Classical music for deep relaxation
Let soothing harmonies guide you to a place of relaxation with this calming classical music mix.
Let soothing harmonies guide you to place of relaxation. This calming mix of classical music features delicate piano works, gentle orchestral movements, and serene choral pieces, to help you unwind and find peace in quiet moments. With music from Hubert Parry, Frédéric Chopin and Emilie Mayer. Plus Eric Whitacre, Marie Awadis, Lucy Walker, and more.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Brahms: Symphonies.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 11.
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Hubert Parry
Lady Radnor Suite: Slow Minuet
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.- The Highgrove Suite.
- Decca (UMO).
- 9.
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Franz Liszt
Consolation No. 3, S. 172/3
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: James Baillieu. Music Arranger: Jules Deswert.- Liszt: Consolation No. 3, S. 172/3 (Arr. Swert for Cello & Piano).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Frédéric Chopin
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor - Largo
Performer: Mao Fujita.- 72 Preludes.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Antonio Vivaldi
The New Four Seasons - Spring: II. Shepherd's Wildest Dreams
Performer: Niklas Liepe. Music Arranger: Wolf Kerschek. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Patrick Lange.- II. Shepherd's Wildest Dreams (After Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 8, RV 269, II. L.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Ivo Antognini
Lux aeterna
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Lyricist: Anon..- Ivo Antognini: Come to Me in the Silence of the Night - Choral Works.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Marie Awadis
Étude No. 8: Through the Window
Performer: Marie Awadis.- Études Mélodiques.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Franz Schubert
Wandrers Nachtlied I, D. 224
Performer: Kian Soltani. Performer: Aaron Pilsan. Lyricist: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.- Schubert: Wandrers Nachtlied I, D. 224 (Transcr. for Cello and Piano).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Edvard Grieg
Morning (Peer Gynt Suite no.1 Op.46)
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- 101 Classics - The Best Loved Classical Melodies.
- Naxos.
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Betty Jackson King
Four Seasonal Sketches: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
- Albany Records.
- 53.
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Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto No. 6 in D Major, G. 479: II. Adagio
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets.
- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Paraphrase on the Prelude in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872
Performer: Mao Fujita.- Bach Transcriptions.
- Sony Classical.
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Ken Burton
A prayer
Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturnes, Op. 9: II. Andante
Performer: Olga Scheps. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.- Chopin Nocturnes.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
The Water Music: Air. Andante
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Eduard van Beinum.- Eduard van Beinum - Philips Recordings 1954-1958.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 29.
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Who knows?
Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.- Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Who knows?.
- Delphian Records.
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José White Lafitte
Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.- Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries.
- Cedille.
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Yann Tiersen
Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-midi
Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Lyricist: Yann Tiersen.- Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-midi (Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad) (From ".
- Decca Records US.
- 1.
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Alexis Ffrench
The Way It Was
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Classical Soul Vol. 1.
- Sony Classical.
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Sophie Hutchings
Billow Gently
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Lyricist: Charles Anthony Silvestri. Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Light & Gold.
- Decca (UMO).
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Philippe Rombi
Theme de l'absence (From "Joyeux Noël")
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.- Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 15.
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Ronald Binge
The Watermill
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.- Binge: Elizabethan Serenade, Scottish Rhapsody & Other Works.
- Naxos.
- 11.
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Erik Satie
Gnossiennes: No.1, Lent - Upright Version
Performer: Bruce Liu.- WAVES (Music by Satie).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Cipriani Potter
Symphony in B-Flat Major: II. Andante
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- CPO.
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Anon.
Ubi Caritas
Performer: VOCES8. Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo.- Lux.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Ludovico Einaudi
Adieux
Performer: Ludovico Einaudi. Lyricist: Ludovico Einaudi.- Adieux.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio
Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces.
- harmonia mundi.
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Franz Liszt
Mendelssohns Lieder, S. 547: I. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Liszt: Mendelssohns Lieder, S. 547: I. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (After Op. 34/2).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Rebecca Dale
true love
Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Klara Romac. Performer: Tom Walley. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
- Signum Records.
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Franz Schubert
Ave Maria, S. 558/12
Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.- Liszt - My Piano Hero.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto For Violoncello And Strings: II. (Longing)
Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.- Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths.
- ECM New Series.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson.- J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Karl Jenkins
Palladio Reimagined: 2. Largo
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.- Palladio Reimagined: 2. Largo.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Emilie Mayer
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major: III. Un poco adagio
Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.- CPO/ Naxos.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird - Ballet Suite (1911): IV. The Princesses' Round Dance
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky.
- Sony Classical.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Symphony in A Minor, Op. 8: II. Lament. Larghetto affettuoso
Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.- Musical Concepts.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Zdes' khorosho ('How Fair This Spot'), Op. 21, No. 7
Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.- Reflections.
- Sony Classical.
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Lucy Walker
Intuition
Ensemble: BBC Singers.
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