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Gentle classical for stillness and calm

Step into a world of calm with a blend of meditative orchestral movements, gentle piano pieces, and choral reflections.

Step into a world of calm with a blend of meditative orchestral movements, gentle piano pieces, and choral reflections. Your perfect companion for relaxation, reflection, or simply unwinding.

With soothing melodies from Alexis Ffrench, John Rutter, and Undine Smith Moore, and calming classics from Gustav Holst, Florence Price, Robert Schumann, and more.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • John Rutter

    5 Meditations for Orchestra: No. 4, Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.
  • William Byrd

    Miserere mihi, Domine

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Conductor: James Galway. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Max Richter

    Spring 1 (2012)

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne II - After Dawn

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: II. Andante

    Performer: Jen艖 Jand贸. Conductor: M谩ty谩s Antal. Orchestra: Concentus Hungaricus.
    • Naxos.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"

    Ensemble: ACh Duo.
    • Qbk.
  • Philip Stopford

    In My Father's House

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records Ltd.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11/5: III. Minuetto - Trio - Minuetto da capo

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.
  • Sharon Bezaly

    Duology

    Composer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sharon Bezaly.
    • Platoon.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In Memoriam"

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Mart铆nez.
    • Chandos.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert, Op. 77: II. Demande et reponse

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • Cedille.
  • William Lloyd Webber

    The Moon

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • Naxos.
  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    saman

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61: III. Adagio espressivo

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Andrea Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Composer: Ennio Morricone. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Sophie Hutchings

    Billow Gently

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Performer: Sophie Hutchings.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Mark Butler

    Dona nobis pacem

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op.70

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • SOMM Recordings.
  • Amy Beach

    The Hermit thrush at eve Op.92 no.1

    Performer: Christopher O鈥橰iley.
    • Delos.
  • Hubert Parry

    Lady Radnor Suite: Slow Minuet

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through The Valley

    • VOCES8 Records.
  • Gustav Holst

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

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • NE Selektive.
  • A. Blomqvist

    Pohjola

    Performer: A. Blomqvist.
    • XXIM Records.
  • Jos茅 White Lafitte

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

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Daniel Bacheler

    Pavan

    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Le si猫ge de Corinthe: Air. 'Juste ciel'

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Masterworks.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Sophie-Mayuko Vetter. Orchestra: Hamburger Symphoniker. Conductor: Peter Ruzicka.
    • Mozart: Concertos & Fantasia in C Minor, K. 396.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9: I. Largo

    Performer: Ladislav Kysel谩k. Conductor: Richard Edlinger. Orchestra: Capella Istropolitana.
    • Naxos.
  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Pavanne

    Performer: Josephine Gandolfi.
    • Cambria.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian II Suite, Op. 27: II. Elegy

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.
    • Linn Records.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Together Without You

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media vita

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Records.

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