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Embrace stillness with serene classical music

Relaxing classical music to help you find a quiet space of peace.

A collection of classical music designed to help you relax and find a quiet space of peace and harmony. Featuring glowing harmonies from Eric Whitacre and William Henry Harris, and soothing melodies from Johannes Brahms, Eleanor Daley and William Grant Still.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3 Unwind. MM

3 hours

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Six Canonic Studies, Op. 56: No. 1, Con moto egual'e dolce

    Music Arranger: Robin Holloway. Conductor: Paul Mann. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Brahms by Arrangement, Vol. Two: Orchestrations by Robin Holloway.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 13.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No. 1. HWV 348: No. 6, Air

    Performer: Georg Kallweit. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin, M.68 - 3. Menuet

    Performer: Ralph Gomberg. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Le tombeau de Couperin; Ma Mere lOye; Rapsodie Espagnole.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 3.
  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Chamber Sonata No. 4 in G Minor: I. Grave

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita.
    • Note 1 Music GmbH.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Othello, Op. 79 - IV. The Willow Song

    Conductor: Fawzi Haimor. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Hubert Parry

    Symphony No. 1 in G Major: Andante

    Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Eric Whitacre

    This Marriage

    Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers.
  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major: II. Adagio

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Meude-Monpas / Saint-Georges / White / Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concertos by Bla.
    • Cedille.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    R锚verie, L. 68

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Christian Badzura. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle 脡poque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Harp: ii. Molto Moderato

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Elizabeth Poston: TRIO for Flute, Clarinet and Harp.
    • Convivium Records.
  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, Op. 23: II. Romance. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Ang猫le Dubeau. Ensemble: La Piet脿.
    • Fairy Tale.
    • Analekta.
    • 18.
  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Lyricist: Pope Innocent VI. Ensemble: Lamentabile Consort.
    • Music from the Renaissance.
    • Proprius.
    • 3.
  • Florence Price

    The Deserted Garden

    Performer: Laura Kobayashi. Performer: Susan Gray.
    • Feminissimo!.
    • Albany Records.
    • 6.
  • 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.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    7 Gipsy Melodies, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4, Als die alte Mutter

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Conductor: Eivind Aadland. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Storyteller.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Alice Tegn茅r

    Violin Sonata in A Minor: III. Andante

    Performer: Bernt Lysell. Performer: Lucia Negro. Music Arranger: Svensson Sander. Performer: Leo Johanni.
    • MUSICA SVECIAE.
  • Alan Bullard

    Peace In The World (from 'Images of Peace')

    Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers.
  • Betty Jackson King

    Four Seasonal Sketches: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 53.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 'Elvira Madigan'.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces for Cello and Piano: II. Sans vitesse et 脿 l'aise

    Performer: Beatriz Blanco.
    • Of Love and War.
    • Odradek Records.
    • 16.
  • John Sheppard

    Media vita in morte sumus: II. Media vita in morte sumus (Antiphona)

    Conductor: David Skinner. Ensemble: Alamire.
    • John Sheppard: Media Vita in Morte Sumus.
    • Inventa Records.
    • 2.
  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and Expressively

    Performer: David Singer. Orchestra: A Far Cry.
    • Copland & Aldridge: Clarinet Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove: II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.
  • Rachel Portman

    I'd Miss You

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Their Finest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Music.Film.
    • 2.
  • Jules Massenet

    Tha茂s / Act 2 - M茅ditation

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Lyricist: Louis Gallet. Lyricist: Anatole France. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 笔辞猫尘别.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ancient Suite

    Performer: Martin Frost. Choir: Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Sophie Hutchings

    Billow Gently

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

    Berceuse

    Performer: Sara Chenal. Performer: Jean-Pierre Ferey.
    • Skarbo.
  • 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.
  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: III. Poco adagio

    Ensemble: 钁点儓銉偑.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • H. Leslie Adams

    Contrasts: VIII. Romance

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano.
    • Albany Records.
    • 42.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: III. Largo

    Performer: Emmanuelle Bertrand. Performer: Pascal Amoyel.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • William Henry Harris

    Bring Us, O Lord God

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Records.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56 - II. Largo - attacca

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra.
    • Barenboim Interpreta a Beethoven.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 49.

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