Classical music for moments of reflection
Immerse yourself in classical music, to bring small moments of peace into your day. Featuring calming orchestral pieces and gentle piano sounds.
Immerse yourself in calming classical music. From gentle piano solos to soothing orchestral arrangements, chosen to help you find small moments of peace amidst your busy day.
Featuring flowing sounds by John Rutter, Erik Satie, Ruth Gipps, George Walker, and more.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM
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John Rutter
5 Meditations for Orchestra: No. 4, Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace
Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.- Collegium.
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Erik Satie
3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 Lent et douloureux
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.- Halle Concerts Society.
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Hania Rani
At Dawn
Performer: Hania Rani.- XXIM Records.
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Johannes Brahms
Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Florence Price
First Romance
Performer: Lara Downes.- Flipside Music.
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Eric Whitacre
Lux aurumque
Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl.- 2L.
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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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Gerald Finzi
Five Bagatelles: II. Romance
Performer: Michael Collins.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 / Prelude & Fugue in C Major - I. Prelude
Performer: Lang Lang.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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A.J. Potter
Fantasia Gaelach No 1
Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Houlihan.- Marco-Polo.
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Kerensa Briggs
Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God
Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- Sony Classical.
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Gabriel Fauré
8 Pièces brèves, Op. 84: No. 5, Improvisation in C-Sharp Minor
Performer: Christine Croshaw.- Meridian Records.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2: II. Largo
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.- Cedille.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: II. I was way down a-yonder
Ensemble: Neave Trio.- Chandos.
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Sarah Class
Up in the Clouds
Performer: Sarah Class. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell.- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Trad.
Peace in the World (Images of Peace)
Composer: Alan Bullard. Performer: Griselda Sherlaw-Johnson. Choir: Commotio.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Richard Strauss
Violin Sonata, Op. 18: II. Improvisation. Andante cantabile
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Guillaume Bellom.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Alexis Ffrench
Once
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Hubert Parry
An English Suite: VI. Air
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- Lyrita.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Carnival of the Animals - The Swan
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Ken Burton
A prayer
Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.![]()
Anna Clyne
DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting
Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- AVIE Records.
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Georgs Pelēcis
Concertino bianco - 1. Con intenerimento
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
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James MacMillan
From Galloway
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Delphian Records.
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Harold Arlen
Over the Rainbow (From "The Wizard of Oz") [Arr. for Violin & Piano]
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante in E flat - 2. Adagio
Performer: John Anderson. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings (Remastered)
Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Sony Classical.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII. Andante cantabile
Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Gabriela Montero.- Warner Classics.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Magnolia, Pt. 2: IV. Mammy
Performer: Clipper Erickson.- Navona.
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Rufus Wainwright
Dream Requiem: Offertorium
Conductor: Mikko Franck. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France.- Warner Classics.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Romance
Performer: Charlotte Müller.- MSR Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Une barque sur l'océan: Très souple de rythme
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Schwanenlied
Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.- Sony Classical.
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Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In Memoriam"
Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.- Chandos.
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Caroline Shaw
The Children's Eye
Performer: Ciara Hendrick. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.![]()
Ruth Gipps
Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante
Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet in C-Sharp Minor, M. 42
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Erato/Warner Classics.
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Cécile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 34: II. Lento
Ensemble: Trio Parnassus.- Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG).
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