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Savour the moment with restorative classical music

Take some time to unwind with this calming, serene collection of classical music. With music from Franz Schubert, Stanley Myers, Margaret Bonds and Gustav Holst.

Take some time to unwind with this calming, serene collection of classical music. With music from Franz Schubert, Stanley Myers, Margaret Bonds and Gustav Holst, alongside contemporary excellence from Sophie Hutchings and Hania Rani.

Produced by Katie Hill.
An Overcoat Media Production for 91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 20 Mar 2026 06:00

Music Played

  • L茅o Delibes

    Copp茅lia, Act 3: No. 20c, F锚te de la cloche. La pri猫re

    Conductor: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Edward John Margetson

    A few more years shall roll

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

    Dream 13 (Short Edit)

    Performer: Clarice Jensen. Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Max Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Turibio Santos. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques, L. 66: I. Andantino con moto

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Chamber Sonata No. 3 in D Major: I. Grave

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Peter Warlock

    The First Mercy

    Composer: Bruce Blunt. Composer: Raymond Bennell. Performer: Nadine Benjamin. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • EMF Endeavours.
  • Charlotte Sohy

    Premier Quatuor, Op. 25: II. S茅r茅nit茅

    Ensemble: Quatuor Herm猫s.
    • La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.
  • William Walton

    Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Collegium.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Spirituals Suite: Wade in the Water

    Performer: James Kosnik. Ensemble: Eastern Virginia Brass Quintet.
    • Albany Records.
  • Frank Bridge

    Summer

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • 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.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Sonata no.1 in C minor Op.4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Summa

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • John Rutter

    A Choral Amen

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Collegium.
  • Sakiko Nagashima

    Pouter

    Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.
    • OMF.
  • William Walton

    Sonata for String Orchestra: III. Lento

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Olivia Belli

    Grain Moon

    Performer: Anna Lapwood. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Pace

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Pavanne

    Performer: Josephine Gandolfi.
    • Cambria.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Irish Suite: V. The Last Rose of Summer

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • William Alwyn

    2 Irish Pieces: No. 1, From the Countryside

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Naxos.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur, "The British Worthy": II. Air

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Adagio

    Performer: Pierre Pierlot. Conductor: Claudio Scimone. Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Suite For Lute In F Sharp Minor, 3: Sarabande

    Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 85: No. 6 Allegretto con moto

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Son of Mary

    Ensemble: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian Records.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If Ye Love Me

    Performer: Andrew Fletcher. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • The Sound Corporation.
  • Judith Lang Zaimont

    Serenade (version for piano trio)

    Performer: Awadagin Pratt. Performer: Melissa White. Performer: Paul Wiancko.
    • Navona.
  • Jules Massenet

    La Vierge, Pt. 4: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Op. 15 - 7. Tr盲umerei

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Conductor: Michael Hankinson. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • AVIE Records.
  • Philip Stopford

    Do Not Be Afraid

    Choir: Ecclesium Choir. Conductor: Philip Stopford.
    • Priory Records Ltd.
  • Hania Rani

    Spring

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die No. 1

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op. 48: Offertoire

    Performer: Lisa Beckley. Performer: Nicholas Gedge. Performer: Jeremy Summerly. Choir: Oxford Camerata. Choir: Schola Cantorum of Oxford. Conductor: Colm Carey.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

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