Take a pause with relaxing classical sounds
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
On radio
Music Played
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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.
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Louis Aubert
Feuille d'images: No. 1. Confidence
Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- SWR Classic Archive.
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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.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Prelude: 49th Parallel
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Vaughan Williams: Film Music Classics.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Valentin Silvestrov
Three Postludes (1981/82) - Postlude No. 3
Performer: Anja Lechner. Performer: Silke Avenhaus.- Rahatlatıcı Klasik Müzik.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 13.
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Frederick Delius
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Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Frederick Delius - Hiawatha, Tone Poem for Orchestra.
- Dutton Epoch.
- 7.
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Anna Lapwood
An Irish Blessing
Performer: Sophia Membery. Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.- An Irish Blessing.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maurice Ravel
Jeux d'eau, M.30
Performer: Vincent Larderet.- Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1.
- AVIE Records.
- 6.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Marie Awadis
Étude No. 12: Unveiled
Performer: Marie Awadis.- Études Mélodiques (Deluxe).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 12.
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Ola Gjeilo
The Spheres
Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.- Ola Gjeilo.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 2.
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Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang, D. 744
Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström.- Swans.
- Hyperion.
- 23.
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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.
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Geoffrey Burgon
Nunc dimittis (1979 A Cappella Version)
Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- Radiant Dawn.
- Hyperion.
- 15.
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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.
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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.
- 2.
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Clara Schumann
Soirées musicales, Op. 6: II. Notturno. Andante con moto
Performer: Martin Helmchen.- Schumann: Novelletten & Gesänge der Frühe.
- Alpha Classics.
- 2.
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Patrick Ayrton
Ouverture
Performer: Patrick Ayrton. Performer: Louise Ayrton. Performer: Salomé Gasselin.- Ouverture.
- VOCES8 Records.
- 1.
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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..
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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.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
10 Preludes, Op. 23: IV. Andante cantabile in D major
Performer: Matthew Cameron.- Matthew Cameron, Pianist.
- Arabesque Recordings.
- 2.
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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.
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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.
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Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.- Sibelius: Finlandia.
- Linn Records.
- 3.
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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.
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Arvo Pärt
Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante
Performer: Georgijs Osokins.- Pärt: Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante (Transc. Osokins for Piano).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dalal
Silhouette
Performer: Dalal.- Silhouette.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Air in G Minor, HWV 467 (Transcr. for Harp)
Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.- Fantasia.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 11.
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Margaret Bonds
Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.- African American Voices II.
- Linn Records.
- 06.
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Peter Warlock
Serenade
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- Maltworms & Milkmaids.
- EMF Endeavours.
- 5.
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