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Serene classical music to relax your mind

Calm your busy mind with this collection of classical music.

Calm your busy mind with this collection of classical music interspersed with soundscapes from the natural world.

Featuring symphonies by Ludwig Van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, concertos by Edward Elgar and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and chamber works by Florence Price and Joao Marcondes.

Produced by Katie Hill
Made in Cardiff by Overcoat Media for BBC Radio 3 Unwind.

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  • Sir George Dyson

    Three Songs of Praise: III. A Poet's Hymn

    Composer: Robert Herrick. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto

    Orchestra: SWR Symphonieorchester. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • SWR Classic.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Major, BWV 972: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Esther Abrami

    Deuxième Chance

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Deuxième Chance.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: II Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • João Marcondes

    Mixed Colors No. 4: Olive for Piano, Violin, Clarinet, Oboe and Double Bass

    Performer: João Marcondes.
    • Marcondes: Mixed Colors No. 4: Olive for Piano, Violin, Clarinet, Oboe and Doubl.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Diversions, Op. 21: Variation VI. Nocturne

    Performer: Clare Hammond. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Vass.
    • BIS.

  • Ernest Bullock

    Give us the wings of faith

    Performer: Matthew Jorysz. Lyricist: Isaac Watts. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Requiem: Music for All Saints & All Souls.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Julie Cooper

    Drift

    Performer: Laura Newey. Conductor: Julie Cooper. Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble.
    • Drift.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American": II. Lento

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Smetana & Dvořák: Works for String Quartet.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Mémoire.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Ophélie Gaillard. Performer: Émilie Aridon-Kociołek.
    • Prayers.
    • Aparté.
    • 13.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Romance in B Major for String Orchestra

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 7.

  • Matilda Durham

    Star of Columbia

    Conductor: Christopher Gabbitas. Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale.
    • Star of Columbia (Arr. for choir by Jennifer Lucy Cook).
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Boris Lyatoshinsky

    Grażhyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto

    Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Lyatoshynsky: Grażhyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Before the World Sings

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Before the World Sings.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto

    Conductor: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Morley

    Arise, Awake

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • Crossings.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Amaryllis Quartett.
    • Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II..
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Ark

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Helen Leach

    Out of the Depths

    Performer: Adrian Bradbury. Performer: Simon Leach.
    • Divine Art.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma mère l'Oye, M. 60: I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Adam Walker. Music Arranger: Wouter Lenaerts.
    • Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    Peace I Leave with You

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.

  • Philip Cannon

    Piano Concertino: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Nimbus Records.

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1: II. Afternoon

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Manuel de Falla.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    Song Without Words in A Major

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Song Without Words in A Major.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Lolli

    Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 7 : II. Adagio cantabile

    Conductor: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal.
    • Le Chevalier de Saint-George - Portrait.
    • Château de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carneval Des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium. Andantino

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Elgar & Thomas Ades: Violin Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Olivia Belli

    Pax Athanae - Sleep Rework

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Ithaca Flow.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Simon Hall

    Lighten Our Darkness

    Performer: Maria Teresa Maddison. Performer: Kathryn Gallagher. Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
    • Lighten Our Darkness.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Natalia Tsupryk

    The Sun Was Low (Arr. for Violin, Cello, Harp & Vibraphone)

    Performer: Kristine Balanas. Performer: Margarita Balanas. Performer: Alis Huws. Performer: Elsa Bradley.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mozart: Masterpieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 39.

  • Derrick Skye

    A Soulful Nexus: IV. Within

    Ensemble: Akropolis Reed Quintet.
    • A Soulful Nexus.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 4.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite, 2. Pavane

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Fantasia on Greensleeves.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Steven Grahl.
    • Hyperion.

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