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Block out the noise with calming classical music

Take a moment for yourself as you enjoy restful classical music combined with beautiful soundscapes from the natural world.

Take a moment for yourself as you enjoy restful classical music combined with beautiful soundscapes from the natural world.

Featuring a host of orchestral and piano favourites from Gabriel Faur茅, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy, and gorgeous harmonies from Eleanor Daley, Christopher H. Harris, and Ivo Antognini.

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

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On radio

Sat 4 Jan 2025 06:00

Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pell茅as et M茅lisande, Op. 80: 4. Sicilienne

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Faure: Pell茅as et M茅lisande.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l'oc茅an

    Performer: Andr茅 Laplante.
    • Ravel: Miroirs, Jeux D'Eau, Pavane Pour Une Infante D茅funte.
    • Analekta.
    • 10.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: S茅lim Mazari.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn Records.
  • Luke Howard

    Dappled Light

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Howard: Dappled Light.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • 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.
    • 5.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Where Worlds Collide

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Evolution.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Frederick Delius

    2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Essential Delius: 150th Anniversary.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    To The Stars

    Performer: Grace Francis.
    • TMI.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    New Tribes

    • Human Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 24.
  • Ivo Antognini

    Lux aeterna

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Lyricist: Anon..
    • Ivo Antognini: Come to Me in the Silence of the Night - Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Hania Rani

    Sun

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
  • Piero Piccioni

    Amore mio aiutami

    Performer: Piero Piccioni.
    • GDM.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Cello Sonata, FP 143: II. Cavatine

    Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Robert Kulek.
    • Debussy/Poulenc/Franck/Ravel:Music for Cello & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Rhapsodie Orientale, Op. 29: 1. Andante

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Rhapsodies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune, L. 75

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Dan Jones

    Walk in the Meadows

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Dan Jones.
    • Sur la plage de Chesil (Bande originale du film).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: 脡mile Naoumoff.
    • Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • Christopher Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No. 2 in One Movement, Op. 30: V. Adagio

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Max Richter

    Mercy

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 27.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets Op. 32: II. Venus, The Bringer of Peace

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • Holst: The Planets - The Complete Suite (Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn,.
    • NE Selektive.
    • 2.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Berceuse

    Performer: Sara Chenal. Performer: Jean-Pierre Ferey.
    • Skarbo.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Vertigo Suite: III. Sc猫ne D'Amour

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Herrmann - The Film Scores.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo - attacca

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7 (Live).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Rachel Portman

    much loved

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • ask the river.
    • Node Records.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante d茅funte

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Adagio

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos No. 1, Op. 3 and Nos. 2 and 10.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 1

    Lyricist: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Elgar-Britten-Warlock-Jenkins: Very British.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus

    Performer: Andrew Fletcher. Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Ex Cathedra.
  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Anna Clyne: DANCE 鈥 Elgar: Cello Concerto.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 3.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Concerto For Violoncello And Strings: II. (Longing)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo (Adagio) in E Major

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

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