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Step into classical stillness

Relax your mind, body and soul with this collection of classical tunes.

Soothe your mind, body and soul with this collection of classical tunes handpicked to aid your relaxation.

Featuring warm orchestral favourites from Edward Elgar and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as lighter textures from Liz Dilnot Johnson and Heitor Villa-Lobos and glowing choral melodies from Gabriel Faure and Christopher H. Harris.

All this, alongside new releases from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Trio RoVerde and Luke Faulkner and captivating natural soundscapes to help you drift off into a world of peace.

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

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  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.

  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.
    • From Spain To Eternity - The Sacred Polyphony Of El Greco's Toledo.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l'air

    Performer: James Ross. Ensemble: Büyükada Ensemble.
    • Warlock Capriol Suite.
    • Ulysses Arts.
    • 5.

  • Liz Dilnot Johnson

    In the Mirror: I. For Hester

    Performer: Heather Tuach. Performer: Yoko Misumi.
    • In the Mirror.
    • Divine Art Limited.
    • 01.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 24: II. Andante

    Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Trad.

    All Things Are Quite Silent

    Music Arranger: Kerry Andrew. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and expressively -

    Orchestra: A Far Cry.
    • Copland & Aldridge: Clarinet Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 23.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Bill Elliott. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Mademoiselle in New York.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Maggie Rosemary Ai Li Chan

    How We Danced

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Rosey Chan.

  • Pau Casals

    Song of the Birds

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta Soloists.
    • Cello.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Elegy, Op. 43

    Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: René Clausen.
    • High Flight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Opus

    Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger.
    • Wonderworld.
    • Universal Music China.
    • 7.

  • Robert Lowry

    Shall We Gather at the River?

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bill Elliott.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Theme & Variations, Op. 3

    Performer: Mitra Kotte.
    • Genuin.

  • William Byrd

    Tribulatio Proxima Est

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.
    • Attende Domine: Music for Lent and Passiontide.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - II. Andante ma non troppo

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Nino Rota

    Clarinet Sonata in D Major: I. Allegretto scorrevole

    Performer: Goran Gojevic.
    • Rota: Clarinet Sonata - Clarinet Trio.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein, BWV 2: Chorale. (Arr. for String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Bach: Chorale "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh’ darein".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Song of the Black Swan

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45. Sostenuto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Preludes by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, Górecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Christopher Herbert Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Lyricist: Langston Hughes. Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor S.Z799: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Daniel Kidane

    Continuance

    Performer: Sean Shibe (electric guitar).
    • Lost & Found.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Richard Addinsell

    The Isle of Apples (From "The Saviours")

    Music Arranger: Roy Douglas. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two Cities.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 4.

  • Luke Richard Faulkner

    Esja

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Lime Blue Music Limited.

  • John Tavener

    Mother of God

    Composer: Mikhail Lermontov. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 15.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H.277: I. Adagio ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cobalt.
    • Reflets du temps.
    • GFN Classics.
    • 3.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Pleiades Dances, Vol. I, Op. 71 - No. 3, Summer Pastoral

    Performer: Stanford Cheung.
    • Azure Sky.

  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy (Arr. for Solo Cello)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Myfanwy (Arr. for Solo Cello).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes arranged for Orchestra, Book I L. 117: No. 10 La cathédrale engloutie

    Music Arranger: Colin Matthews. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Debussy: Jeux, Preludes - Matthews: Postlude.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 13.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: III. Andante.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

    Choir: Accentus. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.
    • Faure Requiem.
    • naïve.
    • 09.

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