Peaceful classical tunes to calm your mind
Relax your busy mind with peaceful classical music.
Relax your busy mind and take a step back from the chaos of daily life with this collection of peaceful classical music. Featuring beautiful harp melodies from Henri Busser and Bryce Dessner, orchestral warmth from Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Igor Stravinsky, and new releases from Xie Yueli and Jonathan Dove.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Edward Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- 25 Years of LSO Live.
- LSO Live.
- 14.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite suite de concert, Op. 77: II. Demande et reponse
Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.- African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1.
- Cedille.
- 3.
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Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei, Op. 11
Performer: Katherine Jenkins. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir.- The Platinum Collection.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 21.
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Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite: II. Air
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.- EMF Endeavours.
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Henri Büsser
Les cygnes
Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.- Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
- Sony Classical.
- 20.
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Eleanor Dunnet
All Shall Be Well
Choir: The Choir of Robinson College. Conductor: Will Sims.- To the End of the Age: Contemporary Church Music.
- ASC Records.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre
Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.- Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1056.
- Warner Classics.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.- Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
- Warner Classics.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante
Performer: Mariko Senju. Orchestra: Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Chikara Imamura.- Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos.
- Universal Music LLC.
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Ken Burton
A Prayer
Choir: BBC Singers. -
Marie Awadis
Étude No. 8: Through the Window
Performer: Marie Awadis.- Études Mélodiques (Deluxe).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Erik Satie
Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit
Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy.- Satie: Parade, Gymnopédies, Mercure & Relâche.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Igor Stravinsky
Berceuse from L'oiseau de feu - The Firebird
Performer: Terry Davies. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.- Youth (Original Soundtrack Album).
- Masterworks.
- 11.
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Dora Pejačević
Canzonetta, Op. 8
Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.- Brilliant Classics.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179 "American": II. Lento
Ensemble: Vermeer Quartet.- Vermeer Quartet - Death and the Maiden: Schubert, Beethoven, Dvořák, Mendelssohn.
- Warner Classics.
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Will Todd
All Will Be Well
Conductor: Mark Edwards. Orchestra: Alina Orchestra. Ensemble: Will Todd Ensemble. Ensemble: Voices of Hope.- All Will Be Well.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
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Olivia Belli
Anemos
Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Chris Worsey.- Anemos.
- XXIM Records.
- 1.
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Stephan Moccio
Communion
Composer: Peter Gregson. Performer: Stephan Moccio. Performer: Peter Gregson.- Legends, Myths and Lavender (Complete).
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 31.
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Jonathan Dove
Stargazer: I. Searching the Night Sky
Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Canzonetta. Andante
Performer: Mariko Senju. Orchestra: Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Chikara Imamura.- Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos.
- Universal Music LLC.
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Claude Debussy
2 Arabesques, L. 66: I. Andantino con moto
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.- Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Estampes; 2 Arabesques.
- harmonia mundi.
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Florence Price
Poem of Praise
Conductor: Stephen Caldwell. Choir: University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum.- Hill Records.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio Assai
Performer: Gabriela Montero. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Americas.- Orchid Music Limited.
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Bryce Dessner
Suite for Harp: Movement II
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- The Glass Effect (The Music of Philip Glass & Others).
- Masterworks.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.- The (Big) Piano Album.
- Warner Classics.
- 80.
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Hania Rani
Preludium c-moll
Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher.- Biała flaga.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Frederick Delius
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Icon: Vernon Handley.
- Parlophone UK.
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John Pickard
O magnum mysterium
Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Edmond Dédé
Reverie champetre
Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.- Naxos.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.- Carnival.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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George Gershwin
Three Preludes: No. 2, Andante con moto
Composer: Wolfgang Schlei. Ensemble: Nexas Quartet.- Da Vinci Classics.
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Rebecca Clarke
Violin Sonata in D Major: II. Andante quasi adagio
Performer: Judith Ingolfsson. Performer: Vladimir Stoupel.- Clarke: Viola & Violin Sonatas.
- Oehms Classics.
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Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
Sinfonia I
Conductor: Gabriele Pro. Ensemble: Anima & Corpo.- Arianna in Rome. Arias, Cantatas and Laments for the Seventeenth-Century Virtuos.
- Arcana.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.- J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites.
- harmonia mundi.
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Robin Scherpen
Ravel Reimagined (After Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19)
Composer: Maurice Ravel. Performer: Robin Scherpen.- Ravel Reimagined (After Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Xie Yueli
i almost told you
Performer: Xie Yueli.- Karma Sounds.
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Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.- Aranjuez.
- Warner Classics.
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John Ireland
Ex ore innocentium
Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Allegri Miserere.
- Signum Records.
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- Mon 14 Apr 2025 14:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
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