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Lose yourself in gentle classical music

Take a moment to unwind with calming orchestral, choral and piano works.

Enjoy time to unwind with this selection of calming classical orchestral and piano works - the perfect escape from the stresses of everyday life.

Featuring flowing melodies from Hania Rani, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and Rosey Chan, plus gorgeous classics from Gustav Mahler, Carl Orff, Joseph Haydn and more.

Produced by James C Taylor.
An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM.

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Music Played

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Mahler: Symphony No.5.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 04.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    O salutaris hostia

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ešenvalds: Northern Lights, Stars & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane For Dead Princess

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.
    • A Musica Mais Relaxante Classica No Universo.
    • DENON Classics.
    • 11.

  • Hania Rani

    Sentimental Value

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Gondwana Records.

  • Dardust

    Fantasia Italiana

    Performer: Milano Cortina 2026. Performer: Dardust.
    • Fantasia Italiana (Piano Solo).
    • Universal Music Italia srL..
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments in E-Flat Major, Op. 7

    Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / Duet Concertino / Serenade.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Don Macdonald

    When the Earth Stands Still

    Ensemble: Lyyra.
    • More Love.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 2.

  • Richard Addinsell

    The Isle of Apples (From "The Saviours")

    Music Arranger: Roy Douglas. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two Cities.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 4.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Etude No. 38 in A Minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Helene de Montgeroult: Etudes.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Patrick Ayrton

    Ouverture

    Performer: Patrick Ayrton. Performer: Louise Ayrton. Performer: Salomé Gasselin.
    • Astrophil & Stella.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 3.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento, placido

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: II. Air

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.
    • Fide et literis.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 6.

  • Rosey Chan

    Response (Sonic Earth)

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: The Listening Planet.
    • Sonic Earth.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 1.

  • Eliza Marshall

    Decorative Arts

    Composer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Eliza Marshall. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Traditional Folk.
    • Hitpoint Music.
    • 019.

  • José White Lafitte

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 6: José White & David Baker (Remastered).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Pierce Hill

    The Trisagion Hymn

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • The Trisagion Hymn.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Trittico botticelliano, P. 151: III. La nascita di Venere

    Performer: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Ottorino Respighi: 5 Etudes-Tableaux & Trittico Botticelliano.
    • 2014 Ameritz Music Ltd.
    • 8.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: In trutina

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: J.A.C. Redford. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Voice of the Violin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: III. Poco adagio

    Ensemble: Trio 258.
    • Bohemian Legacy.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Jackson

    To Morning

    Composer: William Blake. Ensemble: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • Arise My Love - Music for the Break of Day.
    • CORO.
    • 1.

  • Hubert Clifford

    Five English Nursery Tunes IV. Curly Locks

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Judith Lang Zaimont

    Serenade

    Performer: Awadagin Pratt. Performer: Melissa White. Performer: Paul Wiancko.
    • Navona.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

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

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 5.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite for Piano: II. The Bells

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 78.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Music Arranger: Maud Powell.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Saxophone Concerto Op.59 'Cyber-bird' (Bird in the Wind)

    Performer: Nobuya Sugawa. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.

  • Elena Kole

    Once On This Planet

    Performer: Elena Kole.
    • Once On This Planet.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    HANA-BI

    Performer: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra.
    • Soundtrack To Life.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 16.

  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 1 (Arr. C. Thomas for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • RENDEZ-VOUS - CHIMERA.
    • Universal Music Distribution France.
    • 1.

  • John Addison

    Conversation Piece: Adagio

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.

  • Egberto Gismonti

    Água e Vinho

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • Água e Vinho.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 3, Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • "La tempesta di mare" - Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach, Telemann, Beethoven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 60.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 20 Feb 202614:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 21 Mar 202606:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind