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A gentle reset through calming music

Let soothing classical sounds guide you into a peaceful headspace - perfect for rest or reflection.

Let soothing classical music and sounds from the natural world guide you into a peaceful headspace - perfect for rest and reflection.

With music by Gabriel Fauré, Louise Farrenc, and Claude Debussy, plus performances from Anna Lapwood, VOCES8, Jess Gillam, and more.

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

3 hours

Last on

Sun 27 Jul 2025 06:00

Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op. 50

    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • The Secret Fauré 2.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 9.
  • Robert Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 94: No. 1, Nicht schnell

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • Romanza.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 05.
  • Michael Nyman

    The Diary of Anne Frank: If

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: John Harle. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Nyman: The Diary of Anne Frank - Arr. Harle: If.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nocturne in Eb Major, Op. 49

    Music Arranger: Christopher Hussey. Orchestra: Prague Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Shea Lolin.
    • Nocturne in Eb Major, Op. 49 (arr. for orchestra).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jasmine

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Louis Philippson.
    • Jasmine.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Murmurations

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Firedove.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wind Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, "Gran partita": I. Largo - Allegro Molto

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart: Music for Wind Instruments.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Catrin Finch

    Ceffylau

    Composer: Seckou Keita. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • Clychau Dibon.
    • Astar Artes Recordings Limited.
    • 06.
  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Claude Debussy

    Images II, L. 120: II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut

    Performer: Yuval Zorn.
    • Debussy: Images II, L. 120: II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.
  • Lucy Walker

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne III - Once in a Blue Moon

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 7.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • Prokofiev: Violin Concertos / Sonata for 2 Violins.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 1, Schwanenlied

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn: 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 1, Schwanenlied (Arr. Lidström for Cello.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Max Richter

    Spring 1 (2012)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos Records.
  • Ernest Bloch

    From Jewish Life (1924): Prayer

    Performer: Richard O'Neill. Performer: Christopher Park. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Preghiera.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Trad.

    Soay (Arr. Dale)

    Performer: Matthew Sharp. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Snorri Hallgrímsson

    Nowhere Again, Kinder

    Performer: Snorri Hallgrímsson.
    • Nowhere Again, Kinder.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 05.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: No. 13, Dances of the Swans, V. Pas d'action

    Ensemble: Duo Arcos.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: No. 13, Dances of the Swans, V. Pas d'ac.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.
  • Marianna Martines

    Concerto per Cembalo in G Major: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: La Floridiana. Conductor: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • Marianna Martines: La tempesta.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Barnaby Taylor

    Mountains

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: Chinese Ensemble. Conductor: Barnaby Taylor.
    • Wild China (Original Soundtrack).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 10.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    The Way It Was

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Classical Soul Vol. 1 - The Solo Piano Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Douglas Guest

    For the Fallen

    Conductor: Mark Williams. Ensemble: The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge.
    • War & Peace.
    • Signum Records.
    • 14.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Silouan's Song

    Orchestra: Delirium Musicum. Conductor: Etienne Gara.
    • Pärt: Silouan's Song.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Conductor: Andrew Constantine.
    • Orchid Music Limited.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: II. I was way down a-yonder

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Rooted.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming Op.15 No. 3

    Performer: Eline Marlene.
    • Beach: Dreaming.
    • Télès Music.
    • 1.
  • John Rutter

    A Choral Amen

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • O Praise the Lord of Heaven.
    • Collegium.
    • 12.
  • Philip Cannon

    Piano Concertino: II. Andante tranquillo

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

    Sonata in G Minor, B.g5 "Il trillo del diavolo": I. Larghetto affettuoso

    Performer: Laura Lootens.
    • naive, a label of Believe Group.
  • Franz Schubert

    8 Variations on an Original Theme in A-Flat Major, D. 813, Op. 35: VI. Var. 5

    Ensemble: Geister Duo.
    • Schubert: Complete Works for Piano Four Hands - Vol. 3.
    • Mirare.
    • 18.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Nora

    Masquerade

    Performer: Nora.
    • Measure for Measure.
    • Télès Music.
    • 5.

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