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Take a moment to rest with this specially curated mix of classical music. Featuring new and old favourites combined with serene soundscapes from the natural world.

Take a moment to rest with this specially curated mix of classical music. Featuring new and old favourites combined with serene soundscapes from the natural world.

The episode features Anna Lapwood’s ‘An Irish Blessing’, Ēriks Ešenvalds ‘Only In Sleep’, plus Edward Elgar’s ‘Salut d'Amour’, Florence Beatrice Price’s ‘Adoration’ and more.

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

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Music Played

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma, Act I: Casta Diva

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: ѿý 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.
  • Louis Aubert

    Feuille d'images: No. 1. Confidence

    Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • SWR Classic Archive.
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Only in Sleep

    Lyricist: Sara Teasdale. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ešenvalds: Northern Lights, Stars & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude: 49th Parallel

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Vaughan Williams: Film Music Classics.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Three Postludes (1981/82) - Postlude No. 3

    Performer: Anja Lechner. Performer: Silke Avenhaus.
    • Rahatlatıcı Klasik Müzik.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 13.
  • Frederick Delius

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    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Frederick Delius - Hiawatha, Tone Poem for Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 7.
  • Anna Lapwood

    An Irish Blessing

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • An Irish Blessing.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Song for Orchestra, Op. 33

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite from "24 Negro Melodies": IV. Lament - They Will Not Lend Me a Child

    Conductor: Michael Repper. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 9.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto/Dvorak/Respighi.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau, M.30

    Performer: Vincent Larderet.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 6.
  • Marie Jaëll

    Cello Concerto in F Major: III. Andantino sostenuto

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Anna Rakitina. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Cello Concerto in F Major/III. Andantino sostenuto.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 3 No 1 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Zefira Valova. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen: Violin Concertos.
    • 貹é.
    • 8.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestrator: Jim Gray. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Marie Awadis

    Étude No. 12: Unveiled

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • Études Mélodiques (Deluxe).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Spheres

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D. 744

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström.
    • Swans.
    • Hyperion.
    • 23.
  • Oliver Davis

    Dance: II. Second Movement

    Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Performer: Huw Watkins. Conductor: Paul Bateman. Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Oliver Davis: Dance.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Geoffrey Burgon

    Nunc dimittis (1979 A Cappella Version)

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Radiant Dawn.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Mauro Giuliani

    Choix de mes fleurs chéries, Op. 46: No. 4, Le Jasmin

    Performer: Ihor Kordiuk.
    • Giuliani: Choix de mes fleurs chéries, Op. 46.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D. 803: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Les Solistes OSM.
    • Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 2.
  • Clara Schumann

    Soirées musicales, Op. 6: II. Notturno. Andante con moto

    Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • Schumann: Novelletten & Gesänge der Frühe.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Patrick Ayrton

    Ouverture

    Performer: Patrick Ayrton. Performer: Louise Ayrton. Performer: Salomé Gasselin.
    • Ouverture.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons Op. 37a: X. October. Autumn Song. Andante doloroso e molto cantabile

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: X. October. Autumn Song. Andante doloroso e m.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Undine Smith Moore

    We shall walk through the valley

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Edward MacDowell

    10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1 To a Wild Rose

    Orchestrator: Thomas Frost. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • The Original Jacket Collection - Eugene Ormandy.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes, Op. 23: IV. Andante cantabile in D major

    Performer: Matthew Cameron.
    • Matthew Cameron, Pianist.
    • Arabesque Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Robert Lucas Pearsall

    Light of My Soul

    Lyricist: Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • English Romantic Madrigals: Secular Partsongs from Victorian England.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings, Op. 22, B. 52: I. Moderato

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Camerata Bern.
    • Dvořák: Serenade for Strings, Op. 22, B. 52: I. Moderato.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 1.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante

    Performer: Georgijs Osokins.
    • Pärt: Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante (Transc. Osokins for Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in G Minor, after BWV 1056R: II. Largo

    Ensemble: Ensemble Odyssee.
    • J.S. Bach: Concerto in G Minor, after BWV 1056R: II. Largo (Arr. for oboe & stri.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Antar (After N. Rimsky-Korsakov): No. 7, Allegretto

    Performer: André Dussollier. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • George Walker

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 08.
  • Dalal

    Silhouette

    Performer: Dalal.
    • Silhouette.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Air in G Minor, HWV 467 (Transcr. for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • African American Voices II.
    • Linn Records.
    • 06.
  • Peter Warlock

    Serenade

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Maltworms & Milkmaids.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 5.

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