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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

3 hours

Music Played

  • 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.
    • 3.
  • Edward Elgar

    Falstaff, Op. 68: IId. Dream Interlude. Poco allegretto

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells - Elgar: Falstaff.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere Mei

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • 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.
    • 5.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • 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..
    • 1.
  • Lili Boulanger

    3 Morceaux: II. D'un Jardin Clair. Assez vite

    Performer: Tiffany Poon.
    • Pentatone.
  • 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.
    • 17.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94: II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
  • 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.
    • 2.
  • Olivia Belli

    Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Belli: Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Grace Williams

    Elegy for String Orchestra

    Orchestra: 鶹 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.
    • Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.
  • 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.
    • 16.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Fantasie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • 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).
    • 4.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Romantic Pieces, Op.75, B.150: IV. Larghetto

    Performer: Andrea Cicalese. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Dvorak: Romantic Pieces.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 14.
  • 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.
    • 2.
  • Arvo Pärt

    The Beatitudes

    Performer: Andrew Reid. Conductor: James O’Donnell. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.
    • 20th Century Choral Works - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 10.
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Melody of Not Knowing

    Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir.
    • Where to From.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon

    Orchestra: 鶹 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528: II. Andante

    Performer: David Fray.
    • Baroque Encores.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Masato Nakamura

    Before I Notice

    Composer: Miwa Yoshida. Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.
    • OMF.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    O Holy Lord

    Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.
    • Marquis Classics.
  • 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.
    • 5.
  • Anna Clyne

    Abstractions: III. Seascape

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Anna Clyne: Abstractions.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Voyage.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • 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.
    • 2.
  • Lars‐Erik Larsson

    The Winter's Tale, Op. 18: I. Siciliana

    Conductor: Jerker Johansson. Orchestra: Göteborg Wind Orchestra.
    • Winter.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray

    Choir: Dulwich Choral Society. Conductor: William Vann.
    • Albion Records.

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