Take a pause with relaxing classical sounds
Reserve a moment in your day to unwind, reset and feel refreshed with this mix of soothing classical music.
Reserve a moment in your day to unwind, reset and feel refreshed with this mix of soothing classical music.
With orchestral suites from Dmitri Shostakovich and Avril Coleridge-Taylor, alongside contemporary brilliance from Michael Nyman and Camille Pepin.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: 2. Adagio
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.- Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites; Holberg Suites; Piano Concerto.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Peter Warlock
Capriol Suite, 2. Pavane
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Fantasia on Greensleeves.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalf. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey.- The Blue Notebooks (15 Years).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Rebecca Dale
Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude
Conductor: Clark Rundell. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
By the lone seashore
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
- Delphian Records.
- 2.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance
Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.- Virtuoso Violin.
- Warner Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet In A, K.581 - 2. Larghetto
Performer: Eduard Brunner. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.- Mozart / Weber: Clarinet Quintets.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.- Elgar Wand of Youth.
- Halle Concerts Society.
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Nadia Boulanger
3 Pieces for Cello & Piano: No. 1, Mod茅r茅
Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.- Music for Book Lovers: Classical Music for Reading.
- Naxos.
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William Grant Still
Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
- Azica Records.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Schwanenlied
Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.- Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
- Sony Classical.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor (arr. for piano)
Performer: Edward Wolanin. Music Arranger: John Gribben.- DUX.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
Choir: Accentus. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.- Faure Requiem.
- 苍补茂惫别.
- 09.
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Matthew Barley
Concord
Composer: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Matthew Barley.- Around Britten.
- Signum Records.
- 22.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Music Arranger: Ralph Greaves. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Emilie Mayer
Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major: III. Un poco adagio
Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.- CPO/ Naxos.
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Robert A. Harris
April Rain Song
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. -
Robert Schumann
Abendlied, Op. 85, No. 12 (Arr. for String Orchestra)
Performer: Daniel Dodds. Music Arranger: Johan Svendsen. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.- Eastbound: Schumann, Dvorak, Schreker (Works for String Orchestra).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Ludovico Einaudi
Burning
Performer: Ludovico Einaudi. Orchestra: I Virtuosi Italiani.- In A Time Lapse (Deluxe Edition).
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape, Op. 27: II. Lento e molto tranquillo
Conductor: Roderick Cox. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Joachim Raff
Sonata for Piano and Cello in D Major, Op. 183 : III. Andante
Performer: Christoph Crois茅. Performer: Oxana Shevchenko.- Joachim Raff 鈥 Complete Works for Cello & Piano.
- AVIE Records.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.- Holst: The Planets Op. 32.
- Sunday Club Records.
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Nino Rota
The Godfather: V. Love Theme
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.- Nino Rota - Musica E Sogno.
- Sony Classical.
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Gregorio Allegri
Miserere Mei
Ensemble: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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George Frideric Handel
Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)
Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.- Berlin Classics.
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Michael Nyman
The Diary of Anne Frank - If
Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: John Harle. Conductor: Jessica Cottis. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.- Rise.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Harry Burleigh
From the Southland Suite: I. Through Moanin' Pines
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
- Albany Records.
- 23.
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Nancy Dalberg
String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: III. Adagio
Performer: Hei冒run Petersen. Performer: Mads Haugsted Hansen. Performer: Daniel Eklund. Performer: Lea Emilie Br酶ndal. Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet.- Dalberg: The String Quartets.
- Dacapo.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 - No. 6 Andante sostenuto "Venetianisches Gondellied"
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Gunars Upatnieks. Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer. Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.- Blue Hour: Mendelssohn Edition.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Camille P茅pin
The Sound of Trees: Apaise, boise
Performer: Camille P茅pin. Performer: Camille P茅pin. Performer: Julien Herv茅. Performer: Julien Herv茅. Performer: Yan Levionnois. Performer: Yan Levionnois. Orchestra: Orchestre de Picardie. Orchestra: Orchestre de Picardie. Conductor: Arie van Beek. Conductor: Arie van Beek.- NoMadMusic.
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Thomas Tallis
O Sacrum Convivium
Performer: Gabriel Crouch. Performer: Gallicantus.- Queen Mary's Big Belly: Hope for an Heir in Catholic England.
- Signum Records.
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Baal HaSulam
Melodies of the Upper Worlds (Arr. for Piano): XIII. To Proclaim in The Morning
Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan. Music Arranger: Mikael Ayrapetyan.- HaSulam: Melodies of the Upper Worlds (Arr. M. Ayrapetyan for Piano).
- Grand Piano.
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John Tavener
The Lamb
Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Death and the Maiden.
- Sancho Panza Records.
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Judith Weir
Like as The Hart
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. -
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- The Berlin Years.
- Warner Classics.
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Trad.
Romance (Arr. for Guitar & Orchestra)
Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: John Williams. Conductor: William Goodchild. Orchestra: String Orchestra.- The Ultimate Guitar Collection.
- Sony Classical.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World": II. Largo
Conductor: Aleksandr Veniaminovich Titov. Orchestra: St. Petersburg New Philharmony Orchestra.- Dvor谩k: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classic.
- Sony Classical.
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Amy Beach
By the Still Waters, Op. 114
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Summertime.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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