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Float into a world of classical calm

Allow this classical mix to transport you to a place of complete calm.

Allow this three hour mix of classical beauty to transport you to a place of complete calm. Featuring the subtle piano melodies of Alexis Ffrench and Maurice Ravel, the floating vocals from William Henry Harris and Hildegard Von Bingen, and orchestral warmth from Ralph Vaughan Williams and Florence Price.

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

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • The Last Night of the Proms Collection.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante

    Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Conductor: Ryan Cockerham. Orchestra: Jan谩膷kova filharmonie Ostrava.
    • Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Albany Records.
    • 3.
  • Anthony R. Green

    The Green Double: II. Dance Reflections

    Orchestra: Lowell Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Orlando Cela.
    • Navona.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: Ren茅 Clausen.
    • High Flight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sonata In C minor. F XVI No. 1, II. Largo

    Ensemble: Eroica Trio.
    • The Most Relaxing Vivaldi Album In The World... Ever!.
    • Angel Records.
    • 18.
  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. for 2 Guitars)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Antar (After N. Rimsky-Korsakov): No. 7, Allegretto

    Performer: Andr茅 Dussollier. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

    Composer: Charles Mackesy. Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Cello Sonata, Op. 46: II. Andante Sostenuto (Arr. for Violin and Strings)

    Music Arranger: Ellie Consta. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Cello Sonata, Op. 46: II. Andante Sostenuto (Arr. for Violin and String Ensemble.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Lyricist: Pope Innocent VI. Ensemble: Lamentabile Consort.
    • Music from the Renaissance.
    • Proprius.
    • 3.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    The Way It Was

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Classical Soul Vol. 1.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Minuet from String Quintet in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5

    Conductor: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Cellissimo (CC).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Roderick Elms

    Visions of St Anne, Symphony for Orchestra: III. Lamentosa

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Roderick Elms: Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Meditation, Op. 32

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.
    • Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 93.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    尝谩驳谤颈尘补

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • Bream Collection Vol. 11 - Romantic Guitar.
    • RCA Gold Seal.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio

    Conductor: Ivan Podyomov. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita".
    • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine, M. 40: I. Mod茅r茅

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • Ravel: Sonatine, M. 40: I. Mod茅r茅.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Traditional: Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Kanneh-Mason).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Das Jahr, H.385: VI. June. Serenade, allegro

    Performer: Gaia Sokoli.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman/大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Violin Concertos / Sonata for 2 Violins.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Cerys Havana Hickman

    Yr Elen

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Edyf.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.
    • 10.
  • Juan Pablo Jofre Romarion

    Como El Agua

    Performer: JP Jofre. Performer: Andy Lin.
    • Progressive Sounds.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Sequentia O, Jerusalem, aurea civitas

    Performer: Barbora Kab谩tkov谩. Performer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Performer: Margit 脺bellacker. Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble.
    • Von Bingen: Ego sum homo.
    • Ricercar.
    • 1.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden, Op. 39

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 06.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

    Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14.
    • Ondine.
    • 22.
  • Daniel Bernard Roumain

    Lecolion Loops: after Uti V氓r Hage

    Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.
    • Legacy.
    • Albany Records.
    • 16.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43: I. Andante

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Scenes from Childhood.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 30.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.
  • Henri B眉sser

    Les cygnes

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Credo: No. 5, I Believe in the Prince of Peace

    Performer: Lara Downes. Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Conductor: Grant Gershon.
    • Credo: No. 5, I Believe in the Prince of Peace.
    • Rising Sun Records.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 - 2. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Francis.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • John Ireland

    Ex ore innocentium

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    8 Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Music Arranger: Oskar Morawetz. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Collaborations - Works by Tchaikovsky, Dvor谩k, Halvorsen, Walton and Williams.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    El茅gie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. for Cello Ensemble)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Ashok Klouda. Performer: Nick Trygstad. Performer: Caroline Dearnley. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Josephine Knight. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Chris Murray. Performer: Robert Max. Music Arranger: Simon Parkin.
    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • William Henry Harris

    Bring Us, O Lord God

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Records.
    • 15.

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