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Escape into a world of relaxing classical music

Enjoy the calming sounds of classical music to a bring a sense of tranquillity, and reflection into to your day. Featuring peaceful orchestral, piano, and choral works.

Enjoy the calming sounds of classical music, to bring a sense of tranquillity and reflection into your day. Featuring soothing solo piano from Hayato Sumino, Germaine Tailleferre, and Robert Nathaniel Dett. Plus glowing choral harmonies from Ivo Antognini, Imogen Holst, and Rebecca Dale. And orchestral works from Frederick Delius, Rachel Portman, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

This mix is ideal for unwinding after a busy day, or simply finding peace in the small moments.

Produced by James C Taylor
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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Rachel Portman

    Tipping Points: V. Earth

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Olivia Belli

    Sibyl

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne I - Pre Rain

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Trad.

    Carrickfergus

    Performer: Sibéal Ní Chasaide. Music Arranger: Joshua Pacey. Lyricist: Trad.. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Chasing Yesterdays

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

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (Le Cygne)

    Performer: Han‐na Chang. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Angel Records.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse Lente

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op.32 II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
    • Classic FM.

  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: Sélim Mazari.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: I. The Sentimental One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5 No. 2: II. Largo

    Conductor: Daniel Hege. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Cedille.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus

    Performer: Andrew Fletcher. Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Ex Cathedra.

  • Clara Schumann

    4 Pièces fugitives, Op. 15: No. 3, Andante espressivo

    Performer: Junghwa Lee.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Apollon Musagète, K. 048: VIII. Pas de Deux

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos Records Ltd..

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

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

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove: II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Trad.

    Londonderry Air 'Farewell to Cucullain'

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Ivo Antognini

    Those Tender Words

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

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, Op. Posth.

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Florence Price

    An Elf on a Moonbeam

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Hubert Parry

    Music, when soft voices die

    Choir: The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.
    • Regent.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Diary of Anne Frank: If

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: I. Aria

    Performer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Imogen Holst

    Lullaby (from Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow)

    Performer: Elizabeth Bass. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • George Butterworth

    Two English Idylls - No. 1

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet In A, K.581: 2. Larghetto

    Performer: Eduard Brunner. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 10. In Paradisum: If I Should Go

    Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 466 (Upright Version)

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10: II. Larghetto affettuoso

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Philip Glass

    Truman Sleeps

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Cerys Hafana

    Bridoll

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.

  • Zeuss

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: VII. Nocturne

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Var. 9. Adagio "Nimrod"

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • James Hetfield

    Nothing Else Matters

    Composer: Lars Ulrich. Performer: Emma Denton. Performer: John Parricelli. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Seckou Keita

    Gobaith

    Composer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    3 Nocturnes, Op. 33: III. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

    Performer: Lucas Debargue.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 "Actus tragicus": No. 2

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: David Fray.
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcasts

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