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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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Music Played

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jake Runestad

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Lyricist: Alfred Noyes. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Philip Cannon

    Piano Concertino: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Nimbus Records.
  • Laurie Christman

    Winds Blowing

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Navona.
  • Dalal

    Bergamot

    Performer: Dalal.
    • Bergamot.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Nightscapes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Song of Proserpine

    Music Arranger: Erik Bach. Lyricist: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Conductor: Duncan Aspden. Ensemble: Excalibur.
    • EM Records.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Hope, Ascending

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Iyad Sughayer.
    • Esther Abrami.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Composer: Steven James Brown. Conductor: Laura Bailie. Choir: The Elgar Scholars.
    • Convivium Records Ltd.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Piano Quartet in G Major: III. Andnate

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Hahn: Piano Quintet, Songs, Piano Quartet.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 11.
  • Henriëtte Bosmans

    Impressions: No. 2, Nuit calme

    Performer: Ed Spanjaard. Performer: Raphael Wallfisch.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Nunc dimittis

    Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve. Choir: Vox Clamantis.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Franz Schubert

    Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Arr. for String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Schubert: Ins stille Land.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Arielle Beck

    Variations sur un thème de Robert Schumann

    Performer: Arielle Beck.
    • Des lunes et des feux.
    • Mirare.
    • 14.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste, WAB 23

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 22.
  • William Grant Still

    Song for the Lonely

    Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.
    • Legacy.
    • Albany Records.
    • 2.
  • Chris Roe

    Peregrine (End Credits)

    Performer: Chris Roe.
    • The Salt Path (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Filmtrax Ltd..
    • 16.
  • Alison Kay

    Piano Etudes: No. 11, Lullaby for Isabelle

    Performer: Rob Hao.
    • Divine Art.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke Faulkner

    Esja

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Lime Blue Music Limited.
  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei (Arr. for Choir)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

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