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Reflective and soothing classical sounds

Sweet and mellow classical sounds for moments of calm, with wistful shades of light and dark.

Sweet and mellow classical sounds for moments of calm, with wistful shades of light and dark.

Featuring rich and warming harmonies from Ludwig van Beethoven, Reynaldo Hahn and Elizabeth Poston, plus gentle string textures from Ronald Binge, Dobrinka Tabakova and Max Richter.

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

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Music Arranger: Heitor Villa‐Lobos. Choir: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Choir. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Papillon

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Evermore (Solo Piano Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: The Music Makers & Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Max Richter

    Spring 1 - 2012

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Conductor: André de Ridder. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Six Morceaux: Berceuse

    Performer: Laura Kobayashi. Performer: Susan Gray.
    • Feminissimo!.
    • Albany Records.
    • 12.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op.5 (III. Rondo)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    8 Bible Vignettes: No. 2, Desert Interlude

    Performer: Michael Lee.
    • Leaf Music Distribution.

  • Anne Boyd

    The Beginning Of The Day

    Lyricist: Anne Boyd. Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ron Spigelman.
    • Dream Children.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 11.

  • Florence Price

    Resignation

    Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Elgar Wand of Youth.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 23.

  • Baal HaSulam

    Melodies of the Upper Worlds: XIII. To Proclaim in the Morning About Your Mercy

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Mathias Mönius.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Rachel Portman

    Tipping Points: II. Air

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • Dougie MacLean

    Caledonia

    Lyricist: Dougie MacLean. Music Arranger: Blake Morgan. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: sca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Chandos.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pièces for cello and piano: In E-Flat Minor

    Performer: Émile Naoumoff. Performer: Roland Pidoux.
    • Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Ivo Antognini

    Alleluia

    Ensemble: Brigham Young University Singers. Conductor: Andrew Crane.
    • BYU Records.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux: Aquarium

    Performer: Irena Grafenauer. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Organ Symphony.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù"

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Sir Neville Marriner Conducts Handel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 23.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Binge: Elizabethan Serenade, Scottish Rhapsody & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: GAIA.
    • Stone, Salt & Sky: Beamish _ Maconchy _ Strachan _ R Clarke.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 2.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin. Music Arranger: Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • LYS.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Erik Satie & Alena Cherny

    Gnossiene No.1

    • Gnossienne No. 1.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 10. In Paradisum: If I Should Go

    Lyricist: Joyce Grenfell. Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Božidar Vukotić.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en Trio Op. 59: II. Pastorale

    Performer: Florian Wiek. Performer: Tatjana Ruhland. Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • SWR Klassik.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Aqua

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Monster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan.
    • 7.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere Mei

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso No. 11, Op. 6: IV. Andante

    Orchestra: Bratislava Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pavol Bagin.
    • Denon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart Collection.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 99.

  • Clara Schumann

    4 Pièces fugitives, Op. 15: No. 3, Andante espressivo

    Performer: Junghwa Lee.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57: Var: VI. Andante

    Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Guitar & Orchestra)

    Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: John Williams. Conductor: William Goodchild. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • John Williams - The Guitarist.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • The Sound of Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

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