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Reflective tunes to help you unwind

Calm the chaos of life with three hours of relaxing classical music.

Relax and sink into this 3 hour mix of calming classical music, chosen especially to help you relax.

This mix features beautiful symphonic works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Benjamin Britten and Gustav Mahler, gentle piano tracks from Dalal, Alexis Ffrench and Betty Jackson King, and calming choral works by Jeremy Dibble, Tomaso Albinoni and Morten Lauridsen.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony, Op. 4: III. Sentimental Saraband

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • English String Music: Britten, Holst, Purcell, Vaughan Williams....
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Stargazer: VI. The Milky Way

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Quod chorus vatum

    Conductor: Gabriel Crouch. Ensemble: Gallicantus.
    • Queen Mary's Big Belly: Hope for an Heir in Catholic England.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Trois mélodies, Op. 7, No. 1: Après un rêve - Arr. for Bassoon and Piano

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: Sélim Mazari.
    • IMPRESSIONS.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
    • 7.

  • Anna Clyne

    Color Field: I. Yellow

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • Deborah Cheetham

    Eumeralla, a War Requiem for Peace: XV. Paman paman (Sanctus)

    Conductor: Deborah Cheetham. Conductor: Jess Hitchcock. Conductor: 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.
    • 15.

  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht (Arr. for Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Robert Kulek.
    • Schumann: Werke für Violoncello und Klavier.
    • Orfeo.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, 'Pathetique': IV. Adagio lamentoso

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence & Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique’.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 8.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Organum Light

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • Tabakova: Sun Triptych.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 6.

  • Chad Lawson

    Solace (Together)

    Lyricist: Rupi Kaur. Ensemble: VOCES8. Conductor: Chad Lawson. Conductor: Seth Parker Woods.
    • Solace (Together).
    • Chad Lawson Decca US.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite from "24 Negro Melodies": IV. Lament - They Will Not Lend Me a Child

    Conductor: Michael Repper. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Conductor: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 3 & Serenade No. 2.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.

  • Robert Lowry

    Shall We Gather at the River?

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bill Elliott.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Sonate in E-Flat Major: II. Minuetto Gratioso

    Performer: Mylene Alexis-Garel.
    • Passavant Music.

  • John Rutter

    Five Orchestral Meditations: No. 5, The Lord bless you and keep you

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Dmitri Ensemble.
    • John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo

    Performer: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Danny Driver.
    • Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: II. Adagio

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Performer: Richard Gowers.
    • Fantasia: Works For Trumpet & Organ.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 8.

  • Laurie Christman

    Rolling Fields

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

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Closer to Forever

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Closer to Forever.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Conductor: Ben Parry. Ensemble: National Youth Choir.
    • O Magnum Mysterium.
    • NYCGB.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    La mer, L. 108 (Arr. for Piano Trio): I. De l'aube a midi sur la mer

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • La mer: French Piano Trios.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 8.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas, Act III: "When I Am Laid in Earth" Dido's Lament

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Mathieu Herzog.
    • Voice Of Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini Vissi d'arte Variation (From Tosca, S.69, Arr. for Piano & Cello)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Performer: Lillia Keyes. Lyricist: Jan-Peter Klöpfel.
    • Puccini Vissi d'arte Variation (From Tosca, S.69, Arr. for Piano & Cello by Jan-.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Da pacem Domine (Version for String Orchestra)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra.
    • Arvo Pärt: Credo.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    Lament and Elegy: Death Hath Deprived Me

    Composer: Thomas Tomkins. Conductor: Lionel Meunier. Ensemble: Vox Luminis.
    • Purcell, Morley & Tomkins: English Royal Funeral Music.
    • Ricercar.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 (Arr. for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Betty Jackson King

    Seasonal Sketches: I. Spring Intermezzo

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • Soulscapes 2 - Piano Music by Women of African Descent.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 5.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, Dritte Abteilung: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Dalal

    Kindred

    Performer: Dalal.
    • Kindred.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: III. Poco adagio

    Ensemble: Trio Orelon.
    • CPO.

  • Valgeir Sigurðsson

    Low Tatras

    Performer: Valgeir Sigurðsson.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in D major III. Andante

    Performer: Melodie Zhao (piano). Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales (orchestra). Conductor: Howard Griffiths (conductor).
    • cpo.

  • Jeremy Dibble

    Dormi, Jesu! (A Lullaby)

    Performer: Alexandra Kidgell. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Jeremy Dibble: Dormi, Jesu! (A Lullaby).
    • CORO.
    • 1.

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    African Sketches: II. Dusk

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • Soulscapes 2 - Piano Music by Women of African Descent.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Adieu

    Performer: Alessio Enea. Performer: Lucilla Rose Mariotti.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    7 Gipsy Melodies, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4, Als die alte Mutter

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Conductor: Eivind Aadland. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Storyteller.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart Asks Pleasure First (From "The Piano")

    Performer: Ksenia Bashmet.
    • Quartz Music.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    The Beatitudes (Adagio)

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Capricorn. Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 24 Oct 202514:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 22 Nov 202506:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind