Classical music for calming reflection
Retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life with this calming classical music mix.
Retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life with this calming classical music mix.
Featuring choral excellence from William Walton and Robert Nathaniel Dett, solo piano lines from Erik Satie and Errollyn Wallen, and pensive organ solos from Olivia Belli and Adolphus Hailstork.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
On radio
Music Played
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Pastoral Symphony, "Pifa"
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.- Naxos.
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Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly / Act 2: Humming Chorus
Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 4.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Ave Maria
Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.- Marquis Classics.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.- Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Ernest Farrar
English Pastoral Impressions: I. Spring Morning
Performer: Howard Shelley. Conductor: Alasdair Mitchell. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Joby Talbot
Ink Dark Moon
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- The Moon & The Forest.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Jean Françaix
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1986): III. Andante
Ensemble: Trio Solis.- Diamonds in a Haystack.
- MSR Classics.
- 6.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Beati Quorum Via
Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.- Vidi Speciosam: Sacred Choral Music.
- Signum Records.
- 17.
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Teresa Carreño
Plainte elegia, No. 1, Op. 17
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.
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Franz Schubert
Ave Maria
Performer: Isaac Stern. Music Arranger: Arthur Harris. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- Greatest Hits: Schubert.
- Sony Classical.
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Valgeir Sigurðsson
I Offer Prosperity and Eternal Life
Performer: Valgeir Sigurðsson.- Bedroom Community.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
String Quartet in C Minor: II. Andantino
Ensemble: Verdi-Quartett.- Vaughan Williams: The Complete String Quartets.
- CPO.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71.
- Warner Classics.
- 13.
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Hanna Raniszewska
Time
Performer: Hania Rani.- Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
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Vicente Lusitano
Emendemus in melius
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Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Anna Clyne: DANCE • Elgar: Cello Concerto.
- AVIE Records.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2
Ensemble: I Musici.- Pachelbel: Canon / Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Albinoni: Adagio.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Alexis Ffrench
The Way It Was
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Classical Soul Vol. 1.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Barnaby Taylor
Mountains
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: Chinese Ensemble. Conductor: Barnaby Taylor.- Wild China (Original Soundtrack).
- Parlophone UK.
- 10.
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Tatsuji Toyozumi
Alto Saxophone Sonatina: II. Arioso
Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.- OMF.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2
Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Lyricist: Pierre Beaumarchais. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Between Love And Loss.
- Decca.
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John Field
Nocturne No. 16 in C Major, H.60
Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.- Field: Complete Nocturnes.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Leonora Duarte
Sinfonia No. 4
Performer: Amy Domingues. Performer: Elizabeth Weinfield. Performer: Jude Ziliak. Performer: Shirley Hunt. Performer: Toma Iliev. Ensemble: Sonnambula.- Centaur Records, Inc..
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Kerensa Briggs
Requiem: IX. In Paradisum
Performer: Anita Monserrat. Performer: Richard Gowers. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Kerensa Briggs: Requiem.
- Delphian Records.
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Alma Deutscher
In Memoriam (Adagio from Piano Concerto)
Performer: Alma Deutscher.- From My Book of Melodies.
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major
Orchestra: Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean‐François Paillard.- Pachelbel & Fasch: Orchestral Works.
- Warner Classics International.
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Michael Berkeley
Cradle Song
Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: ѿý Singers.- Collaborations.
- Orchid Classics.
- 25.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No. 62 in C Major, No. 3: "Emperor": II. Poco adagio - cantabile
Ensemble: Kodály Quartet.- Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music.
- Cobra Entertainment LLC..
- 36.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Serenade
Performer: Oleg Timofeyev.- Naxos.
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Omar Sosa
Mesticanza
Composer: Paolo Fresu. Performer: Omar Sosa. Performer: Paolo Fresu.- Tuk Music.
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Herbert Howells
Like as the Hart
Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge.- Howells: Requiem / Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing.
- Naxos.
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José White Lafitte
Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Daniel Hege. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.- Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries.
- Cedille.
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Ferdinand Ries
Sextet in G Minor, Op. 142: II. Adagio con moto
Orchestra: Franz Ensemble.- Dabringhaus Und Grimm Audiovision GmBH.
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Bryce Dessner
Ornament 2
Performer: Vanessa Wagner.- THE BACK OFFICE.
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Jennifer Higdon
Breeze Serenade (Dance Card)
Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- Cedille.
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César Franck
Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Jeremy Denk.- French Impressions.
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "on the G String"
Performer: David Bell. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Karajan - Best of Adagio.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Arvo Pärt
The Beatitudes
Performer: Andrew Reid. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.- Panufnik : Westminster Mass & Sacred Works.
- Warner Classics International.
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Broadcasts
- Fri 15 Nov 2024 14:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
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