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Peaceful melodies for ultimate relaxation

Relax into this collection of classical music, carefully chosen to bring you peace.

Press play and enjoy three hours of peaceful classical music, hand-picked to aid your relaxation.

Featuring glowing orchestral tones from Edouard Lalo and Ronald Binge, choral delights from Alonso Lobo and J.S. Bach, as well as soothing piano trios from Mel Bonis and Judith Lang Zaimont. Plus, recent releases from Tenebrae, Kotaro Fukuma, and Vittorio Forte, all paired with transporting 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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Music Played

  • 脡douard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: IV. Andante

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio Reimagined: 2. Largo

    Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    A Good Night

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Records.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Lakm茅 / Act 1: "Sous le d么me 茅pais"

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Mel Bonis

    Soir et matin, Op. 76: I. Soir

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Murmurations

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Rapha毛l Feuill芒tre. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Caroline Shaw

    ...and the Swallow

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Records.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

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

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Cedille.
  • Jo Yeong-wook

    Recollection (From "Nine Puzzles")

    Composer: Yeom Heesu. Performer: Jo Yeong-wook.
    • Hollywood Records.
  • Franz Schubert

    Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D 343 (arr for choir)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Christian Georg. Choir: Vokalensemble. Conductor: Klaas Stok.
    • NDR Vokalensemble.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo

    Performer: Danny Driver. Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Suite for Lute in F-Sharp Minor (Arr. for Guitar)

    Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Quincy Jones

    The First Letter (From "The Color Purple")

    Composer: J. Lubbock. Composer: Rod Temperton. Composer: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Quincy Jones. Conductor: Dick Hazard.
    • Qwest Records IGA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    10 Chorale Preludes, BV B 27: No. 2, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

    Performer: Kotaro Fukuma. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.
  • Carlos Simon

    Warmth from Other Suns: Settle

    Conductor: Carlos Simon. Ensemble: Carlos Simon Collective.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht (Arr. for Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Robert Kulek.
    • Orfeo.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No. 5, Op. 64: II. Andante

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Introit, Op. 6

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings (Remastered)

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • William Byrd

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Conductor: Timothy Brown. Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
    • Heritage Records.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 2 in A Minor, B. 64

    Performer: Vittorio Forte.
    • OnClassical.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux. Intrada

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Fr茅d茅ric Chaslin. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Justin Hurwitz

    Mia and Sebastian's Theme (From "La La Land")

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Robert Lowry

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Ensemble: Ringmasters.
    • VOCES8 Records.
  • Imogen Holst

    Variations on "Loth to Depart": Theme

    Performer: Alice Farnham. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Afterglow

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • XXIM Records.
  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre 茅t茅: L'apr猫s-midi

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Judith Lang Zaimont

    Serenade (version for piano trio)

    Performer: Awadagin Pratt. Performer: Melissa White. Performer: Paul Wiancko.
    • Navona.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chor. "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine

    Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Orchestra: Capricorn. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Rita Strohl

    Solitude (Arr. for Violin and Piano)

    Ensemble: Esther Abrami & Kim Barbier.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76 No. 5, II. Largo cantabile e mesto

    Performer: D贸ra Kokas. Performer: Katalin Kokas. Performer: Noemi Gyori. Performer: P茅ter B谩rsony.
    • Hungaroton.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.
    • Archiv Produktion.

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