Soothe your soul with calming classical sounds
Relax to this collection of soothing classical music.
Take a moment to relax by listening to this collection of soothing classical music.
Featuring the ѿý Concert Orchestra performing Leo Delibes, Tenebrae performing William Henry Harris, and the Chineke! Orchestra performing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. This mix also includes pieces from Maurice Ravel, Ruth Gipps, Margaret Bonds, and Thomas Tallis.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Léo Delibes
Lakmé / Act 1: "Sous le dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
Lyricist: Edmond Gondinet. Lyricist: Philippe Gille. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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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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Thomas Tallis
Quod chorus vatum
Conductor: Gabriel Crouch. Ensemble: Gallicantus.- Queen Mary's Big Belly: Hope for an Heir in Catholic England.
- Signum Records.
- 10.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2
Ensemble: I Musici.- Pachelbel: Canon / Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Albinoni: Adagio.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Joe Hisaishi
HANA-BI
Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.- ѱáí.
- Universal Music LLC.
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Margaret Bonds
Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet)
Music Arranger: Ellie Consta. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.- Her Ensemble.
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Roderick Elms
Cantilena for Guitar and Orchestra
Performer: Carlos Bonell. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Roderick Elms: Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral Works.
- Signum Records.
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Eleanor Dunnet
Exhale
Ensemble: ѿý Singers. -
Alexander Glazunov
Chant du menestrel, Op. 71
Performer: Jamie Walton. Conductor: Okko Kamu. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Glazunov: Concerto Ballata, Prokofiev: Concertino & Tchaikovsky: Variations on a.
- Signum Records.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Four Charactertistic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 1, Valse Bohemienne
Performer: Matthew Schellhorn. Performer: Maya Magub.- CRD Records.
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Eric Coates
By the Sleepy Lagoon
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Elizabethan Serenade: The Best of British Light Music.
- Naxos.
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Dora Pejačević
Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 35: III. Adagio Sostenuto
Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.- Brilliant Classics.
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H. Leslie Adams
Contrasts: II. Lament
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Bach to Black: Suites for Piano.
- Albany Records.
- 36.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.- Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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William Henry Harris
Faire is the Heaven
Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Allegri Miserere.
- Signum Records.
- 13.
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Lara Somogyi
aura
Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.- é.
- Mercury Classics.
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Frédéric Chopin
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo
Performer: Jan Lisiecki.- Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Performer: Jonathan Snowden. Performer: Skaila Kanga. Music Arranger: Ralph Greaves. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra.- Musique au coin du feu (Radio Classique).
- Warner Classics.
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Matthew Martin
Justorum animae
Conductor: Huw Williams. Choir: The Choir of Bath Abbey.- Martin: Justorum animae.
- CRD.
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Emánuel Moór
Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 89: III. Adagio
Ensemble: Storioni Trio.- CPO.
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Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.- Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
- Warner Classics.
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Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch.- Russian Spectacular.
- LSO Live.
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Ruth Gipps
Ambarvalia, Op. 70
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Antonín Dvořák
Silhouettes, Op. 8, B. 98: No. 2 in D-Flat Major. Andantino
Performer: Jonas Vitaud.- Vers un monde nouveau.
- Mirare.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Florence Price
Presbyterian Communion Service in F: I. Kyrie
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Caldwell. Choir: University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum.- Hill Records.
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Marin Marais
Pièces de viole, Livre 3, Suite No. 6 in G Minor: No. 87, Minuet
Performer: Clare O'Connell.- Stone Records Ltd.
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George Gershwin
Summertime
Composer: Art Marshall. Ensemble: Nexas Quartet.- Da Vinci Classics.
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Federico Moreno Torroba Ballesteros
Sonatina: II. Andante
Performer: Carlotta Dalia.- Berlin Classics.
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Clara Schumann
3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 11, "Warum willst du and're fragen"
Performer: Felicitas M. A. Pielsticker. Music Arranger: Felicitas M. A. Pielsticker.- Clara Schumann: 3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 11, "Warum willst du and're fragen" (Arr..
- Andante Piano.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.- The Planets.
- BR-Klassik.
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Ivor Gurney
5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4, Sleep
Performer: Grace Davidson. Performer: Libby Burgess.- Ivor Gurney: 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4, Sleep.
- Signum Records.
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Olivier Messiaen
Préludes: I. La colombe
Performer: Jan Lisiecki.- Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin concerto in G minor Op.80 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.- Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante semplice.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune
Composer: Schimmer Music Publishing B.V.. Performer: German Dmitriev. Performer: Houston Fry.- Houston Fry.
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Maurice Ravel
Antar (After N. Rimsky-Korsakov): No. 7, Allegretto
Performer: André Dussollier. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.- Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5.
- Naxos.
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William Walton
Sonata for String Orchestra: III. Lento
Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Eric Whitacre
i thank you God
Choir: ѿý Singers.
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