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Gentle classical music to help you unwind

Restore your inner calm with this playlist of gentle classical music.

Restore your inner calm with this playlist of gentle classical music, accompanied by serene soundscapes from the natural world.

Featuring soothing orchestral textures from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ruth Gipps, as well as meditative compositions by Toru Takemitsu and Isaac Albéniz.

Produced by James Bonney
Made in Cardiff by Overcoat Media for BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major, KV 622: II. Adagio

    Performer: Blaž Šparovec. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, KV 37 & 27, KV 595, Clarinet Concerto, KV 622.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross, BWV 622 (Arr. for Orchestra)

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 9.

  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through The Valley

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • Haven.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 7.

  • Kosaku Yamada

    Red Dragonfly (Aka Tombo)

    Performer: Susumu Miyashita. Performer: James Galway. Lyricist: Rofu Miki. Orchestra: Tokyo String Orchestra. Conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki.
    • Song Of The Seashore and Other Melodies of Japan.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 5.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Who knows?

    Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Who knows?.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    España, Op. 165: V. Capricho Catalan

    Performer: Jack Hancher.
    • Muse: impressionist French and Spanish music.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto in one movement (Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Frederick Delius

    Serenade (from "Hassan")

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Cello Song.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Elgar Wand of Youth.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 23.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    3 Film Scores for String Orchestra: No. 3, Face of Another: Waltz

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • TAKEMITSU: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Traditional Georgian

    Sabodisho (Healing Song)

    Choir: Rustavi Choir.
    • Georgian Voices.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 11.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Études, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Aeolian Harp"

    Performer: Saehyun Kim.
    • Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 1 "Aeolian Harp".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Barber

    Barber's Adagio for Strings

    Performer: William Orbit. Music Arranger: William Orbit.
    • Pieces In A Modern Style.
    • WM UK.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    The Parting Glass

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Julie Cooper

    VENUS in Sunlight Grey

    Performer: Grace Davidson. Performer: Clio Gould. Performer: Camilla Pay. Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble. Conductor: Simon Hale.
    • Julie Cooper: Oculus.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Dorothy Howell

    The Moorings

    Performer: Sarah Nemtanu. Performer: Marie‐Josèphe Jude.
    • Dorothy Howell: The Moorings.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 1.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op. 70

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 02.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Great Violin Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Emile Mosseri

    "Black Alice in Wonderland"

    Performer: Emile Mosseri.
    • The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 5.

  • Anthony Collins

    Symphony for Strings (No.1): II. Adagio molto

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Anthony Collins - Vanity Fair.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 23.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    12 Songs for Guitar: No. 9, Michelle

    Performer: Manuel Barrueco.
    • Takemitsu: Distant Echoes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Diary of Anne Frank

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Nyman: The Diary of Anne Frank - Arr. Harle: If.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Sibelius: The Symphonies; Tone Poems.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Philip Glass

    Truman Sleeps (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Philip Glass. Conductor: Oscar Jockel.
    • Philip Glass for cello.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 14.

  • Amy Beach

    Peace I Leave with You (After 3 Choral Responses, Op. 8: III)

    Composer: Ben Palmer. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gordon Hamilton.
    • Peace I Leave with You (After 3 Choral Responses, Op. 8: III. Peace I Leave with.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Conductor: Michael Hankinson. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor • Dvořák: Violin Concertos.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 2.

  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Asaggio - Arranged for Guitar: Andante

    Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • Eleven String Baroque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Alabaster dePlume

    Visit Croatia

    Performer: Alabaster dePlume.
    • Visit Croatia EP.
    • International Anthem.
    • 1.

  • Rachel Portman

    Flight

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Flight.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Job, a Masque for Dancing, Scene 9: Epilogue

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Walton : Belshazzar's Feast & Vaughan Williams : Job - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 2: William Grant Still & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Re.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226: No. 3

    Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann. Choir: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart.
    • J.S. Bach: The Motets, BWV 225-230.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 6.

  • Moondog

    Synchrony No. 2

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Early Music.
    • Nonesuch/Warner Records.
    • 12.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie, CD 76, L. 68

    Performer: Shani Diluka.
    • Debussy: Clair de lune and Other Masterpieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    For A Moment

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • VIII.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 3.

  • Richard Strauss

    Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64: IX. Ausklang

    Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO Live.

  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Lyricist: Pope Innocent VI. Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Ave verum corpus: Motets & Anthems of William Byrd.
    • Collegium.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C Major, BWV 846/a

    Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.
    • OnClassical.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, KV 299: II. Andantino

    Performer: Anna Besson. Performer: Clara Izambert. Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen. Ensemble: a nocte temporis.
    • Mozart: Flute Concertos.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

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