Relax and find clarity with calming classical music
Tune in and replenish your soul with this collection of the best calm classical music.
Tune in and replenish your soul with this curated collection of the best of calm classical music.
Alongside soothing soundscapes from the natural world, this mix features solo piano by Gaetono Donizetti and Franz Liszt, chamber works by William Grant Still and Alma Mahler, and tender choral works by William Henry Harris and Hubert Parry.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind.
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Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Var. 9. Adagio "Nimrod"
Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Elgar: Enigma Variations.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Herman Vogt
Lux Manifesta: III. See the Saviour's Outstretched Hands
Conductor: Aivis Greters. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic.- Lux Manifesta.
- Lawo Classics.
- 3.
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Kenji Takahashi
Komorebi
Performer: Mats Jenseus.- Kenji Takahashi.
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William Byrd
Tribulatio Proxima Est
Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.- Attende Domine: Music for Lent and Passiontide.
- Signum Records.
- 2.
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Rebecca Dale
Study II - Chaconne for after you left
Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Conductor: Nigel Short. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Rebecca Dale: Studies in Disappearing (music for screen).
- Signum Records.
- 2.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Una furtiva lagrima (Arr. for Piano)
Performer: Bruno Rigutto.- Ricordi.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
- 7.
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Sir George Dyson
Woodland Suite: III. Moon-Fairy
Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria da Capo
Performer: Asya Fateyeva. Performer: Eckart Runge. Performer: Andreas Borregaard.- Berlin Classics.
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Nico Muhly
This Other Spring
Performer: Drew Sellis. Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Mark Williams.- Muhly: This Other Spring.
- CORO.
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Joseph Bologne
Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 3 No. 2: II. Molto adagio con sordini
Conductor: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra Royal.- Le Chevalier de Saint-George - Portrait.
- Ch芒teau de Versailles Spectacles.
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Muri毛l Bostdorp
Ellipse (Andante Piano Sessions)
Performer: Muri毛l Bostdorp.- Ellipse (Andante Piano Sessions).
- Andante Piano.
- 1.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo: Adagio
Performer: Nikita Mndoyants. Ensemble: Appassionato. Conductor: Mathieu Herzog.- Appassionato, le label.
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Caroline Shaw
Shenandoah
Performer: Andrew Yee. Performer: Caroline Shaw.- or, The Whale.
- Platoon.
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Franz Schubert
Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821: II. Adagio
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn. Performer: Benedict Kloeckner. Performer: Yu Kosuge.- Berlin Classics.
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Dorothy Howell
Divertissements: II. Three Divertissements
Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.- Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works.
- Signum Records.
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Arvo P盲rt
Da pacem Domine (Version for String Orchestra)
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.- Haydn2032, Vol. 19: Trauer.
- Alpha Classics.
- 5.
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Doming Lam
Retrograde
Performer: Natalie Lin Douglas. Performer: Patrick Yim.- Lam: Retrograde.
- Orchid Classics.
- 1.
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Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell: I. My Soul, there is a Country
Composer: Henry Vaughan. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.- Songs of Farewell: I. My soul, there is a country.
- CORO.
- 1.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Chandos Records.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Adagio from Air - Homage to Sibelius
Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.- East Meets West.
- Alpha Classics.
- 14.
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Armin Sanayei
Three Folk Songs: III. Ayriliq
Performer: Armin Sanayei. Performer: Ava Shadmani.- Rhea Records.
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Franz Liszt
6 Consolations, S. 172: III. Lento placido
Performer: Stella Almondo.- na茂ve, a label of Believe Group.
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Alma Mahler-Werfel
5 Lieder: I. Die stille Stadt
Performer: Ariana Kashefi. Performer: Peter Limonov.- In Parallel.
- Champs Hill Records.
- 11.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Regina Coeli, mottetto a 4 voci
Ensemble: Festina lente. Conductor: Michele Gasbarro.- Arion.
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Carl Reinecke
Flute Sonata in E Minor, Op. 167 "Undine": III. Andante tranquillo
Performer: Jeehee Han. Performer: Lang Lang.- Carl Reinecke: Flute Works.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.- King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
- Chandos Records Ltd.
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Bohuslav Martin暖
Symphony No. 2, H. 295: II. Andante moderato
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- Martinu: The Symphonies.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Kevin Day
The Sun Will Shine Again
Performer: Artina McCain.- Navona.
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George Frideric Handel
Passacaglia
Composer: Johan Halvorsen. Performer: Chris Grist. Performer: Jonathan Stone.- Handel / Halvorsen: Passacaglia.
- CMG.
- 1.
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Benjamin Britten
A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: There Is No Rose
Performer: Sally Pryce. Conductor: David Temple. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus.- A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: There Is No Rose.
- Signum Classics.
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William Grant Still
Miniatures: Adolorido Mexico
Ensemble: Calico Winds.- Vintage America.
- Albany Records.
- 12.
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Liz Dilnot Johnson
In the Mirror: III. Lacrimosa
Performer: Heather Tuach. Performer: Yoko Misumi.- In the Mirror.
- Divine Art Limited.
- 03.
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Cipriani Potter
Symphony in C Minor: II. Andante con moto, quasi allegretto
Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Cipriani Potter: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 3.
- CPO.
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Sally Beamish
Under the Wing of the Rock: I.
Performer: Branford Marsalis. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.- Under the Wing of the Rock: I..
- Bright Shiny Things.
- 1.
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Robert Schumann
Drei Romanzen, Op. 94: No. 1, Nicht Schnell
Performer: Romain Guyot. Performer: Chloe Mun.- Klarthe Records.
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Charles Wood
String Quartet No. 4 in E Flat Major, "Harrogate": III. Adagio
Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble.- SOMM.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, K417: II. Andante
Performer: Martin Owen. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.- Chandos.
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William Henry Harris
Bring Us O Lord
Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Records.
- 17.
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