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Calming music for moments of reflection

Tune in and sink into this peaceful collection of classical tunes.

Take a deep breath, hit play, and sink into this peaceful collection of classical music, carefully chosen to help you relax. This mix features orchestral favourites from Johannes Brahms and Gabriel Faure, alongside the chamber music of Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergey Akhunov, as well as the choral delights of Kerensa Briggs and Kristina Arakelyan.

Plus, recent releases from the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Anna Lapwood and Jess Gillam, all paired with soothing soundscapes from the natural world.

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

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem K. 626 - Lacrimosa

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Mozart : Requiem.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

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

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

    Wiegala (Arr. for Violin and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Music Arranger: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Conductor: Krišs Russman. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • James MacMillan

    Scots Song (Arr. for Choir, Piano and Violin)

    Performer: James Pearson. Performer: Lizzie Ball. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • The Heart Beat Sessions.
    • CORO.
    • 2.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne, Op. 78

    Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková. Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Etymology Classics.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Who knows?

    Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Who knows?.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Rachel Portman

    Flight

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Flight.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op. 70

    Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • The British Project.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 101: III. Lento

    Ensemble: Asasello Quartett.
    • Genuin.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto

    Performer: Lea Birringer. Conductor: Benjamin Shwartz. Orchestra: Rheinische Philharmonie.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - Järnefelt: Berceuse in G Minor -.
    • Rubicon.
    • 2.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto in one movement (Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement: Adagio cantabile.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: I. Behold the Lamb of God (Arr. for Wind Ensemble)

    Conductor: David Hill. Orchestra: The Norwegian Wind Ensemble. Ensemble: ѿý Singers.
    • Messiah, HWV 56 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold).
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 20.
  • Carlos Simon

    Hold Fast to Dreams

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Carlos Simon.
    • Simon: Hold Fast to Dreams.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Concerto For Wind Quintet: Vocalise

    Ensemble: Imani Winds.
    • MNRK Music Group LP.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • The Waiting Sky.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Joseph Ravel

    Sonatine, M. 40: I. Modere

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 5.
  • William Lloyd Webber

    The Moon

    Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Ice is Listening: II. The Ice is Listening

    Performer: Rowan Pierce. Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Cecilia McDowall: Cantatas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, 'Pathetique': IV. Adagio lamentoso

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence & Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique’.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 8.
  • Philip Cannon

    Piano Concertino: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Nimbus Records.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: Pie Jesu

    Performer: Lisa Beckley. Choir: Schola Cantorum of Oxford. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • FAURE: Requiem / PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 4.
  • Nils Frahm

    In the Sky and on the Ground

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • The Glass Effect (The Music of Philip Glass & Others).
    • Masterworks.
    • 10.
  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations, S. 172: No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Consolations, S. 172/No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Olli Mustonen

    Nonetto II: III. Adagio

    Conductor: Julian Azkoul. Ensemble: United Strings of Europe.
    • Hommages.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water

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

    Sleep

    Ensemble: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.
    • Sleep.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Akhunov

    The Art of Light Touches: IV. Fantasia

    Performer: Gleb Dontsov. Performer: Marianna Terteryan.
    • The Art of Light Touches.
    • 貹é.
    • 4.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 03.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C Major, BWV 846/a

    Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.
    • Genuin.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 2: William Grant Still & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Re.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Grace Williams

    Sailing Song (Sea Sketches, No 2)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: II. Sailing Song.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner": II. Andante

    Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Mozart: Haffner-Akademie.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.
  • Charles Koechlin

    Les chants de nectaire, Series 2, Op. 199: No. 24, Soir lumineux

    Performer: Nicola Woodward.
    • Hoxa.
  • William Walton

    Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
    • Collegium.
    • 15.
  • Max Richter

    Dream 3 (in the midst of my life)

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Max Richter.
    • From Sleep.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    An Ode To The World

    Conductor: Olivia Shotton. Ensemble: National Youth Choir.
    • Arakelyan: An Ode to the World (Live).
    • NYCGB.
    • 1.

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