
Refreshing classical music to quieten your mind
Take a step back from the busy world with a selection of serene harmonies and calming melodies to help reset your mind and soul.
Take a step back from the busy world with a selection of serene harmonies and calming melodies.
Featuring soothing instrumental textures by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Felix Mendelssohn, plus uplifting and inspiring sounds by Betty Jackson King, Isobel Waller-Bridge, and Jan Garbarek.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind, MM
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Vocalise, Op.34, No. 14
Orchestra: ѿý Orchestras. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, WoO Anh.4: III. Largo
Performer: Enzo Caroli. Performer: Anna Martignon.- Urania Records.
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Philip Stopford
Do Not Be Afraid
Choir: Ecclesium Choir. Conductor: Philip Stopford.- Priory Records Ltd.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Orchestra: ѿý Orchestras. -
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Melodie from "Orfeo ed Euridice": Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Performer: Evgeny Kissin.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Caroline Shaw
And the Swallow
Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- Signum Records.
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Claude Debussy
La Cathedrale engloutie from Preludes
Orchestra: ѿý Orchestras. -
Benjamin Britten
Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6: IV. Lullaby: Lento tranquillo
Performer: Alexander Barantschik. Performer: John Alley.- Warner Classics.
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Orlando Gibbons
Threefold Amen
Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Signum Records.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Andante soave
Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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John Williams
Schindler's List
Orchestra: ѿý Orchestras. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: II. Adagio
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Louise Farrenc
Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 39: III Adagio
Performer: Daniele Orlando. Performer: Linda di Carlo.- Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
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Jan Garbarek
Parce Mihi Domine
Composer: Cristóbal de Morales. Performer: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- ECM New Series.
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Isobel Waller-Bridge
For A Moment
Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Mercury Classics.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Tuesday Suit
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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George Butterworth
Banks of Green Willow
Orchestra: ѿý Orchestras. -
Marc Berthomieu
Cinq nuances in B Minor: III. Idyllico
Performer: Dejan Gavric. Performer: Silke Aichhorn.- öܲ.
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George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica Records.
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Charles Wuorinen
Josquiniana: III. Cela sans Plus
Ensemble: Brentano String Quartet.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Florence Price
Heav'n Bound Soldier
Ensemble: ѿý Singers. -
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante
Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Hankinson.- AVIE Records.
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Elfrida Andrée
Piano Trio in G Minor: II. Andante con espressione
Performer: Bernt Lysell.- Musica Sveciae.
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Edward Elgar
Dream Children, Op. 43
Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.- Decca (UMO).
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Betty Jackson King
Four Seasonal Sketches: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Albany Records.
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 447 (Saraband)
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Stewart Eaton. Performer: William Conway. Performer: Enno Senft. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stephan Maass. Performer: Stephan Rath.- Universal Music LLC.
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Florence Price
An Elf on a Moonbeam
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Sony Classical.
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Anne Boyd
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.- Ars Nova Records.
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Claude Debussy
La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Sony Classical.
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Errollyn Wallen
Photography: II -
Ensemble: Ensemble X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.- NMC Recordings Limited.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E flat, HIII No. 31, Op. 20 No. 1: 3. Affettuoso e sostenuto
Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Ludovico Einaudi
Due tramonti
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Sony Classical.
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Louise Farrenc
Cello Sonata: II. Andante sostenuto
Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Rebecca Knight.- Ambache Recordings / NAXO.
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Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Major, G. 477: II. Largo
Composer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Composer: Timothy Hugh. Performer: Timothy Hugh. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpourri: No. 5, A Jazz Trifle
Performer: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.- Cambria.
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Dora Bright
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor: II. Intermezzo - Andante espressivo
Performer: Samantha Ward. Conductor: Charles Peebles. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- SOMM Recordings.
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