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Step into classical stillness

Relax your mind, body and soul with this collection of classical tunes.

Soothe your mind, body and soul with this collection of classical tunes handpicked to aid your relaxation.

Featuring warm orchestral favourites from Edward Elgar and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as lighter textures from Liz Dilnot Johnson and Heitor Villa-Lobos and glowing choral melodies from Gabriel Faure and Christopher H. Harris.

All this, alongside new releases from the 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra, Trio RoVerde and Luke Faulkner and captivating natural soundscapes to help you drift off into a world of peace.

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

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Fr茅d茅ric Chaslin. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter鈥檚 Virtuosi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l'air

    Performer: James Ross. Ensemble: B眉y眉kada Ensemble.
    • Ulysses Arts.
  • Liz Dilnot Johnson

    In the Mirror: I. For Hester

    Performer: Heather Tuach. Performer: Yoko Misumi.
    • Divine Art Limited.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 24: II. Andante

    Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Trad.

    All Things Are Quite Silent

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • Signum Records.
  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and expressively -

    Orchestra: A Far Cry.
    • Naxos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Bill Elliott. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Maggie Chan

    How We Danced

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Rosey Chan.
  • Pau Casals

    Song of the Birds

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta Soloists.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx Classics.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Elegy, Op. 43

    Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: Ren茅 Clausen.
    • Signum Records.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Opus

    Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger.
    • Universal Music China.
  • Robert Lowry

    Shall We Gather at the River?

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bill Elliott.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Theme & Variations, Op. 3

    Performer: Mitra Kotte.
    • Genuin.
  • William Byrd

    Tribulatio Proxima Est

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.
    • Signum Records.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - II. Andante ma non troppo

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

    Clarinet Sonata in D Major: I. Allegretto scorrevole

    Performer: Goran Gojevic.
    • Naxos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein, BWV 2: Chorale. (Arr. for String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Song of the Black Swan

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45. Sostenuto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Christopher H. Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Lyricist: Langston Hughes. Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Christopher H. Harris.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor S.Z799: 2. Adagio

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

    Continuance

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Richard Addinsell

    The Isle of Apples (From "The Saviours")

    Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.
  • Luke Faulkner

    Esja

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Lime Blue Music Limited.
  • John Tavener

    Mother of God

    Composer: Mikhail Lermontov. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • Signum Records.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H.277: I. Adagio ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cobalt.
    • GFN Classics.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Pleiades Dances, Vol. I, Op. 71 - No. 3, Summer Pastoral

    Performer: Stanford Cheung.
    • Azure Sky.
  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy (Arr. for Solo Cello)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes arranged for Orchestra, Book I L. 117: No. 10 La cath茅drale engloutie

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor Op.60 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Katarzyna Budnik-Ga艂膮zka. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • 苍补茂惫别.

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