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Peaceful melodies for total relaxation

A collection of peaceful classical music to help switch off your mind.

A three-hour collection of peaceful classical music to help switch off your mind and sink into a relaxed state.

Featuring warming orchestral tones from Jules Massenet and Florence Price and thoughtful solo piano from J.S. Bach and Margaret Bonds.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    La Vierge, Pt. 4: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    II. Largo From Sonata In C minor. F XVI No. 1

    Ensemble: Eroica Trio.
    • Angel Records.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire Is the Heaven

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Collegium.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite for Piano: II. The Bells

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D Major, No. 2: Adagio

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Turibio Santos. Conductor: Claudio Scimone. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Rebecca Dale

    true love

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Klara Romac. Performer: Tom Walley. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Records.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Andrea Bacchetti.
    • Dynamic.
  • Philippe Sarde

    Main Theme (From "Les choses de la vie")

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Music Arranger: Dimitri Soudoplatoff. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Henri B眉sser

    Les cygnes

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Peter Warlock

    An Old Song

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • EMF Endeavours.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Records.
  • Michael Tippett

    A Child of our Time, Part III: Preludium

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: II. Largo, maestoso

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • John Rutter

    A Gaelic Blessing

    Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Collegium.
  • Sophie Hutchings

    Billow Gently

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Performer: Sophie Hutchings.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord

    Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • Signum Records.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Gadalaiki - 1. Balt膩 ainava

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Conductor: David Parry. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Son of Mary

    Ensemble: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude & Fugue in C Major: I. Prelude

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
    • Simax Classics.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    God be merciful

    Conductor: Adolphus Hailstork. Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Orchestral Suite: Stillness

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: II. I was way down a-yonder

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Chandos.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Un Dia de Noviembre

    Performer: Thibault Cauvin.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude (From "49th Parallel")

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Morton Gould.
    • Citadel / Mafy.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Performer: Gabriel Crouch. Performer: Gallicantus.
    • Signum Records.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 - "American" B.179: 2. Lento

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Masterworks.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major: III. Un poco adagio

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • CPO/ Naxos.
  • John Ireland

    Ex ore innocentium

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.

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