Main content

Calming classical music for peaceful moments

A tranquil soundtrack for quiet reflection and clarity.

Take a deep breath and relax with classical sounds. A tranquil soundtrack for quiet reflection and clarity.

Featuring orchestral tunes from J.S. Bach, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Edward Elgar. Plus new music from Voces8 and much more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 Unwind, MM

26 days left to listen

3 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on the G String

    Performer: David Bell. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Best Of/20th Century.
    • UTV Classics.
    • 2.
  • Jeanâ€Philippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours

    Composer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy – Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.
  • Eric Coates

    From Meadow to Mayfair

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Will Todd

    In This Place

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Will Todd: Lux Et Veritas - Music for Peace and Reflection.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 10.
  • Sophie Hutchings

    By Night

    Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Performer: Elitsa Bogdanova. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Lyricist: Sophie Hutchings. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Elégie in C Minor, Op. 24

    Performer: Sheku Kannehâ€Mason. Music Arranger: Simon Parkin.
    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    The Willow Tree

    Performer: Doremi Takahashi.
    • Tutti.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: II. Romance. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos, Nos. 1 - 4.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Amy Beach

    Peace I Leave with You

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 66: II. Andante espressivo

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Mendelssohn Piano Trios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Var. 9. Adagio 'Nimrod'

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Florence Price

    An Elf on a Moonbeam

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.
  • Ken Burton

    A Prayer

    Choir: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut D'Amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    New Tribes

    Conductor: Nitin Sawhney.
    • Human Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 24.
  • Becky McGlade

    Missa Brevis: Sanctus & Benedictus

    Choir: Boosey & Hawkes. Conductor: James Davey.
    • Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    In Paradisum

    Performer: Sumino Hayato. Music Arranger: Sumino Hayato.
    • In Paradisum.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    12 Klavierstücke für kleine und große Kinder, Op. 85: No. 12, Abendlie

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Performer: Camerata Salzburg. Performer: Gregory Ahss. Music Arranger: Michael Rot.
    • Schumann: No. 12, Abendlied (Arr. Rot for Cello and Orchestra) from 12 Klavierst.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Stanley Myers

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Performer: Jason Vieaux.
    • Azica Records.
  • Ethel Bilsland

    The Birthday Party: II. Peep-Bo

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Music for solo piano by Florence Price, VítÄ›zslava Kaprálová, Ethel Bilsland and.
    • Wave Theory Records Limited.
    • 05.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Adagio

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Dora Bright

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor: II. Intermezzo - Andante espressivo

    Performer: Samantha Ward. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Bright & Gipps: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Sonata For Harp: 2. Pastorale

    Performer: Marshall McGuire.
    • Resonances: Music For Harp.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 38.
  • Roger Quilter

    Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: No. 1a Rainbow Land

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends / Country Pieces.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Saudade

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": II. Andante cantabile

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Nkeiru Okoye

    When Young Spring Comes

    Performer: Lara Downes.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Lyricist: Newburgh Hamilton. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Handel: Samson.
    • Linn Records.
    • 41.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O magnum mysterium

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Light Eternal – The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.
  • Marie Awadis

    Étude No. 8: Through the Window

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • Études Mélodiques.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Quarter Note = 108

    Performer: Adele Anthony. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.
    • Glass, P.: Violin Concerto / Company / Prelude From Akhnaten.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Anthony Collins

    Symphony for Strings No.1: II. Adagio molto

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra.
    • Anthony Collins - Vanity Fair.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 23.
  • Colin Matthews

    Preludes arranged for Orchestra, Book I L. 117: No. 10 La cathédrale engloutie

    Composer: Claude Debussy. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Colin Matthews: The Debussy Preludes & Postlude.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 24.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Threefold Amen

    Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Records.
    • 44.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Für Alina

    Performer: Alexander Malter.
    • Arvo Pärt: Alina.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 2.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 22 Nov 2024 14:00
  • Tue 3 Dec 2024 06:00
  • Sunday 14:00