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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 Unwind. MM
On radio
Music Played
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Sir George Dyson
Woodland Suite: III. Moon-Fairy
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.- Under the Stars.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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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.
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Karl Weigl
Pictures and Tales Suite: IV. Sleep, Baby, Sleep
Conductor: JΓΌrgen Bruns. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinlandβ€Pfalz.- Weigl: Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 5 & Pictures and Tales Suite.
- CapriccioNR.
- 8.
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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.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.- Holst : The Planets & Egdon Heath.
- Warner Classics International.
- 7.
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Shirley Thompson
Semplice Sempre
Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.- Spotlight.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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William Walton
Henry V: IV. Interlude. Touch her Soft Lips and Part
Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos.
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John Ireland
Ex ore innocentium
Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Allegri Miserere.
- Signum Records.
- 2.
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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.
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Jeanβ€Philippe Rameau
Les BorΓ©ades / Act IV - EntrΓ©e de Polymnie
Lyricist: Louis de Cahusac. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre.- Rameau: Une Symphonie imaginaire.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 16.
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JosΓ© White Lafitte
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Black Composer Series, Vol. 6: JosΓ© White & David Baker (Remastered).
- Sony Classical.
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Eleanor Haward
Exhale
Ensemble: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. -
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Saudade
Performer: Karin Fernandes.- Saudade.
- Azul Music.
- 1.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1: Intermezzo
Music Arranger: Fritz Hoffmann. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de MontrΓ©al.- Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites and Carmen Suites.
- Decca (UMO).
- 10.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. for 5 Cellos)
Performer: Sheku Kannehβ€Mason. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Max Ruisi. Music Arranger: Sheku Kannehβ€Mason.- Song.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 10.
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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).
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Isobel Waller-Bridge
For A Moment
Conductor: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- VIII.
- Mercury Classics.
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Gabriel FaurΓ©
Requiem, Op. 48: II. Offertoire
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Ambrosian Singers.- FaurΓ©: Requiem Op. 48 & DuruflΓ©: Requiem Op. 9.
- Sony Classical.
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Alexis Ffrench
Moments
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Evolution.
- Sony Classical.
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Erik Satie
Gnossienne: No. 1 (Arr. for Viola and Harp)
Performer: Carrie Frey. Performer: Hippo Dreams.- Etymology Classics.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Edvard Grieg
Old Norwegian Romance, Op. 51: Andante molto tranquillo
Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.- Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 19.
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Pau Casals
Song of the Birds
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cello Ensemble of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.- Prayer.
- Sony Classical.
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Douglas Guest
For the Fallen
Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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.
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Ross Edwards
Maninyas - Concerto for Violin & Orchestra - II. Chorale
Performer: Dene Olding. Conductor: Stuart Challender. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra.- The Joy of Being – Guided Meditations and Music with the Lifeflow Meditation Cen.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
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Luke Howard
The Great Longing of an Unquiet Heart
Conductor: PΓ©ter Pejtsik. Orchestra: Budapest Art Orchestra.- The Great Longing of an Unquiet Heart.
- Mercury Classics.
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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.
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Lauri Porra
Utu
Performer: Lauri Porra. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Platoon.
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Amy Beach
Romance Op. 23
Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Julia Okruashvili.- Beach: Romance, Op. 23 (Musical Moments).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op. 6, No. 12: III. Larghetto, e piano
Conductor: Oliver von DohnΓ΅nyi. Orchestra: SlovenskΓ΅ filharmΓ³nia.- Handel: The Complete Concerti Grossi.
- Black Sheep Music.
- 59.
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Francis Poulenc
Les chemins de l'amour, "The Paths of Love" (Arr. for Flute and Piano)
Performer: Annie Wu. Performer: Markus Kaitila.- Etymology Classics.
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Claude Debussy
2 Arabesques, L. 66: Arabesque No. 1
Performer: Hippo Dreams.- Etymology Classics.
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Ronald Binge
Sailing By
Conductor: David Parry. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.- 40 Best Classical Songs.
- Warner Classics International.
- 40.
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Florence Price
Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet: No. 2
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
- Azica Records.
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JoaquΓn Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.- Aranjuez.
- Warner Classics.
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Ken Burton
A Prayer
Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
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