Main content

Soothing classical sounds to uplift your senses

Take a moment to take a step back with this calming mix of serene classical sounds. Featuring orchestral warmth from Pietro Mascagni and Howard Skempton, plus solo piano from Maurice Ravel and Rachel Portman.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 Unwind. MM

14 days left to listen

3 hours

On radio

Mon 6 Jan 2025 14:00

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite, L. 65: IV. Ballet

    Music Arranger: Henri BΓΌsser. Conductor: Yoav Talmi. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de QuΓ©bec.
    • Debussy: Orchestrations by Caplet, Ansermet, Ravel, Stokowski & Busser.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 20.
  • Florence Price

    Negro Folksongs for String Quartet: No. 2, Somebody's Knockin' At Yo Do'

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 6.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • RTΓ‰ Lyric.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico

    Lyricist: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti. Lyricist: Guido Menasci. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra.
    • Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Ethel Bilsland

    The Birthday Party: VI. Sleepy Song

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Wave Theory Records Limited.
  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33: II. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JiΕ™Γ­ BΔ›lohlΓ΅vek.
    • naive classique.
  • Peter Gregson

    4.2 Allemande (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet)

    Ensemble: Signum Saxophone Quartet.
    • Echoes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Eric Coates

    By The Sleepy Lagoon

    Performer: Martin Loveday. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • CΓ©cile Chaminade

    Pas des Γ©sharpes, Op. 37

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
  • Akira Nakada

    12 Songs for Guitar: No. 7: A Song of Early Spring

    Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu. Performer: Shin-Ichi Fukuda.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Patrick Hawes

    Clarinet Concerto: II. Sarabande

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No. 1 (Set II) in B-Flat Major: IV. Menuet

    Performer: Roberto Cominati. Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • ACOUSENCE Classics.
  • William Walton

    Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • This is the Day.
    • Collegium Records.
    • 15.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, "Gran partita": IV. Adagio

    Ensemble: German Wind Soloists.
    • Mozart: Romantic Mozart (The).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Prelude

    Performer: Robert Plane.
    • Clarke, R: Viola Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony No. 1 in G Minor: II. Andante quasi allegeretto

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • cpo.
  • William Grant Still

    Suite for Violin and Piano: II. Mother and Child

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Howard Skempton

    Kettle's Yard Canon

    Performer: Andrew Sparling. Performer: Nancy Ruffer.
    • Huddersfield Contemporary Records.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo / Act II: "Lascia ch'io pianga"

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Monika Razynska. Lyricist: Giacomo Rossi. Lyricist: Aaron Hill. Lyricist: Torquato Tasso. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • New Seasons - HΓ¤ndel fΓΌr Oboe und Orchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo

    Ensemble: Trio Chausson.
    • Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn.
    • Mirare.
    • 2.
  • Trad.

    Arrangements from Scottish lute manuscripts: Ladie lie near me

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe.
    • Softloud: Music for Acoustic and Electric Guitars.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • John Sheppard

    Media vita in morte sumus: II. Media vita in morte sumus (Antiphona)

    Conductor: David Skinner. Ensemble: Alamire.
    • John Sheppard: Media Vita in Morte Sumus.
    • Inventa Records.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 7. Träumerei

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Schumann: Kinderszenen – Meisterwerke.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Howard Skempton

    Campanella 3

    Performer: John Tilbury.
    • Sony.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Conductor: Kellen Gray. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • African American Voices.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Clara Schumann

    Evening celebration in Venice (3 Part Songs)

    Choir: North German Radio Choir. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann.
    • Es-Dur.
  • Rachel Portman

    the summer day

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • ask the river.
    • Node Records.
    • 11.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    3 Spirituals for Orchestra: No. 2, Kum Ba Ya

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hailstork: Orchestral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Giya Kancheli

    33 Miniatures for Piano (Excerpts): No. 22, Grazioso

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.
    • Michael Dreyer - Hugo Gaido GbR.
  • Hanna Havrylets

    Tropar, Prayer to the Holy Mother of God

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Music Arranger: Julian Riem. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Volodymyr Sirenko.
    • Tropar, Prayer to the Holy Mother of God (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Julian.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 11, 12, 13 & 14, "Moonlight".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.
  • Erland Cooper

    Music For Growing Flowers - Pt. 5

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Music For Growing Flowers.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 5.
  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Deo Gratias

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans: The Great Polyphony of the Renaissance.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Max Richter

    Dream 3 (in the midst of my life)

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Max Richter.
    • From Sleep.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    ±Κ°ωΓ©±τ³ά»ε±π

    Performer: AndrΓ© Laplante.
    • Ravel: Miroirs, Jeux D'Eau, Pavane Pour Une Infante DΓ©funte.
    • Analekta.
    • 1.
  • Harry Burleigh

    My Lord, What a Mornin'

    Choir: Chattanooga Choral Arts Society. Conductor: Robert Bode.
    • Gothic.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 Nov 2024 14:00
  • Tue 3 Dec 2024 14:00
  • Mon 6 Jan 2025 14:00
  • Sun 12 Jan 2025 06:00