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Classical melodies to calm your mind

Calm your busy mind with 3 hours of serene classical music.

Enjoy this selection of classical music chosen to calm your busy mind and paired with natural soundscapes for ultimate relaxation.

Featuring new releases of works by Kristina Arakelyan, Edward Elgar, and John Rutter, alongside well-known favourites from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Gabriel Faure, and Eric Whitacre.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: II. Air

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.
    • Fide et literis.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 6.
  • Julius Otto Grimm

    Suite No. 2 in Canonform, Op. 16: II. Tempo di minuetto

    Conductor: Golo Berg. Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Münster.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Dreamland

    Performer: Ellie Blewitt. Performer: Kristina Arakelyan. Conductor: Joseph Fort. Ensemble: Choir of King’s College, London.
    • Kristina Arakelyan: Dreamland.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Nelson Goerner. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Deborah Pritchard

    Light Enkindled

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Performer: Richard Gowers.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56 - 2. Largo - attacca

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: 2. Largo - attacca (Live at Philh.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op. 26 - Amen

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Lyricist: Richard Crashaw. Music Arranger: Paul Mealor. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Edward John Margetson

    A few more years shall roll

    Conductor: Edward John Margetson. Ensemble: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Laurie Christman

    Sylvan Suite: II. -

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Navona Records.
  • Chad Lawson

    Sanctuary (Together)

    Performer: Chad Lawson. Performer: Esther Abrami.
    • Sanctuary (Together).
    • Chad Lawson Decca US.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57: Var: VI. Andante

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / Dvořák: Silent Woods; R.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.
  • Mark David Boden

    Chasing Sunlight II. Glistening

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Performer: Haim Choi. Conductor: Mark David Boden. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 II. Intermezzo

    Performer: Jean‐Philippe Collard. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • Plein jeu: J. S. Bach & Busoni.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 4.
  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • America.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.
  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Six Pieces for Violin & Piano: III. Lento (Arr. for Violin & Harp)

    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.
  • Judith Weir

    Storm: IV. Spirit

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Ensemble: Endymion. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Judith Weir: Storm.
    • Signum Records.
    • 17.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): I. Morning Mood

    Performer: Lucas Jussen. Performer: Arthur Jussen.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (Version for Piano 4 Hands): I. Morning Moo.
    • Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River I

    Performer: Ashley Jackson.
    • Deep River.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:g2: I. Andante

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • PRISM, Vol. 2.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • John Rutter

    Elegy

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 33.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 92, R. 129: III. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • La mer: French Piano Trios.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 3.
  • Mikhail Vysotsky

    I Love Pear in the Garden

    Performer: John Schneiderman.
    • I Love Pear in the Garden.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.
  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in C Minor: II. Andante con moto, quasi allegretto

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Theme of Love (From "Final Fantasy IV") [Arr. for Harp & String Quartet]

    Performer: Alis Huws. Performer: Ellie Consta. Performer: Emma Oldfield. Performer: Ben Norris. Performer: Deni Teo.
    • Quiet Sunlit Mornings.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • William Henry Harris

    Bring Us O Lord

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Records.
    • 17.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American": II. Lento

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Smetana & Dvořák: Works for String Quartet.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross, BWV 622 (Arr. for Orchestra)

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 9.
  • Grace Williams

    Hiraeth

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Quiet Sunlit Mornings.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor. Lento assai

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor. Lento assai.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie, CD 76 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Cello Moods.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Vermeer Quartet.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Pace

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 3.
  • Max Richter

    Dream 11 / Moth-Like Stars (Pt. 2)

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Max Ruisi.
    • Sleep Circle.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Concerto, Op. 33: II. Adagio con estro poetico

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: VIII. In Paradisum

    Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.
    • Faure Requiem.
    • Բï.
    • 08.

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