Serene music for total relaxation
Press play and unwind with three hours of relaxing classical music.
Press play and unwind with three hours of relaxing classical music, carefully selected, and paired with soundscapes from the natural world.
Featuring new releases of works by Laurie Christman, Arvo Part and Anton Bruckner, alongside well-known favourites from Eric Coates, Ottorino Respighi and Samuel Barber.
Produced by Katie Hill.
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM.
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Eric Coates
By The Sleepy Lagoon
Performer: Martin Loveday. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- The Best Of British Light Music.
- Sony Classical.
- 14.
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Louise Farrenc
Nocturne in Eb Major, Op. 49
Music Arranger: Christopher Hussey. Orchestra: Prague Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Shea Lolin.- Nocturne in Eb Major, Op. 49 (arr. for orchestra).
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Jake Runestad
Let My Love Be Heard
Lyricist: Alfred Noyes. Ensemble: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 3 Violins in F Major, RV 551: II. Andante
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Elias David Moncado. Performer: Mohamed Hiber. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.- Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Philip Cannon
Piano Concertino: II. Andante tranquillo
Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.- Nimbus Records.
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Laurie Christman
Winds Blowing
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.- Navona.
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Dalal
Bergamot
Performer: Dalal.- Bergamot.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.- Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Ottorino Respighi
6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)
Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.- Nightscapes.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Song of Proserpine
Music Arranger: Erik Bach. Lyricist: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Conductor: Duncan Aspden. Ensemble: Excalibur.- EM Records.
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Alexis Ffrench
Hope, Ascending
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Iyad Sughayer.- Esther Abrami.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 6.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù"
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Sir Neville Marriner Conducts Handel.
- Warner Classics.
- 23.
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Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
Performer: Andrew von Oeyen.- Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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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.- Mademoiselle in New York.
- Warner Classics.
- 12.
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Laura Mvula
Sing to the Moon
Composer: Steven James Brown. Conductor: Laura Bailie. Choir: The Elgar Scholars.- Convivium Records Ltd.
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Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Quartet in G Major: III. Andnate
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Hahn: Piano Quintet, Songs, Piano Quartet.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 11.
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Henriëtte Bosmans
Impressions: No. 2, Nuit calme
Performer: Ed Spanjaard. Performer: Raphael Wallfisch.- jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto
Performer: Charlie Siem. Conductor: Oleg Caetani. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
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Yann Tiersen
Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi (Arr. for Guitar)
Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.- Tiersen: Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi (Arr. Lefvert for Guitar).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Deborah Cheetham
Eumeralla, a War Requiem for Peace: XVII. Moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa
Performer: Jess Hitchcock. Performer: Jud Arthur. Conductor: Benjamin Northey. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Dhungala Children's Choir. Ensemble: Students of Conservatorium High School, Sydney. Ensemble: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.- Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace (Recorded live in the Sydney Opera House Conc.
- ABC Classic.
- 17.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 457, 533, 545, 570 & 576.
- Hyperion.
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Jennifer Higdon
String Poetic: II. Nocturne
Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Reiko Uchida.- Violin Recital: Koh, Jennifer - Higdon, J. / Harrison, L. / Adams, J. / Ruggles,.
- Cedille.
- 2.
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Ernest Bloch
Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra) III. Lento
Performer: Parry Karp. Conductor: Kenneth Woods. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.- Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Adolph Bal.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
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Arvo Pärt
Nunc dimittis
Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve. Choir: Vox Clamantis.- ECM New Series.
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Franz Schubert
Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Arr. for String Quartet)
Ensemble: Signum Quartett.- Schubert: Ins stille Land.
- PENTATONE.
- 2.
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Edward MacDowell
10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 07.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltzes, Op. 69: No. 2 in B Minor, B. 35
Performer: Vittorio Forte.![]()
John Cage
In a Landscape (Arr. for 2 Guitars)
Performer: Adam Cicchillitti. Performer: Steve Cowan.- Lyrique.
- Les Productions Analekta Inc..
- 24.
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Arielle Beck
Variations sur un thème de Robert Schumann
Performer: Arielle Beck.- Des lunes et des feux.
- Mirare.
- 14.
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Anton Bruckner
Locus iste, WAB 23
Choir: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 22.
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William Grant Still
Song for the Lonely
Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.- Legacy.
- Albany Records.
- 2.
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Chris Roe
Peregrine (End Credits)
Performer: Chris Roe.- The Salt Path (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Filmtrax Ltd..
- 16.
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Alison Kay
Piano Etudes: No. 11, Lullaby for Isabelle
Performer: Rob Hao.- Divine Art.
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Gustav Holst
2 Motets, Op. 43: I. The Evening Watch
Performer: Hannah Cooke. Performer: Tom Robson. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
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Trad.
Deep River
Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.- The Kanneh-Masons.
- Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
- 11.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Arr. for Orchestra)
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.- King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
- Chandos Records Ltd.
- 12.
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Luke Faulkner
Esja
Performer: Luke Faulkner.- Lime Blue Music Limited.
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Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei (Arr. for Choir)
Choir: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
Broadcasts
- Fri 26 Sep 202514:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
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