Calming classical music for a moment of rest
Take this opportunity for a moment of rest and reflection with three hours of soothing classical sounds.
Take this opportunity for a moment of rest and reflection, and let this three hour mix accompany you on your journey to calm.
Featuring warm strings from Alexander Glazunov and Edward Elgar, choral beauty from John Tavener and Trevor Weston, and solo piano tunes from Rosey Chan and Frederic Chopin.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.- Under the Stars.
- Sony Classical.
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Louise Farrenc
Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 46: II. Andante sostenuto
Performer: David Berlin. Performer: Benjamin Martin.- Mellow Cello.
- ABC Classic.
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Cipriani Potter
Symphony in B-Flat Major: II. Andante
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- CPO.
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Florence Price
Piano Concerto in one movement (Adagio cantabile)
Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.- Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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William Byrd
Ave verum corpus
Lyricist: Pope Innocent VI. Ensemble: Lamentabile Consort.- Music from the Renaissance.
- Proprius.
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Alexander Glazunov
Chant du ménestrel, Op. 71
Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.- Chant du ménestrel, Op.71.
- Sony Classical.
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Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Guitar & Orchestra)
Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: John Williams. Conductor: William Goodchild. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- John Williams - Collaborations.
- Sony Classical.
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Rosey Chan
Autumn
Performer: Rosey Chan.- Platoon.
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Maurice Duruflé
Quatre Motets, Op. 10: Ubi caritras et amor
Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir.- Duruflé: Complete Sacred Choral Works.
- Lammas.
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Amy Beach
By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. for 2 Guitars)
Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.- Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of t.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Dora Pejačević
Piano Concerto, Op. 33: II. Adagio con estro poetico
Performer: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Donohoe.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: René Clausen.- High Flight.
- Signum Records.
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Sigur Rós
óٲ
Performer: Stephanie Gonley. Ensemble: The Dmitri Ensemble. Conductor: Graham Ross.- Sigur Rós: óٲ (Arr. for Violin and String Orchestra).
- harmonia mundi.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No.2
Performer: Vladimir Feltsman.- Chopin: Complete Nocturnes, Barcarolle, Berceuse.
- Nimbus Alliance.
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Camille Pépin
The Sound of Trees: Apaise, boise
Performer: Camille Pépin. Performer: Julien Hervé. Performer: Yan Levionnois. Orchestra: Orchestre de Picardie. Conductor: Arie van Beek.- NoMadMusic.
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Ludovico Einaudi
Le onde
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Passaggio.
- Sony Classical.
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Trad.
Deep River
Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.- Traditional: Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Kanneh-Mason).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Peter Warlock
Capriol Suite, 2. Pavane
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Fantasia on Greensleeves.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Hildegard von Bingen
Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans
Performer: Anna Sandström. Conductor: Christopher Monks. Ensemble: Armonico Consort.- Naked Byrd Two.
- Signum Records.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo
Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.- Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 & Symphonic Variations (Live).
- Naxos.
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George Fenton
Narwhals
Conductor: George Fenton. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Frozen Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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George Frideric Handel
Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (Arr. for Piano)
Performer: Martin Stadtfeld.- Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (Arr. for Piano).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in D Major, No. 2: Adagio
Performer: Zhou Qian. Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra.- Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos No. 1, Op. 3 and Nos. 2 and 10.
- Naxos.
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John Tavener
The Lamb
Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Allegri Miserere.
- Signum Records.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Allegretto
Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.- BIS.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.- Brahms: Symphonies 1-4.
- RCA Red Seal.
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Philip Glass
Tissue No. 6
Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Julien Brocal.- Glass: Tissue No. 6 (Musical Moments).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Philip Stopford
In My Father's House
Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.- Regent Records Ltd.
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Masato Nakamura
Before I Notice
Composer: Miwa Yoshida. Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.- OMF.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio
Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Trevor Weston
Rivers of Living Water
Choir: Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Conductor: Trevor Weston.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Mel Bonis
Scenes de la foret, Op. 123: No. 1, Nocturne
Performer: Florian Wiek. Conductor: Tatjana Ruhland. Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Bonis, M.: Suite En Trio / Scenes De La Foret / Suite Dans Le Style Ancien / Air.
- SWR Classic.
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Chick Corea
Children's Song No. 8 "The Sky" (Arr. for guitar)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- PentaTone Music B.V..
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Kwong Song
Ensemble: Acacia Quartet.- Blue Silence.
- Vexation840.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo
Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Conductor: Andrew Constantine. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.- Orchid Music Limited.
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William Henry Harris
Bring Us, O Lord God
Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell.
- Signum Records.
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