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Gentle harmonies to help you relax

Take a moment to centre yourself with this collection of soothing classical music, featuring Herbert Howells, Rebecca Dale and Tchaikovsky.

Take a moment to centre yourself with this collection of soothing classical music.

This mix features building melodies from Herbert Howells, Will Todd and Rebecca Dale, warm orchestral tones from Frederick Delius and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and mindful solo piano from H. Leslie Adams and Karen Tanaka.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Kantos Chamber Choir & Clark Rundell

    Materna Requiem: 10. In Paradisum: If I Should Go

    • Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Marc Minkowski & Les Musiciens du Louvre

    Les Boréades / Act IV: Entrée de Polymnie

    • Rameau: Une symphonie imaginaire.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 16.

  • Alexandra Mackenzie & Ingrid Sawers

    Who knows?

    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Who knows?.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con grazia

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Giovanni Gabrieli & Paul McCreesh

    A Spotless Rose

    • A Spotless Rose.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Martyn Brabbins & BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Five English Nursery Tunes IV. Curly Locks

    • Chandos.

  • Eniko Magyar & 平形忠司(今井正)

    Berceuse (arr. for viola and piano)

    • Naxos.

  • Budapest Strings & Béla Bánfalvi

    Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Largo. "Ombra mai fu" (arr. for String Orchestra)

    • Handel at Christmas.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 4.

  • Karin Fernandes

    Robertinha

    • Perfume: Chiquinha Gonzaga Waltzes, Vol. 2.
    • Azul Music.
    • 8.

  • Florence Price

    Poem of Praise

    Performer: Libby Burgess. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.

  • Gidon Kremer, Isabelle van Keulen, Tabea Zimmermann, David Geringas, Alois Posch, Eduard Brunner, Radovan Vlatković & Klaus Thunemann

    Octet In F, D.803 - 2. Adagio

    • Schubert: Octet D 803.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Rochelle Sennet

    Contrasts: II. Lament

    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano.
    • Albany Records.
    • 36.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for strings

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Magdalena Hoffmann

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    • Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Peace.
    • Sony.
    • 2.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Intermezzo, Manon Lescaut (between Acts 2 and 3)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • GBBBC.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile

    Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Zeuss

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Jeanell Carrigan

    Prelude No. 2

    • Wirripang.

  • Sheku Kanneh‐Mason, Hannah Roberts, Ben Davies, Desmond Neysmith & Max Ruisi

    Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. for 5 Cellos)

    • Song.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Michael Collins

    Five Bagatelles: II. Romance. Andante tranquillo

    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Andreas Ottensamer, Schumann Quartett & Gunars Upatnieks

    Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 - No. 6 Andante sostenuto

    • Blue Hour: Mendelssohn Edition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Cerys Hafana

    Bridoll

    • Edyf.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.

  • St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir & Tom Winpenny

    Balulalow

    • Poston: Carols & Anthems.
    • Naxos.
    • 17.

  • Joseph Haydn

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

    Performer: Dóra Kokas. Performer: Katalin Kokas. Performer: Noemi Gyori. Performer: Péter Bársony.
    • Hungaroton.

  • Signe Bakke

    Lavender Field

    • Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
    • 2L.
    • 6.

  • Randall Goosby & Zhu Wang

    Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 3: II. Cavatina

    • Roots (Deluxe Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 20.

  • Philip Glass

    Glassworks: VI. Closing

    Ensemble: Lakeshore Rush.
    • Lakeshore Rush: Moving Parts.
    • Albany Records.
    • 1.

  • Nigel Short & Tenebrae

    In This Place

    • Will Todd: Lux Et Veritas - Music for Peace and Reflection.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.

  • William Walton

    Touch her soft lips, and part

    Music Arranger: Bob Chilcott. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge

    Columbine (Carnival, Suite of 5 dances, No 4)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
    • Albany Records.
    • 52.

  • François Leleux, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Emmanuel Pahud & Anneleen Lenaerts

    Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino

    • Mozart & Flute in Paris - Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    12 Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling, Op. 37: No. 11, Warum willst du andre fragen

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Performer: Dionysis Grammenos.
    • Schumann & Schubert - Transcriptions for Clarinet & Harp.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Ensemble Plus Ultra

    Versa est in luctum

    • From Spain To Eternity - The Sacred Polyphony Of El Greco's Toledo.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Budapest Strings & Béla Bánfalvi

    Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A Major (Arr. for Orchestra)

    • Acoustic Wellness.
    • Delta Music Entertainment.
    • 5.

  • Rachel Portman

    way home

    • ask the river.
    • Node Records.
    • 12.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri, Op. 70

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • British Classical Music: VE Day 75.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 24.

  • The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez & Krystian Zimerman

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Faure Requiem.
    • naïve.
    • 09.

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