Float away into a world of classical calm
Relax into this 3 hour mix of calming classical music chosen to help you unwind.
Press play and enjoy relaxing into this 3 hour mix of calming classical music chosen carefully to help you unwind.
Featuring orchestral favourites from Georges Bizet and Edward Elgar, along with restful piano from Montague Ring and Maurice Ravel and soothing choral tones from Stephen Foster and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, plus recent releases from Esther Abrami, Nicholas Daniel and Anna Shelest, all paired with soothing soundscapes from the natural world.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61, R. 198: II. Andantino quasi allegretto
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel
Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 3, StWV 127/3: II. Andante
Conductor: Johannes Moesus. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.- CPO.
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Henry Purcell
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Matthias Maute. Choir: Ensemble ArtChoral.- Les Disques ATMA Inc..
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Anne Dudley
Medhel an Gwyns
Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jim茅nez.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo
Conductor: Marko Letonja. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.- Warner Classics.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Isle of Beauty
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Delphian Records.
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Roderick Elms
Visions of St Anne - Symphony for Orchestra: III. Lamentosa
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.- Signum Records.
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Teresa Carre帽o
Mi Teresita "Little Waltz" (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra)
Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jim茅nez.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Meno mosso (Excerpt)
Performer: Yunchan Lim. Orchestra: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Madeleine Dring
3 Pieces for Oboe & Piano: No. 1, Waltz
Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal. Performer: Nicholas Daniel.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Stephen Foster
Slumber, My Darling
Ensemble: VOCES8.- VOCES8 Records.
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Claude Debussy
Beau soir, CD 84 (Performed on Harp & Saxophone)
Performer: Alis Huws. Performer: Jess Gillam.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Cecilia McDowall
Music of the Stars: III. The Gift to Sing
Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.- Resonus Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Andante Cantabile for Cello and String Orchestra
Performer: Timo-Veikko Valve. Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.- ABC Classic.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet, M. 42
Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Anthony R. Green
The Green Double: II. Dance Reflections
Orchestra: Lowell Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Orlando Cela.- Navona.
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Olivia Belli
Limina Luminis
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Sony Classical.
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Lauri Porra
Utu
Performer: Lauri Porra. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Platoon.
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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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Franz Liszt
Harmonies po茅tiques et religieuses, S. 173: No. 9. Andante lagrimoso
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Sony Classical.
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Joby Talbot
Ink Dark Moon
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge
Columbine (Carnival, Suite of 5 dances, No 4)
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Albany Records.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.- Halle Concerts Society.
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Maurice Durufl茅
Quatre Motets, Op. 10: Tantum ergo
Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir.- Lammas.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso
Performer: Emmanuel Despax. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.- Signum Records.
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Benjamin Britten
A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: There Is No Rose
Performer: Sally Pryce. Conductor: David Temple. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus.- Signum Classics.
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Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr, H. 385: IX. September: At the River. Andante con moto
Performer: Anna Shelest.- Music and Arts Programs of America.
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Franz Schubert
Octet in F Major, D. 803: II. Adagio
Ensemble: Les Solistes OSM.- Groupe Analekta, Inc.
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Passacaille
Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante
Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter鈥檚 Virtuosi.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Alexis Ffrench
Photographs
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Sony Classical.
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Philip Herbert
Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- NMC Recordings.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Cantique de Jean Racine
Lyricist: Jean Racine. Choir: University of Washington Chorale. Conductor: Giselle Wyers.- MSR Classics.
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