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Lose yourself in classical calm

Indulge in this collection of calming classical music.

Indulge in this collection of relaxing music and lose yourself in a sea of classical calm.

Featuring established favourites from Edward Elgar, Maurice Ravel, and Ludovico Einaudi, alongside hidden gems by Judith Weir, Edward Margetson and Henrique Oswald.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61, R. 198: II. Andantino quasi allegretto

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Glow

    Performer: Katarzyna Lukawska. Performer: Monika Płachta. Performer: Pawel Wajrak. Performer: Tomasz Sobaniec. Conductor: Andrzej Korzeniowski. Choir: Chor Mieszany Katedry Wawelskiej.
    • DUX Recording Producers.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

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

  • Jean Sibelius

    2 Pieces, Op. 77: I. Cantique (Laetare anima mea)

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Nils‐Erik Sparf.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante

    Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Conductor: Ryan Cockerham. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava.
    • Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Albany Records.
    • 3.

  • Ethel Bilsland

    The Birthday Party: II. Peep​-​Bo

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Wave Theory Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 147: Jesu, joy of man's desiring

    Conductor: Marc Reift. Orchestra: Philharmonic Wind Orchestra. Choir: Pražský komorní sbor.
    • Voices 4.
    • Marcophon.
    • 10.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 6.

  • Edward John Margetson

    A few more years shall roll

    Conductor: Edward John Margetson. Ensemble: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Philip Glass

    Tissue No. 6

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • Glass: Tissue No. 6 (Musical Moments).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Arr. for String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Schubert: Ins stille Land.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • Nitin Sawhney

    New Tribes

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nitin Sawhney.
    • Human Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 24.

  • Judith Weir

    Storm: IV. Spirit

    Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Ensemble: Endymion. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Judith Weir: Storm.
    • Signum Records.
    • 17.

  • Dario Marianelli

    Atonement

    Performer: Dario Marianelli. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Atonement OST.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 14.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Adagio

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: Die Torrente in via bibet

    Performer: Angela Kazimierczuk. Performer: Katherine Fuge. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria / Handel: Dixit Dominus.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.

  • Richard Flury

    Symphony No. 1 in D Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Richard Flury: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 2.

  • Betty Jackson King

    Four Seasonal Sketches: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 53.

  • Charlotte Bray

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Upheld by Stillness: Renaissance Gems and their Reflections.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
    • 12.

  • Valgeir Sigurðsson

    Low Tatras

    Performer: Valgeir Sigurðsson.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Henrique Oswald

    En nacelle

    Performer: Sergio Monteiro.
    • Oswald: Works for Piano.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Brahms, Chopin & Franck: Cello Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.
    • From Spain To Eternity - The Sacred Polyphony Of El Greco's Toledo.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. for 2 Guitars)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Jérôme Ducros. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Satie: Masterpieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: IV. Andante

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Deux Morceaux: I. Nocturne

    Performer: Julian Riem. Performer: Raphaela Gromes.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin concerto in G minor Op.80 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante semplice.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    I Giorni

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • aggio.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

    Performer: Minoire.
    • introspection.
    • Aemeralds GmbH.
    • 18.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du ménestrel, Op. 71

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Chant du ménestrel, Op.71.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Charles Koechlin

    Les chants de nectaire, Series 2, Op. 199: No. 24, Soir lumineux

    Performer: Nicola Woodward.
    • Hoxa.

  • Edward Elgar

    Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 1 (Arr. for Cello & Strings)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Elgar-Britten-Warlock-Jenkins: Very British.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Opus

    Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger.
    • Wonderworld.
    • Universal Music China.
    • 7.

  • Arvo Pärt

    The Beatitudes

    Performer: David Goode. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
    • Calm Classical.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 27.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 17 Mar 2025 14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 23 Mar 2025 06:00
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  • Wed 16 Apr 2025 06:00
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  • Wed 14 May 2025 14:00
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  • Friday 06:00
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