Performer: Thomas Farnon.
    • Chromium Music Group.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

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