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Classical sounds for moments of calm

Relax with a playlist of chilled out classical music, to help transport you to a place of calm.

Relax with a playlist of soothing classical music, to help transport you to place of calm.

With music by Gerald Finzi, Maurice Ravel, and Johann Pachelbel. Plus soft melodies from Florence Price, William Walton, and Eleanor Daley to gently soothe your mind and soul.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante d¨¦funte

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Henry Mancini

    Moon River

    Performer: Pl¨ªnio Fernandes.
    • Decca Records US.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": II. Sorrow (Adagio)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Naxos.
  • William Byrd

    Ne irascaris, Domine

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell/ Naxos.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major Op. 7

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Love's Labour's Lost, Op. 28, Soliloquy 1

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Chilly Gonzales

    Armellodie

    Performer: Olga Scheps.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Orchestras.
  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through The Valley

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • VOCES8 Records.
  • Antonio Caldara

    Sinfonia in D Major: Grave

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-S¨¦lim Abdelmoula.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Arvo P?rt

    F¨¹r Alina

    Performer: Alexander Malter.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Anthony Collins

    Symphony for Strings No.1: II. Adagio molto

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.
  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5. Mondnacht

    Performer: Robert Kulek. Performer: Daniel M¨¹ller©\Schott.
    • ORFEO International Music GmbH.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet in C-Sharp Minor, M. 42

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
  • Cerys Hafana

    Nant Yr Arian

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.
  • Max Richter

    The Poetry of Earth (Geophony)

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile

    Orchestra: Philzuid. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Fuga Libera.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio For Strings

    Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Orchestras.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: II. Romance. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Radovan Vlatkovi?. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: II. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Naxos.
  • William Walton

    Two Pieces For Small Orchestra: 2. Touch Her Soft Lips And Part

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major

    Orchestra: Jean-Fran?ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean©\Fran?ois Paillard.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Cameos, Op. 56: III. Andante

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Metropolis Group.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Records.
  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse (arr. for viola and piano)

    Performer: Eniko Magyar. Performer: ƽÐÎÖÒ˾(½ñ¾®Õý).
    • Naxos.
  • Alex Baranowski

    Wiosna

    Conductor: Ang¨¨le Dubeau. Ensemble: La Piet¨¤.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn Records.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Performer: Leon Fleisher.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Nino Rota

    Clarinet Sonata in D Major: I. Allegretto scorrevole

    Performer: Goran Gojevic.
    • Naxos.
  • Henry Purcell

    In Nomine A7

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Simax Classics.
  • Nkeiru Okoye

    African Sketches: II. Dusk

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, WoO Anh.4: III. Largo

    Performer: Enzo Caroli. Performer: Anna Martignon.
    • Urania Records.
  • Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concerto pour violon No. 9 en sol majeur, Op. 8: Largo

    Orchestra: Orchestre Bernard Thomas. Conductor: Jean©\Jacques Kantorow.
    • Arion.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Nightingale (from The Birds)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Orchestras.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Orchestras.

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