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Peaceful melodies for total relaxation

A collection of peaceful classical music to help switch off your mind.

A three-hour collection of peaceful classical music to help switch off your mind and sink into a relaxed state.

Featuring warming orchestral tones from Jules Massenet and Florence Price and thoughtful solo piano from J.S. Bach and Margaret Bonds.

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

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Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    La Vierge, Pt. 4: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Chillout Classics.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 13.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    II. Largo From Sonata In C minor. F XVI No. 1

    Ensemble: Eroica Trio.
    • The Most Relaxing Vivaldi Album In The World... Ever!.
    • Angel Records.
    • 18.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 03.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire Is the Heaven

    Lyricist: Edmund Spenser. Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Treasures of English Church Music.
    • Collegium.
    • 22.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite for Piano: II. The Bells

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 78.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D Major, No. 2: Adagio

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos No. 1, Op. 3 and Nos. 2 and 10.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Turibio Santos. Conductor: Claudio Scimone. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rodrigo : Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia, Tonadilla, Zapateado & Fandango.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.
  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Lyricist: Kate Bush. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Rebecca Dale

    true love

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Klara Romac. Performer: Tom Walley. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Andrea Bacchetti.
    • Bach: Goldberg Variations - 5 pieces from the Clavierbuchlein for Anna Magdalena.
    • Dynamic.
    • 1.
  • Philippe Sarde

    Main Theme (From "Les choses de la vie")

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Music Arranger: Dimitri Soudoplatoff. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
    • Cinema.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Henri B眉sser

    Les cygnes

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.
  • Peter Warlock

    An Old Song

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Maltworms & Milkmaids.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Pure Chopin.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 2.
  • 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.
  • Michael Tippett

    A Child of our Time, Part III: Preludium

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: II. Largo, maestoso

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • John Rutter

    A Gaelic Blessing

    Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Be Thou My Vision: Sacred Music by John Rutter.
    • Collegium.
    • 4.
  • Sophie Hutchings

    Billow Gently

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Performer: Sophie Hutchings.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord

    Performer: Matthew Barley. Music Arranger: Matthew Barley.
    • Around Britten.
    • Signum Records.
    • 22.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Gadalaiki - 1. Balt膩 ainava

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Into Silence: P盲rt _ Vasks _ G贸recki _ Pel膿cis.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 10.
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Conductor: David Parry. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Jubilee Street Party.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 17.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Son of Mary

    Ensemble: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude & Fugue in C Major: I. Prelude

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Book.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto In E Flat - II. Andante

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 2.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    God be merciful

    Conductor: Adolphus Hailstork. Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Orchestral Suite: Stillness

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andr茅e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 8.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: II. I was way down a-yonder

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Rooted.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Un Dia de Noviembre

    Performer: Thibault Cauvin.
    • Thibault Cauvin (Deluxe Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude (From "49th Parallel")

    Conductor: Morton Gould. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Morton Gould Conducts Film Score Classics and Rarities.
    • Citadel / Mafy.
    • 7.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Performer: Gabriel Crouch. Performer: Gallicantus.
    • Queen Mary's Big Belly: Hope for an Heir in Catholic England.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 - "American" B.179: 2. Lento

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Dvor谩k: String Quartet No.12 "American"; Cypresses / Kod谩ly: String Quartet No.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Songs from the Arc of Life.
    • Masterworks.
    • 14.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major: III. Un poco adagio

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • CPO/ Naxos.
  • John Ireland

    Ex ore innocentium

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

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