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Serene classical tones for mindful moments

Immerse yourself in classical music, to bring small moments of peace into your day. Featuring calming orchestral pieces, glowing choral harmonies, and gentle piano sounds.

Immerse yourself in calming classical music. From gentle piano solos to soothing orchestral arrangements and glowing choral harmonies - chosen to help you find small moments of peace amid your busy day.

Featuring flowing sounds by Edward Elgar, Hayato Sumino, Lucy Walker, Mars Smith, Erik Satie and more.

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

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Music Played

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: George Weldon.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Brahms: Symphonies 2 & 3.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    The Angels Changed My Name

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Music Arranger: Ashley Jackson.
    • Ennanga.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio

    Performer: Vadim Chaimovich. Music Arranger: Dee Palmer. Music Arranger: Roger Neill. Music Arranger: Brian Reitzell.
    • Halidon.

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.
    • 50 Smooth Classics (By Classic FM).
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 43.

  • Paul Smith & Daniela Mars

    Cloud Interlude

    • Cloud Interlude.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Ivo Antognini

    The Angel

    Lyricist: William Blake. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ivo Antognini: Come to Me in the Silence of the Night - Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • John Rutter

    Five Meditations for Orchestra: IV. Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • John Rutter: Meditations.
    • King’s College, Cambridge.
    • 1.

  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • Talbot: Ink Dark Moon: II. Largo flessibile.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne I - Pre Rain

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: II. Adagio

    Performer: Michael Sanderling. Performer: Bruno Delepelaire. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Haydn - Lalo.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Confesión

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • Confesión.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) - Suite (1919): Round Dance of the Princesses

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bernard Haitink - The Philips Years.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Long Day Closes

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Passacaglia (On an Old English Tune)

    Performer: Vinciane Béranger. Performer: Dana Ciocarlie.
    • Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola.
    • Aparté.
    • 5.

  • Catrin Finch

    Ceffylau

    Composer: Seckou Keita. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • Astar Artes Recordings Limited.

  • Florence Price

    An Elf on a Moonbeam

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Hob. XX:2: VI. Introduzione

    Lyricist: Bible. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Hob. XX:2.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • 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.

  • Alma Deutscher

    Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major: Movement 1. Moderato

    Performer: Sam Haywood.
    • Flara Records.

  • Lucy Walker

    A Hymn for St Cecilia

    Performer: Molly Hord. Lyricist: Ursula Vaughan Williams. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • A Hymn for St Cecilia & Abide with Me.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concerto pour violon No. 9 en sol majeur, Op. 8: Largo

    Orchestra: Orchestre Bernard Thomas. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Le chevalier de Saint-Georges : Concertos pour violon.
    • Arion.
    • 02.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Julien Brocal. Music Arranger: Camille Thomas.
    • RENDEZ-VOUS - MIRRORS.
    • Universal Music Distribution France.
    • 1.

  • Philip Cannon

    Piano Concertino: II. Andante tranquillo

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

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

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

  • William Walton

    Sonata for String Orchestra: III. Lento

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Olivia Belli

    Respiro 6

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Respiro 6.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Gabríel Ólafs

    Whales at dusk

    Performer: Gabríel Ólafs.
    • Polar: Dusk.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 4

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang.
    • Satie: Gnossienne No. 4 (Transcr. for Guitar by Xuefei Yang).
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In Memoriam"

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • Chandos.

  • Alfred Schnittke

    Three Sacred Hymns: No. 2, Ave Maria

    Choir: Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Andrei Alexandrovich Petrenko.
    • Sacred Music by Alfred Schnittke: Three Sacred Hymns, Concerto for Choir.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Jonathan Ware.
    • Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 2 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Timothy Ridout).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel.
    • LSO Live.
    • 7.

  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Nocturne

    Performer: Deanne Tucker.
    • Cambria.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Elizabeth Remembered

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Elizabeth Remembered.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    By the lone seashore

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: By the lone seashore.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Phil Cunningham

    The Gentle Light That Wakes Me

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Aly Bain. Performer: Phil Cunningham.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

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