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Reset your mind with mindful classical melodies

Listen and relax your mind with this playlist of mindful music.

Take a moment for yourself and relax your mind with this playlist of mindful music with natural soundscapes.

This mix features orchestral textures by Edward Elgar and Franz Schubert, solo piano works by Mikhail Glinka and Philip Glass, and choral works by Anna Lapwood and Jessica Ulusoy-Horsley.

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

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragische": II. Andante

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Hdb Sonus.

  • Mel Bonis

    3 Femmes de legende: No. 1, Ophelie, Op. 165/2

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mel Bonis: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Philip Glass

    The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Ben Ponniah

    Seeing the Star

    Conductor: Rupert Gough. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Seeing the Star: Music for Christmas by Ben Ponniah.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49: Andante con moto tranquillo

    Performer: Achilles Liarmakopoulos. Performer: Ahmed Alom. Performer: Caleb Hudson. Music Arranger: Caleb Hudson. Ensemble: Triple Cortado.
    • TMC Publishing.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Petite suite de concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour

    Conductor: George Weldon. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Petite suite de concert, Op. 77.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 7, Zdes horosho

    Performer: Dmitry Masleev.
    • Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 7, Zdes horosho (Piano Version by Dmitry.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Wilhelm Berger

    Clarinet Trio in G Minor, Op. 94: II. Adagio

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: Wen‐Sinn Yang. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • CPO.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie, L. 68

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle Époque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Anna Lapwood

    Arise, Shine

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Arise, Shine.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Imogen C Holst

    The Unfortunate Traveller: III. Interlude. Quasi lento

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings Vol. 5.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61: III. Adagio espressivo

    Performer: Enrico Dindo. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • FAB 0084 Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 - Symphony No. 2 in C Majo.
    • Amadeus Best.
    • 6.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Dreamscapes

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Handler.
    • Dreamscapes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Colin Alexander

    Towards the Flame: IV.

    Performer: Ben Michaels.
    • for cello, by cellists.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 11.

  • Marguerite Monnot

    Hymne à l'amour (Arr. for Guitar)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Letters from Paris.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Elégie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. for Cello Ensemble)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Ashok Klouda. Performer: Nick Trygstad. Performer: Caroline Dearnley. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Josephine Knight. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Chris Murray. Performer: Robert Max.
    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano

    Performer: Anastasia Schmidlin. Performer: Denis Zhdanov.
    • Bliss: Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Cerys Hafana

    Ffarwel i f'Ieuenctid

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Glitterbeat Records.

  • Kevin Farnham Siegfried

    Songs for the Journey: I. Into Your Hands

    Choir: The Singers - Minnesota. Choir: Choral Artists Matthew Culloton. Conductor: Kevin Siegfried.
    • Ayre Lume.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94: III. Andante

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie.
    • Ceremony.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Spirituals Suite: Wade in the Water

    Performer: James Kosnik. Ensemble: Eastern Virginia Brass Quintet.
    • Amazing Grace: Organ Music of Adolphus Hailstork.
    • Albany Records.
    • 5.

  • Qasim Naqvi

    God Docks at Death Harbor: The Beginning

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • BBC Studios Distribution Limited.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    The Beatitudes (Adagio)

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Capricorn. Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • "Melancholy" - Classical Moods.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447: II. Romance. Larghetto

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider (horn, conductor), Münchener Kammerorchester (orchestra), Susa.
    • Mozart Horn Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Luke Faulkner

    The Wanderer

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Dark Academia - Edition II.
    • Aemeralds GmbH.
    • 4.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Concerto in B Flat Major: II. Un poco adagio

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto - Symphony No. 1 - Overtures (Symphonic Works, Vol..
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Léo Delibes

    Lakmé Act 1: "Sous le dôme épais\" (Flower Duet)

    Lyricist: Edmond Gondinet. Lyricist: Philippe Gille. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Jacques Ibert

    2 Interludes: No. 1, Andante espressivo (Arr. for Flute, Viola and Harp)

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Adam Walker. Music Arranger: Timothy Ridout.
    • Ibert: Interlude No. 1.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    6 String Quartets, Op. 14: No. 2 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray

    Choir: Dulwich Choral Society. Conductor: William Vann.
    • Albion Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: III. Adagio

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Elgar: Symphony No. 1.
    • LSO Live.
    • 3.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge,, Op. 10: IV. Romance

    Orchestra: European Camerata. Conductor: Laurent Quénelle.
    • Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Lachrymae, Two Portraits & Simpl.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 4.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    A Farewell to Saint Petersburg: No. 10, The Lark

    Performer: Alexander Malofeev.
    • Forgotten Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Una mattina

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Passaggio.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Jessica Horsley

    Cycle of Peace: No 3 Blesséd

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Ulusoy-Horsley: Cycle of Peace: No. 3, Blesséd.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

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