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Serene classical sounds to help you reset

Take some time to let your mind wander to a place of stillness with this calming classical mix.

Take some time to let your mind wander to a place of stillness with this calming classical mix.

Featuring glowing orchestral excellence from Felix Mendelssohn and Joby Talbot, alongside the pensive piano lines of Chiquinha Gonzaga and Camille Saint-Saëns.

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

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Fri 21 Nov 202506:00
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Music Played

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G Minor (Arr. for Harp and Orchestra)

    Composer: Remo Giazotto. Composer: Stefan Klieme. Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: l’arte del mondo.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D.957: No. 4 Serenade

    Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elijah, Op. 70, Pt. 1: No. 15, Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord

    Performer: Richard Clement. Performer: Thomas Paul. Lyricist: Julius Schubring. Singer: Henriette Schellenberg. Singer: Marietta Simpson. Conductor: Ann Howard Jones. Conductor: Robert Shaw. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Telarc.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du ménéstrel, Op. 71: Chant du menestrel for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 71

    Performer: Alexander Rudin. Conductor: Igor Golovchin. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • William Grant Still

    If You Should Go

    Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.
    • Albany Records.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: II. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Naxos.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Elégie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. for Cello Ensemble)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Ashok Klouda. Performer: Nick Trygstad. Performer: Caroline Dearnley. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Josephine Knight. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Chris Murray. Performer: Robert Max.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood

    Music Arranger: Keith Wilkinson. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Rigby.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Sarah Class

    Drought

    Performer: Elizabeth Purnell. Performer: Sarah Class. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Listen to the lambs

    Composer: Trad.. Conductor: Ken Burton. Choir: London Adventist Chorale.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied - Brahms's Lullaby

    Composer: Dunk Rock. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
    • Halidon.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Perfume "Feno de Atkinsons"

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Azul Music.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Spartacus - Ballet Suite - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Conductor: Stanley Black. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Judith Bingham

    The Spirit of Truth

    Conductor: Edward Wickham. Ensemble: The Choir of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon - II. Adagio contemplativo

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Conductor: Ben Gernon. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Eydís Evensen

    Wandering II

    Performer: Eydís Evensen.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Herbert Howells

    Here is the Little Door

    Performer: Christopher Gray. Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Robert Sharpe.
    • Lammas.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: Aquarium

    Performer: Leo Litwin. Performer: Samuel Lipman. Performer: Martin Hoherman. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Angry Planet, Part 3: III. 3am

    Conductor: David Hill. Ensemble: BBC Singers. Ensemble: The Bach Choir. Ensemble: Finchley Childrens Music Group. Ensemble: The Young Singers.
    • Signum Records.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet)

    • Her Ensemble.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante

    Performer: Ralph van Raat. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Radio Kamer Filharmonie.
    • Naxos.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52 - IV. Larghetto

    Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Daniel Bacheler

    Mounsieurs Almanie

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat Major: I. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Béla Kovács. Conductor: László Kovács. Ensemble: Camerata Budapest.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Johanna Müller-Hermann

    Piano Quintet in A minor Op.31 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Performer: Nina Karmon. Performer: Daniel Gaede. Performer: Benedikt Schneider. Performer: Antoaneta Emanuilova.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan: Très souple de rythme

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Piano Suite

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Sony Music.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor: III. Sarabande

    Conductor: Alexander Briger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Parlophone France.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Adagio for Strings

    Ensemble: Ambrosia Quartet.
    • Albany Records.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Departure (From "Gattaca")

    Performer: Ksenia Bashmet.
    • Quartz Music.

  • Peter Warlock

    An Old Song

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • EM Records.

  • Trad.

    My Lord, What a Mornin'

    Music Arranger: Harry Burleigh. Choir: Chattanooga Choral Arts Society. Conductor: Robert Bode.
    • Gothic.

  • Alma Deutscher

    When the Day Falls into Darkness (From "Cinderella")

    Performer: Alma Deutscher.
    • Sony Classical.

  • William Walton

    Theme for a Prince

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno for Strings and Harp

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 52 - "Hymn Of Praise"

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn To The Virgin

    Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Orchestra: Giovanni Gabrieli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for 2 Pianos in D Major, K. 448: II. Andante

    Performer: Christina Naughton. Performer: Michelle Naughton.
    • Orfeo.

  • Johannes Brahms

    How lovely are thy dwellings

    Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Conductor: Ian Curror. Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
    • Guild GmbH.

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