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Tranquil harmonies for restful moments

Let calming classical melodies guide you to a peaceful state of mind, perfect for moments of relaxation or reflection.

Allow the tranquil harmonies of classical music to carry you away into a restful state. A selection of gentle piano solos, orchestral movements, and choral serenity awaits, offering the ideal soundtrack for quiet moments of reflection and calm.

Featuring new compositions by Olivia Belli, Joby Talbot, Thomas James White, and Lucy Walker. Plus classical favourites by Erik Satie, Gustav Holst, and Edward Elgar.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Thomas James White

    Momentary Pause - Solo Piano Version

    Performer: Thomas James White.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Requiem: IX. In Paradisum

    Performer: Anita Monserrat. Performer: Richard Gowers. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Delphian Records.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan From "The Carnival of the Animals", R.125

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Gabriella Victoria. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Breeze

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • XXIM Records.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet: Andante

    Performer: Boris Berezovsky. Performer: Vasko Vassilev. Performer: Christopher Vanderspar. Performer: Tony Hougham. Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Singer: Andrew Staples.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Lucy Walker

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Performer: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Heinrich Baermann

    Adagio for Clarinet & Strings in D-Flat Major

    Performer: Jack Brymer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Ulysses Kay

    Tender Thought

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR Classics.
  • Frank Bridge

    Summer

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Roland Dyens.
    • Platoon.
  • Alan Bullard

    Peace In The World (from 'Images of Peace')

    Choir: ѿý Singers.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Turibio Santos. Conductor: Claudio Scimone. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • Joseph Horovitz

    Clarinet Sonatina in B-Flat Major: II. Lento, quasi andante

    Performer: Antonio Salguero. Performer: Pedro Gavilán.
    • IBS Classical.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 1: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Ivo Antognini

    Those Tender Words

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Lara Somogyi

    aura

    Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • Mercury Classics.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Enchantment (Beyond The Dream)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 33: II. Adagio Sostenuto

    Performer: Linda di Carlo. Performer: Amedeo Cicchese. Performer: Sergey Galaktionov.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Manu Martin

    Lim Cosmic Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Act III: II. Come Orbit With Me

    Composer: Matthieu Eymard. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Edward MacDowell

    10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Matthew Martin

    Justorum animae

    Conductor: Huw Williams. Choir: Bath Abbey Choir.
    • CRD.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55, IV. Solveigs Song

    Orchestra: The Royal Festival Orchestra. Conductor: William Bowles.
    • Stradivari Classics.
  • Franz Liszt

    12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558: No. 7, Frühlingsglaube

    Performer: Aimi Kobayashi.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring: VI. Meno mosso

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Joby Talbot

    Transit of Venus

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor (arr. for piano)

    Performer: Edward Wolanin. Music Arranger: John Gribben.
    • DUX.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein, BWV 2: Chorale. "Das wollst du Gott..."

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Florence Price

    First Romance

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.
  • Olivia Belli

    Anemos

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • XXIM Records.
  • Eleanor Dunnet

    Exhale

    Ensemble: ѿý Singers.
  • Stephan Moccio

    Fracture

    Performer: Ludvig Hall.
    • Strange Fruits.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 Apr 2025 06:00
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