Music for Rest and Recovery
As part of the 麻豆社's Wellbeing Week, Radio 3 Unwind's Niall Breslin curates a mixtape on the theme of Rest and Recovery.
As part of the 麻豆社's Wellbeing Week, Radio 3 Unwind's Niall Breslin curates a mixtape on the theme of Rest and Recovery.
We start off with a Berceuse, or lullaby, by Amy Beach to sink us straight into a restful state. Edward MacDowell鈥檚 Starlight is a picture of the sea on a starry night 鈥� being by water often brings about a sense of awe, shifting us into an almost-meditative state that promotes relaxation. We travel on to the Isles of Greece with John Foulds, a timeless piece of light music drenched in sunshine to calm our nervous systems, and Voces8 provide us with the chance to rest and reflect in their transcendent setting of Sigur Ros鈥� Fljotavik.
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Amy Beach
Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Children's Cello.
- BIS.
- 17.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Requiem for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (Op.48), In Paradisum
Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Robert Schumann
Davidsb眉ndlert盲nze, Op 6 (No 5, Einfach)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Decca.
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Edward MacDowell
Starlight [Sea Pieces, Op.55]
Orchestra: Filharmonie Bohuslava Martin暖 Zl铆n. Conductor: Charles Johnson.- Albany Records.
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Johannes Brahms
Waltz in A major, Op.39 no.15
Ensemble: Duo Tal & Groethuysen.- Sony.
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John Foulds
Impressions of Time and Place (Isles of Greece Op.48)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
- Epoch.
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Sigur R贸s
贵濒箩贸迟补惫铆办
Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Emma Denton. Performer: Sam Becker. Choir: VOCES8.- DECCA.
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Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.- Alpha Classics.
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