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Float into a world of classical calm

Allow this classical mix to transport you to a place of complete calm.

Allow this three hour mix of classical music to transport you to a place of complete calm. Featuring the subtle piano melodies of Alexis Ffrench and Maurice Ravel, the floating vocals from William Henry Harris and Hildegard Von Bingen, and orchestral warmth from Ralph Vaughan Williams and Florence Price.

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

3 hours

Last on

Sun 4 Jan 2026 06:00

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante

    Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Conductor: Ryan Cockerham. Orchestra: Jan谩膷kova filharmonie Ostrava.
    • Albany Records.
  • Anthony R. Green

    The Green Double: II. Dance Reflections

    Orchestra: Lowell Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Orlando Cela.
    • Navona.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: Ren茅 Clausen.
    • Signum Records.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

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

    Ensemble: Eroica Trio.
    • Angel Records.
  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. for 2 Guitars)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Maurice Ravel

    Antar (After N. Rimsky-Korsakov): No. 7, Allegretto

    Performer: Andr茅 Dussollier. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Naxos.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

    Composer: Charles Mackesy. Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Cello Sonata, Op. 46: II. Andante Sostenuto (Arr. for Violin and Strings)

    Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Ensemble: Lamentabile Consort.
    • Proprius.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    The Way It Was

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Minuet from String Quintet in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5

    Conductor: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Roderick Elms

    Visions of St Anne, Symphony for Orchestra: III. Lamentosa

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Records.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Meditation, Op. 32

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    尝谩驳谤颈尘补

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • RCA Gold Seal.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio

    Conductor: Ivan Podyomov. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine, M. 40: I. Mod茅r茅

    Performer: Seong鈥怞in Cho.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Das Jahr, H.385: VI. June. Serenade, allegro

    Performer: Gaia Sokoli.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Cerys Hafana

    Yr Elen

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.
  • JP Jofre

    Como El Agua

    Performer: JP Jofre. Performer: Wei-Yang Andy Lin.
    • Progressive Sounds.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Sequentia O, Jerusalem, aurea civitas

    Performer: Barbora Kab谩tkov谩. Performer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Performer: Margit 脺bellacker. Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble.
    • Ricercar.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden, Op. 39

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

    Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.
    • Ondine.
  • Daniel Bernard Roumain

    Lecolion Loops: after Uti V氓r Hage

    Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.
    • Albany Records.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43: I. Andante

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • Signum Records.
  • Henri B眉sser

    Les cygnes

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Credo: No. 5, I Believe in the Prince of Peace

    Performer: Lara Downes. Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Conductor: Grant Gershon.
    • Rising Sun Records.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 - 2. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Francis.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • John Ireland

    Ex ore innocentium

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    8 Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    El茅gie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. for Cello Ensemble)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Ashok Klouda. Performer: Nick Trygstad. Performer: Caroline Dearnley. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Josephine Knight. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Chris Murray. Performer: Robert Max.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • William Henry Harris

    Bring Us, O Lord God

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.

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