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Gentle music for moments of calm

Immerse yourself in a collection of peaceful classical music to bring calm and clarity.

Featuring beautiful works by Caroline Shaw, George Butterworth, Florence Price, Carl Orff and more.

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

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Fri 3 Jan 2025 06:00

Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    Two English Idylls: No. 1

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of t.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

    Performer: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Weeden.
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    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Beatrice Nicholas.
    • Beatrice Nicholas.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno. Andante

    Ensemble: I Musici de Montréal. Conductor: Yuli Turovsky.
    • Chandos Records.
  • Kim André Arnesen

    Even When He is Silent

    Choir: Cantus. Conductor: Tove Ramlo-Ystad.
    • SPES.
    • 2L.
    • 11.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Theme. Andante

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Adagio

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos No. 1, Op. 3 and Nos. 2 and 10.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Papillon

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Evermore (Solo Piano Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat, HIII No. 69, Op. 71 No. 1: 2. Adagio

    Ensemble: Aeolian Quartet.
    • Haydn: The Complete String Quartets.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 224.
  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114

    Performer: Isata Kannehâ€Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Heitor Villaâ€Lobos

    5 Preludes, W419, A419: No. 3 in A Minor (Homage to Bach)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Pentatone.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: 3. Cour d'amours, "In trutina"

    Performer: Barbara Bonney. Lyricist: Anon.. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Orff: Carmina Burana.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 21.
  • Jeanâ€Philippe Rameau

    Les Boréades: Act IV - Entrée de Polymnie (Live)

    Lyricist: Louis de Cahusac. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une symphonie imaginaire.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 16.
  • Ólafur Arnalds

    momentary - choir version

    Performer: Ólafur Arnalds. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.
    • re:member (choir versions).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No. 2 in One Movement, Op. 30: V. Adagio

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for 2 Pianos in D Major, K. 448/375a: II. Andante

    Performer: Ingrid Haebler. Performer: Ludwig Hoffmann.
    • Ingrid Haebler: Mozart Piano Sonatas & Other Works.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 67.
  • Tarik O’Regan

    I Listen To The Stillness of You

    Ensemble: Â鶹Éç Singers.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    New Tribes

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nitin Sawhney.
    • Human Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 24.
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Asaggio: Andante

    Performer: Göran Söllscher. Music Arranger: Per-Olof Johnson.
    • Eleven String Baroque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Frederick Delius

    3 Small Tone Poems: No. 3, Spring Morning

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Old Norwegian Romance, Op. 51: Andante molto tranquillo

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 19.
  • Jean Cras

    Cello Sonata: II. Adagio

    Performer: Astrig Siranossian. Performer: Nathanaël Gouin.
    • Invisibles.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    God be merciful

    Choir: Â鶹Éç Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in D Minor, HWV 437 III. Sarabande

    Performer: Zhilan Li.
    • Handel: Keyboard Suite in D Minor, HWV 437 III. Sarabande (Arr. for Piano).
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Stille Musik: 3. Augenblicke der Serenade

    Performer: Valentin Silvestrov.
    • Bagatellen und Serenaden.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 18.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Alleluia

    Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers.
    • Water Night.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Sérénade, Op. 29

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Ross Edwards

    Enyato I: Chorale and Ecstatic Dance: 1. Sereno

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • Stillness: Music Of Calm In A Changing World.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 27.
  • Lili Boulanger

    2 Pieces for Violin & Piano: No. 1, Nocturne

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Simon Callaghan.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: 4. Sicilienne

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Faure: Pelléas et Mélisande.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Conductor: Michael Hankinson. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor • Dvořák: Violin Concertos.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 2.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Mahler Adagietto Variation (From Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Performer: Esther Abrami. Lyricist: Jan-Peter Klöpfel.
    • Mahler Adagietto Variation (From Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, Arr. for Violi.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • William Walton

    Henry V: 2. Touch her soft lips and part

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On "Greensleeves"; The Lark Ascending / Delius: Two P.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Who knows?

    Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Who knows?.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Andrew Constantine.
    • Orchid Music Limited.

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