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Peaceful classical tunes to calm your mind

Relax your busy mind with peaceful classical music.

Relax your busy mind and take a step back from the chaos of daily life with this collection of peaceful classical music. Featuring beautiful harp melodies from Henri Busser and Bryce Dessner, orchestral warmth from Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Igor Stravinsky, and new releases from Xie Yueli and Jonathan Dove.

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

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Nimrod (Adagio)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO Live.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert, Op. 77: II. Demande et reponse

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • Cedille.
  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei, Op. 11

    Performer: Katherine Jenkins. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: II. Air

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.
    • EMF Endeavours.
  • Henri Büsser

    Les cygnes

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Eleanor Dunnet

    All Shall Be Well

    Choir: The Choir of Robinson College. Conductor: Will Sims.
    • ASC Records.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante

    Performer: Mariko Senju. Orchestra: Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Chikara Imamura.
    • Universal Music LLC.
  • Ken Burton

    A Prayer

    Choir: ѿý Singers.
  • Marie Awadis

    Étude No. 8: Through the Window

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Erik Satie

    Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit

    Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy.
    • Naxos.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Berceuse from L'oiseau de feu - The Firebird

    Performer: Terry Davies. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Masterworks.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Canzonetta, Op. 8

    Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179 "American": II. Lento

    Ensemble: Vermeer Quartet.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Will Todd

    All Will Be Well

    Conductor: Mark Edwards. Orchestra: Alina Orchestra. Ensemble: Will Todd Ensemble. Ensemble: Voices of Hope.
    • Signum Records.
  • Olivia Belli

    Anemos

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • XXIM Records.
  • Stephan Moccio

    Communion

    Composer: Peter Gregson. Performer: Stephan Moccio. Performer: Peter Gregson.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
  • Jonathan Dove

    Stargazer: I. Searching the Night Sky

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Canzonetta. Andante

    Performer: Mariko Senju. Orchestra: Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Chikara Imamura.
    • Universal Music LLC.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques, L. 66: I. Andantino con moto

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Florence Price

    Poem of Praise

    Conductor: Stephen Caldwell. Choir: University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum.
    • Hill Records.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio Assai

    Performer: Gabriela Montero. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Americas.
    • Orchid Music Limited.
  • Bryce Dessner

    Suite for Harp: Movement II

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Masterworks.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Hania Rani

    Preludium c-moll

    Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Frederick Delius

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

    Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Parlophone UK.
  • John Pickard

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Edmond Dédé

    Reverie champetre

    Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Naxos.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • George Gershwin

    Three Preludes: No. 2, Andante con moto

    Composer: Wolfgang Schlei. Ensemble: Nexas Quartet.
    • Da Vinci Classics.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Violin Sonata in D Major: II. Andante quasi adagio

    Performer: Judith Ingolfsson. Performer: Vladimir Stoupel.
    • Oehms Classics.
  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Sinfonia I

    Conductor: Gabriele Pro. Ensemble: Anima & Corpo.
    • Arcana.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Robin Scherpen

    Ravel Reimagined (After Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19)

    Composer: Maurice Ravel. Performer: Robin Scherpen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Xie Yueli

    i almost told you

    Performer: Xie Yueli.
    • Karma Sounds.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Warner Classics.
  • John Ireland

    Ex ore innocentium

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.

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