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Serene classical sounds for peace and positivity

Take a deep breath and relax with classical sounds. The perfect soundtrack for mindfulness, reflection, and clarity.

Take a deep breath and relax with classical sounds. The perfect soundtrack for mindfulness, reflection, and clarity.

Featuring orchestral classics by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Mahler, and Ludwig van Beethoven, plus new music from Rosey Chan, Lucy Walker, Taylor Scott Davis, and more.

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

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  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

    Music Arranger: Heitor Villa‐Lobos. Choir: Coro da OSESP. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Rosey Chan

    Feeling The Space (Arrival)

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Sonic Apothecary II.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending (Excerpt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Violin Classics.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in B-Flat Major: II. Andante

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Zdes' khorosho ('How Fair This Spot'), Op. 21, No. 7

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Reflections.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Stardust

    Lyricist: Clairel Estévez. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Mahler: Symphony No.5.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 04.

  • Florence Price

    An Elf on a Moonbeam

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Dan Jones

    Chloe

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Sur la plage de Chesil (Bande originale du film).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Lake Isle

    Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Kristian Kvalvaag. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Lyricist: William Butler Yeats. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Robert Kulek.
    • Schumann: Werke für Violoncello und Klavier.
    • Orfeo.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Bologne

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

    Conductor: Daniel Hege. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries.
    • Cedille.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Traditional: Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Kanneh-Mason).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    O salutaris hostia

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ešenvalds: Northern Lights, Stars & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestücke, Op. 88: III. Duett. Langsam und mit Ausdruck

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Brahms: Klavierquartett, Op.25 / Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.88.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Giuseppe Martucci

    2 Nocturnes, Op. 70: No. 1 in G-Flat Major

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Martucci: 2 Nocturnes, Op. 70: No. 1 in G-Flat Major.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • William Walton

    Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
    • Collegium.
    • 15.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68: II. Andante molto moto

    Orchestra: Orchestre Consuelo. Conductor: Victor Julien-Laferrière.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5, 6 & 8 (Intégrale des symphonies, Vol. 2).
    • B Records.
    • 2.

  • Christian Badzura

    Petites Vagues

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • SIENA TAPES.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

  • Ernest Bloch

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • From Jewish Life.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 2.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Media Vita.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 26.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Simple Prayer for Complex Times

    Ensemble: Off the Beaten Path Ensemble.
    • Dobrinka Tabakova: Simple Prayer for Complex Times.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, G. 482/Arr. Grützmacher: II. Andantino grazioso

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Ensemble: Moritzburg Ensemble.
    • Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, G. 482/Arr. Grützmacher: II. Andantino grazioso.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Johan Halvorsen

    Chant de la "Veslemoy"

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Orchestre Métropolitain. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con grazia

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 \"Pathetique\".
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 2.

  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jackie's Song

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Cello Moods.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

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

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 02.

  • Lucy Walker

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Ensemble: Mancunium Consort.
    • Lucy Walker: There Will Come Soft Rains.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Philip Glass

    Glassworks: Opening

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Philip Glass: Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Thomas Jean Mohamed Rabeh Horeczko

    Rose Bloom

    Performer: Braths. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Rose Bloom.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No. 6 in E Major: II. Marcia funebre. Andante maestoso

    Conductor: Marc Niemann. Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

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