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A daily dose of calming classical music

Sink into the relaxing melodies of this three hour classical mix.

Sink into the relaxing melodies of this three hour classical mix and lighten the load of daily life. With choral excellence from Max Richter and Karl Jenkins, warm strings from Anna Clyne and Imogen Holst, and pensive piano from Clara Schumann and Philip Glass.

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

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly / Act 2: Humming Chorus

    Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Carl Stamitz

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Major: II. Romance - Andantino

    Performer: Christian Benda. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble)

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll bid my heart be Still

    Performer: Christian Musio. Performer: Gabriele De Carlo. Ensemble: Duo Synaist矛sia.
    • Indipendemo Records.
  • Dan Jones

    Walk in the Meadows

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
  • Marianna Martines

    Symphony in C Major: II. Andante ma non troppo

    Orchestra: Salzburger Hofmusik. Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
  • Mark Butler

    Dona nobis pacem

    Composer: Trad.. Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Mark Butler.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op 21: No. 1 in A Minor

    Performer: Jean鈥怭ierre Armengaud.
  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Sancho Panza Records.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Rose Bay

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    7 Gipsy Melodies, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4, Als die alte Mutter

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Conductor: Eivind Aadland. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 1, Valse Bohemienne

    Performer: Maya Magub. Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danses pour Harpe Chromatique: Danse profane

    Performer: Claire Jones. Conductor: Paul Watkins. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.
  • Imogen Holst

    Variations on "Loth to Depart": Var. V

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
  • Frank Ticheli

    There Will Be Rest

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (3-Part Invention) No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Olivia Belli

    Respiro 3

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob.VIIb:1: II. Adagio

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra M眉llejans.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • 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.
  • Philip Glass

    Glassworks: Opening

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

    Adiemus - Songs Of Sanctuary: Cantate Domino

    Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Polyphony.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • AVIE Records.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Winter Light (Version for Saxophone & Ensemble)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary": II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

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

    Performer: Dong-Hyek Lim. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Olivia Belli

    Pr茅lude (Arr. for 2 Guitars)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Max Janowski

    Avinu Malkeinu

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria

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

    Olorun Mi

    Performer: Maria Du Toit.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Stanley Myers

    Cavatina: for Trumpet and Piano

    Performer: Sivo Penev.
    • SP Trumpet Records.
  • John Williams

    Main Theme (From "The Fabelmans")

    Performer: Simone Pedroni.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Max Reger

    Nachtlied, Op. 138 No. 3

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

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