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A serene classical soundtrack for inner calm

Calm your thoughts and ease tension with a mindful blend of peaceful classical sounds.

Calm your thoughts and ease tension with a mindful blend of peaceful classical sounds - perfect to help you slow down, and take a moment for yourself.

Featuring delicate textures from Erik Satie, George Frideric Handel, and Gerald Finzi, alongside tranquil works by Caroline Shaw, Sally Beamish, and Thomas James White.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo / Act II: "Lascia ch'io pianga"

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Lyricist: Giacomo Rossi. Lyricist: Aaron Hill. Lyricist: Torquato Tasso. Conductor: Monika Razynska. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • New Seasons - H盲ndel f眉r Oboe und Orchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Marcel Tournier

    Images, 1猫re Suite, Op. 29: I. Clair de lune sur l'茅tang du par

    Performer: Chantal Mathieu.
    • Tournier: Works for solo Harp.
    • Claves Records.
    • 6.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Binge: Watermill (The) / Scottish Rhapsody.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major BWV 846/1

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 / Prelude & Fugue.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Stars

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Lyricist: E虅riks Es虒envalds. Lyricist: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 14.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco moto

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt. Orchestra: Orchestre fran莽ais des jeunes.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor" & Quintet for Piano and Winds,.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Ivo Antognini

    O magnum mysterium

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ivo Antognini: Come to Me in the Silence of the Night - Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesus nahm zu sich die Zw枚lfe, BWV 22, No. 5: Ert枚t uns durch dein G眉te

    Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet. Conductor: Tim Allhoff.
    • Ert枚nt uns durch dein G眉te Variation (From Jesus nahm zu sich die Zw枚lfe, BWV 22.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Dan Jones

    Chloe

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Sur la plage de Chesil (Bande originale du film).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Lyricist: Edward Esch. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers.
    • Light & Gold.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.

  • John Rutter

    5 Meditations for Orchestra: No. 4, Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Classical Tranquillity.
    • Collegium.
    • 5.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet Sur Le Nom De Haydn

    Performer: Andr茅 Laplante.
    • Ravel.
    • Analekta.
    • 5.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma, Act I: Casta Diva

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Norma, Act I: Casta Diva (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Jan Vogler) (Radio Edit).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Sally Beamish

    In the Stillness

    Composer: Katrina Shepherd. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Romance.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 24: II. Andante

    Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 2.

  • Thomas James White

    Momentary Pause - Solo Piano Version

    Performer: Thomas James White.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto: II. Longing

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 03.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    3 Spirituals for Orchestra: No. 2, Kum Ba Ya

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Classical Focus.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in D Major, K. 576: II. Adagio

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D Major, K. 576: II. Adagio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio

    Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Gaudenz.
    • CPO.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Night Seasons: II. When It's Darkest, A Prayer For The Dawn

    Composer: Book of Common Prayer. Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Richard McVeigh. Conductor: Nigel Short. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 40: II. Andante quieto

    Performer: Timothy Hugh. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Mark Butler

    Dona nobis pacem

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto in one movement (Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre 茅t茅 : L'Apr猫s-midi

    Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes. Lyricist: Yann Tiersen.
    • Cinema.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": II. Adagio molto espressivo

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 11.

  • Nitin Sawhney

    New Tribes

    Conductor: Nitin Sawhney. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Human Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 24.

  • Erik Satie & Alena Cherny

    Gnossiene No.1

    • Gnossienne No. 1.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Rachel Portman

    Tipping Points: II. Air

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Rachel Portman: Tipping Points.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin. Music Arranger: Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • LYS.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Emendemus in melius

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und Tr盲ume, D. 827

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Moonlight Variations.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Performer: Gerald Moore. Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin.
    • The Sound of Jacqueline Du Pr茅.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Rosey Chan

    Compassion

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sonic Apothecary.
    • Rosey Chan.

  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • ...and....
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 13 Jun 2025 14:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 13 Jul 2025 06:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind

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