
Tranquil harmonies for restful moments
Let calming classical melodies guide you to a peaceful state of mind, perfect for moments of relaxation or reflection.
Allow the tranquil harmonies of classical music to carry you away into a restful state. A selection of gentle piano solos, orchestral movements, and choral serenity awaits, offering the ideal soundtrack for quiet moments of reflection and calm.
Featuring new compositions by Olivia Belli, Joby Talbot, Thomas James White, and Lucy Walker. Plus classical favourites by Erik Satie, Gustav Holst, and Edward Elgar.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM
On radio
Music Played
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Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
Performer: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson.- Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood (Arr. Lawson for Harp).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Kate Bush
This Woman's Work
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Richard Balcombe. Lyricist: Kate Bush. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.- Rise.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Thomas James White
Momentary Pause - Solo Piano Version
Performer: Thomas James White. -
Kerensa Briggs
Requiem: IX. In Paradisum
Performer: Anita Monserrat. Performer: Richard Gowers. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Kerensa Briggs: Requiem.
- Delphian Records.
- 9.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
The Swan From "The Carnival of the Animals", R.125
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Gabriella Victoria. Performer: Julian Riem. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.- Saint-Saëns The Swan (From "The Carnival of the Animals", R.125, Arr. for Cello,.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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Edward Elgar
Dream Children, Op. 43
Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.- 50 Smooth Classics (By Classic FM).
- Decca (UMO).
- 43.
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Hideyuki Hashimoto
Breeze
Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.- Breeze.
- XXIM Records.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
Trout Quintet: Andante
Performer: Boris Berezovsky. Performer: Vasko Vassilev. Performer: Christopher Vanderspar. Performer: Tony Hougham. Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Singer: Andrew Staples.- Schubert: Trout Quintet.
- Sony Classical.
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Lucy Walker
O Nata Lux
Choir: VOCES8.- Nightfall.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante
Performer: Yuja Wang. Performer: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Heinrich Baermann
Adagio for Clarinet & Strings in D-Flat Major
Performer: Jack Brymer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Marriner & The Academy - 20th Century Classics.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Ulysses Kay
Tender Thought
Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.- Kete - Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora.
- MSR Classics.
- 2.
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Frank Bridge
Summer
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Roland Dyens.- Platoon.
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Alan Bullard
Peace In The World (from 'Images of Peace')
Choir: BBC Singers. -
Joaquín 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.
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Pauline Viardot
Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.- Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet by Jan-Peter Klöpf.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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Joseph Horovitz
Clarinet Sonatina in B-Flat Major: II. Lento, quasi andante
Performer: Antonio Salguero. Performer: Pedro Gavilán.- IBS Classical.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 1: II. Larghetto
Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Uncovered, Vol. 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
- Azica Records.
- 02.
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Ivo Antognini
Those Tender Words
Lyricist: Rumi. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Ivo Antognini: Come to Me in the Silence of the Night - Choral Works.
- Hyperion.
- 14.
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Lara Somogyi
aura
Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.- désert.
- Mercury Classics.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Enchantment (Beyond The Dream)
Performer: Clipper Erickson.- Navona.
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Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 33: II. Adagio Sostenuto
Performer: Linda di Carlo. Performer: Amedeo Cicchese. Performer: Sergey Galaktionov.- Brilliant Classics.
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Manu Martin
Lim Cosmic Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Act III: II. Come Orbit With Me
Composer: Matthieu Eymard. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Lyricist: Susan Lim. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.- Eymard, Manu Martin: Lim Cosmic Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Act III: II. C.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Edward MacDowell
10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 07.
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Matthew Martin
Justorum animae
Conductor: Huw Williams. Choir: Bath Abbey Choir.- Martin: Justorum animae.
- CRD.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Performer: Alexis Ffrench. Music Arranger: Alexis Ffrench.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55, IV. Solveigs Song
Orchestra: The Royal Festival Orchestra. Conductor: William Bowles.- The 50 Greatest Classical Music Pieces.
- Stradivari Classics.
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Franz Liszt
12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558: No. 7, Frühlingsglaube
Performer: Aimi Kobayashi.- Schubert: Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, 4 Impromptus, D. 935 & Rondo, D. 951.
- Warner Classics.
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring: VI. Meno mosso
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- Barber: Adagio for Strings & Copland (without digital booklet).
- Sony Classical.
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Joby Talbot
Transit of Venus
Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.- TIME.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor (arr. for piano)
Performer: Edward Wolanin. Music Arranger: John Gribben.- DUX.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein, BWV 2: Chorale. "Das wollst du Gott..."
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Bach: Chorale "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh’ darein".
- Warner Classics.
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Florence Price
First Romance
Performer: Lara Downes.- Florence Price Piano Discoveries.
- Flipside Music.
- 10.
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Olivia Belli
Anemos
Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Chris Worsey.- Anemos.
- XXIM Records.
- 1.
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Eleanor Dunnet
Exhale
Ensemble: BBC Singers. -
Stephan Moccio
Fracture
Performer: Ludvig Hall.- Calming Classical Piano Vol. 1 (Relaxation & Comfort).
- Strange Fruits.
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Broadcasts
- Sat 12 Apr 2025 06:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
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