Block out the noise with calming classical music
Take a moment for yourself as you enjoy restful classical music combined with beautiful soundscapes from the natural world.
Take a moment for yourself as you enjoy restful classical music combined with beautiful soundscapes from the natural world.
Featuring a host of orchestral and piano favourites from Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy, and gorgeous harmonies from Eleanor Daley, Christopher H. Harris, and Ivo Antognini.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind, MM
On radio
Music Played
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Gabriel Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: 4. Sicilienne
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Faure: Pelléas et Mélisande.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 4.
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Eleanor Daley
Upon Your Heart
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- Signum Records.
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Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l'océan
Performer: André Laplante.- Ravel: Miroirs, Jeux D'Eau, Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte.
- Analekta.
- 10.
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Claude Debussy
Beau soir
Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: Sélim Mazari.- EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.- Linn Records.
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Luke Howard
Dappled Light
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.- Howard: Dappled Light.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Nino Rota
The Godfather: V. Love Theme
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.- Sony Classical.
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Alexis Ffrench
Where Worlds Collide
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Sony Classical.
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Frederick Delius
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Warner Classics.
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Kristina Arakelyan
To the Stars
Performer: Grace Francis.- TMI.
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Nitin Sawhney
New Tribes
- Human Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
- 24.
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Ivo Antognini
Lux aeterna
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Lyricist: Anon..- Hyperion.
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Hania Rani
Sun
Performer: Hania Rani.- Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
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Piero Piccioni
Amore mio aiutami
Performer: Piero Piccioni.- GDM.
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Francis Poulenc
Cello Sonata, FP 143: II. Cavatine
Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Robert Kulek.- Warner Classics.
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Alexander Glazunov
Rhapsodie Orientale, Op. 29: 1. Andante
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Claude Debussy
Clair de Lune, L. 75
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Sony Classical.
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Dan Jones
Walk in the Meadows
Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Dan Jones.- Sur la plage de Chesil (Bande originale du film).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet In A, K.581: 2. Larghetto
Performer: Eduard Brunner. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.- Mozart / Weber: Clarinet Quintets.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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José White Lafitte
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Black Composer Series, Vol. 6: José White & David Baker (Remastered).
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Lili Boulanger
D'un jardin clair
Performer: Émile Naoumoff.- Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
- Marco-Polo.
- 1.
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Christopher Harris
Bring me all your dreams
Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Ruth Gipps
Symphony No. 2 in One Movement, Op. 30: V. Adagio
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos.
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Max Richter
Mercy
Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.- In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 27.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets Op. 32: II. Venus, The Bringer of Peace
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- Holst: The Planets - The Complete Suite (Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn,.
- NE Selektive.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Berceuse
Performer: Sara Chenal. Performer: Jean-Pierre Ferey.- Skarbo.
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Karl Jenkins
Requiem: Pie Jesu
Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Karl Jenkins: Motets.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 11.
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Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo Suite: III. Scène D'Amour
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Herrmann - The Film Scores.
- Sony Classical.
- 18.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo - attacca
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.- Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7 (Live).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Rachel Portman
much loved
Performer: Rachel Portman.- ask the river.
- Node Records.
- 3.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer. -
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Adagio
Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.- Naxos.
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Edward Elgar
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 1
Lyricist: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.- Elgar-Britten-Warlock-Jenkins: Very British.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum corpus
Performer: Andrew Fletcher. Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Ex Cathedra.
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Anna Clyne
DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting
Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Anna Clyne: DANCE • Elgar: Cello Concerto.
- AVIE Records.
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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.
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Johannes Brahms
7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo (Adagio) in E Major
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- From Afar.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 8.
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