Take a pause with relaxing classical sounds
Take a moment to rest with this specially curated mix of classical music. Featuring new and old favourites combined with serene soundscapes from the natural world.
Take a moment to rest with this specially curated mix of classical music. Featuring new and old favourites combined with serene soundscapes from the natural world.
The episode features Anna Lapwood鈥檚 鈥楢n Irish Blessing鈥, 膾riks E拧envalds 鈥極nly In Sleep鈥, plus Edward Elgar鈥檚 鈥楽alut d'Amour鈥, Florence Beatrice Price鈥檚 鈥楢doration鈥 and more.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for 91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Vincenzo Bellini
Norma, Act I: Casta Diva
Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.- Norma, Act I: Casta Diva (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Jan Vogler) (Radio Edit).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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Louis Aubert
Feuille d'images: No. 1. Confidence
Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- SWR Classic Archive.
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E虅riks Es虒envalds
Only in Sleep
Lyricist: Sara Teasdale. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- E拧envalds: Northern Lights, Stars & Other Choral Works.
- Hyperion.
- 16.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Prelude: 49th Parallel
Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Vaughan Williams: Film Music Classics.
- Naxos.
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Valentin Silvestrov
Three Postludes (1981/82) - Postlude No. 3
Performer: Anja Lechner. Performer: Silke Avenhaus.- Rahatlat谋c谋 Klasik M眉zik.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 13.
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Frederick Delius
尝茅驳别苍诲别
Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.- Frederick Delius - Hiawatha, Tone Poem for Orchestra.
- Dutton Epoch.
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Anna Lapwood
An Irish Blessing
Performer: Sophia Membery. Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.- An Irish Blessing.
- Sony Classical.
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Ruth Gipps
Song for Orchestra, Op. 33
Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour.
- Chandos.
- 14.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Suite from "24 Negro Melodies": IV. Lament - They Will Not Lend Me a Child
Conductor: Michael Repper. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L鈥橭uverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites.
- AVIE Records.
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Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour Op.12
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.- Elgar: Cello Concerto/Dvorak/Respighi.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 6.
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Maurice Ravel
Jeux d'eau, M.30
Performer: Vincent Larderet.- Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1.
- AVIE Records.
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Marie Ja毛ll
Cello Concerto in F Major: III. Andantino sostenuto
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Anna Rakitina. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.- Cello Concerto in F Major/III. Andantino sostenuto.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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Joseph Bologne
Violin Concerto in D major, Op 3 No 1 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)
Performer: Zefira Valova. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.- Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen: Violin Concertos.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
- 8.
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Florence Price
Adoration
Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestrator: Jim Gray. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
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Marie Awadis
脡tude No. 12: Unveiled
Performer: Marie Awadis.- 脡tudes M茅lodiques (Deluxe).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 12.
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Ola Gjeilo
The Spheres
Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.- Ola Gjeilo.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 2.
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Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang, D. 744
Performer: Mats Lidstr枚m. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m.- Swans.
- Hyperion.
- 23.
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Oliver Davis
Dance: II. Second Movement
Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Performer: Huw Watkins. Conductor: Paul Bateman. Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Oliver Davis: Dance.
- Signum Records.
- 2.
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Geoffrey Burgon
Nunc dimittis (1979 A Cappella Version)
Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- Radiant Dawn.
- Hyperion.
- 15.
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Mauro Giuliani
Choix de mes fleurs ch茅ries, Op. 46: No. 4, Le Jasmin
Performer: Ihor Kordiuk.- Giuliani: Choix de mes fleurs ch茅ries, Op. 46.
- Prospero Classical.
- 4.
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Franz Schubert
Octet in F Major, D. 803: II. Adagio
Ensemble: Les Solistes OSM.- Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803.
- Groupe Analekta, Inc.
- 2.
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Clara Schumann
Soir茅es musicales, Op. 6: II. Notturno. Andante con moto
Performer: Martin Helmchen.- Schumann: Novelletten & Ges盲nge der Fr眉he.
- Alpha Classics.
- 2.
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Patrick Ayrton
Ouverture
Performer: Patrick Ayrton. Performer: Louise Ayrton. Performer: Salom茅 Gasselin.- Ouverture.
- VOCES8 Records.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
The Seasons Op. 37a: X. October. Autumn Song. Andante doloroso e molto cantabile
Performer: Yunchan Lim.- Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: X. October. Autumn Song. Andante doloroso e m.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Undine Smith Moore
We shall walk through the valley
Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Edward MacDowell
10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1 To a Wild Rose
Orchestrator: Thomas Frost. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- The Original Jacket Collection - Eugene Ormandy.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
10 Preludes, Op. 23: IV. Andante cantabile in D major
Performer: Matthew Cameron.- Matthew Cameron, Pianist.
- Arabesque Recordings.
- 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Pr茅lude
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.- Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Pr茅lude.
- Sony Classical.
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Robert Lucas Pearsall
Light of My Soul
Lyricist: Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.- English Romantic Madrigals: Secular Partsongs from Victorian England.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.- Sibelius: Finlandia.
- Linn Records.
- 3.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Serenade for Strings, Op. 22, B. 52: I. Moderato
Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Camerata Bern.- Dvo艡谩k: Serenade for Strings, Op. 22, B. 52: I. Moderato.
- CAvi-music.
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Arvo P盲rt
Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante
Performer: Georgijs Osokins.- P盲rt: Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante (Transc. Osokins for Piano).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G Minor, after BWV 1056R: II. Largo
Ensemble: Ensemble Odyssee.- J.S. Bach: Concerto in G Minor, after BWV 1056R: II. Largo (Arr. for oboe & stri.
- Challenge Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Antar (After N. Rimsky-Korsakov): No. 7, Allegretto
Performer: Andr茅 Dussollier. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
- Azica Records.
- 08.
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Dalal
Silhouette
Performer: Dalal.- Silhouette.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Air in G Minor, HWV 467 (Transcr. for Harp)
Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.- Fantasia.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 11.
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Margaret Bonds
Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.- African American Voices II.
- Linn Records.
- 06.
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Peter Warlock
Serenade
Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- Maltworms & Milkmaids.
- EMF Endeavours.
- 5.
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