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Comforting classical for mindful meditation

Relax into three hours of comforting classical tunes to keep you grounded.

Relax into three hours of comforting classical tunes to keep you grounded.

This mix features violin concertos from Antonio Vivaldi and Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, sumptuous piano pieces from Rosey Chan and Johann Sebastian Bach, and spine-tingling choral works from Stephen Paulus and Gregorio Allegri.

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

3 hours

On radio

Next Wednesday 14:00

Music Played

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo

    Performer: Danny Driver. Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: 91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
    • Hyperion.
  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess, a Symphonic Picture, VII. Bess, You Is My Woman Now

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • An American Dream?.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Music of the Stars: I. Music of the Stars

    Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Cecilia McDowall: Cantatas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅. Performer: Elena Font.
    • Faur茅: Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin concerto No 9 in G major, Op 8 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barr茅. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • Saint-George: Violin Concerto No. 9 in G Major, Op. 8: II. Largo.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phantasy Quintet (Prelude)

    Ensemble: Piatti Quartet. Performer: Zahra Benyounes.
    • Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet: I. Prelude.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    7 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides, H. 146: No. 4, Ah Me! Farewell

    Lyricist: Euripides. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Ensemble: St Paul's Girls School - Paulina Voices. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.
    • Fide et literis.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 12.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 11 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Marguerite Canal

    Elevation

    Ensemble: Duo Alma.
    • Indesens Calliope Records.
  • Dolores O鈥橰iordan

    Dreaming My Dreams

    Performer: Ashley Jackson.
    • Cover Girl.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 4.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous": IV. Slowly and reverently

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Still & Bonds - Symphonies & Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Robert Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

    Performer: Kenji Miura.
    • Heimat: Beethoven, Schumann & Brahms.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.
  • William Walton

    Sinfonia Concertante: II. Andante comodo

    Performer: Clare Hammond. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Vass.
    • BIS.
  • Nino Rota

    Parla Pi霉 Piano

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Music Arranger: Wolfgang Renz. Ensemble: I Solisti di Pavia.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Bo啪idar Vukoti膰.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Esther Birringer.
    • Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fairy Ballads, No. 2, Alone with Mother

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Amy Harman.
    • The Bassoonist鈥檚 Songbook.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 15.
  • Peter Warlock

    The First Mercy

    Composer: Bruce Blunt. Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Maltworms & Milkmaids.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 21.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Rosey Chan

    Compassion

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Ensemble: Sonic Apothecary.
    • Rosey Chan.
  • Stephen Paulus

    To Be Certain of the Dawn: Hymn to the Eternal Flame

    Performer: Eleonore Cockerham. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • To Be Certain of the Dawn: Hymn to the Eternal Flame.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59 No. 3, D. 776 (Arr. for Piano Trio)

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: J茅r茅mie Moreau. Performer: David Moreau. Music Arranger: David Moreau. Music Arranger: Edgar Moreau. Music Arranger: J茅r茅mie Moreau.
    • Schubert: Du bist die Ruh.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Adagetto, SC 51

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Trio in D Minor: II. Andante

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Serenade in D Major, Op. 8: VI. Thema con variazoni. Andante quasi allegretto

    Performer: Johannes Hustedt. Performer: Sontraud Speidel.
    • Audite.
  • Sarah Class

    Up in the Clouds

    Performer: Sarah Class. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell.
    • Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 14.
  • Alexander Pierce Hill

    Receive Me Today

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • Draw Near.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 2.
  • Betty Jackson King

    Summer Interlude

    Performer: Beatrice Nicholas.
    • Beatrice Nicholas.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Carneval Des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne. Andantino Grazioso

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 9, RV 236: II. Largo

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Vivaldi Opus 8+ Vol. 2.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Tom Winpenny.
    • Price: Organ Works.
    • Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd.
    • 4.
  • Hubert Clifford

    Five English Nursery Tunes IV. Curly Locks

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 17 in B-Flat Major, K. 570: II. Adagio

    Performer: Cl谩udio Cruz. Performer: Olga Kopylova.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Vol. 4.
    • Azul Music.
    • 8.
  • Mieczys艂aw Weinberg

    Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 52: I. Adagio

    Performer: Kristina Reiko Cooper. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian. Orchestra: Kauno Miesto Simfoninis Orkestras.
    • Hidden Legacies.
    • Delos.
    • 5.
  • Josephine Lang

    An den See Variation (After 6 Deutsche Lieder, No. 4, An den See)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Performer: Sophie Pacini.
    • Josephine Lang: An den See Variation (After 6 Deutsche Lieder, No. 4, An den See.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei Deus

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.

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