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Peaceful music for moments of calm

Soundtrack your day with blissful classical music to soothe your soul.

Soundtrack your day with blissful classical music to calm your body and soul.

With gentle piano from Alexis Ffrench, Hayato Sumino and Rosey Chan, plus warming orchestral textures from Jules Massenet, Avril Coleridge-Taylor and Ralph Vaughan Williams to soothe your mind.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM.

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Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    Méditation from Thaïs

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 6.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Good Morning

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Good Morning.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Vincent d’Indy

    Karadec Suite, Op. 34: II. Chanson

    Conductor: Darrell Ang. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.
    • d'Indy: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Romance in E Minor, S.169/LW.A148

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Romance in E Minor, S.169/LW.A148.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Det är en ros utsprungen (Arr. Sandström for Vocal Ensemble)

    Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: VOCES8. Ensemble: Ringmasters.
    • Praetorius: Det är en ros utsprungen (Arr. Sandström for Vocal Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Karl Goldmark

    Violin Concerto, Op. 28: II. Air. Andante

    Performer: Sueye Park. Conductor: Valentin Egel. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • Goldmark: Violin Concerto, Op. 28: II. Air. Andante.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne III - Once in a Blue Moon

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Murmurations

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Firedove.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 12.
  • William Lloyd Webber

    The Moon

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Ludovic Morlot. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
    • Hyperion.
    • 02.
  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jasmine

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Louis Philippson.
    • Jasmine.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Grace Williams

    Hiraeth

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Quiet Sunlit Mornings.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Sun Triptych: I. Dawn

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • Tabakova: Sun Triptych.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 08.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Senia Trubashnik. Orchestra: Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Oboe Concerto in C minor, Oboe Concerto in D minor, Oboe Concerto in C, Op. 7 N.
    • Forlane.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Adagio

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Frederick Delius

    Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Delius Edition.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Mirabelle Kajenjeri. Performer: Elias David Moncado.
    • Héritage: Boulanger, Ravel, Debussy, Kosenko, Brahms, Ponce & Waxman.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Samantha Ege. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ave Maria

    Composer: Charles Gounod. Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • Anne Sophie Mutter: Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 112.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta, FP 141: III. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Thomas James White

    Momentary Pause - Solo Piano Version

    Performer: Thomas James White.
  • Robert Lowry

    Shall We Gather at the River?

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

    Pathétique Variation (After Piano Sonata No. 8, Op.13: II. Adagio cantabile)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Pathétique Variation (After Piano Sonata No. 8, Op.13: II. Adagio cantabile).
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Ken Burton

    A Prayer

    Lyricist: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Conductor: Ken Burton. Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Andante soave

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Sonata in G Minor / 6 Character Pieces.
    • BIS.
    • 17.
  • Joseph Bologne

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

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barré. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • Saint-George, Pécou: Caribbean Violin Concertos.
    • Aparté.
    • 8.
  • Claude Debussy

    Bruyeres - Home Session

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Serenade in G Major: II. Air. Lento, ma non troppo

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Moeran: Cello Concerto - Serenade.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    5 Pieces on Georgian Folk Themes: IV. Nana

    Performer: Christoph Croisé. Performer: Ana Bakradze.
    • Tsintsadze: 5 Pieces on Georgian Folk Themes: IV. Nana.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.
  • Rosey Chan

    Compassion

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sonic Apothecary.
    • Rosey Chan.
  • 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.
    • 2.
  • Patrick Hamilton

    Echoes of Colors

    Performer: Patrick Hamilton.
    • Echoes of Colors.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove: II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden, Op. 39

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 06.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Prélude in A Minor, M. 65 (Upright Version)

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • Ravel: Prélude in A Minor, M. 65 (Upright Version).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

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