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Sleep beside summer crickets

Slip into warm slumber with atmospheric summer sounds and breezy classical music. Zone out to that familiar, reassuring song of the cricket.

Slip into warm slumber with atmospheric summer sounds and breezy classical music. Zone out to that familiar, reassuring song of the cricket - an immersive soundscape to drop you into a peaceful state of rest.

Sleep Tracks on BBC Radio 3 Unwind combines soothing classical music and calming nature sounds to help you relax into sleep. Search 'Sleep Tracks' on BBC Sounds to enjoy more episodes.

Produced by Alice Boyd and Joy Nkoyo.
A Peanut & Crumb production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind.

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Music Played

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No.2

    • Classical Tears 2.
    • BPM Classical Series.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F minor Op20 No5 3 Adagio DG

    • The Classical Label.

  • Luigi Cherubini

    String Quartet No.5 In F Major 2. Adagio

    Performer: Melos Quartett.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Johann Gottlieb Graun

    Concerto in G Minor for Oboe, Strings and Continuo: 2

    Performer: Heinz Holliger.
    • Concerto in G Minor for Oboe, Strings and Continuo.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    March, Song Of The Lark

    • Back To Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet B-Flat Major, HIII No.69, Op.71 No.1 Adagio

    Performer: Aeolian Quartet.
    • String Quartets.
    • The Classical Label.

  • John Johnson

    The Delight Pavan

    • Solo Instruments.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Symphony In E-Flat Major, DTB VIII/2.3: 2.Andante Non Moderato

    Performer: Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Klaus‐Peter Hahn.
    • Mediaphon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante For Flute & Orchestra In C Major, K.315:

    Performer: Salzburger Mozart-Solisten. Performer: Joseph Schneider. Performer: Arife Gülşen Tatu.
    • Mediaphon.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy - Adagio Cantabile

    • Back To Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No.17 In F Opus 3 No.5

    Performer: I Musici.
    • String Quartets.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    In Bohemia

    • Back To Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • François Couperin

    L'astree

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In The Steppes Of Central Asia

    • Back to Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Guitar Concerto in D Major RV93

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Marin Marais

    Les Folies D'Espagne

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Little Song

    • Children Pieces.
    • Koka Classic.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K.491: II. Larghetto

    Performer: St. Petersburg Soloists. Performer: Carmen Piazzini. Conductor: Mikhail Gantvarg.
    • Mediaphon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto In D Major, RV 404: I. Adagio Affettuoso

    • Mediaphon.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Piano Sonata in E major, L 23

    Performer: Peter Schmalfuss.
    • Mediaphon.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Two Elegiac Melodies, Op.34: II - The Last Spring

    • De Wolfe.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    7 Menuets, K.65a: Nos. 2, 4 & 6

    Performer: Capella Istropolitana. Conductor: Paul Kantschieder.
    • Mediaphon.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Variations On A Norwegian Folk Tune

    Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.

  • Lisbeth Scott

    Gentle Awakening

    • MPATH B MUSIC.

  • David Graham

    Brain Forest

    Composer: Rachel Wood.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto In G Major (B)

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Little Bird

    • Back to Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Guillaume Dufay

    Je veuil chanter de cuer joyeux

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

    Concerto No.6 - Allegro

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Declamation Of The Fairy Of Spring

    • Back to Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Ariesienne Suite No.2 Minuetto

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Triangle

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Jerry Monterey

    Wild Rabbits In The Valley

  • Scott Rockwell

    Dawn Over The Moors

    Composer: Edward Josephs.
    • Pure Pastures.
    • The Nerve.

  • Scott Rockwell

    Wistful Spring

    Composer: Edward Josephs.
    • Pure Pastures.
    • The Nerve.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Summer (B)

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Autumn (B)

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    May, May Nights

    • Back to Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of The Blessed Spirits

  • Johann Stamitz

    Sinfonia No. 3 In B-Flat Major, WolS I. Bb-4 "Mannheim Symphony": 2.Andante

    Performer: Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Klaus‐Peter Hahn.
    • Mediaphon.

  • David Popper

    Herbstblume, Autumn Flower

    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Frederick Delius

    Intermezzo from 'Hassan'

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