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Serene classical sounds to help you reset

Take some time to let your mind wander to a place of stillness with this calming classical mix.

Take some time to let your mind wander to a place of stillness with this calming classical mix.

Featuring glowing orchestral excellence from Felix Mendelssohn and Joby Talbot, alongside the pensive piano lines of Chiquinha Gonzaga and Camille Saint-Sa毛ns.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G Minor (Arr. for Harp and Orchestra)

    Composer: Remo Giazotto. Composer: Stefan Klieme. Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Music Arranger: Stefan Klieme. Orchestra: l鈥檃rte del mondo.
    • Notte Veneziana.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D.957: No. 4 Serenade

    Music Arranger: Arthur Harris. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Greatest Hits: Schubert.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elijah, Op. 70, Pt. 1: No. 15, Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord

    Performer: Richard Clement. Performer: Thomas Paul. Lyricist: Julius Schubring. Singer: Henriette Schellenberg. Singer: Marietta Simpson. Conductor: Ann Howard Jones. Conductor: Robert Shaw. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A 25.
    • Telarc.
    • 19.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du m茅n茅strel, Op. 71: Chant du menestrel for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 71

    Performer: Alexander Rudin. Conductor: Igor Golovschin. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Glazunov, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 11 - Concerto Ballata / Chant Du Menestre.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • William Grant Still

    If You Should Go

    Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.
    • Legacy.
    • Albany Records.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: II. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    El茅gie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. for Cello Ensemble)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Ashok Klouda. Performer: Nicholas Trygstad. Performer: Caroline Dearnley. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Josephine Knight. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Chris Murray. Performer: Robert Max. Music Arranger: Simon Parkin.
    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Keith Maurice Wilkinson

    Morning Mood

    Composer: Edvard Grieg. Conductor: John Rigby. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Sarah Class

    Drought

    Performer: Elizabeth Purnell. Performer: Sarah Class. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 20.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Listen to the lambs

    Composer: Trad.. Conductor: Ken Burton. Choir: London Adventist Chorale.
    • Steal Away - Spirituals and Gospel Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied - Brahms's Lullaby

    Composer: Dunk Rock. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
    • Halidon.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Perfume "Feno de Atkinsons"

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Perfume: Chiquinha Gonzaga Waltzes, Vol. 2.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Spartacus - Ballet Suite - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Conductor: Stanley Black. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus/Gayaneh/Masquerade.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Judith Bingham

    The Spirit of Truth

    Conductor: Edward Wickham. Ensemble: The Choir of St Catharine鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • Gaudent in Coelis: Choral Music by Sally Beamish, Judith Bingham & Joanna Marsh.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 11.
  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon - II. Adagio contemplativo

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Conductor: Ben Gernon. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Eyd铆s Evensen

    Wandering II

    Performer: Eyd铆s Evensen.
    • Bylur.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 7.
  • Herbert Howells

    Here is the Little Door

    Performer: Christopher Gray. Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Robert Sharpe.
    • When He is King - Music For Christmas.
    • Lammas.
    • 18.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: Aquarium

    Performer: Leo Litwin. Performer: Samuel Lipman. Performer: Martin Hoherman. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 8.
  • Bob Chilcott

    The Angry Planet, Part 3: III. 3am

    Conductor: David Hill. Ensemble: 麻豆社 Singers. Ensemble: The Bach Choir. Ensemble: London Youth Choir Finchley Children's Music Group. Ensemble: The Young Singers.
    • Bob Chilcott: The Angry Planet.
    • Signum Records.
    • 19.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet)

    Music Arranger: Ellie Consta.
    • Her Ensemble.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante

    Performer: Ralph van Raat. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Radio Kamer Filharmonie.
    • P盲rt: Piano Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52 - IV. Larghetto

    Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Dvor谩k: Serenades for Strings and Winds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Daniel Bacheler

    Mounsieurs Almanie

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat Major: I. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: B茅la Kov谩cs. Music Arranger: Raymond Meylan. Conductor: L谩szl贸 Kov谩cs. Ensemble: Camerata Budapest.
    • Donizetti: Instrumental Concertos.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 9.
  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    Piano Quintet in A minor Op.31 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Performer: Nina Karmon. Performer: Daniel Gaede. Performer: Benedikt Schneider. Performer: Antoaneta Emanuilova.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'oc茅an: Tr猫s souple de rythme

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Ravel: Ma M猫re L'Oye; Bol茅ro etc..
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.
  • Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Piano Suite

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Sony Music.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor: III. Sarabande

    Conductor: Alexander Briger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Musiques pour un adieu.
    • Parlophone France.
    • 5.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Adagio for Strings

    Ensemble: Ambrosia Quartet.
    • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
    • Albany Records.
    • 12.
  • Michael Nyman

    The Departure (From "Gattaca")

    Performer: Ksenia Bashmet.
    • Quartz Music.
  • Peter Warlock

    An Old Song

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • EM Records.
  • Harry Burleigh

    My Lord, What a Mornin'

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

    When the Day Falls into Darkness (From "Cinderella")

    Performer: Alma Deutscher.
    • From My Book of Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • William Walton

    Theme for a Prince

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • British Solo Cello Music: Britten Suite No. 3, Walton, Gardner, Merrick & Ad猫s.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno for Strings and Harp

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle 脡poque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 52 - "Hymn Of Praise"

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5 (Live).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn To The Virgin

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Orchestra: Giovanni Gabrieli.
    • Road to Paradise.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for 2 Pianos in D Major, K. 448: II. Andante

    Performer: Christina Naughton. Performer: Michelle Naughton.
    • Piano Duets.
    • Orfeo.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    How lovely are thy dwellings

    Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Conductor: Ian Curror. Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
    • Remembrance & Resurrection - Choral Music.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 11.

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