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A soothing mix for classical relaxation

Embrace stillness and sink into the classical sounds of this calming music mix.

Featuring well-known classics from Johann Pachelbel and Edward Elgar, alongside new discoveries by Sarah Class and Valgeir Sigurðsson.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 鶹Լ Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Thu 2 Jan 2025 06:00

Music Played

  • Florence Price

    Folksongs in Counterpoint: No. 3, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 15.
  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Binge: Watermill (The) / Scottish Rhapsody.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 11.
  • Anne Elizabeth Boyd

    As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

    Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Ars Nova Records.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Cameos, Op. 56: III. Andante

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Metropolis Group.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    Elizabeth Remembered

    Conductor: Debbie Wiseman. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra.
    • Elizabeth Remembered.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue in D Major: Canon (Orchestral Version)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Baroque Favourites [The National Gallery Collection] (The National Gallery Colle.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Bruce Brubaker. Performer: Ursula Oppens.
    • Meredith Monk: Piano Songs.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 2.
  • François Devienne

    Clarinet Sonata in B-Flat Major: II. Largo

    Performer: Wonkak Kim. Performer: Eun-Hye Grace Choi. Music Arranger: James Galway.
    • Naxos.
  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary": II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air on a G String

    Performer: HAUSER. Music Arranger: Robin Smith. Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Classic.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Edward Elgar

    Lux aeterna [from 'Nimrod' of 'Enigma' variations]

    Music Arranger: John Cameron. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4: Entr'acte (Barcarolle)

    Lyricist: Jules Barbier. Lyricist: Michel Carré. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra.
    • Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Hubert Parry

    Lady Radnor's Suite: V. Slow Minuet

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Boult Conducts Parry.
    • Lyrita.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust: I. Aria

    Lyricist: Georg Christian Lehms. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent.
    • Bach: Cantatas for Alto Solo.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Poèmes provençaux, Op. 127: I. Dans la lande

    Performer: Olga Kopylova.
    • Miniatures: The Music of Cécile Chaminade.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor - 2. Adagio

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: John Harle. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Lyricist: Romain Bussine.
    • Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Josef Rheinberger

    Abendlied, Op. 69 No. 3

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Lighten Our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day.
    • Collegium.
    • 7.
  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a While

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw.
    • Angels Hide Their Faces: Dawn Upshaw Sings Bach and Purcell.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Anthony Rashonn Green

    The Green Double: II. Dance Reflections

    Orchestra: Lowell Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Orlando Cela.
    • Navona.
  • Rachel Portman

    way home

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • ask the river.
    • Node Records.
    • 12.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: 鶹Լ Singers.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals - The Swan

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • A.J. Potter

    Fantasia Gaelach No 1

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Houlihan.
    • Potter: Sinfonia "De Profundis" / Finnegan's Wake.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 2.
  • Richard D. James

    Avril 14th

    Performer: Murcof. Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

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

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. Conductor: Kurt Sanderling. Orchestra: Leningrad Philarmonic Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Conerto No. 1 - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2.
    • Urania.
    • 5.
  • Sarah Class

    Journey of the King Fish

    Performer: Sarah Class. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra.
    • Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 1.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape, Op. 27: II. Lento e molto tranquillo

    Conductor: Roderick Cox. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Salvator mundi

    Conductor: Jeremy Summerly. Choir: Oxford Camerata.
    • Tallis (The Best Of).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin: Pièces pour piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography: II - Quite Slow

    Ensemble: Ensemble X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
  • Agnes Obel

    Chord Left

    Performer: Agnes Obel. Lyricist: Agnes Obel.
    • Aventine.
    • Play It Again Sam.
    • 1.
  • Ben Ponniah

    Ra Ma Da Sa

    Choir: 鶹Լ Singers.
  • Valgeir Sigurðsson

    Low Tatras

    Performer: Valgeir Sigurðsson.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K.467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 22.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite española, Op.47: No. 1 Granada

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • Mediterráneo (German Version).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Ennio Morricone

    Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission (Excerpt)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Conductor: Ennio Morricone. Orchestra: Roma Sinfonietta.
    • Appassionato.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Rued Langgaard

    Rosengaardsviser: No. 2, Bag muren sidde de roser små

    Lyricist: Thor Lange. Conductor: Tamás Vető. Choir: Ars Nova.
    • Langgaard: Rose Garden Songs.
    • Dacapo.
    • 2.

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