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A peaceful pause with classical music

Take a quiet pause with gentle classical music and soundscapes from the natural world. Featuring reflective piano, warm orchestral movements, and flowing vocal textures.

Find stillness in your day with this calming collection of classical music and soundscapes from the natural world. From reflective piano, to warm orchestral movements, and flowing vocal textures, this mix offers a tranquil atmosphere to help you rest and restore.

Featuring an exclusive first listen of a new release by Lucy Walker, and tracks by Eyd铆s Evensen, and Rachel Portman. Plus recently rediscovered works from Erik Satie, and gorgeous arrangements of classical favourites from Anna Lapwood, Hayato Sumino, The Kanneh-Masons, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind, MM.

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    Ar Lan y M么r (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble)

    Ensemble: The Kanneh鈥怣asons.
    • Traditional: Ar Lan y M么r (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Lucy Walker

    Today

    Ensemble: St Martin鈥檚 Voices. Director: Andrew Earis.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Zdes' khorosho ('How Fair This Spot'), Op. 21, No. 7

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Reflections.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Brent Faiyaz

    Aberfan

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Welsh Music for Strings.
    • Rubicon.
    • 6.
  • Erik Satie

    脡mergence du quatri猫me Nocturne

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Satie: Discoveries.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: 2. Romance (Larghetto)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Polish Festival Orchestra.
    • Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 02.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune, L. 75

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Lyricist: Mary Louise Martin. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Daley: Grandmother Moon.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Toshifumi Hinata

    Never Forgiven

    Performer: Toshifumi Hinata. Music Arranger: Toshifumi Hinata. Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Conductor: Zolt谩n Pad.
    • 銉嶃兇銈°兗銉曘偐銉笺偖銉栥兂.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 1.
  • Lucy Walker

    There will come soft rains

    Ensemble: St Martin鈥檚 Voices. Director: Andrew Earis.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique (Arr. Vennart for Saxophone & Ensemble)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • N. Boulanger: Cantique (Arr. Vennart for Saxophone & Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • John Rutter

    Gloria: II. Andante

    Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - British Composers. Britten, Vaughan Will.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming Op.15 No. 3

    Performer: Eline Marlene.
    • Beach: Dreaming.
    • T茅l猫s Music.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Colbert. Performer: Sphinx Virtuosi.
    • Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    In Paradisum

    Performer: Hayato Sumino. Music Arranger: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 4.
  • Eyd铆s Evensen

    Eternal

    Composer: Ari Bragi K谩rason. Performer: Eyd铆s Evensen. Performer: Ari Bragi K谩rason.
    • Eternal.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta, FP 141: III. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060R: III. Allegro

    Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Performer: Martynas. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Lyricist: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Melancholy Variation.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If Ye Love Me

    Director: Andrew Fletcher. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra. Director: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • The Sound Corporation.
  • Dan Jones

    Solemn Love

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • On Chesil Beach (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Rachel Portman

    June

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • June.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: I. Sonata. Grave - Allegro

    Conductor: Jonathan Cohen. Ensemble: Arcangelo.
    • Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Philip Stopford

    In My Father's House

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records Ltd.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Stargazer: VI. The Milky Way

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Marie Awadis

    脡tude No. 8: Through the Window

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • 脡tudes M茅lodiques (Deluxe).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41: III. Lento

    Performer: Parry Karp. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.
    • Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Adolph Bal.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Ssens Trio.
    • Mozart: Divertimento K. 563 / Preludes and Fugues K. 404a.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 2.
  • George Rochberg

    Caprice Variations: No. 36, Largo. Sereno

    Performer: Gidon Kremer.
    • A Paganini - Virtuoso Violin Music.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Afterglow

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • Time.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 4.
  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 3: I. Andantino

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cobalt.
    • Reflets du temps.
    • GFN Classics.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Moderato assai quasi Andante - Thema

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / Dvo艡谩k: Silent Woods; R.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.
  • Lara Somogyi

    oasis

    Composer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais.
    • oasis.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.
  • Manuel de Falla

    7 Canciones populares espa帽olas: No. 3, Asturiana

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • Falla: 7 Canciones populares espa帽olas: No. 3, Asturiana (Transcr. Llobet &.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star

    Music Arranger: Ellie Consta. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Her Ensemble.
  • Lucy Walker

    There is no rose

    Ensemble: St Martin鈥檚 Voices. Director: Andrew Earis.
    • Resonus Classics.

Broadcasts

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