Captivating melodies for classical calm

Mindful Mix

Tune in and relax into three hours of soothing classical music.

Tune in to this edition of the Mindful Mix and relax into three hours of soothing classical music.

Featuring gorgeous orchestral classics from Ottorino Respighi and Edward Elgar, contemporary choral from Eric Whitacre and Lucy Walker, alongside thoughtful pieces from Eri Ishibashi and Hanna Havrylets.

Produced by Katie Hill
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Frederick Delius

Suite for Violin and Orchestra: I. Pastorale
Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Performer: Frédéric Chaslin. Music Arranger: Frédéric Chaslin. Ensemble: Capriccio Quartet.
- Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
- Channel Classics.
- 5.
Felix Mendelssohn

Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25, MWV O 7: II. Andante
Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Conductor: Andrew Constantine. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
- Orchid Classics.
Lucy Walker

O Nata Lux
Choir: VOCES8.
- Nightfall.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Nonet, Op. 2 - II. Andante con moto
Orchestra: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.
- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 25.
Camille Saint‐Saëns

The Swan (From "The Carnival of the Animals", R.125)
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Gabriella Victoria. Performer: Julian Riem. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.
- Saint-Saëns The Swan (From "The Carnival of the Animals", R.125, Arr. for Cello,.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
Trevor Weston

There is a Balm in Gilead (from Griot Legacies)
Performer: Marcus Eley. Ensemble: Lyris Quartet.
- Homage.
- Imaginary Animals.
- 4.
Dario Marianelli

A Letter From Prison
Conductor: Dario Marianelli.
- Paddington 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 7.
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor: I. Adagio
Performer: Daniela Dolci. Performer: David Plantier.
- Pan Classics.
Antonín Dvořák

8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Music Arranger: Oskar Morawetz. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- Collaborations - Works by Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Halvorsen, Walton and Williams.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
Koji Kondo

Zelda's Lullaby (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble & Harp)
Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Lyricist: Koji Kondo. Ensemble: VOCES8.
- Nightfall.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 10.
Frédéric Chopin

24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop Prelude"
Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
Ruth Gipps

Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante
Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
- Chandos Records Limited.
Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
- Alpha Classics.
- 4.
Florence Price

Resignation
Choir: London Voices.
- Oxford University Press Music.
Max Richter

Perihelion
Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
Edvard Grieg

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood (Arr. for Harp)
Performer: Alis Huws.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
Sarah Class

Up in the Clouds
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell.
- Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
- 14.
Rebecca Clarke

Violin Sonata in D Major: II. Andante quasi adagio
Performer: Judith Ingolfsson. Performer: Vladimir Stoupel.
- Clarke: Viola & Violin Sonatas.
- Oehms Classics.
- 5.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (Arr. for Piano): I. Adagio
Performer: James Rhodes.
- MANíA.
- Signum Records.
- 8.
Edward Elgar

Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante
Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
- Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
- Channel Classics.
- 2.
John Rutter

A Choral Amen
Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
- O Praise the Lord of Heaven.
- Collegium.
- 12.
Rodgers & Hart

Blue Moon (arr. H. Kawano for saxophone & piano)
Performer: Mariko Ishibashi.
- OMF.
Hanna Havrylets

Prayer
Singer: Grace Davidson. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
- Prayer.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
Claude Debussy

La fille aux cheveux de lin
Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
- Fantasie.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
Robert Fürstenthal

String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 40: III. Lento
Performer: Martyn Jackson. Performer: Sara Trickey. Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley. Performer: Tim Lowe. Ensemble: The Rossetti Ensemble.
- Fürstenthal: Chamber Music, Vol. 3.
- Toccata Classics.
- 17.
Jonathan Dove

Stargazer: VI. The Milky Way
Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
- Orchid Classics.
Erik Satie

Gnossienne No. 1
Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Roland Dyens.
- Platoon.
Pauline Viardot

Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
- Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet by Jan-Peter Klöpf.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
Gang Chen

Butterfly Lovers Violin concerto (1st mvt)
Composer: Zhanhao He. Performer: Chloe Chua. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rodolfo Barráez.
- Butterfly Lovers Concerto & Paganini.
- Pentatone.
- 1.
Eric Whitacre

The Seal Lullaby
Lyricist: Rudyard Kipling. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
- Light & Gold.
- Decca (UMO).
- 7.
Rosey Chan

Infinity
Performer: Rosey Chan. Ensemble: Sonic Apothecary.
- Rosey Chan.
Louise Farrenc

Mélodie in Ab Major (arr. for orchestra)
Music Arranger: Christopher Hussey. Conductor: Shea Lolin. Orchestra: Prague Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
- Mélodie in Ab Major (arr. for orchestra).
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
Edward Elgar

Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Theme. Andante
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
- The Maestro – Very Best of Leonard Bernstein.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 5.
Franz Liszt

12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558: No. 7, Frühlingsglaube
Performer: Aimi Kobayashi.
- Schubert: Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, 4 Impromptus, D. 935 & Rondo, D. 951.
- Warner Classics.
- 10.
Francisco Guerrero

Regina caeli laetare
Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
- Regina caeli laetare.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
Ottorino Respighi

3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante (After J.S. Bach's BWV 645)
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony.
- Bach: Orchestral transcriptions by Respighi & Elgar.
- Naxos.
- 3.
Frank Bridge

Summer
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
Franz Schubert

Psalm 23, "Der Herr ist mein Hirt"
Music Arranger: John Cameron. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Orchestra: Capricorn. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.
- 40 Most Beautiful Sacred Songs.
- Warner Classics International.
- 39.

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