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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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 8 Dec 202506:00

Music Played

  • 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.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22: I. Andante Molto

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Signum Records.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • naïve.
  • José White Lafitte

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Florence Price

    First Romance

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.
  • 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..
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    By the lone seashore

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Delphian Records.
  • 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.
  • Marianna Martines

    Piano Sonata in A Major: II. Adagio

    Performer: Adalberto Maria Riva.
    • Cascavelle.
  • 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.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Requiem: VI. Agnus Dei

    Performer: Anita Monserrat. Performer: Richard Gowers. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Delphian Records.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Julius Eastman

    Femenine: No. 1, Prime

    Performer: Christopher Rountree. Ensemble: Wild Up.
    • New Amsterdam.
  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jackie's Song

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Olivia Belli

    Anima III

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • XXIM Records.
  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Theme

    Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque III. Claire de lune

    Performer: Valery Afanassiev.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
  • Frank Bridge

    Summer

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Dan Jones

    Solemn Love

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge

    Four Moorish Pictures: An Eastern Suite: III. Twilight Dance

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: Coral Polifonica de Puig Reig.
    • Àudiovisuals de Sarrià.
  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Believe International.
  • 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.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly, Op. 56: I. Berceuse

    Performer: Jean‐Philippe Collard. Performer: Bruno Rigutto.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings, Op. 22: II. Tempo di Valse

    Orchestra: Padova. Conductor: David Golub.
    • Arabesque Recordings.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: II. Andantino con moto

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Enfantines, B. 49: Dream

    Performer: Corinna Simon.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 23 (Excerpts): No. 4, Forlana

    Performer: Helen Habershon. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Divine Art Limited.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Christopher H. Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Lyricist: Langston Hughes. Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Christopher H. Harris.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Meditation, Op. 32

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Henry Mancini

    Moon River

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Eydís Evensen

    Brotin

    Performer: Eydís Evensen.
    • XXIM Records.
  • William Walton

    Sonata for String Orchestra: III. Lento

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Bryce Dessner

    Suite for Harp: Movement II

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Masterworks.
  • 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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