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Classical sounds to help you retreat into calm

Retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life with this calming classical music mix.

A collection of classical tunes to ease the mind and soothe the soul.

Slide into warm instrumental sounds by Mozart, Anna Clyne and Lauri Porra, glowing choral textures from William Byrd and Christopher H. Harris, and soothing chamber music by Fela Sowande, Toru Takemitsu and Alexander Tsfasman.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E-Flat Major, K. 375 - III. Adagio

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op. 26 - Amen (Instrumental)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied (Version for Viola & Piano)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Onyx Classics.

  • Christopher H. Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

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

  • Anthony Collins

    Symphony for Strings No.1: II. Adagio molto

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Phonometrician

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade II

    Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Toru Takemitsu

    The Last Waltz

    Performer: Andrea Dieci.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Diary of Anne Frank - If

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Conductor: Jessica Cottis. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Piano Potpourri: No. 5, A Jazz Trifle

    Performer: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.
    • Cambria.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Requiem: IX. In Paradisum

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

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59: No. 10. Deep River

    Music Arranger: Alessio Pianelli. Orchestra: Avos Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alessio Pianelli.
    • Rubicon.

  • Wu Tong

    Rain Falling from the Roof

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Jón Leifs

    Requiem, Op. 33b

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Jules Massenet

    La Vierge / Scene 4: The Assumption - Le dernier sommeil de la Vièrge

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..

  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments in E-Flat Major, Op. 7

    Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Warner Classics.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 4 voices (Agnus Dei)

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johannes Brahms

    Six Canonic Studies, Op. 56: No. 1, Con moto egual'e dolce (Arr. for Orchestra)

    Conductor: Paul Mann. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Toccata Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe", Cantata BWV 156: Sinfonia

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Radoslaw Szulc.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Robert de Visée

    Sarabande

    Performer: Toby Carr.
    • 2022 Delphian Records Ltd..

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Ma mère l'oye)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Nancy Dalberg

    String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: III. Adagio

    Performer: Heiðrun Petersen. Performer: Mads Haugsted Hansen. Performer: Daniel Eklund. Performer: Lea Emilie Brøndal. Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet.
    • Dacapo.

  • Fela Sowande

    2 Preludes on Yoruba Sacred Folk Melodies: No. 1, K'A Mura

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • SOMM Recordings.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581: 2. Larghetto

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Concerto, Op. 33: II. Adagio con estro poetico

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Emendemus in melius - SATB

    Music Arranger: Marques L. A. Garrett. Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Roger Eno

    Through The Blue (Piano Version)

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    3 Pieces in Old Style: No. 1, Aria

    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Naxos.

  • Joby Talbot

    Transit of Venus

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 - IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Fantasia in C Minor (Transcr. for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Florence Price

    Snapshots: Moon Behind a Cloud

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Lorelt.

  • Lauri Porra

    Utu

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Singer: Lauri Porra.
    • Platoon.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma, Act I: Casta Diva (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Jan Vogler)

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Roger Quilter

    Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: No. 1a Rainbow Land (Version for orchestra)

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Max Richter

    Vladimir's Blues

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • John Williams

    Theme From Schindler's List

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Geffen*.

  • John Ireland

    The Holy Boy

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

  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • AVIE Records.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Enfantines, B. 49: Dream

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

  • Alexander Tsfasman

    Jazz Suite: II. Lyrical Waltz

    Performer: Karl‐Heinz Steffens. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • naive, a label of Believe Group.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 13 Jan 202514:00
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