Serene music for total relaxation
Press play and unwind with 3 hours of relaxing classical music.
Press play and unwind with 3 hours of relaxing classical music, carefully selected, and paired with soundscapes from the natural world.
Featuring new releases of works by Laurie Christman, Arvo Part and Anton Bruckner, alongside well-known favourites from Eric Coates, Ottorino Respighi and Samuel Barber.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
On radio
Music Played
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Eric Coates
By The Sleepy Lagoon
Performer: Martin Loveday. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- The Best Of British Light Music.
- Sony Classical.
- 14.
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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.
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Jake Runestad
Let My Love Be Heard
Lyricist: Alfred Noyes. Ensemble: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 3 Violins in F Major, RV 551: II. Andante
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Elias David Moncado. Performer: Mohamed Hiber. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.- Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Philip Cannon
Piano Concertino: II. Andante tranquillo
Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.- Nimbus Records.
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Laurie Christman
Winds Blowing
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.- Navona.
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Dalal
Bergamot
Performer: Dalal.- Bergamot.
- Warner Classics.
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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 Nos 1 & 2.
- Warner Classics.
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Ottorino Respighi
6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)
Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.- Nightscapes.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Song of Proserpine
Music Arranger: Erik Bach. Lyricist: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Conductor: Duncan Aspden. Ensemble: Excalibur Voices.- EM Records.
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Alexis Ffrench
Hope, Ascending
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Iyad Sughayer.- Esther Abrami.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù"
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Sir Neville Marriner Conducts Handel.
- Warner Classics.
- 23.
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Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
Performer: Andrew von Oeyen.- Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio.
- Warner Classics.
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Antonín Dvořák
Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me
Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Bill Elliott. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Mademoiselle in New York.
- Warner Classics.
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Laura Pauline Amanda Mvula
Sing to the Moon
Composer: Steven James Brown. Conductor: Laura Bailie. Choir: The Elgar Scholars.- Convivium Records Ltd.
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Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Quartet in G Major: III. Andnate
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Hahn: Piano Quintet, Songs, Piano Quartet.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 11.
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Henriëtte Bosmans
Impressions: No. 2, Nuit calme
Performer: Ed Spanjaard. Performer: Raphael Wallfisch.- jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto
Performer: Charlie Siem. Conductor: Oleg Caetani. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto.
- Signum Records.
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Yann Tiersen
Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi (Arr. for Guitar)
Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.- Tiersen: Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi (Arr. Lefvert for Guitar).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
Eumeralla, a War Requiem for Peace: XVII. Moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa
Performer: Jess Hitchcock. Performer: Jud Arthur. Conductor: Benjamin Northey. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Dhungala Children's Choir. Ensemble: Students of Conservatorium High School, Sydney. Ensemble: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.- Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace (Recorded live in the Sydney Opera House Conc.
- ABC Classic.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 457, 533, 545, 570 & 576.
- Hyperion.
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Jennifer Higdon
String Poetic: II. Nocturne
Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Reiko Uchida.- Violin Recital: Koh, Jennifer - Higdon, J. / Harrison, L. / Adams, J. / Ruggles,.
- Cedille.
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Ernest Bloch
Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra) III. Lento
Performer: Parry Karp. Conductor: Kenneth Woods. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.- Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Adolph Bal.
- Signum Records.
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Arvo Pärt
Nunc dimittis
Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve. Choir: Vox Clamantis.- ECM New Series.
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Franz Schubert
Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Arr. for String Quartet)
Ensemble: Signum Quartett.- Schubert: Ins stille Land.
- PENTATONE.
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Edward MacDowell
10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 07.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltzes, Op. 69: No. 2 in B Minor, B. 35
Performer: Vittorio Forte. -
John Cage
In a Landscape (Arr. for 2 Guitars)
Performer: Adam Cicchillitti. Performer: Steve Cowan.- Lyrique.
- Les Productions Analekta Inc..
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Arielle Beck
Variations sur un thème de Robert Schumann
Performer: Arielle Beck.- Des lunes et des feux.
- Mirare.
- 14.
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Anton Bruckner
Locus iste, WAB 23
Choir: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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William Grant Still
Song for the Lonely
Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.- Legacy.
- Albany Records.
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Chris Roe
Peregrine (End Credits)
Composer: Chris Roe. Performer: Chris Roe.- The Salt Path (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Filmtrax Ltd..
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Alison Kay
Piano Etudes: No. 11, Lullaby for Isabelle
Performer: Rob Hao.- Divine Art.
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Gustav Holst
2 Motets, Op. 43: I. The Evening Watch
Performer: Hannah Cooke. Performer: Tom Robson. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Records.
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Trad.
Deep River
Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.- The Kanneh-Masons.
- Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Arr. for Orchestra)
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
- Chandos Records Ltd.
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Luke Faulkner
Esja
Performer: Luke Faulkner.- Lime Blue Music Limited.
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Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei (Arr. for Choir)
Choir: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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- Fri 26 Sep 2025 14:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
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