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Meditative classical sounds for a positive state of mind

Let the gentle flow of classical music help you find your inner peace and bring calm to your mind.

Discover the soothing power of classical music with this selection of peaceful tunes and soundscapes from the natural world. Perfect for unwinding and finding stillness, these pieces will help guide you into a space of calm and relaxation.

Featuring tranquil compositions by Claude Debussy, Johannes Brahms, and Ludwig van Beethoven, alongside the delicate melodies of Yann Tiersen, Caroline Shaw, Rachel Portman, Hayato Sumino, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Gang Chen

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: III. Adagio assai doloroso

    Composer: Zhanhao He.
    • Butterfly Lovers Concerto & Paganini.
    • Pentatone.
    • 3.
  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi

    Performer: Yann Tiersen. Lyricist: Yann Tiersen.
    • Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film).
    • UGC Images/ADA France.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat major, K.595 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 & No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 5.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

    Music Arranger: Heitor Villa‐Lobos. Choir: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Choir. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Frank Ticheli

    Earth Song

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 29.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmopnic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs

    Performer: Sergei Babayan.
    • Rachmaninoff: 12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for Solo Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Theme of Love (From "Final Fantasy IV")

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Theme of Love (From "Final Fantasy IV") [Arr. Lawson for Harp & String Quartet].
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Notturno in G-Flat Major, P. 011: No. 3, Notturno

    Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov.
    • Respighi: Piano Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Media Vita.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Dan Jones

    Chloe

    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..
    • 26.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 5.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Jules Massenet

    Méditation from Thaïs

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 6.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • RTÉ Lyric.
  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • La fille aux cheveux de lin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Hankinson.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor • Dvořák: Violin Concertos.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 2.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Once

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Once.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • John Lennon

    Golden Slumbers

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Pop Songs.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 13.
  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
    • Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei.
    • Avenir.
    • 1.
  • Erland Cooper

    Berriedale at Dawn

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Cooper: Berriedale at Dawn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne II - After Dawn

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Var. 6 - Andante

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Fröst.
    • Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33/Var. 6 - Andante.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Caroline Shaw

    The Children's Eye

    Performer: Ciara Hendrick. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Marianna Martines

    Ouverture in C Major: II. Andante ma non troppo

    Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • Marianna Martines: Il Primo Amore.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Joe Hisaishi

    la pioggia

    Orchestra: Orchestra Città di Ferrara.
    • Songs of Hope: The Essential Joe Hisaishi Vol. 2.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 2.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Andante soave

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Hubert Clifford

    Five English Nursery Tunes IV. Curly Locks

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Olivia Belli

    Respiro 6

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Respiro 6.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.
  • Louise Farrenc

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

    Orchestra: Philzuid. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 - Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 2.
  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • Arabesque Recordings.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Notturno in G Minor

    Performer: Heather Schmidt.
    • Mendelssohn-Hensel, F.: Piano Sonatas in C and G minor.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Major, G. 477: II. Largo

    Conductor: Timothy Hugh. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Colin Matthews

    Preludes arranged for Orchestra, Book I L. 117: No. 10 La cathédrale engloutie

    Composer: Claude Debussy. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Colin Matthews: The Debussy Preludes & Postlude.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 24.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Opalescence, Op. 72

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • ASC Records.
  • Rachel Portman

    recollection

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • ask the river.
    • Node Records.
    • 8.

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