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Flowing melodies for quiet relaxation

Soothe your mind with gentle melodies, from soft piano solos to expansive orchestral works, all chosen to bring peace and tranquility to your day.

Let gentle melodies guide you to a peaceful and reflective state. Featuring serene piano solos, glowing choral harmonies, and calming orchestral movements - all chosen to bring relaxation and tranquility to your day.

Featuring lyrical melodies from Florence Price, Franz Schubert, & Gerald Finzi. And flowing textures from Olivia Belli, Christian Forshaw, Eric Whitacre, and more.

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

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Winter Meditation (after The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto, RV 297: II. Largo)

    Composer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Hestia String Quartet.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D Flat Major. Lento sostenuto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Gerald Finzi

    Dies Natalis, Op. 8 - Arr. Sheppard - 5. The Salutation

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

  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Folk Song

    Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.

  • Alex Baranowski

    Reflections

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

  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (Petite suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Naxos.

  • Don Macdonald

    When the Earth Stands Still

    Choir: Lyyra.
    • VOCES8 Records.

  • Marie Jaëll

    Valse in A Minor

    Performer: Muriël Bostdorp.
    • Andante Piano.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Calum Martin

    Ballantyne (Movement 5 Your Shadow)

    Composer: Craig Armstrong. Composer: Trad.. Performer: Cecilia Weston. Performer: Craig Armstrong. Performer: Calum Martin. Lyricist: Trad.. Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Daniel Pioro.
    • Modern Recordings.

  • Charles‐Valentin Alkan

    Recueil de chants, Op. 65: No. 6, Barcarolle

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Orfeo.

  • Sally Beamish

    Can you hear me?

    Composer: Peter Thomson. Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Suzzie Vango.
    • NYCGB.

  • William Walton

    Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'Arte (Olivia Belli Rework)

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Largo

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Performer: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Naxos.

  • Undine Smith Moore

    We shall walk through the valley

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique - 1. Prelude

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Conductor: John Rutter. Ensemble: Sinfonia Cymru.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40: II. Adagio - Molto sostenuto

    Performer: Benjamin Frith. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Róbert Stankovský.
    • Naxos.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Drop, Drop Slow Tears

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Records.

  • Eric Coates

    By the sleepy lagoon

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Maurice Ravel

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

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

  • Florence Price

    Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint: No. 2, Somebody's Knockin' At Yo Do'

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • NMC Recordings.

  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Nocturne

    Performer: Deanne Tucker.
    • Cambria.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im spiegel

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Analekta.

  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jackie's Song

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 ( no.1 in E flat minor)

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

  • Goldmund

    Shenandoah

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Goldmund.
    • Western Vinyl.

  • Edward Elgar

    2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin (Orchestral Version)

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

  • Agnes Obel

    Chord Left

    • Play It Again Sam.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet In F, D.803: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Alois Posch. Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Performer: Klaus Thunemann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    Dusk

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR Classics.

  • 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.

  • Edward Elgar

    Romance, Op. 62

    Performer: Gerald Ingham. Performer: Anthony Peregrine.
    • Naxos.

  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Believe International.

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