Classical melodies to inspire calmness and clarity
A collection of soothing classical harmonies to help you find calm in your day.
A selection of soothing classical harmonies to help you find calm in your day.
With a relaxing selection of music by Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k, L茅o Delibes and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, along with performances from VOCES8, the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and Anna Lapwood.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind. MM
On radio
Music Played
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Moderato assai quasi Andante - Thema
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- harmonia mundi.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu
Singer: Malena Ernman.- Roxy Recordings.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Trio: III. Moderato
Performer: Angela Gassenhuber. Performer: Friedemann Kupsa. Performer: Renate Eggebrecht.- Troubadisc.
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John Tavener
Mother Of God, Here I Stand
Lyricist: John Tavener. Lyricist: Mikhail Jurjewitsch Lermontov. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 5.
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Pau Casals
El cant dels ocells (for Cello & Orchestra)
Performer: Harriet Krijgh. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz.- Elegy.
- CapriccioNR.
- 9.
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Phil Cunningham
The Gentle Light That Wakes Me
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Aly Bain. Performer: Phil Cunningham. Performer: Phil Cunningham.- Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Michael Nyman
The Heart Asks Pleasure First (From "The Piano")
Performer: Ksenia Bashmet.- Quartz Music.
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William Byrd
Peccantem me quotidie a 5, T. 6 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1575)
Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.- Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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William Grant Still
Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) - 2nd mvt
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- Black Composer Series, Vol. 2: William Grant Still & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Re.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London.- Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a.
- Violet Hill Records.
- 3.
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Louise Farrenc
Variations Concertantes Sur Une M茅lodie Suisse, Op. 20: Andante Sostenuto
Performer: Daniele Orlando. Performer: Linda di Carlo.- Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
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Rebecca Dale
There Will Come Soft Rains
Composer: Sara Teasdale. Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
- Signum Records.
- 8.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 'The American': III. Larghetto
Conductor: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.- Dvor虒谩k: American String Quartet & Quintet, Op. 96-97.
- Champs Hill Records.
- 7.
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Karen Tanaka
Children of Light: Crested Ibis
Performer: Signe Bakke.- Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
- 2L.
- 14.
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Howard Shore
The Shire
Conductor: Howard Shore. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Voices.- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings.
- Rhino/Warner Records.
- 2.
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L茅o Delibes
Lakm茅 / Act 1: "Sous le d么me 茅pais" (Flower Duet)
Lyricist: Edmond Gondinet. Lyricist: Philippe Gille. Music Arranger: J. Bell. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.- Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 3.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
The Offering - IV. Tranquillo
Performer: Benjamin Martin. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.- The Offering.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Isle of Beauty
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
- Delphian Records.
- 3.
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Olivia Belli
Grain Moon
Performer: Olivia Belli.- Grain Moon.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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John Ireland
A Downland Suite: III. Minuet Allegretto grazioso (Version for String Orchestra)
Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Alexis Ffrench
Walk With Us (For Black Lives Matter)
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Dreamland (Deluxe Edition).
- Sony Classical.
- 15.
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Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato
Ensemble: Budapest Haydn Quartet.- Borodin: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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J贸hann J贸hannsson
They Being Dead Yet Speaketh (from Miners' Hymns), Part 1
Conductor: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Platoon.
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Erik Satie
Pr茅lude de la porte h茅ro茂que du ciel
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Erik Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace: XII. Benedictus
Performer: Guy Johnston. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Mike Brewer.- Universal Music Operations Ltd.
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Yiruma
Kiss the Rain
Performer: Martin Jacoby.- Concentration New Age Piano.
- Silent Star Music.
- 17.
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring - 1945 Suite - 1. Very slowly
Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.- Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man / Barber: Adagio.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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John Pickard
3 Latin Motets: No. 1, O nata lux
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze
Performer: Leon Fleisher. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.- Two Hands.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Max Richter
Infra 4
Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.- Infra.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Jean Sibelius
Andante festivo, JS 34b
Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.- BIS.
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Ruth Gipps
Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante
Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos Records Limited.
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OLAFSSON GABRIEL OERN
Filma Solo
Performer: Gabr铆el 脫lafs.- Piano Works.
- One Little Independent Records.
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Frederick Delius
3 Small Tone Poems: No. 3, Spring Morning
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
- Naxos.
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Joanna Marsh
Arabesques: III. Fading
Conductor: Owain Park. Ensemble: 大象传媒 Singers.- Arabesques: III. Fading.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
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Ulysses Simpson Kay
Eight Inventions for Piano: II. Moderato
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
- Albany Records.
- 9.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Banquet Music In 3 Parts: Concerto In A Major, I. Largo
Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln.- Telemann: Tafelmusik.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 12.
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Joseph Parry
Myfanwy
Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Decca Records.
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Marianna Martines
Concerto per Cembalo in G Major: II. Adagio
Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Orchestra: La Floridiana.- Marianna Martines: La tempesta.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Rebecca Clarke
Irish Melody (Emer's Farewell to Cucullain - "Londonderry Air")
Performer: Vinciane B茅ranger. Performer: David Louwerse.- Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
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闯贸苍蝉颈
Flj贸tav铆k (Arr. Lawson for Ensemble)
Composer: Georg H贸lm. Composer: Kjartan Sveinsson. Composer: Orri P谩ll D媒rason. Lyricist: 闯贸苍蝉颈. Lyricist: Georg H贸lm. Lyricist: Kjartan Sveinsson. Lyricist: Orri P谩ll D媒rason. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Flj贸tav铆k (Arr. Lawson for Ensemble).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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