Step into classical stillness
Relax your mind, body and soul with this collection of classical tunes.
Soothe your mind, body and soul with this collection of classical tunes handpicked to aid your relaxation.
Featuring warm orchestral favourites from Edward Elgar and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as lighter textures from Liz Dilnot Johnson and Heitor Villa-Lobos and glowing choral melodies from Gabriel Faure and Christopher H. Harris.
All this, alongside new releases from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Trio RoVerde and Luke Faulkner and captivating natural soundscapes to help you drift off into a world of peace.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Music Played
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Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.- Channel Classics.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.- Archiv Produktion.
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Peter Warlock
Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l'air
Performer: James Ross. Ensemble: Büyükada Ensemble.- Ulysses Arts.
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Liz Dilnot Johnson
In the Mirror: I. For Hester
Performer: Heather Tuach. Performer: Yoko Misumi.- Divine Art Limited.
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Ruth Gipps
Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 24: II. Andante
Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Trad.
All Things Are Quite Silent
Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- Signum Records.
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Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and expressively -
Orchestra: A Far Cry.- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Warner Classics.
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Antonín Dvořák
Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me
Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Bill Elliott. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.- Warner Classics.
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Maggie Chan
How We Danced
Performer: Rosey Chan.- Rosey Chan.
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Pau Casals
Song of the Birds
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta Soloists.- Sony Classical.
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Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Onyx Classics.
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Dora Pejačević
Elegy, Op. 43
Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.- Brilliant Classics.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: René Clausen.- Signum Records.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
Opus
Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger.- Universal Music China.
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Robert Lowry
Shall We Gather at the River?
Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bill Elliott.- Warner Music UK Limited.
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Luise Adolpha Le Beau
Theme & Variations, Op. 3
Performer: Mitra Kotte.- Genuin.
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William Byrd
Tribulatio Proxima Est
Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.- Signum Records.
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Florence Price
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - II. Andante ma non troppo
Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Nino Rota
Clarinet Sonata in D Major: I. Allegretto scorrevole
Performer: Goran Gojevic.- Naxos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein, BWV 2: Chorale. (Arr. for String Quartet)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Warner Classics.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Song of the Black Swan
Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.- Sony Classical.
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45. Sostenuto
Performer: Jan Lisiecki.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Christopher H. Harris
Bring me all your dreams
Lyricist: Langston Hughes. Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Christopher H. Harris.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D Minor S.Z799: 2. Adagio
Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Daniel Kidane
Continuance
Performer: Sean Shibe.- PENTATONE.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Richard Addinsell
The Isle of Apples (From "The Saviours")
Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.- Marco-Polo.
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Luke Faulkner
Esja
Performer: Luke Faulkner.- Lime Blue Music Limited.
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John Tavener
Mother of God
Composer: Mikhail Lermontov. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- Signum Records.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H.277: I. Adagio ma non troppo
Ensemble: Quatuor Cobalt.- GFN Classics.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Pleiades Dances, Vol. I, Op. 71 - No. 3, Summer Pastoral
Performer: Stanford Cheung.- Azure Sky.
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Joseph Parry
Myfanwy (Arr. for Solo Cello)
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Claude Debussy
Preludes arranged for Orchestra, Book I L. 117: No. 10 La cathédrale engloutie
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.- Halle Concerts Society.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor Op.60 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine
Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- naïve.
Broadcasts
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