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Find relaxation with soothing classical sounds

Indulge in this three hour mix of classical music for ultimate relaxation.

Indulge in this three hour mix of classical music for ultimate relaxation.

Featuring well-known favourites from Antonín Dvořák and Gabriel Fauré, as well as contemporary gems from Kerensa Briggs, Alexis Ffrench and Cerys Hafana.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor S.Z799: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.

  • Léo Delibes

    Flower Duet

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22 - No. 1, Andante molto (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

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

  • Frederick Delius

    Two Aquarelles - Lento, ma non troppo

    Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto, Op. 58: I. Con moto

    Performer: Martin Owen. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Peter Sculthorpe

    A Little Book of Hours: VI. Singing Sun

    Performer: Elena Riu.
    • Linn Records.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Harry Burleigh

    Southland Sketches: III. Allegretto grazioso (Arr. for Wind Quintet)

    Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Chasing Yesterdays

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

  • Alex Baranowski

    Wiosna

    Conductor: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..

  • Fernando Sor

    Jeux interdits, Romance

    Performer: Elisa Jouve.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Andrea Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Composer: Ennio Morricone. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op. 23

    Ensemble: The Romantic Chamber Group of London.
    • BIS.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    A Tender Shoot

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

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Aqua

    Performer: Carlo Balzaretti.
    • Halidon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Trad.

    Arrangements from Scottish lute manuscripts: Ladie lie near me

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian Records.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65: III. Poco adagio

    Ensemble: 葵トリオ.
    • HANSSLER.

  • Cerys Hafana

    Nant Yr Arian

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.

  • Leonora Duarte

    Sinfonia No. 1

    Performer: Amy Domingues. Performer: Elizabeth Weinfield. Performer: Jude Ziliak. Performer: Shirley Hunt. Performer: Tomà Iliev. Ensemble: Sonnambula.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: VIII. In Paradisum

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

  • John Williams

    Theme from Schindler's List

    Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Cameos, Op. 56: III. Andante

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Metropolis Group.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso

    Performer: Emmanuel Despax. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Columbia.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Budapest Haydn Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    3 Morceaux, Op. 11 - No. 1, Prelude in B Minor (Transcr. for Cello and Piano)

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

  • Gustav Holst

    Nunc Dimittis

    Performer: Julie Cooper. Performer: Mark Dobell. Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Rodgers & Hart

    Blue Moon (arr. H. Kawano for saxophone & piano)

    Performer: Mariko Ishibashi.
    • OMF.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2

    Ensemble: I Musici.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Bruce Brubaker. Performer: Ursula Oppens.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Tundra Swans

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: Chinese Ensemble. Conductor: Barnaby Taylor.
    • Parlophone UK.

  • Franz Liszt

    3 Liebesträume, S. 541/3: No. 3, O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst (Arr. for Harp

    Performer: Nora von Marschall.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Howard Goodall

    Agnus Dei

    Performer: Laura Wright. Conductor: Howard Goodall. Orchestra: Howard Goodall Chamber Orchestra. Choir: Enchanted Voices.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Hania Rani

    Preludium Es-dur (Remastered)

    Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Peteris Vasks

    Vientulais Engelis: Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria, CG89a (from Bach Prelude in C, BWV 846)

    Singer: Benjamin Hulett. Performer: Helen Tunstall. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

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