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Calm the chaos with relaxing classical tunes

Enjoy a restful moment with this collection of classical music.

Enjoy a restful moment with this calming collection of classical music.

Featuring beautiful serenading brass from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn, soothing piano tones from Muzio Clementi and William Grant Still, and vocal harmonies from Anna Lapwood and Sergei Rachmaninoff. This mix also includes new releases by Heather Tuach and Yoko Misumi, Felix Klieser, and Xie Yueli.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran partita": IV. Adagio

    Ensemble: German Wind Soloists.
    • Mozart: Romantic Mozart (The).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Ring Round the Moon: Invitation Waltz

    Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two Cities.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • Anon.

    Greensleeves

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Choral Classics.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Fritiof Suite: II. Ingeborgs klagan

    Conductor: Hermann Bäumer. Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester.
    • CPO.
  • Liz Dilnot Johnson

    In the Mirror: III. Lacrimosa

    Performer: Heather Tuach. Performer: Yoko Misumi.
    • In the Mirror.
    • Divine Art Limited.
    • 03.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 2.
  • John Pickard

    Ave maris stella

    Ensemble: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 8.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvořák & Price: Piano Quintets.
    • Hyperion.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M. 43: III. Une barque sur l'océan

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Verdi: Marcia trionfale da Aida - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Beethoven: Sy.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 130.
  • Jessie Montgomery

    Peace (Arr. for Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Heather Tuach. Performer: Yoko Misumi.
    • In the Mirror.
    • Divine Art.
    • 05.
  • Christopher Tyler Nickel

    Mass: VII. Agnus Dei (Lento)

    Conductor: Clyde Mitchell. Conductor: Kari Turunen. Orchestra: Vancouver Contemporary Orchestra. Ensemble: Vancouver Chamber Choir.
    • Christopher Tyler Nickel: Mass: VII. Agnus Dei (Lento).
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto a 4 in G Major, TWV 43:G1 "Paris Quartet No. 1": I. Grave - Allegro

    Ensemble: London Händel Players.
    • SOMM Recordings.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Nightscapes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Roderick Elms

    De Profundis Concertino for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra: II. Canzonetta

    Performer: Derek Hannigan. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Roderick Elms: Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.
  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Breeze

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • Breeze.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lord, Now Lettest Thou

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Russian Treasures.
    • Bene Arte.
    • 2.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Romance, Op. 22

    Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden, Op. 39

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 06.
  • Xie Yueli

    your hand in mine

    Performer: Xie Yueli.
    • Karma Sounds.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    The Beatitudes (Adagio)

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Capricorn. Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: II. Poco adagio

    Performer: Katarzyna Budnik. Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 - III. Un sonnet d'amour

    Conductor: Anthony Parnther. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Kwong Song

    Ensemble: Acacia Quartet.
    • Blue Silence.
    • Vexation840.
    • 06.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Op. 47: VII. Elegie (Arr. for Flute and Harp)

    Performer: Deborah Sipkai. Performer: János Bálint. Music Arranger: Deborah Sipkai.
    • 111 Flute Masterpieces.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 99.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Romantic Piece No 1, Op 75 (arr for violin and orchestra)

    Performer: Grace Park. Music Arranger: Alex Fortes. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.
    • Dvorak & Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 5.
  • Muzio Clementi

    Keyboard Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 5: II. Lento e patetico

    Performer: Maria Tipo.
    • Clementi: Piano Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Peter Warlock

    The Birds

    Lyricist: Hilaire Belloc. Choir: ѿý Singers. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Maltworms & Milkmaids.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe", Cantata BWV 156: Sinfonia

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Radoslaw Szulc.
    • Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 48: No. 1 Lento in C Minor

    Performer: Camiel Boomsma.
    • Musings.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 4.
  • Anna Lapwood

    O Nata Lux

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic

    Choir: ѿý Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst : The Planets & Egdon Heath.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 7.
  • William Grant Still

    Three Visions: II. Summerland

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Fantasie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: Die Torrente in via bibet

    Performer: Angela Kazimierczuk. Performer: Katherine Fuge. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria / Handel: Dixit Dominus.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveigs Song

    Composer: Michael Antony Infante. Performer: Felix Klieser.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Henry Purcell

    In Nomine A7

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Purcell: Fantasies for Viols.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 15.
  • Phil Cunningham

    The Gentle Light That Wakes Me

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Aly Bain. Performer: Phil Cunningham.
    • ѿýcoming - A Scottish Fantasy (Mirror).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante

    Performer: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Radio Kamer Filharmonie. Conductor: Ralph van Raat.
    • Naxos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: No. 1, Chor.

    Conductor: Fritz Werner. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Choir: Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Choral Classics.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.

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