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Chilled-out classical music to help you unwind

Take a breath, with this curated mix of calming classical tunes and soothing sounds from the natural world.

Pause, and take a breath, with this curated mix of calming classical tunes, combined with soothing sounds from the natural world.

Featuring vast and flowing orchestral textures from Johannes Brahms, Frederick Delius, and Patrick Hawes. Plus soothing solo piano from Margaret Bonds, Alexis Ffrench, and Alma Deutscher. And glowing choral harmonies from Ä’riks EÅ¡envalds, Philip Stopford, and Anna Lapwood.

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

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Music Arranger: David Cullen. Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Cello Moods.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Patrick Hawes

    Fair Albion

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.
    • Fair Albion: Visions Of England.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    The Water of Tyne

    Composer: Trad.. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 8.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood Variation (From Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Lyricist: Svetoslav Karparov.
    • Morning Mood Variation (From Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, Arr. for Piano by Sv.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Chillout Classics.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.
  • Ivo Antognini

    Lux aeterna

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Lyricist: Anon..
    • Ivo Antognini: Come to Me in the Silence of the Night - Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    By the lone seashore

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: By the lone seashore.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga Variation (From Rinaldo, HWV 7b)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Lyricist: Svetoslav Karparov.
    • Lascia ch'io pianga Variation (From Rinaldo, HWV 7b, Arr. for Piano by Svetoslav.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Jessie Montgomery

    Peace (Version for Clarinet & Piano)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Gloria Chien.
    • Here with You.
    • Cedille.
    • 3.
  • EÌ„riks EsÌŒenvalds

    Only in Sleep

    Lyricist: Sara Teasdale. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • EÅ¡envalds: Northern Lights, Stars & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite: II. Elegy

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • John Ireland: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite for Piano: II. The Bells

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 78.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

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

    3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 1, Andante molto

    Performer: Sophie Kauer. Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Music Arranger: Max Knoth.
    • Unsung.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Léo Delibes

    The Flower Duet (From "Lakmé")

    Performer: Katherine Jenkins. Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Lyricist: Edmond Gondinet. Lyricist: Philippe Gille. Music Arranger: John Whitfield. Music Arranger: Katherine Jenkins. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Inglis.
    • Serenade.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Tchaikovsky: 4 String Quartets & Souvenir de Florence.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.
  • Eric Coates

    By The Sleepy Lagoon

    Performer: Martin Loveday. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    A Tender Shoot

    Ensemble: Somerville College Choir, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.
    • A Tender Shoot.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Brahms Symphonies No's 1, 2 & 3 and Piano Concerto No. 2.
    • Putlabel.
    • 11.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Kitsch-Musik: III. Allegretto

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.
    • Silvestrov: Piano Music.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 19.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Relaxing Adagios.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet In F, D.803: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: David Geringas.
    • Schubert: Chamber Music - "Trout" Quintet; "Rosamunde" Quartet; Octet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2: Intermezzo in A Major

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Opp. 116 - 119.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Philip Stopford

    In My Father's House

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records Ltd.
  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon: II. Adagio contemplativo

    Performer: MiloÅ¡ Karadaglić. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Alma Deutscher

    Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major: Movement 1. Moderato

    Performer: Sam Haywood.
    • Flara Records.
  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through The Valley

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • Haven.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 7.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Irish Suite: V. The Last Rose of Summer

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 - Irish Suite / Scottish Suite / Alma Mat.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    In Paradisum

    Performer: Sumino Hayato.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 4.
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Asaggio: Bourrée

    Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49: II. Largo, molto espressivo

    Performer: Torleif Thedéen. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • CPO.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Una mattina

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Passaggio.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Luke Howard

    Portrait Gallery

    Performer: Luke Howard.
    • Sun, Cloud.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 6.

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