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Mindful Mix: Peaceful Classical Sounds for Christmas

Calming orchestral carols and warming festive favourites for the Christmas season.

Find calm this Christmas with a flowing mix of warming festive favourites. Featuring glowing orchestral arrangements of carols from the London Chamber Orchestra, gentle piano works from Alexis Ffrench, and choral favourites by John Rutter, and many more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM.

Release date:

12 days left to listen

2 hours, 60 minutes

Music Played

  • William James Kirkpatrick

    Away in a Manger (Arr. Taylor Scott Davis)

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Ensemble: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Away in a Manger (Arr. Taylor Scott Davis).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Still, Still, Still

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Christmas Piano with Alexis.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Hector Berlioz

    The Shepherds' Farewell

    Performer: Dónal McCann. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
    • 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 5.
  • Trad.

    I Saw Three Ships

    Music Arranger: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Choir: BBC Singers. Performer: Piano Hands. Conductor: James Morgan.
    • Carols Revisited - Christmas with the BBC Singers.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    Gabriel's Message

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Gabriel's Message.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    O Tannenbaum

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Christmas Piano with Alexis.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Jules Massenet

    La vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • John Rutter

    There is a flower

    Performer: Bryony Macleod-Jones. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • There is a flower.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Lo, How a Rose Eér Bloomin

    Music Arranger: Peter Nordahl. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Christmas In london.
    • X5 Music Group.
    • 01.
  • John Rutter

    What Sweeter Music

    Lyricist: Robert Herrick. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Candlelight: Seasonal Reflections & Celebrations.
    • Collegium.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Classy Moon. Music Arranger: Classy Moon.
    • Holy Night〜With a Harp and a Violin (International Version).
    • Croix Co., Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux: Intrada

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Eugene Ormandy Conducts Tchaikovsky.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 11.
  • Lars‐Erik Larsson

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

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

    Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

    Music Arranger: Roger Harvey. Ensemble: London Brass.
    • In Dulci Jubilo.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 10.
  • Lewis Henry Redner

    O Little Town of Bethlehem - "St. Louis"

    Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • Sony.
  • Robert Wells

    The Christmas Song

    Composer: Mel Tormé. Composer: Daniel Lars Nolgaard. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel McCormack.
    • Swan Music.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    First Snow

    Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Winter Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Francis Poulenc

    4 motets pour le temps de Noël: I. O Magnum mysterium

    Performer: Alexander Weiss. Conductor: Christopher Gray. Ensemble: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge.
    • O Holy Night.
    • Signum Records.
    • 14.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Trad.

    Coventry Carol

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Rimmer. Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Coventry Carol (Arr. Rimmer for Saxophone & Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    A Christmas Greeting, Op. 52

    Performer: Robin Thurlby. Performer: Jeremy Ballard. Performer: Keith Swallow. Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Lyricist: Alice Elgar. Conductor: Donald Hunt.
    • Elgar: The Complete Choral Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    The Lull

    Performer: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Jack Frost.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 19.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo sinfonico (From "Cavalleria Rusticana")

    Performer: André Rieu. Music Arranger: André Rieu. Orchestra: Johann Strauss Orchestra.
    • Romance italienne.
    • Polydor.
    • 9.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Listen to the Lambs

    Conductor: Philip Brunelle. Choir: VocalEssence Ensemble Singers.
    • Clarion.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Pastoral Symphony, "Pifa"

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Naxos.
  • Richard Storrs Willis

    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Music Arranger: Craig Leon. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • Midwinter's Eve - Music for Christmas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Trad.

    The Wexford Carol

    Composer: Carducci String Quartet. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Carducci Classics.
  • Gareth Malone

    December

    Performer: Gareth Malone.
    • Music For Healing.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 14.
  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum, S613/R307: X. Ehemals (Old Times)

    Performer: Rebecca Turner. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Music Arranger: Anthony Collins.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • De Notenkraker.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 18.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D Major, BWV 977: II. Larghetto

    Ensemble: Brass Band Berner Oberland. Conductor: Corsin TuorImmanuel Richter.
    • iMD-lucerne music edition.
  • Samuel Barber

    Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13 No. 3

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Muse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Sarah Quartel

    On this Silent Night

    Choir: The Oxford Choir. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Trad.

    Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
    • Halidon.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion

    Performer: Søren Johannsen. Performer: Dorthe Zielke. Performer: Johannes Søe Hansen. Music Arranger: Søren Johannsen.
    • Händel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Arr. for Trumpet & Organ).
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    A Carol Symphony: Andante quasi lento e contabile

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Hely-Hutchinson: Carol Symphony / Standford / Kelly.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Michele McLaughlin

    Midwinter Memories

    Performer: Michele McLaughlin.
    • MICHELE MCLAUGHLIN.
  • Jonathan Dove

    The Three Kings

    Performer: Arthur Cobb. Performer: G.A. Henty. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • O Holy Night.
    • Signum Records.
    • 19.
  • Gerald Finzi

    In terra pax Op. 39: A Frosty Christmas Eve

    Performer: Donald Sweeney. Lyricist: Robert Bridges. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: Waynflete Singers. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Christmas Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    A Time for Giving

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Christmas Piano with Alexis.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.
  • Bob Chilcott

    The Sleeping Child

    Lyricist: Charles Bennett. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • A Choral Christmas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 8 'Christmas Concerto': Vb. Pastorale. Largo

    Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • William Grant Still

    Christmas in the Western World, "Las Pascuas": No. 2, Ven, Nino Divino

    Composer: Verna Arvey. Performer: Greg Kostraba. Performer: Toledo Clarinets.
    • Cambria.
  • Florence Price

    Song for Snow

    Performer: Paul Shaw. Choir: VocalEssence Ensemble Singers. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Clarion.
  • Herbert Howells

    Here is the Little Door

    Composer: Francis Chesterton. Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Conductor: William Vann.
    • Albion Records.
  • Trad.

    While Sheperds Watch Their Flocks

    Music Arranger: Charles Skinner. Ensemble: The Bands & Choirs of The Salvation Army.
    • 100 Hits – Christmas Carols & Hymns – Xmas Songs.
    • 100 Hits.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 1: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Sinfonia

    Orchestra: Failoni Chamber Orchestra Budapest. Conductor: Géza Oberfrank.
    • Agnus Dei - Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

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