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Float away into a world of classical calm

Relax into this 3 hour mix of calming classical music chosen to help you unwind.

Press play and enjoy relaxing into this 3 hour mix of calming classical music chosen carefully to help you unwind.

Featuring orchestral favourites from Georges Bizet and Edward Elgar, along with restful piano from Montague Ring and Maurice Ravel and soothing choral tones from Stephen Foster and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, plus recent releases from Esther Abrami, Nicholas Daniel and Anna Shelest, all paired with soothing soundscapes from the natural world.

Produced by Katie Hill
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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61, R. 198: II. Andantino quasi allegretto

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

    Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 3, StWV 127/3: II. Andante

    Conductor: Johannes Moesus. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Henry Purcell

    Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

    Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Matthias Maute. Choir: Ensemble ArtChoral.
    • Les Disques ATMA Inc..

  • Anne Dudley

    Medhel an Gwyns

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo

    Conductor: Marko Letonja. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isle of Beauty

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Delphian Records.

  • Roderick Elms

    Visions of St Anne - Symphony for Orchestra: III. Lamentosa

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.

  • Teresa Carreño

    Mi Teresita "Little Waltz" (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Meno mosso (Excerpt)

    Performer: Yunchan Lim. Orchestra: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Madeleine Dring

    3 Pieces for Oboe & Piano: No. 1, Waltz

    Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal. Performer: Nicholas Daniel.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Stephen Foster

    Slumber, My Darling

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • VOCES8 Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir, CD 84 (Performed on Harp & Saxophone)

    Performer: Alis Huws. Performer: Jess Gillam.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Music of the Stars: III. The Gift to Sing

    Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Andante Cantabile for Cello and String Orchestra

    Performer: Timo-Veikko Valve. Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • ABC Classic.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet, M. 42

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Anthony R. Green

    The Green Double: II. Dance Reflections

    Orchestra: Lowell Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Orlando Cela.
    • Navona.

  • Olivia Belli

    Limina Luminis

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Lauri Porra

    Utu

    Performer: Lauri Porra. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.

  • Rebecca Dale

    true love

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Klara Romac. Performer: Tom Walley. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Records.

  • Franz Liszt

    Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173: No. 9. Andante lagrimoso

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge

    Columbine (Carnival, Suite of 5 dances, No 4)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Halle Concerts Society.

  • Maurice Duruflé

    Quatre Motets, Op. 10: Tantum ergo

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir.
    • Lammas.

  • 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.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: There Is No Rose

    Performer: Sally Pryce. Conductor: David Temple. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Das Jahr, H. 385: IX. September: At the River. Andante con moto

    Performer: Anna Shelest.
    • Music and Arts Programs of America.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D. 803: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Les Solistes OSM.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.

  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Passacaille

    Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Photographs

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)

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

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Lyricist: Jean Racine. Choir: University of Washington Chorale. Conductor: Giselle Wyers.
    • MSR Classics.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 6 Jun 202514:00
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  • Sun 6 Jul 202506:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 9 Oct 202514:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 7 Nov 202506:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thursday14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind