Float away into a world of classical calm
Relax into this 3 hour mix of calming classical music chosen to help you unwind.
Press play and enjoy relaxing into this 3 hour mix of calming classical music chosen carefully to help you unwind.
Featuring orchestral favourites from Georges Bizet and Edward Elgar, along with restful piano from Montague Ring and Maurice Ravel and soothing choral tones from Stephen Foster and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, plus recent releases from Esther Abrami, Nicholas Daniel and Anna Shelest, 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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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61, R. 198: II. Andantino quasi allegretto
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Lalo, Saint-Saens & Sarasate: Violin Concertos.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel
Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 11 No. 3, StWV 127/3: II. Andante
Conductor: Johannes Moesus. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.- CPO.
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Henry Purcell
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Matthias Maute. Choir: Ensemble ArtChoral.- Art choral vol. 2: Baroque I.
- Les Disques ATMA Inc..
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Anne Dudley
Medhel an Gwyns
Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.- Women.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 7.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo
Conductor: Marko Letonja. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.- Spatial Audio - The 3D Orchestral Collection.
- Warner Classics.
- 12.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Isle of Beauty
Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Isle of Beauty.
- Delphian Records.
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Roderick Elms
Visions of St Anne - Symphony for Orchestra: III. Lamentosa
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Roderick Elms: Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral Works.
- Signum Records.
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Teresa Carreño
Mi Teresita "Little Waltz" (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra)
Performer: Esther Abrami. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.- Women.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Meno mosso (Excerpt)
Performer: Yunchan Lim. Orchestra: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Adagio (E.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Madeleine Dring
3 Pieces for Oboe & Piano: No. 1, Waltz
Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal. Performer: Nicholas Daniel.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Stephen Foster
Slumber, My Darling
Music Arranger: Blake Morgan. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Windows: Reimaginings by Blake Morgan.
- VOCES8 Records.
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Claude Debussy
Beau soir, CD 84 (Performed on Harp & Saxophone)
Performer: Alis Huws. Performer: Jess Gillam.- Long Nights and Starry Skies.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Cecilia McDowall
Music of the Stars: III. The Gift to Sing
Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.- Cecilia McDowall: Cantatas.
- Resonus Classics.
- 11.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Andante Cantabile for Cello and String Orchestra
Performer: Timo-Veikko Valve. Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.- Tchaikovsky: Serenade and Andante Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony.
- ABC Classic.
- 5.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet, M. 42
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Anthony R. Green
The Green Double: II. Dance Reflections
Orchestra: Lowell Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Orlando Cela.- Navona.
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Olivia Belli
Limina Luminis
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Limina Luminis.
- Sony Classical.
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Lauri Porra
Utu
Performer: Lauri Porra. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Platoon.
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Rebecca Dale
true love
Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Klara Romac. Performer: Tom Walley. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
- Signum Records.
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Franz Liszt
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173: No. 9. Andante lagrimoso
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Liszt: Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works.
- Sony Classical.
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Joby Talbot
Ink Dark Moon
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- The Moon & The Forest.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge
Columbine (Carnival, Suite of 5 dances, No 4)
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
- Albany Records.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.- Elgar Wand of Youth.
- Halle Concerts Society.
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Maurice Duruflé
Quatre Motets, Op. 10: Tantum ergo
Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir.- Duruflé: Complete Sacred Choral Works.
- Lammas.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso
Performer: Emmanuel Despax. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso (Radio Edit).
- Signum Records.
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Benjamin Britten
A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: There Is No Rose
Performer: Sally Pryce. Conductor: David Temple. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus.- A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: There Is No Rose.
- Signum Classics.
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Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Das Jahr, H. 385: IX. September: At the River. Andante con moto
Performer: Anna Shelest.- Donna Voce Vol. 2: Women of Legend.
- Music and Arts Programs of America.
- 09.
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Franz Schubert
Octet in F Major, D. 803: II. Adagio
Ensemble: Les Solistes OSM.- Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803.
- Groupe Analekta, Inc.
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Passacaille
Performer: Göran Söllscher. Music Arranger: Göran Söllscher.- Eleven String Baroque.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Nightfall.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.- Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Alexis Ffrench
Photographs
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Memories.
- Sony Classical.
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Philip Herbert
Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- NMC Recordings.
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Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine
Lyricist: Jean Racine. Choir: University of Washington Chorale. Conductor: Giselle Wyers.- Resonant Streams: Choral Music from Sun to Sea.
- MSR Classics.
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- Fri 6 Jun 2025 14:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
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