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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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.
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Antonio Vivaldi
II. Largo From Sonata In C minor. F XVI No. 1
Ensemble: Eroica Trio.- Angel Records.
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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.
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William Henry Harris
Faire Is the Heaven
Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.- Collegium.
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Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite for Piano: II. The Bells
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Albany Records.
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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.
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Joaqu铆n Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Performer: Turibio Santos. Conductor: Claudio Scimone. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.- Warner Classics International.
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Kate Bush
This Woman's Work
Performer: Jess Gillam. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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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.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
Performer: Andrea Bacchetti.- Dynamic.
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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.
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Henri B眉sser
Les cygnes
Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.- Sony Classical.
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Peter Warlock
An Old Song
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- EMF Endeavours.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto
Performer: Ji Liu.- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Eleanor Daley
Grandmother Moon
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- Signum Records.
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Michael Tippett
A Child of our Time, Part III: Preludium
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Chandos Records Limited.
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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).
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John Rutter
A Gaelic Blessing
Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.- Collegium.
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Sophie Hutchings
Billow Gently
Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Performer: Sophie Hutchings.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Benjamin Britten
Concord
Performer: Matthew Barley.- Signum Records.
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Peteris Vasks
Gadalaiki - 1. Balt膩 ainava
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
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Ronald Binge
Sailing By
Conductor: David Parry. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.- Warner Classics International.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Son of Mary
Ensemble: London Voices.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude & Fugue in C Major: I. Prelude
Performer: Lang Lang.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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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.
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Howard Skempton
Lento
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.- NMC Recordings.
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Adolphus Hailstork
God be merciful
Conductor: Adolphus Hailstork. Choir: London Voices.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Ida Moberg
Sunrise Orchestral Suite: Stillness
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.- Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: II. I was way down a-yonder
Ensemble: Neave Trio.- Chandos.
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Leo Brouwer
Un Dia de Noviembre
Performer: Thibault Cauvin.- Sony Classical.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Prelude (From "49th Parallel")
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Morton Gould.- Citadel / Mafy.
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Thomas Tallis
O Sacrum Convivium
Performer: Gabriel Crouch. Performer: Gallicantus.- Signum Records.
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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).
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George Frideric Handel
Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)
Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.- Berlin Classics.
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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.
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Emilie Mayer
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major: III. Un poco adagio
Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.- CPO/ Naxos.
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John Ireland
Ex ore innocentium
Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Signum Records.
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