Lose yourself in flowing melodies
Take a moment to unwind, relax and focus - with some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music.
Enjoy time to unwind with this selection of some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music - the perfect escape from the stresses of the everyday.
Featuring glowing harmonies by Jules Massenet, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Gabriel Faure, and gorgeous pieces from Florence Price, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Eric Whitacre and more.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3 Unwind, MM
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Jules Massenet
M茅ditation from Tha茂s
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1.
- Decca (UMO).
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Charles Villiers Stanford
The Blue Bird
Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland. Conductor: Paul Hillier.- RT脡 Lyric.
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Sir George Dyson
Woodland Suite: I. At Evening Bell
Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Apr猫s un r锚ve, Op. 7, No. 1
Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Lyricist: Romain Bussine.- Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Joe Hisaishi
la pioggia
Performer: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Orchestra Citt脿 di Ferrara.- Songs of Hope: The Essential Joe Hisaishi Vol. 2.
- Universal Music LLC.
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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.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Vocalise Op.34
Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis. -
Catrin Finch
Gobaith
Composer: Seckou Keita. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.- ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Pr茅lude
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.- Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks.
- Sony Classical.
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Johannes Brahms
16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-Flat Major
Performer: 陌dil Biret.- Classical for Reading.
- Naxos Special Projects.
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Yann Tiersen
Comptine d'un autre 茅t茅, l'apr猫s-midi
Performer: Yann Tiersen.- Le Fabuleux destin d'Am茅lie Poulain (Bande originale du film).
- UGC Images/ADA France.
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Violin Concerto, Op. 48: II. Andante cantabile
Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Tebe poem (from Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom)
Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Ruth Gipps
Opalescence, Op. 72
Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.- ASC Records.
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Vincent d鈥橧ndy
Suite de Karadec, Op. 34b: II. Chanson
Orchestra: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard.- D'Indy: Concert, Op. 89, Suite dans le style ancien, Op. 24 & Karadec, Op. 34.
- Warner Classics.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Cinnamon Grove: II. Adagio cantabile
Performer: Clipper Erickson.- Navona.
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John Rutter
What Sweeter Music
Lyricist: Robert Herrick. Ensemble: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.- The Very Best of John Rutter.
- Decca (UMO).
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Amy Beach
Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2
Performer: Joanne Polk.- Arabesque Recordings.
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Johannes Brahms
Six Canonic Studies, Op. 56: No. 1, Con moto egual'e dolce
Music Arranger: Robin Holloway. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.- Brahms by Arrangement, Vol. Two: Orchestrations by Robin Holloway.
- Toccata Classics.
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Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and Expressively
Performer: David Singer. Orchestra: A Far Cry.- Copland & Aldridge: Clarinet Concerto.
- Naxos.
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Lyricist: Charles Anthony Silvestri. Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Light & Gold.
- Decca (UMO).
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia On Greensleeves
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On "Greensleeves"; The Lark Ascending / Delius: Two P.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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William Lloyd Webber
The Moon
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings.
- Naxos.
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Florence Maude Ewart
Prelude no.3
Performer: Jeanell Carrigan.- Wirripang.
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Donna McKevitt
Lumen
Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.- Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
- Hyperion.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: 2. Adagio sostenuto
Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Francis.- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: 2: Adagio sostenuto.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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John Tavener
The Lamb
Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Death and the Maiden.
- Sancho Panza Records.
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Gerald Finzi
Love's Labour's Lost, 1. Soliloquy 1: So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Fanny Mendelssohn
6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Andante soave
Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Eleanor Haward
Exhale
Ensemble: 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers. -
Alexis Ffrench
Bluebird
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Evolution.
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Bach: Orchestral transcriptions by Respighi & Elgar.
- Naxos.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
Opus
Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger.- Wonderworld.
- Universal Music China.
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John Sheppard
Media vita in morte sumus: II. Media vita in morte sumus (Antiphona)
Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- John Sheppard: Media Vita in Morte Sumus.
- Gimell Records.
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Elfrida Andr茅e
Piano Trio: II. Andante con espressione
Performer: Lucia Negro. Performer: Bernt Lysell. Performer: Ola Karlsson.- Musica Sveciae.
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Augusta Holm猫s
La Nuit et l'Amour: Interlude de l'ode symphonique
Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.- Augusta Holm猫s: Orchestral Works.
- Marco Polo.
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Thomas Farnon
Impromptu, No.1
Performer: Thomas Farnon.- Chromium Music Group.
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Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Chandos Records Limited.
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