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Experience deep calm with relaxing classical music

Take a moment for yourself and relax with three hours of calming classical music.

Take a step back from routine and enjoy a moment to relax with this three hour mix of soothing classical tunes, paired with soundscapes from the natural world.

Featuring performances from Samantha Ege, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and David Fray, alongside new releases from Orlando Gibbons, Hildur Gudonadottir, and Olivia Belli.

Produced by Katie Hill
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Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Guitar & Orchestra)

    Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: John Williams. Conductor: William Goodchild. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • The Guitar Master.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Falstaff, Op. 68: IId. Dream Interlude. Poco allegretto

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells - Elgar: Falstaff.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere Mei

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 5.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Samantha Ege. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. for 5 Cellos)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Max Ruisi.
    • J.S. Bach: Come, Sweet Death (Arr. for 5 Cellos).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Lili Boulanger

    3 Morceaux: II. D'un Jardin Clair. Assez vite

    Performer: Tiffany Poon.
    • Pentatone.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Performer: Jonathan Snowden. Performer: Skaila Kanga. Music Arranger: Ralph Greaves. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra.
    • Musique au coin du feu (Radio Classique).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam I

    Performer: Esmé Ellis. Conductor: Rupert Gough. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Eleanor Daley: Requiem and other choral works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94: II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 126: II. Adagio molto, Piu mosso

    Performer: Benjamin Frith. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Works for Solo Piano.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 2.

  • Olivia Belli

    Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Belli: Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Grace Williams

    Elegy for String Orchestra

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.
    • Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.

  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied "Guten Abend, gut Nacht"

    Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.
    • Nacht und Träume. Transcriptions by Clytus Gottwald. Johannes Brahms – Peter Cor.
    • Carus.
    • 16.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Fantasie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Daughter of the Sea and the Moon

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Orchestra: International Master Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Fantasyland.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Romantic Pieces, Op.75, B.150: IV. Larghetto

    Performer: Andrea Cicalese. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Dvorak: Romantic Pieces.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 14.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 24: II. Andante

    Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 2.

  • Arvo Pärt

    The Beatitudes

    Performer: Andrew Reid. Conductor: James O’Donnell. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.
    • 20th Century Choral Works - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 10.

  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Melody of Not Knowing

    Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir.
    • Where to From.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 294, Op. 4 No. 6: I. Andante - Allegro

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre.
    • Händel.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Icon: Vernon Handley.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 1.

  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528: II. Andante

    Performer: David Fray.
    • Baroque Encores.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Masato Nakamura

    Before I Notice

    Composer: Miwa Yoshida. Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.
    • OMF.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112: II. Andante tranquillo

    Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112, II. Andante tranquillo.
    • The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • 1.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    O Holy Lord

    Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.
    • Marquis Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 5.

  • Anna Clyne

    Abstractions: III. Seascape

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Anna Clyne: Abstractions.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Voyage.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, I. Lever du jour

    Performer: Julien Beaudiment. Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Ravel: The Flute Album.
    • Aparté.
    • 2.

  • Lars‐Erik Larsson

    The Winter's Tale, Op. 18: I. Siciliana

    Conductor: Jerker Johansson. Orchestra: Göteborg Wind Orchestra.
    • Winter.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIII (Arr. for Two Guitars)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Performer: Antoine Morinière. Music Arranger: Antoine Morinière. Music Arranger: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations: Variation XIII.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray

    Choir: Dulwich Choral Society. Conductor: William Vann.
    • Albion Records.

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