Peaceful melodies for ultimate relaxation
Relax into this collection of classical music, carefully chosen to bring you peace.
Press play and enjoy three hours of peaceful classical music, hand-picked to aid your relaxation.
Featuring glowing orchestral tones from Edouard Lalo and Ronald Binge, choral delights from Alonso Lobo and J.S. Bach, as well as soothing piano trios from Mel Bonis and Judith Lang Zaimont. Plus, recent releases from Tenebrae, Kotaro Fukuma, and Vittorio Forte, all paired with transporting soundscapes from the natural world.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Music Played
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Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: IV. Andante
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Karl Jenkins
Palladio Reimagined: 2. Largo
Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Richard Rodney Bennett
A Good Night
Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Signum Records.
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Léo Delibes
Lakmé / Act 1: "Sous le dôme épais"
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Mel Bonis
Soir et matin, Op. 76: I. Soir
Ensemble: Neave Trio.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Poppy Ackroyd
Murmurations
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Performer: Raphaël Feuillâtre. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Caroline Shaw
...and the Swallow
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Signum Records.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2: II. Largo
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.- Cedille.
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Jo Yeong-wook
Recollection (From "Nine Puzzles")
Composer: Yeom Heesu. Performer: Jo Yeong-wook.- Hollywood Records.
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Franz Schubert
Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D 343 (arr for choir)
Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Christian Georg. Choir: Vokalensemble. Conductor: Klaas Stok.- NDR Vokalensemble.
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Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo
Performer: Danny Driver. Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Hyperion.
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Johann Pachelbel
Suite for Lute in F-Sharp Minor (Arr. for Guitar)
Performer: Göran Söllscher.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Quincy Jones
The First Letter (From "The Color Purple")
Composer: J. Lubbock. Composer: Rod Temperton. Composer: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Quincy Jones. Conductor: Dick Hazard.- Qwest Records IGA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
10 Chorale Preludes, BV B 27: No. 2, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Performer: Kotaro Fukuma. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.- Naxos Special Projects.
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Ronald Binge
The Watermill
Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Marco-Polo.
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Carlos Simon
Warmth from Other Suns: Settle
Conductor: Carlos Simon. Ensemble: Carlos Simon Collective.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Robert Kulek.- Orfeo.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No. 5, Op. 64: II. Andante
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Gerald Finzi
Introit, Op. 6
Performer: Thomas Gould. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings (Remastered)
Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Sony Classical.
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William Byrd
Ave Verum Corpus
Conductor: Timothy Brown. Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.- Heritage Records.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 2 in A Minor, B. 64
Performer: Vittorio Forte.- OnClassical.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux. Intrada
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.- RCA Red Seal.
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Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante
Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.- Channel Classics.
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Justin Hurwitz
Mia and Sebastian's Theme (From "La La Land")
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Warner Classics.
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Robert Lowry
Shall We Gather at the River
Ensemble: VOCES8. Ensemble: Ringmasters.- VOCES8 Records.
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Imogen Holst
Variations on "Loth to Depart": Theme
Performer: Alice Farnham. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.- NMC Recordings Limited.
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Hideyuki Hashimoto
Afterglow
Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.- XXIM Records.
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Philip Herbert
Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- NMC Recordings.
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Yann Tiersen
Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Sony Classical.
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Judith Lang Zaimont
Serenade (version for piano trio)
Performer: Awadagin Pratt. Performer: Melissa White. Performer: Paul Wiancko.- Navona.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chor. "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine
Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Orchestra: Capricorn. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.- Warner Classics International.
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Rita Strohl
Solitude (Arr. for Violin and Piano)
Ensemble: Esther Abrami & Kim Barbier.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76 No. 5, II. Largo cantabile e mesto
Performer: Dóra Kokas. Performer: Katalin Kokas. Performer: Noemi Gyori. Performer: Péter Bársony.- Hungaroton.
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Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.- Archiv Produktion.
Broadcasts
- Fri 4 Jul 202514:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Sun 3 Aug 202506:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Tue 14 Oct 202514:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Wed 12 Nov 202506:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Tuesday14:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
