Serene classical music for peace and positivity
Drift off into a state of peacefulness and positivity with three hours of calming classical music.
Tune in and drift off into a state of peacefulness and positivity with this three hour mix of calming classical music. Featuring light orchestral melodies from Quincy Jones and Frederick Delius, relaxing piano lines from Clara Schumann and John Field, alongside well-known favourites from Edgar Bainton and Léo Delibes.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù"
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Sir Neville Marriner Conducts Handel.
- Warner Classics.
- 23.
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Frederick Delius
Orchestral Suite No. 1, RT VI/6: II. Berceuse
Performer: John Andrews. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- La belle dame.
- EMF Endeavours.
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Betty Jackson King
Psalm 57
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: II. Adagio
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Performer: Maxim Rysanov.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Symphony in A Minor, Op. 8: II. Lament. Larghetto affettuoso
Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.- Musical Concepts.
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Franz Liszt
Consolations, S. 172: No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Consolations, S. 172/No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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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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Kerensa Briggs
Psalm 121 'I will lift up mine eyes'
Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Kerensa Briggs: Requiem.
- Delphian Records.
- 14.
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Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo
Performer: Danny Driver. Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 70).
- Hyperion.
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Luise Adolpha Le Beau
Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: II. Andante Tranquillo
Performer: Plínio Fernandes.- Le Beau: Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: II. Andante Tranquillo (Arr. Assad for.
- Decca Records US.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
Ensemble: Vermeer Quartet.- Vermeer Quartet - Death and the Maiden: Schubert, Beethoven, Dvořák, Mendelssohn.
- Warner Classics.
- 54.
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Orlando Gibbons
Threefold Amen
Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli.- An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
- Signum Records.
- 44.
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Quincy Jones
The First Letter (From "The Color Purple")
Composer: J. Lubbock. Composer: Rod Temperton. Composer: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Quincy Jones. Conductor: Dick Hazard.- The Color Purple.
- Qwest Records IGA.
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Sophie Hutchings
Billow Gently
Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Performer: Sophie Hutchings.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Cipriani Potter
Symphony in C Minor: II. Andante con moto
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- CPO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.- Cello Suiten No. 1,5 & 6.
- Columbia.
- 1.
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Lauri Porra
Utu
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Platoon.
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William Byrd
Ave Verum Corpus
Choir: New York Polyphony.- Tudor City.
- AVIE Records.
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Rosey Chan
Adagio for Planet Earth
Performer: Rosey Chan. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Rosey Chan.
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Fiona Brice, Jim Perkins & Tony Woollard
As The Night Draws In
- Bigo and Twigetti.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Performer: Dong-Hyek Lim. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Symphonic Dances.
- Warner Classics.
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Luke Howard
Dappled Light
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.- TIME.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
The Arts and the Hours
Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková.- Etymology Classics.
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Charles Gounod
Ave Maria, CG89a (from Bach Prelude in C, BWV 846)
Singer: Benjamin Hulett. Performer: Helen Tunstall. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.- Choral Adagios.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Joby Talbot
Ink Dark Moon - II. Adagio contemplativo
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Conductor: Ben Gernon. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- The Moon & The Forest.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Amy Beach
3 Compositions for Violin and Piano, No. 2, Berceuse
Performer: Alessandro Clerici. Performer: Elena Brunello.- Halidon.
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Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Léo Delibes
Coppélia, Act I: Valse
Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- French Ballet Favourites.
- Naxos.
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Leroy Anderson
Irish Suite: V. The Last Rose of Summer
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 - Irish Suite / Scottish Suite / Alma Mat.
- Naxos.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Son of Mary
Choir: London Voices.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Nancy Dalberg
String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: III. Adagio
Performer: Heiðrun Petersen. Performer: Mads Haugsted Hansen. Performer: Daniel Eklund. Performer: Lea Emilie Brøndal. Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet.- Dalberg: The String Quartets.
- Dacapo.
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Daniel Bacheler
Mounsieurs Almanie
Performer: Paul O’Dette.- harmonia mundi.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Lieder ohne Worte I: VI. Andante sostenuto "Venetian Gondola Song"
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Ensemble: Schumann Quartett. Conductor: Gunars Upatnieks.- Blue Hour: Mendelssohn Edition.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Clara Schumann
4 Pieces caracteristiques, Op. 5 - No. 3, Romance
Performer: Sophia Vaillant.- Indesens Calliope Records.
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PICCIONI GIAN PIERO
Amore mio aiutami
Performer: Piero Piccioni.- Bacci Bros Records.
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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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Edgar Bainton
And I saw a new heaven
Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Performer: Rebecca Baker. Conductor: Owen Rees.- A New Heaven.
- Signum Records.
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Broadcasts
- Fri 14 Mar 2025 14:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
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