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Block out the noise with calming classical music

Take a moment for yourself as you enjoy restful classical music combined with beautiful soundscapes from the natural world.

Take a moment for yourself as you enjoy restful classical music combined with beautiful soundscapes from the natural world.

Featuring a host of orchestral and piano favourites from Gabriel Faur茅, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy, and gorgeous harmonies from Eleanor Daley, Christopher H. Harris and Ivo Antognini.

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

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pell茅as et M茅lisande, Op. 80: 4. Sicilienne

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Records.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l'oc茅an

    Performer: Andr茅 Laplante.
    • Analekta.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: S茅lim Mazari.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn Records.
  • Luke Howard

    Dappled Light

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Nino Rota

    The Godfather: V. Love Theme

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Where Worlds Collide

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Frederick Delius

    2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    To the Stars

    Performer: Grace Francis.
    • TMI.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    New Tribes

    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
  • Ivo Antognini

    Lux aeterna

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Lyricist: Anon..
    • Hyperion.
  • Hania Rani

    Sun

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
  • Piero Piccioni

    Amore mio aiutami

    Performer: Piero Piccioni.
    • GDM.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Cello Sonata, FP 143: II. Cavatine

    Ensemble: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Robert Kulek.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Rhapsodie Orientale, Op. 29: 1. Andante

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune, L. 75

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Dan Jones

    Walk in the Meadows

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Dan Jones.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet In A, K.581: 2. Larghetto

    Performer: Eduard Brunner. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Jos茅 White Lafitte

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: 脡mile Naoumoff.
    • Marco-Polo.
  • Zeuss

    Bring me all your dreams

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

    Symphony No. 2 in One Movement, Op. 30: V. Adagio

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.
  • Max Richter

    Mercy

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets Op. 32: II. Venus, The Bringer of Peace

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • NE Selektive.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Berceuse

    Performer: Sara Chenal. Performer: Jean-Pierre Ferey.
    • Skarbo.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Vertigo Suite: III. Sc猫ne D'Amour

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo - attacca

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Rachel Portman

    much loved

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Node Records.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante d茅funte

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Adagio

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Naxos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 1

    Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus

    Performer: Andrew Fletcher. Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Ex Cathedra.
  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • AVIE Records.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Concerto For Violoncello And Strings: II. (Longing)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Johannes Brahms

    7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo (Adagio) in E Major

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

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