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Flowing melodies for quiet relaxation

Soothe your mind with gentle melodies, from soft piano solos to expansive orchestral works, all chosen to bring peace and tranquility to your day.

Let gentle melodies guide you to a peaceful and reflective state. Featuring serene piano solos, glowing choral harmonies, and calming orchestral movements - all chosen to bring relaxation and tranquility to your day.

Featuring lyrical melodies from Florence Price, Franz Schubert, & Gerald Finzi. And flowing textures from Olivia Belli, Christian Forshaw, Eric Whitacre, and more.

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

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Winter Meditation (after The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto, RV 297: II. Largo)

    Composer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Hestia String Quartet.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D Flat Major. Lento sostenuto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Dies Natalis, Op. 8 - Arr. Sheppard - 5. The Salutation

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Lyricist: Thomas Traherne. Music Arranger: Mike Sheppard. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Folk Song

    Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Rustle of Spring.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 4.
  • Alex Baranowski

    Reflections

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Baranowski: Reflections.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite, L. 65: No. 1, En bateau

    Orchestrator: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Don Macdonald

    When the Earth Stands Still

    Choir: Lyyra.
    • When the Earth Stands Still.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.
  • Marie Jaëll

    Valse in A Minor

    Performer: Muriël Bostdorp. Music Arranger: Muriël Bostdorp.
    • Marie Jaëll: Valse in A Minor (Arr. by Muriël Bostdorp, "Hommage à Marie").
    • Andante Piano.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Calum Martin

    Ballantyne (Movement 5 Your Shadow)

    Composer: Craig Armstrong. Composer: Trad.. Performer: Cecilia Weston. Performer: Craig Armstrong. Performer: Calum Martin. Lyricist: Trad.. Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Daniel Pioro.
    • Ballantyne (Movement 5 Your Shadow).
    • Modern Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Recueil de chants, Op. 65: No. 6, Barcarolle

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • WAVES: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Music Arranger: Dmitry Sitkovetsky.
    • Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988.
    • Orfeo.
    • 12.
  • Sally Beamish

    Can you hear me?

    Composer: Peter Thomson. Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Suzzie Vango.
    • Can you hear me?.
    • NYCGB.
    • 1.
  • William Walton

    Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On "Greensleeves"; The Lark Ascending / Delius: Two P.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'Arte (Olivia Belli Rework)

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Music Arranger: Olivia Belli.
    • Puccini: Vissi d'Arte (Olivia Belli Rework).
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Largo

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Performer: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 and 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Undine Smith Moore

    We shall walk through the valley

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique - 1. Prelude

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Conductor: John Rutter. Ensemble: Sinfonia Cymru.
    • Blessing.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40: II. Adagio - Molto sostenuto

    Performer: Benjamin Frith. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Róbert Stankovský.
    • Naxos.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Drop, Drop Slow Tears

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Eric Coates

    By the sleepy lagoon

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 12.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 - II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Florence Price

    Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint: No. 2, Somebody's Knockin' At Yo Do'

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 6.
  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Nocturne

    Performer: Deanne Tucker.
    • Cambria.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im spiegel

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Arvo Pärt: Portrait.
    • Analekta.
    • 7.
  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jackie's Song

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Cello Moods.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 ( no.1 in E flat minor)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Goldmund

    Shenandoah

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Goldmund.
    • All Will Prosper.
    • Western Vinyl.
    • 10.
  • Edward Elgar

    2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin (Orchestral Version)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: The Music Makers & Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Agnes Obel

    Chord Left

    Performer: Agnes Obel. Lyricist: Agnes Obel.
    • Aventine.
    • Play It Again Sam.
    • 1.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Lyricist: Charles Anthony Silvestri. Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Light & Gold.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 16.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet In F, D.803: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Alois Posch. Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Performer: Klaus Thunemann.
    • Schubert: Chamber Music - "Trout" Quintet; "Rosamunde" Quartet; Octet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Nkeiru Okoye

    Dusk

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • Kete - Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 4.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In Memoriam"

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Romance, Op. 62 (Version for Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Gerald Ingham. Performer: Antony Peregrine.
    • Folk Tales.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Believe International.

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