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Gentle classical for stillness and calm

Step into a world of calm with a blend of meditative orchestral movements, gentle piano pieces, and choral reflections.

Step into a world of calm with a blend of meditative orchestral movements, gentle piano pieces, and choral reflections. Your perfect companion for relaxation, reflection, or simply unwinding.

With soothing melodies from Alexis Ffrench, John Rutter, and Undine Smith Moore, and calming classics from Gustav Holst, Florence Price, Robert Schumann, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • John Rutter

    5 Meditations for Orchestra: No. 4, Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Classical Tranquillity.
    • Collegium.
    • 5.

  • William Byrd

    Miserere mihi, Domine

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Deer's Cry.
    • CORO.
    • 6.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Conductor: James Galway. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • James Galway - Music for my Little Friends.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 16.

  • Max Richter

    Spring 1 (2012)

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: AndrΓ© de Ridder.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Sumino Hayato

    Nocturne II - After Dawn

    Performer: Sumino Hayato.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: II. Andante

    Performer: JenΕ‘ JandΓ³. Conductor: MΓ‘tyΓ‘s Antal. Orchestra: Concentus Hungaricus.
    • Great Piano Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"

    Ensemble: ACh Duo.
    • Qbk.

  • Philip Stopford

    In My Father's House

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records Ltd.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11/5: III. Minuetto - Trio - Minuetto da capo

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Boccherini: String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11/5, G. 275: III. Minuetto – Trio –.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Sharon Bezaly

    Duology

    Composer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sharon Bezaly.
    • Platoon.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In Memoriam"

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Thomas Hewitt Jones. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert, Op. 77: II. Demande et reponse

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1.
    • Cedille.
    • 3.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    The Moon

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Γ“lafur Arnalds

    saman

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • saman (Arr. Lawson for Saxophone & Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61: III. Adagio espressivo

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Andrea Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Composer: Ennio Morricone. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
    • Cinema.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Billow Gently

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Performer: Sophie Hutchings.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Mark Butler

    Dona nobis pacem

    Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op.70

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Elgar: The Longed-for Light.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    The Hermit thrush at eve Op.92 no.1

    Performer: Christopher O’Riley.
    • Delos.

  • Hubert Parry

    Lady Radnor Suite: Slow Minuet

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.
    • The Highgrove Suite.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 9.

  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through The Valley

    • Haven.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets Op. 32: II. Venus, The Bringer of Peace

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • Holst: The Planets - The Complete Suite (Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn,.
    • NE Selektive.
    • 2.

  • A. Blomqvist

    Pohjola

    Performer: A. Blomqvist. Music Arranger: Carlos Hof.
    • Pohjola (Arr. for Strings by Carlos Hof).
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • 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.
    • 2.

  • Daniel Bacheler

    Pavan

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Le siège de Corinthe: Air. 'Juste ciel'

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Music Arranger: Cyrille Lehn. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Rossini: Le siΓ¨ge de Corinthe: Air. "Juste ciel".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Songs from the Arc of Life.
    • Masterworks.
    • 14.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Sophie-Mayuko Vetter. Orchestra: Hamburger Symphoniker. Conductor: Peter Ruzicka.
    • Mozart: Concertos & Fantasia in C Minor, K. 396.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 2.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9: I. Largo

    Performer: Ladislav KyselΓ‘k. Conductor: Richard Edlinger. Orchestra: Capella Istropolitana.
    • Varma rΓΆda stunder.
    • Naxos.
    • 26.

  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Pavanne

    Performer: Josephine Gandolfi.
    • Zenobia Powell Perry: Piano Works.
    • Cambria.
    • 8.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Karajan Gold.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian II Suite, Op. 27: II. Elegy

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SΓΈndergΓ₯rd.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Together Without You

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Classical Soul Vol. 1.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 5.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media vita

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Media Vita.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

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  • Tue 31 Dec 2024 14:00
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