
Classical music to reset the mind
Three hours of soothing classical tunes to reset and refresh your mind.
Sink into three hours of soothing classical tunes to reset and refresh your mind.
This mix features the orchestral excellence of Jean Sibelius and Vincenzo Bellini, choral melodies from Christopher H. Harris and Kerensa Briggs, as well as well-loved favourites from Henry Mancini, Gabriel Fauré and Franz Schubert.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 48: II. Andante cantabile
Performer: Yury Revich. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Karl‐Heinz Steffens.- CapriccioNR.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22: I. Andante Molto
Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.- Signum Records.
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Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine
Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- naïve.
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José White Lafitte
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Sony Classical.
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Florence Price
First Romance
Performer: Lara Downes.- Flipside Music.
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Gerald Finzi
Love's Labour's Lost, Op. 28, 1: So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not
Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
By the lone seashore
Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Delphian Records.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 - Air on the G string
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Marianna Martines
Piano Sonata in A Major: II. Adagio
Performer: Adalberto Maria Riva.- Cascavelle.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Norma, Act I: Casta Diva (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra)
Performer: Omer Meir Wellber. Conductor: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Kerensa Briggs
Requiem: VI. Agnus Dei
Performer: Anita Monserrat. Performer: Richard Gowers. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Delphian Records.
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Franz Schubert
Ave Maria
Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- Sony Classical.
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Julius Eastman
Femenine: No. 1, Prime
Performer: Christopher Rountree. Ensemble: Wild Up.- New Amsterdam.
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Julian Lloyd Webber
Jackie's Song
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Olivia Belli
Anima III
Performer: Olivia Belli.- XXIM Records.
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Edward Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Theme
Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Warner Classics.
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Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque III. Claire de lune
Performer: Valery Afanassiev.- Sony Music Labels Inc..
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Frank Bridge
Summer
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.- Archiv Produktion.
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Dan Jones
Solemn Love
Performer: Esther Yoo. Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge
Four Moorish Pictures: An Eastern Suite: III. Twilight Dance
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Albany Records.
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Anton Bruckner
Locus Iste
Choir: Coral Polifonica de Puig Reig.- Àudiovisuals de Sarrià.
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Henriette Renié
Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio
Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.- Believe International.
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Sir George Dyson
Woodland Suite: III. Moon-Fairy
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.![]()
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary": II. Adagio
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica Records.
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Gabriel Fauré
Dolly, Op. 56: I. Berceuse
Performer: Jean‐Philippe Collard. Performer: Bruno Rigutto.- Warner Classics.
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Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Strings, Op. 22: II. Tempo di Valse
Orchestra: Padova. Conductor: David Golub.- Arabesque Recordings.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Schwanenlied
Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.- Sony Classical.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: II. Andantino con moto
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Ernest Bloch
Enfantines, B. 49: Dream
Performer: Corinna Simon.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Gerald Finzi
5 Bagatelles for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 23 (Excerpts): No. 4, Forlana
Performer: Helen Habershon. Performer: John Lenehan.- Divine Art Limited.
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Erik Satie
2 Préludes posthumes et une Gnossienne, FP 104: No. 3, Troisième gnossienne
Conductor: Michel Plasson. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.- Warner Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con grazia
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Christopher H. Harris
Bring me all your dreams
Lyricist: Langston Hughes. Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Christopher H. Harris.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Alexander Glazunov
Meditation, Op. 32
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.- Warner Classics.
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Henry Mancini
Moon River
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic.- Warner Classics.
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Eydís Evensen
Brotin
Performer: Eydís Evensen.- XXIM Records.
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William Walton
Sonata for String Orchestra: III. Lento
Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Bryce Dessner
Suite for Harp: Movement II
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Masterworks.
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Edgar Bainton
And I saw a new heaven
Performer: James Lancelot. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- Warner Classics.
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