Classical melodies to inspire calmness and clarity
A collection of soothing classical harmonies to help you find calm in your day.
A selection of soothing classical harmonies to help you find calm in your day.
With a relaxing selection of music by Antonín Dvořák, Léo Delibes and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, along with performances from VOCES8, the ѿý Symphony Orchestra and Anna Lapwood.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
On radio
Music Played
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Moderato assai quasi Andante - Thema
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- harmonia mundi.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu
Singer: Malena Ernman.- Roxy Recordings.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Trio: III. Moderato
Performer: Angela Gassenhuber. Performer: Friedemann Kupsa. Performer: Renate Eggebrecht.- Troubadisc.
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John Tavener
Mother Of God, Here I Stand
Lyricist: John Tavener. Lyricist: Mikhail Lermontov. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 5.
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Pau Casals
El cant dels ocells (for Cello & Orchestra)
Performer: Harriet Krijgh. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.- Elegy.
- CapriccioNR.
- 9.
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Phil Cunningham
The Gentle Light That Wakes Me
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Aly Bain. Performer: Phil Cunningham.- ѿýcoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Michael Nyman
The Heart Asks Pleasure First (From "The Piano")
Performer: Ksenia Bashmet.- Quartz Music.
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William Byrd
Peccantem me quotidie a 5, T. 6 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1575)
Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.- Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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William Grant Still
Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) - 2nd mvt
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- Black Composer Series, Vol. 2: William Grant Still & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Re.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London.- Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a.
- Violet Hill Records.
- 3.
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Louise Farrenc
Variations Concertantes Sur Une Mélodie Suisse, Op. 20: Andante Sostenuto
Performer: Daniele Orlando. Performer: Linda di Carlo.- Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
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Rebecca Dale
There Will Come Soft Rains
Composer: Sara Teasdale. Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
- Signum Records.
- 8.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 'The American': III. Larghetto
Conductor: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.- Dvořák: American String Quartet & Quintet, Op. 96-97.
- Champs Hill Records.
- 7.
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Karen Tanaka
Children of Light: Crested Ibis
Performer: Signe Bakke.- Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
- 2L.
- 14.
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Howard Shore
The Shire
Conductor: Howard Shore. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Voices.- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings.
- Rhino/Warner Records.
- 2.
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Léo Delibes
Lakmé / Act 1: "Sous le dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
Lyricist: Edmond Gondinet. Lyricist: Philippe Gille. Music Arranger: J. Bell. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
The Offering - IV. Tranquillo
Performer: Benjamin Martin. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.- The Offering.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 4.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Isle of Beauty
Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
- Delphian Records.
- 3.
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Olivia Belli
Grain Moon
Performer: Olivia Belli.- Grain Moon.
- Sony Classical.
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John Ireland
A Downland Suite: III. Minuet Allegretto grazioso (Version for String Orchestra)
Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Alexis Ffrench
Walk With Us (For Black Lives Matter)
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Dreamland (Deluxe Edition).
- Sony Classical.
- 15.
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Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato
Ensemble: Budapest Haydn Quartet.- Borodin: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
- Naxos.
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Jóhann Jóhannsson
They Being Dead Yet Speaketh (from Miners' Hymns), Part 1
Conductor: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Platoon.
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Erik Satie
Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Erik Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace: XII. Benedictus
Performer: Guy Johnston. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Mike Brewer.- Universal Music Operations Ltd.
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Yiruma
Kiss the Rain
Performer: Martin Jacoby.- Concentration New Age Piano.
- Silent Star Music.
- 17.
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring - 1945 Suite - 1. Very slowly
Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.- Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man / Barber: Adagio.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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John Pickard
3 Latin Motets: No. 1, O nata lux
Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze
Performer: Leon Fleisher. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.- Two Hands.
- Sony Classical.
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Max Richter
Infra 4
Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.- Infra.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Jean Sibelius
Andante festivo, JS 34b
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.- BIS.
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Ruth Gipps
Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante
Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Gabríel Ólafs
Filma Solo
- Piano Works.
- One Little Independent Records.
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Frederick Delius
3 Small Tone Poems: No. 3, Spring Morning
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
- Naxos.
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Joanna Marsh
Arabesques: III. Fading
Conductor: Owain Park. Ensemble: ѿý Singers.- Arabesques: III. Fading.
- Signum Records.
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Ulysses Kay
Eight Inventions for Piano: II. Moderato
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
- Albany Records.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Banquet Music In 3 Parts: Concerto In A Major, I. Largo
Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln.- Telemann: Tafelmusik.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 12.
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Joseph Parry
Myfanwy
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.- Decca Records.
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Marianna Martines
Concerto per Cembalo in G Major: II. Adagio
Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Orchestra: La Floridiana.- Marianna Martines: La tempesta.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Rebecca Clarke
Irish Melody (Emer's Farewell to Cucullain - "Londonderry Air")
Performer: Vinciane Béranger. Performer: David Louwerse.- Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola.
- 貹é.
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Fljótavík (Arr. Lawson for Ensemble)
Composer: Georg Hólm. Composer: Kjartan Sveinsson. Composer: Orri Páll Dýrason. Lyricist: óԲ. Lyricist: Georg Hólm. Lyricist: Kjartan Sveinsson. Lyricist: Orri Páll Dýrason. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Fljótavík (Arr. Lawson for Ensemble).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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