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Stuart Sandeman’s Calming Classical Mix

Relax as breathwork coach, author and DJ Stuart Sandeman hosts a blissful playlist of meditative harmonies and gentle melodies. Part of BBC Wellbeing Week.

Relax as Stuart Sandeman hosts a blissful playlist of meditative harmonies and gentle melodies. Part of BBC Wellbeing Week.

Featuring a host of calming tracks from Ólafur Arnalds, Peter Sandberg, and Cerys Hafana, and peaceful sounds from Amy Beach, Luke Howard, and Erland Cooper.

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

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Music Played

  • Ólafur Arnalds

    improvisation

    Performer: Ólafur Arnalds.
    • improvisation.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne. Allegretto molto moderato

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Franck: Symphony in D Minor – Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Frederick Edward Weatherly

    Danny Boy

    Composer: Trad.. Music Arranger: Joshua Pacey. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Danny Boy (Arr. by Joshua Pacey).
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Peter Sandberg

    Motion

    Performer: Peter Sandberg.
    • Believe International.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel Im Spiegel

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Mulligan.
    • This Must Be The Place.
    • Indigo Film Srl.
    • 5.

  • John Rutter

    5 Meditations for Orchestra: No. 4, Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Classical Tranquillity.
    • Collegium.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, "Spring": II. Largo

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Virtuosi di Kuhmo.
    • Vivaldi, A.: Four Seasons (The) / Violin Concerto in A Minor.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 05.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite for Piano: II. The Bells

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 78.

  • 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.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op.45; Intermezzo "Aleko"; Vocalise, Op.34.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Liszt - My Piano Hero.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • César Franck

    Panis Angelicus

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Esther Abrami

    Transmission

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 16.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Luke Howard

    Oversky

    Performer: Luke Howard. Lyricist: Luke Howard.
    • Forgotten Postcards.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Christopher Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Lennon

    Golden Slumbers

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Pop Songs.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 13.

  • 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.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Chilly Gonzales

    Armellodie

    Performer: Olga Scheps.
    • Armellodie.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto

    Performer: Lea Birringer. Orchestra: Rheinische Philharmonie. Conductor: Benjamin Shwartz.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - Järnefelt: Berceuse in G Minor -.
    • Rubicon.
    • 2.

  • Will Todd

    We Are Laid Asleep

    Lyricist: William Wordsworth. Ensemble: Voices of Hope. Orchestra: Alina Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Edwards.
    • Will Todd: All Will Be Well.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Moorside Suite, H. 173: Nocturne

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Naxos.

  • Cerys Hafana

    Nant Yr Arian

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Edyf.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.
    • 08.

  • César Franck

    Prélude, fugue & variation, Op. 18: I. Prélude

    Performer: Alice Ader. Ensemble: Ensemble Ader.
    • Franck: Prélude, fugue & variation - Prélude, choral & fugue - Quintette pour pi.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

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

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Prayer

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • Time.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op. 23

    Performer: Himari. Performer: Chelsea Wang.
    • Beach: Romance, Op. 23.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Sarah Class

    Journey of the King Fish

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell.
    • Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.

  • Jules Mouquet

    Sonata for Flute & Piano, Op. 15 "La Flûte de Pan": II. Pan et les oiseaux

    Performer: Noemi Gyori. Performer: Zoltán Fejérvári.
    • L'après-midi d'une nymphe.
    • Rubicon.
    • 13.

  • Kim André Arnesen

    Flight Song

    Performer: Alicia Rigsby. Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: Kantorei. Conductor: Joel Rinsema.
    • Kim André Arnesen: Infinity.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile

    Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
    • 6.

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    When Young Spring Comes

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Rising Sun Records.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestucke, Op. 73: I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

    Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Nathanaël Gouin.
    • Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: I. Zart und mit Ausdruck (Arr. for Double Bas.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne I - Pre Rain

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

  • Erland Cooper

    Music For Growing Flowers - Pt. 5

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Lyricist: Erland Cooper.
    • Music For Growing Flowers.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 5.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Old Norwegian Romance, Op. 51: Andante molto tranquillo

    Performer: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Library Tapes

    Entering

    Composer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Library Tapes. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • The Quiet City.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 12 May 2025 06:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 15 May 2025 14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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