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Calming classical tunes to bring peace and clarity

Take a moment to slow down, pause, and breathe - with peaceful classical music.

Take a moment to slow down, pause, and breathe - with peaceful classical music.

Featuring classical favourites by Edward Elgar, Johann Sebastian Bach, and John Rutter. Plus newer works by Eric Whitacre, Rachel Portman and Erland Cooper.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Music UK Limited,Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Nabucco Piano Variation (From Nabucco: Va' pensiero)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel.
    • Verdi Nabucco Piano Variation (From Nabucco: Va' pensiero, Arr. for Piano by Jan.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, KV 41: II. Andante (Cadenzas by Carl Reinecke)

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Mozart: Concertone KV 190, Horn Concerto No. 3, KV 447, Piano Concertos No. 2, K.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande

    Performer: David Fray.
    • Bach, JS: French Suite No. 4, BWV 815: I. Allemande.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Reverie

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Handler.
    • Reverie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto ...

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto,.
    • Verbier Festival Gold.
    • 1.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Winter Light

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Gjeilo: Winter Light (Version for Saxophone & Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O magnum mysterium

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Light Eternal 鈥� The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Across the Ocean

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Across the Ocean.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Rachel Portman

    Dolomites, pale mountains: IV. Saslonch

    Ensemble: LGT Young Soloists. Director: Alexander Gilman.
    • Dolomites, pale mountains/IV. Saslonch.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Tune in G

    Performer: Roderick Elms. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two Cities.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - II. Andante ma non troppo

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Price: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor: II. Andante ma non troppo.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Dong-Hyek Lim. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.
    • 'Arioso' - Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Ravel, Rachmaninov.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 46.

  • Francisco de Pe帽alosa

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: De Profundis. Conductor: Eamonn Dougan.
    • Pe帽alosa: Ave verum corpus.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Lara Somogyi

    voiles

    Composer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais.
    • voiles.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Music Arranger: Martin Fr枚st.
    • Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Arr. for Clarinet and Theorbo by Mart.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite: III. Moon-Fairy

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter鈥檚 Virtuosi.
    • Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade For Strings In E, Op. 22, B. 52: 4. Larghetto

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Christmas with Tchaikovsky.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 53.

  • Alexandre Batta

    6 Lieder de Franz Schubert: III. Ave Maria

    Composer: Franz Schubert. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Irina Zahharenkova.
    • Ave Maria.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • George Butterworth

    Rhapsody 'A Shropshire Lad'

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kri拧s Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42, No. 3. Melodie. Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

    Performer: Vytautas Sondeckis. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: David Geringas.
    • Andante: Romantic Music for Cello and Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • John Rutter

    Pie Jesu

    Performer: Edward Saklatvala. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Classical Chillout.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 37.

  • Thomas Newman

    Shoulder Length (Solo Piano Version)

    Performer: Sebastian Knauer.
    • Newman: Shoulder Length (Solo Piano Version).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    R锚verie, L. 68: R锚verie

    Performer: Oksana Sidyagina.
    • R锚verie, L. 68: R锚verie.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Florian Christl

    Lullaby

    Performer: Florian Christl.
    • Lullaby.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Hankinson.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 鈥� Dvo艡谩k: Violin Concertos.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 2.

  • H. Leslie Adams

    Contrasts: VIII. Romance

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano.
    • Albany Records.
    • 42.

  • Polly Carter

    Velvet Clouds

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • Velvet Clouds.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Irish Suite: V. The Last Rose of Summer

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 - Irish Suite / Scottish Suite / Alma Mat.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pr茅lude, M. 65

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Pr茅lude, M. 65.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sing Gently

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Lyricist: Eric Whitacre. Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Whitacre: Sing Gently.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 11, "Warum willst du and're fragen"

    Performer: Felicitas M. A. Pielsticker. Music Arranger: Felicitas M. A. Pielsticker.
    • Clara Schumann: 3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 11, "Warum willst du and're fragen" (Arr..
    • Andante Piano.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330: III. Aria e variato.

    Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock. Performer: Anthony Pleeth. Performer: Robert Woolley. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Handel: Orchestral Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 19.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": II. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mozart: Symphonies, Serenades & Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 54.

  • Amanda R枚ntgen-Maier

    Six Pieces for Violin & Piano: III. Lento

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Esther Abrami.
    • Six Pieces for Violin & Piano: III. Lento (Arr. for Violin & Harp by Esther Abra.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Erland Cooper

    Its Loveliness Increases

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Never Pass Into Nothingness.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 2.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major: III. Un poco adagio

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • CPO/ Naxos.

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