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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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Music Played

  • 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.
  • Louis Aubert

    Feuille d'images: No. 1. Confidence

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • SWR Classic Archive.
  • 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.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude: 49th Parallel

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Vaughan Williams: Film Music Classics.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 7.
  • Anna Lapwood

    An Irish Blessing

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • An Irish Blessing.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 9.
  • 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.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau, M.30

    Performer: Vincent Larderet.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 6.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Marie Awadis

    脡tude No. 12: Unveiled

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • 脡tudes M茅lodiques (Deluxe).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Spheres

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D. 744

    Performer: Mats Lidstr枚m. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m.
    • Swans.
    • Hyperion.
    • 23.
  • 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.
  • Geoffrey Burgon

    Nunc dimittis (1979 A Cappella Version)

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Radiant Dawn.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Patrick Ayrton

    Ouverture

    Performer: Patrick Ayrton. Performer: Louise Ayrton. Performer: Salom茅 Gasselin.
    • Ouverture.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.
  • 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..
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes, Op. 23: IV. Andante cantabile in D major

    Performer: Matthew Cameron.
    • Matthew Cameron, Pianist.
    • Arabesque Recordings.
    • 2.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dalal

    Silhouette

    Performer: Dalal.
    • Silhouette.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Air in G Minor, HWV 467 (Transcr. for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • African American Voices II.
    • Linn Records.
    • 06.
  • Peter Warlock

    Serenade

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Maltworms & Milkmaids.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 5.

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