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Chilled-out classical music to help you unwind

Take a breath, with this curated mix of calming classical tunes and soothing sounds from the natural world.

Pause, and take a breath, with this curated mix of calming classical tunes, combined with soothing sounds from the natural world.

Featuring vast and flowing orchestral textures from Johannes Brahms, Frederick Delius, and Patrick Hawes. Plus soothing solo piano from Margaret Bonds, Alexis Ffrench, and Alma Deutscher. And glowing choral harmonies from Ēriks Ešenvalds, Philip Stopford, and Anna Lapwood.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM

3 hours

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Thu 11 Dec 202506:00
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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Patrick Hawes

    Fair Albion

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.
    • Signum Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Trad.

    The Water of Tyne

    Composer: Elizabeth Poston. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • Signum Records.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood Variation (From Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Ivo Antognini

    Lux aeterna

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Lyricist: Anon..
    • Hyperion.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied

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

  • Maurice Ravel

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

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    By the lone seashore

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

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga Variation (From Rinaldo, HWV 7b)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Naxos.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    Peace (Version for Clarinet & Piano)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Gloria Chien.
    • Cedille.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Only in Sleep

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite: II. Elegy

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite for Piano: II. The Bells

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": II. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 1, Andante molto

    Performer: Sophie Kauer. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Léo Delibes

    The Flower Duet (From "Lakmé")

    Performer: Katherine Jenkins. Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Inglis.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Eric Coates

    By The Sleepy Lagoon

    Performer: Martin Loveday. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    A Tender Shoot

    Ensemble: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Putlabel.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Kitsch-Musik: III. Allegretto

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet In F, D.803: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: David Geringas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2: Intermezzo in A Major

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Philip Stopford

    In My Father's House

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records Ltd.

  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon: II. Adagio contemplativo

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

  • Alma Deutscher

    Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major: Movement 1. Moderato

    Performer: Sam Haywood.
    • Flara Records.

  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through The Valley

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • VOCES8 Records.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Irish Suite: V. The Last Rose of Summer

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Naxos.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    In Paradisum

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Asaggio: Bourrée

    Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49: II. Largo, molto espressivo

    Performer: Torleif Thedéen. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • CPO.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Una mattina

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Luke Howard

    Portrait Gallery

    Performer: Luke Howard.
    • Mercury Classics.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 12 Dec 202406:00
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  • Sat 21 Dec 202414:00
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