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A classical meditation to inspire calmness

Peaceful classical melodies to accompany your journey to calmness and relaxation, no matter the time of day.

Peaceful classical melodies to accompany your journey to calmness and relaxation, no matter the time of day.

Allow the soothing music of Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy and Franz Schubert to whisk you off to a place of serenity and enjoy the hidden gems of this 3 hour calming classical mix.

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

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Music Played

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Orchestral Suite: Stillness

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andrée: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 8.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: Â鶹Éç National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E Major, G. 275 - III. Menuetto

    Music Arranger: Tibor KováÄ. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Classical Hits.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op. 5: No. 2, Serenade

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Azica Records.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Chandos.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

    Conductor: Kellen Gray. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • African American Voices II.
    • Linn Records.
    • 06.
  • Stanley Myers

    Cavatina

    Performer: Göran Söllscher. Music Arranger: John Williams.
    • The Art of Göran Söllscher.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: Aquarium

    Performer: Leo Litwin. Performer: Samuel Lipman. Performer: Martin Hoherman. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra.
    • Classics For Children - Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf / Saint-Saëns: Carnival Of.
    • RCA Gold Seal.
    • 21.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Symphony in A Minor, Op. 8: II. Lament. Larghetto affettuoso

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.
    • Musical Concepts.
  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations, S. 172: No. 3, Lento placido

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Labyrinth.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.
  • Hubert Parry

    An English Suite: VI. Air

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Boult Conducts Parry.
    • Lyrita.
    • 07.
  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid Suite: IV. Prairie Night: Card Game at Night

    Conductor: Eduardo Mata. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
    • Copland, A.: Billy the Kid Suite / Bernstein, L.: On the Waterfront / Harris, R..
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Psalm 23, "Der Herr ist mein Hirt"

    Music Arranger: John Cameron. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Orchestra: Capricorn. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.
    • Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 8.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic: II. Nocturne

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Reiko Uchida.
    • Violin Recital: Koh, Jennifer - Higdon, J. / Harrison, L. / Adams, J. / Ruggles,.
    • Cedille.
    • 2.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile

    Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony.
    • CPO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Bach: Goldberg Variations (Extended Edt.).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Theme. Andante

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Un Dia de Noviembre

    Performer: Thibault Cauvin.
    • Thibault Cauvin (Deluxe Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir - Arr. for Bassoon and Piano

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Performer: Sélim Mazari.
    • IMPRESSIONS.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
    • 9.
  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow

    Ensemble: Â鶹Éç Singers.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Zdes' khorosho ('How Fair This Spot')

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Reflections.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • José White Lafitte

    Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Daniel Hege. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries.
    • Cedille.
    • 2.
  • Teresa Carreño

    Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • SOLATINO.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 28.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Bozidar Vukotic.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    L'amant anonyme, Ouverture: II. Andante

    Conductor: Jeanne Lamon. Orchestra: Tafelmusik.
    • Tafelmusik.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • The Symphony Edition (Vol. 2).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 97.
  • Edgar Bainton

    And I saw a new heaven

    Performer: James Lancelot. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
    • Anthems from King's.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Sarah Class

    Up in the Clouds

    Performer: Elizabeth Purnell. Conductor: Sarah Class. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra.
    • Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 14.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in E minor: II. Andante

    Performer: Michelle Cann. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 21.
  • Mark Butler

    Dona nobis pacem

    Choir: Â鶹Éç Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Léo Delibes

    Lakme: Flower Duet (Arr. for Violin and Strings)

    Music Arranger: Vivan Bhatti. Music Arranger: Ketan Bhatti. Performer: Esther Abrami.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Quatre Motets, Op. 10: Tantum ergo

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir.
    • Duruflé: Complete Sacred Choral Works.
    • Lammas.
    • 13.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Moments

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Evolution.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Introit, Op. 6

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs

    Performer: Sergei Babayan.
    • Rachmaninoff: 12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for Solo Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: René Clausen.
    • High Flight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.
  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Anna Clyne: DANCE • Elgar: Cello Concerto.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 3.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Piano Fantasy: Music For Two Pianos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Dario Marianelli

    The End of Childhood

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Jane Eyre - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Vientulais Engelis: Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
    • Mari.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • James MacMillan

    From Galloway (Arr. for Guitar)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Softloud: Music for Acoustic and Electric Guitars.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 10.

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