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Find celestial calm with soothing classical music

Float off to a world of tranquillity with three hours of soothing classical music.

Float off to another world and sink into tranquillity with this three hour mix of soothing classical music.

With ethereal pieces from Tomaso Albinoni and Gustav Holst as well as the floating melodies of Alexis Ffrench and Francis Poulenc.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite: III. Moon-Fairy

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
    • Under the Stars.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • 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.
  • Karl Weigl

    Pictures and Tales Suite: IV. Sleep, Baby, Sleep

    Conductor: J眉rgen Bruns. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz.
    • Weigl: Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 5 & Pictures and Tales Suite.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 8.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 3: II. Cavatina

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots (Deluxe Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 20.
  • Gustav Holst

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

    Choir: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst : The Planets & Egdon Heath.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 7.
  • Shirley Thompson

    Semplice Sempre

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Spotlight.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.
  • William Walton

    Henry V: IV. Interlude. Touch her Soft Lips and Part

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • John Ireland

    Ex ore innocentium

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Deux morceaux pour violon et piano: No. 1, Nocturne

    Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Performer: Julian Chan.
    • Piercing Silence: Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Bor茅ades / Act IV - Entr茅e de Polymnie

    Lyricist: Louis de Cahusac. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie imaginaire.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 16.
  • Jos茅 White Lafitte

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 6: Jos茅 White & David Baker (Remastered).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Eleanor Haward

    Exhale

    Ensemble: 大象传媒 Singers.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Saudade

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No. 1: Intermezzo

    Music Arranger: Fritz Hoffmann. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al.
    • Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites and Carmen Suites.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. for 5 Cellos)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Max Ruisi. Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Song.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

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

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Yellow Lounge Compiled By Rufus Wainwright.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    For A Moment

    Conductor: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • VIII.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 3.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op. 48: II. Offertoire

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Ambrosian Singers.
    • Faur茅: Requiem Op. 48 & Durufl茅: Requiem Op. 9.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Moments

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Evolution.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne: No. 1 (Arr. for Viola and Harp)

    Performer: Carrie Frey. Performer: Hippo Dreams.
    • Etymology Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Ssens Trio.
    • Mozart: Divertimento K. 563 / Preludes and Fugues K. 404a.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 2.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Romance for Piano

    Performer: Corinna Simon.
    • L'Album des Six - Music by French Avant-Garde Composers of Early 20th Century.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 28.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Bozidar Vukotic.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Old Norwegian Romance, Op. 51: Andante molto tranquillo

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 19.
  • Pau Casals

    Song of the Birds

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cello Ensemble of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Prayer.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Douglas Guest

    For the Fallen

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers.
  • Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge

    Carnival, Suite of Five Dances: IV. Columbine

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
    • Albany Records.
    • 52.
  • Ross Edwards

    Maninyas - Concerto for Violin & Orchestra - II. Chorale

    Performer: Dene Olding. Conductor: Stuart Challender. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Joy of Being 鈥 Guided Meditations and Music with the Lifeflow Meditation Cen.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 26.
  • Luke Howard

    The Great Longing of an Unquiet Heart

    Conductor: P茅ter Pejtsik. Orchestra: Budapest Art Orchestra.
    • The Great Longing of an Unquiet Heart.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Lauri Porra

    Utu

    Performer: Lauri Porra. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.
  • Amy Beach

    Romance Op. 23

    Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Julia Okruashvili.
    • Beach: Romance, Op. 23 (Musical Moments).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6, No. 12: III. Larghetto, e piano

    Conductor: Oliver von Dohn谩nyi. Orchestra: Slovensk谩 filharm贸nia.
    • Handel: The Complete Concerti Grossi.
    • Black Sheep Music.
    • 59.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour, "The Paths of Love" (Arr. for Flute and Piano)

    Performer: Annie Wu. Performer: Markus Kaitila.
    • Etymology Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques, L. 66: Arabesque No. 1

    Performer: Hippo Dreams.
    • Etymology Classics.
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Conductor: David Parry. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • 40 Best Classical Songs.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 40.
  • Florence Price

    Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet: No. 2

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 6.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Aranjuez.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Ken Burton

    A Prayer

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 6 Nov 2024 14:00
  • Tuesday 06:00