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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).
  • Herman Vogt

    Lux Manifesta: III. See the Saviour's Outstretched Hands

    Conductor: Aivis Greters. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic.
    • Lux Manifesta.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 3.
  • Kenji Takahashi

    Komorebi

    Performer: Mats Jenseus.
    • Kenji Takahashi.
  • William Byrd

    Tribulatio Proxima Est

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.
    • Attende Domine: Music for Lent and Passiontide.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • 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.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (Arr. for Piano)

    Performer: Bruno Rigutto.
    • Ricordi.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 7.
  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite: III. Moon-Fairy

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria da Capo

    Performer: Asya Fateyeva. Performer: Eckart Runge. Performer: Andreas Borregaard.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Nico Muhly

    This Other Spring

    Performer: Drew Sellis. Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • Muhly: This Other Spring.
    • CORO.
    • 1.
  • 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.
    • 5.
  • Muri毛l Bostdorp

    Ellipse (Andante Piano Sessions)

    Performer: Muri毛l Bostdorp.
    • Ellipse (Andante Piano Sessions).
    • Andante Piano.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Shenandoah

    Performer: Andrew Yee. Performer: Caroline Shaw.
    • or, The Whale.
    • Platoon.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821: II. Adagio

    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn. Performer: Benedict Kloeckner. Performer: Yu Kosuge.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Dorothy Howell

    Divertissements: II. Three Divertissements

    Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • 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.
  • Doming Lam

    Retrograde

    Performer: Natalie Lin Douglas. Performer: Patrick Yim.
    • Lam: Retrograde.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Armin Sanayei

    Three Folk Songs: III. Ayriliq

    Performer: Armin Sanayei. Performer: Ava Shadmani.
    • Rhea Records.
  • Franz Liszt

    6 Consolations, S. 172: III. Lento placido

    Performer: Stella Almondo.
    • na茂ve, a label of Believe Group.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    5 Lieder: I. Die stille Stadt

    Performer: Ariana Kashefi. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • In Parallel.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 11.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Regina Coeli, mottetto a 4 voci

    Ensemble: Festina lente. Conductor: Michele Gasbarro.
    • Arion.
  • 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).
    • 6.
  • 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.
    • 12.
  • 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).
    • 6.
  • Kevin Day

    The Sun Will Shine Again

    Performer: Artina McCain.
    • Navona.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Passacaglia

    Composer: Johan Halvorsen. Performer: Chris Grist. Performer: Jonathan Stone.
    • Handel / Halvorsen: Passacaglia.
    • CMG.
    • 1.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • William Grant Still

    Miniatures: Adolorido Mexico

    Ensemble: Calico Winds.
    • Vintage America.
    • Albany Records.
    • 12.
  • Liz Dilnot Johnson

    In the Mirror: III. Lacrimosa

    Performer: Heather Tuach. Performer: Yoko Misumi.
    • In the Mirror.
    • Divine Art Limited.
    • 03.
  • 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.
    • 2.
  • 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.
  • Robert Schumann

    Drei Romanzen, Op. 94: No. 1, Nicht Schnell

    Performer: Romain Guyot. Performer: Chloe Mun.
    • Klarthe Records.
  • Charles Wood

    String Quartet No. 4 in E Flat Major, "Harrogate": III. Adagio

    Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble.
    • SOMM.
  • 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.
  • William Henry Harris

    Bring Us O Lord

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Records.
    • 17.

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