Classical music for calming reflection
Retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life with this calming classical music mix.
Retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life with this calming classical music mix.
Featuring choral excellence from William Walton and Robert Nathaniel Dett, solo piano lines from Erik Satie and Errollyn Wallen, and pensive organ solos from Olivia Belli and Adolphus Hailstork.
Produced by Katie Hill.
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM.
On radio
Music Played
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Pastoral Symphony, "Pifa"
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.- Naxos.
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Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly / Act 2: Humming Chorus
Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Ave Maria
Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.- Marquis Classics.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo
Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.- Warner Classics.
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Ernest Farrar
English Pastoral Impressions: I. Spring Morning
Performer: Howard Shelley. Conductor: Alasdair Mitchell. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Joby Talbot
Ink Dark Moon
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Jean Fran莽aix
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1986): III. Andante
Ensemble: Trio Solis.- MSR Classics.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Beati Quorum Via
Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.- Signum Records.
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Teresa Carre帽o
Plainte elegia, No. 1, Op. 17
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.
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Franz Schubert
Ave Maria
Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- Sony Classical.
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Valgeir Sigur冒sson
I Offer Prosperity and Eternal Life
Performer: Valgeir Sigur冒sson.- Bedroom Community.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
String Quartet in C Minor: II. Andantino
Ensemble: Verdi-Quartett.- CPO.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Warner Classics.
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Hanna Raniszewska
Time
Performer: Hania Rani.- Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
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Vicente Lusitano
Emendemus in melius
Ensemble: 麻豆社 Singers. -
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- AVIE Records.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2
Ensemble: I Musici.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Alexis Ffrench
The Way It Was
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Sony Classical.
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Barnaby Taylor
Mountains
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: Chinese Ensemble. Conductor: Barnaby Taylor.- Parlophone UK.
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Tatsuji Toyozumi
Alto Saxophone Sonatina: II. Arioso
Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.- OMF.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2
Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Lyricist: Pierre Beaumarchais. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.- Decca.
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John Field
Nocturne No. 16 in C Major, H.60
Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Leonora Duarte
Sinfonia No. 4
Performer: Amy Domingues. Performer: Elizabeth Weinfield. Performer: Jude Ziliak. Performer: Shirley Hunt. Performer: Toma Iliev. Ensemble: Sonnambula.- Centaur Records, Inc..
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Kerensa Briggs
Requiem: IX. In Paradisum
Performer: Anita Monserrat. Performer: Richard Gowers. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Delphian Records.
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Alma Deutscher
In Memoriam (Adagio from Piano Concerto)
Performer: Alma Deutscher.- Sony Classical.
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major
Orchestra: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard.- Warner Classics International.
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Michael Berkeley
Cradle Song
Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.- Orchid Classics.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No. 62 in C Major, No. 3: "Emperor": II. Poco adagio - cantabile
Ensemble: Kod谩ly Quartet.- Cobra Entertainment LLC..
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Serenade
Performer: Oleg Timofeyev.- Naxos.
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Omar Sosa
Mesticanza
Composer: Paolo Fresu. Performer: Omar Sosa. Performer: Paolo Fresu.- Tuk Music.
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Herbert Howells
Like as the Hart
Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.- Naxos.
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Jos茅 White Lafitte
Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Daniel Hege. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.- Cedille.
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Ferdinand Ries
Sextet in G Minor, Op. 142: II. Adagio con moto
Orchestra: Franz Ensemble.- Dabringhaus Und Grimm Audiovision GmBH.
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Bryce Dessner
Ornament 2
Performer: Vanessa Wagner.- THE BACK OFFICE.
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Jennifer Higdon
Breeze Serenade (Dance Card)
Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- Cedille.
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C茅sar Franck
Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Jeremy Denk.- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "on the G String"
Performer: David Bell. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Arvo P盲rt
The Beatitudes
Performer: Andrew Reid. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.- Warner Classics International.
Broadcasts
- Fri 15 Nov 2024 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Tue 26 Nov 2024 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Sun 8 Dec 2024 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Thu 3 Apr 2025 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Sat 3 May 2025 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Sat 31 May 2025 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Mon 30 Jun 2025 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Sun 10 Aug 2025 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Mon 8 Sep 2025 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Mon 27 Oct 2025 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Tue 25 Nov 2025 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Wed 18 Feb 2026 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Thu 19 Mar 2026 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind