Experience deep calm with relaxing classical music
Take a moment for yourself and relax with three hours of calming classical music.
Take a step back from routine and enjoy a moment to relax with this three hour mix of soothing classical tunes, paired with soundscapes from the natural world.
Featuring performances from Samantha Ege, 鶹 National Orchestra of Wales, and David Fray, alongside new releases from Orlando Gibbons, Hildur Gudonadottir, and Olivia Belli.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 鶹 Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Guitar & Orchestra)
Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: John Williams. Conductor: William Goodchild. Orchestra: 鶹 Concert Orchestra.- The Guitar Master.
- Sony Classical.
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Edward Elgar
Falstaff, Op. 68: IId. Dream Interlude. Poco allegretto
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Rachmaninoff: The Bells - Elgar: Falstaff.
- harmonia mundi.
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Gregorio Allegri
Miserere Mei
Choir: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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William Grant Still
Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
- Azica Records.
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio
Performer: Samantha Ege. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: 鶹 Philharmonic Orchestra.- Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio.
- Resonus Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. for 5 Cellos)
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Max Ruisi.- J.S. Bach: Come, Sweet Death (Arr. for 5 Cellos).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Lili Boulanger
3 Morceaux: II. D'un Jardin Clair. Assez vite
Performer: Tiffany Poon.- Pentatone.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Performer: Jonathan Snowden. Performer: Skaila Kanga. Music Arranger: Ralph Greaves. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra.- Musique au coin du feu (Radio Classique).
- Warner Classics.
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Eleanor Daley
Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam I
Performer: Esmé Ellis. Conductor: Rupert Gough. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.- Eleanor Daley: Requiem and other choral works.
- Signum Records.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94: II. Andante con moto
Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.- Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 126: II. Adagio molto, Piu mosso
Performer: Benjamin Frith. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. Orchestra: 鶹 National Orchestra of Wales.- Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Works for Solo Piano.
- Champs Hill Records.
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Olivia Belli
Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ
Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Olivia Belli.- Belli: Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ.
- Warner Classics.
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Grace Williams
Elegy for String Orchestra
Orchestra: 鶹 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.- Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.
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Johannes Brahms
5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied "Guten Abend, gut Nacht"
Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.- Nacht und Träume. Transcriptions by Clytus Gottwald. Johannes Brahms – Peter Cor.
- Carus.
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Margaret Bonds
Troubled Water
Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.- Fantasie.
- Sony Classical.
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Yu‐Peng Chen
Daughter of the Sea and the Moon
Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Orchestra: International Master Philharmonic Orchestra.- Fantasyland.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Antonín Dvořák
Romantic Pieces, Op.75, B.150: IV. Larghetto
Performer: Andrea Cicalese. Performer: Julien Quentin.- Dvorak: Romantic Pieces.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Malcolm Arnold
Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
- Delphian Records.
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Ruth Gipps
Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 24: II. Andante
Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Orchestra: 鶹 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Arvo Pärt
The Beatitudes
Performer: Andrew Reid. Conductor: James O’Donnell. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.- 20th Century Choral Works - Apex.
- Warner Classics International.
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Hildur Guðnadóttir
Melody of Not Knowing
Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir.- Where to From.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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George Frideric Handel
Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 294, Op. 4 No. 6: I. Andante - Allegro
Performer: Xavier de Maistre.- äԻ.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Frederick Delius
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Icon: Vernon Handley.
- Parlophone UK.
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Joby Talbot
Ink Dark Moon
Orchestra: 鶹 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- The Moon & The Forest.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528: II. Andante
Performer: David Fray.- Baroque Encores.
- Warner Classics.
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Masato Nakamura
Before I Notice
Composer: Miwa Yoshida. Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.- OMF.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112: II. Andante tranquillo
Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112, II. Andante tranquillo.
- The Cleveland Orchestra.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
O Holy Lord
Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.- Marquis Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: 鶹 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Anna Clyne
Abstractions: III. Seascape
Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.- Anna Clyne: Abstractions.
- Naxos.
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Yann Tiersen
Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Voyage.
- Sony Classical.
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, I. Lever du jour
Performer: Julien Beaudiment. Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.- Ravel: The Flute Album.
- 貹é.
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Lars‐Erik Larsson
The Winter's Tale, Op. 18: I. Siciliana
Conductor: Jerker Johansson. Orchestra: Göteborg Wind Orchestra.- Winter.
- Naxos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIII (Arr. for Two Guitars)
Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Performer: Antoine Morinière. Music Arranger: Antoine Morinière. Music Arranger: Thibaut Garcia.- Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations: Variation XIII.
- Warner Classics.
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Orlando Gibbons
Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray
Choir: Dulwich Choral Society. Conductor: William Vann.- Albion Records.
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