Peaceful melodies for ultimate relaxation
Relax into this collection of classical music, carefully chosen to bring you peace.
Press play and enjoy three hours of peaceful classical music, hand-picked to aid your relaxation.
Featuring glowing orchestral tones from Edouard Lalo and Ronald Binge, choral delights from Alonso Lobo and J.S. Bach, as well as soothing piano trios from Mel Bonis and Judith Lang Zaimont. Plus, recent releases from Tenebrae, Kotaro Fukuma, and Vittorio Forte, all paired with transporting soundscapes from the natural world.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: IV. Andante
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Lalo, Saint-Saens & Sarasate: Violin Concertos.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Karl Jenkins
Palladio Reimagined: 2. Largo
Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Palladio Reimagined: 2. Largo.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Richard Rodney Bennett
A Good Night
Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Good Night.
- Signum Records.
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Léo Delibes
Lakmé / Act 1: "Sous le dôme épais"
Lyricist: Edmond Gondinet. Lyricist: Philippe Gille. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Mel Bonis
Soir et matin, Op. 76: I. Soir
Ensemble: Neave Trio.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Poppy Ackroyd
Murmurations
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Firedove.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Performer: Raphaël Feuillâtre. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Orchestra.- Spanish Serenades.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Caroline Shaw
...and the Swallow
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Records.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2: II. Largo
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.- Meude-Monpas / Saint-Georges / White / Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concertos by Bla.
- Cedille.
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Jo Yeong-wook
Recollection (From "Nine Puzzles")
Composer: Yeom Heesu. Performer: Jo Yeong-wook.- Nine Puzzles (Original Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
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Franz Schubert
Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D 343 (arr for choir)
Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Christian Georg. Choir: Vokalensemble. Conductor: Klaas Stok.- NDR Vokalensemble.
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Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo
Performer: Danny Driver. Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
- Hyperion.
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Johann Pachelbel
Suite for Lute in F-Sharp Minor (Arr. for Guitar)
Performer: Göran Söllscher.- Eleven String Baroque.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Quincy Jones
The First Letter (From "The Color Purple")
Composer: J. Lubbock. Composer: Rod Temperton. Composer: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Quincy Jones. Conductor: Dick Hazard.- The Color Purple (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Qwest Records IGA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
10 Chorale Preludes, BV B 27: No. 2, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Performer: Kotaro Fukuma. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.- Music for Pets.
- Naxos Special Projects.
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Ronald Binge
The Watermill
Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Binge: Watermill (The) / Scottish Rhapsody.
- Marco-Polo.
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Carlos Simon
Warmth from Other Suns: Settle
Conductor: Carlos Simon. Ensemble: Carlos Simon Collective.- Together.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Robert Kulek.- Schumann: Werke für Violoncello und Klavier.
- Orfeo.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No. 5, Op. 64: II. Andante
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Gerald Finzi
Introit, Op. 6
Performer: Thomas Gould. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings (Remastered)
Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Black Composer Series, Vol. 7: William Grant Still, Fela Sowande & George Walker.
- Sony Classical.
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William Byrd
Ave Verum Corpus
Conductor: Timothy Brown. Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.- Reflection - Choral Music from Clare College Cambridge.
- Heritage Records.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 2 in A Minor, B. 64
Performer: Vittorio Forte.- OnClassical.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux. Intrada
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14.
- RCA Red Seal.
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Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante
Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.- Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
- Channel Classics.
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Justin Hurwitz
Mia and Sebastian's Theme (From "La La Land")
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Cinema.
- Warner Classics.
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Robert Lowry
Shall We Gather at the River
Ensemble: VOCES8. Ensemble: Ringmasters.- Windows: Reimaginings by Blake Morgan.
- VOCES8 Records.
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Imogen Holst
Variations on "Loth to Depart": Theme
Performer: Alice Farnham. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen.
- NMC Recordings Limited.
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Hideyuki Hashimoto
Afterglow
Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.- Time.
- XXIM Records.
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Philip Herbert
Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- NMC Recordings.
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Yann Tiersen
Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Voyage.
- Sony Classical.
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Judith Lang Zaimont
Serenade (version for piano trio)
Performer: Awadagin Pratt. Performer: Melissa White. Performer: Paul Wiancko.- Navona.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chor. "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine
Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Orchestra: Capricorn. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.- Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2.
- Warner Classics International.
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Rita Strohl
Solitude (Arr. for Violin and Piano)
Music Arranger: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Esther Abrami & Kim Barbier.- Solitude (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Esther Abrami).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76 No. 5, II. Largo cantabile e mesto
Performer: Dóra Kokas. Performer: Katalin Kokas. Performer: Noemi Gyori. Performer: Péter Bársony.- Hungaroton.
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Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.- From Spain To Eternity - The Sacred Polyphony Of El Greco's Toledo.
- Archiv Produktion.
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