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Refreshing classical music to quieten your mind

Take a step back from the busy world with a selection of serene harmonies and calming melodies to help reset your mind and soul.

Take a step back from the busy world with a selection of serene harmonies and calming melodies.

Featuring soothing instrumental textures by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Felix Mendelssohn, plus uplifting and inspiring sounds by Betty Jackson King, Isobel Waller-Bridge, and Jan Garbarek.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op.34, No. 14

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Orchestras.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, WoO Anh.4: III. Largo

    Performer: Enzo Caroli. Performer: Anna Martignon.
  • Philip Stopford

    Do Not Be Afraid

    Choir: Ecclesium Choir. Conductor: Philip Stopford.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Orchestras.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Melodie from "Orfeo ed Euridice": Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Cathedrale engloutie from Preludes

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Orchestras.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6: IV. Lullaby: Lento tranquillo

    Performer: Alexander Barantschik. Performer: John Alley.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Threefold Amen

    Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

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

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
  • John Williams

    Schindler's List

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Orchestras.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: II. Adagio

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 39: III Adagio

    Performer: Daniele Orlando. Performer: Linda di Carlo.
  • Jan Garbarek

    Parce Mihi Domine

    Composer: Crist贸bal de Morales. Performer: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    For A Moment

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Tuesday Suit

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
  • George Butterworth

    Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Orchestras.
  • Marc Berthomieu

    Cinq nuances in B Minor: III. Idyllico

    Performer: Dejan Gavric. Performer: Silke Aichhorn.
  • George Walker

    String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
  • Charles Wuorinen

    Josquiniana: III. Cela sans Plus

    Ensemble: Brentano String Quartet.
  • Florence Price

    Heav'n Bound Soldier

    Ensemble: 大象传媒 Singers.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Hankinson.
  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Piano Trio in G Minor: II. Andante con espressione

    Performer: Bernt Lysell.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.
  • Betty Jackson King

    Four Seasonal Sketches: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 447 (Saraband)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Stewart Eaton. Performer: William Conway. Performer: Enno Senft. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stephan Maass. Performer: Stephan Rath.
  • Florence Price

    An Elf on a Moonbeam

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
  • Anne Boyd

    As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography: II -

    Ensemble: Ensemble X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat, HIII No. 31, Op. 20 No. 1: 3. Affettuoso e sostenuto

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Due tramonti

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Cello Sonata: II. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Rebecca Knight.
  • Luigi Boccherini

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

    Composer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Composer: Timothy Hugh. Performer: Timothy Hugh. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Piano Potpourri: No. 5, A Jazz Trifle

    Performer: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.
  • Dora Bright

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor: II. Intermezzo - Andante espressivo

    Performer: Samantha Ward. Conductor: Charles Peebles. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Broadcasts

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